Overview
- Description
- The Daryl Ratzlaff letters consists of two two letters written by Sergeant Daryl Ratzlaff from Linz, Austria to Mrs. Lysle G. Danger in Moscow, Iowa regarding his participation in the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp and his recent visit to liberated Paris, France.
- Date
-
creation:
1945 May 10-1945 June 01
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Daryl Ratzlaff letters is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Geographic Name
- Austria. Linz (Austria) Paris (France)
- Personal Name
- Ratzlaff, Daryl.
- Corporate Name
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Stephen L. Sanger donated the Daryl Ratzlaff's letters to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in March 1998. Stephen L. Sanger is the nephrew of Daryl Ratzlaff.
- 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:
- 2023-02-24 13:56:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501914
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