Overview
- Description
- Contains four photographs, and one one-page typescript document, dated "Ohrdruf, Germany, April 9," which describes how the inhabitants of the town of Ohrdruf were confronted with the concentration camp in their midst after its liberation by Allied soldiers, 1945. Photographs consist of four snapshots of Walter Brewer, Jr., during his military service in World War II.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marc Brewer
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Created and/or acquired by Walter Brewer Jr. (donor's father) while serving with the US Army during WWII. Inherited by Marc Brewer after his father's death, December 1989. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Marc Brewer.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 07:39:32
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