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Eyewitness account of the Buchenwald concentration camp Weimar, Germany

Document | Accession Number: 1997.A.0250

A letter from John M. Boykin to Blanch Starke, dated April 20, 1945, describing his experiences at Buchenwald concentration camp.

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Date: creation: 1945 April 20
Language: English
Genre/Form: Letter.
Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder

Document Creator: John M. Boykin
System of Arrangement: Arranged as a single series.
Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
Soldiers--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Boykin, John M.
Starke, Blanch.
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: John M. Boykin wrote the letter to Blanche Stark on Apr. 20, 1945. Andrea Stark Ratner, daughter of Blanche Stark, obtained the letter after her mother's death. Ratner donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 1997.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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.
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