Overview
- Description
- Consists of a copy of "I saw Buchenwald" by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jack La Pietra. The testimony describes the inhumane conditions and places of torture and death seen by La Pietra as he was taken through the camp by one of the Buchenwald survivors shortly after liberation. It was written in 1979 and and epilogue was added in 1985.
- Date
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1985
- Collection Creator
- Jack La Pietra
- Biography
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Jack La Pietra is a retired Lt. Col. of the United States Air Force, who visited Buchenwald concentration camp shortly after liberation.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Personal narratives.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives. Political prisoners. Statistics. Executions and executioners. Children. Crematoriums. Human experimentation in medicine. Holocaust survivors. Prisoners of war--Soviet Union. Holocaust memorials.
- Geographic Name
- Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Personal Name
- La Pietra, Jack. Koch, Ilse, 1906- Schienhelm, Reinhold.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Jack la Pietra in 1991.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:54
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502804
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