Bill Polson collection

Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0511

Consists of two letters (one handwritten on the back of a mimeographed letter) written by Sgt. Bill Polson about what he witnessed at Dachau, and six photographs of scenes of atrocities at Dachau taken by Sgt. Polson.

Date: inclusive: 1945
Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters.
Photographs.
Extent: 1 folder

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Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Personal Name: Bergeson, Harry.
Polson, William A.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Lawrence Bergeson donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in February 1995.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2020-09-25 12:09:24
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500633

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