Overview
- Description
- Contains information about hypothermia experiments conducted at the Dachau concentration camp.
- Date
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1946
- Credit Line
- Cite National Archives and Records Administration as custodian of the original records
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 linear in..
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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
- Personal Name
- Alexander, Leo, 1905- Weltz, G. A. Lutz. Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Piero Foa
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The copy of the Alexander report was obtained by Dr. Carlo Foa, father of the donor, in 1946 during the International Congress of Physiology. It was kept with the Carlo Foa's personal papers by his son, Piero Foa until it was turned over to Carlo Foa's grandson, Richard Foa, ca. 1985. It was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by Piero Foa in May 1986 via Sr. Carol Rittner, R. S. M. Received along with the report was a copy of an article by Leo Alexander that appeared in the 14 July 1949 issue of the "New England journal of medicine." The article was removed to the "Medical experiments" subject file upon cataloging.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 15:24:59
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