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Aaron A. Eiferman letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2000.108

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Overview

Description: Aaron A. Eiferman, a member of the 12th Armored Division which liberated the Landsberg concentration camp, wrote this five page letter on April 27, 1945 to his wife in the U.S. about his experiences.
Date: creation: 1945
Collection Creator: Aaron A. Eiferman
Biography: Aaron A. Eiferman (1922-2004) was born in Pennsylvania to Hungarian and Russian Jewish immigrants Colman and Esther Eiferman. He served in the US Army from 1942 to 1946 and assisted the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp as a member of the 12th Armored Division.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Aaron A. Eiferman letter is a single item.

Rights & Restrictions

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: Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Liberation--Germany.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Eiferman, Aaron A., 1922-2004.
Corporate Name: Landsberg (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Aaron A. Eiferman donated his letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on April 30, 2000.
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 13:58:24
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