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Jules Barrash letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.0508

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Overview

Description: The Jules Barrash letter consists of a typed testimony, written as a letter to family, by Jules Barrash, a Jewish-American liberator of the Buchenwald concentration camp, April 16, 1945. In the testimony, he describes the camp physically, his impressions taking a tour from a newly liberated French prisoner, and the hospital before bringing the other soldiers in his outfit in for a tour. He wrote that what he saw at Buchenwald showed him the reason they were fighting the war.
Date: creation: 1945 April 16

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Memoirs. Correspondence. Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Jules Barrash letter is arranged as a single series.

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Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. Concentration camp inmates. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust victims. Soldiers--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Barrash, Jules M.
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Jules M. Barrash donated his letter to the to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Record last modified:: 2024-11-07 07:16:22
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