Overview
- Description
- Narrative typescript text, one page, written by Paul Himan, a soldier stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, describing his responses to his visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp following its liberation. The text, dated 6 May 1945, and sent to his mother in the United States, describes the living conditions of prisoners at the camp, how a liberated prisoner gave him a tour of the camp and described his own experiences there, the crematoria at the camp, and Himan's feelings about Germans following his tour of this camp.
- Date
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1945 May 06
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Patricia E. Himan-Halachoulis
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Ms. Patricia E. Himan-Halachoulis
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Gift of the family of Paul Himan, represented by his daughter Patricia Himan-Halachoulis, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 13:39:35
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49136
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