Overview
- Description
- Contains information about the involvement of the 42nd US Infantry ("Rainbow") Division in the liberation of Dachau and the memorialization of Belgian political prisoners who died there. Included are excerpt pages from the "Golden Book" containing the signatures of several Dachau survivors.
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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- Conditions on Access
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- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Rainbow Division Veterans Association
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- A copy of the "Golden book" was presented to veterans of the Forty-Second U.S. Infantry ("Rainbow") Division by Colonel Xardez, a representative of the Belgian king, in Brussels, Belgium, in 1958. Copies of this book along with other Rainbow Division memorabilia were donated to USHMMA by the Rainbow Division Veterans Association Archives in 1988.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 17:13:35
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