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William C. Alston Jr. papers relating to Mauthausen

Document | Accession Number: 1994.A.0140 | RG Number: RG-04.047

The collection contains notes, dated May 17, 1945, relating to Mauthausen; a booklet giving visitor directions to the camps of Mauthausen and Gusen; a handwritten note giving permission to visit a former Nazi concentration camp; a news article describing war-time activities of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany; a photocopy of an American army medical corps identification card for Alston; and a photocopy of a letter from Alston sent to the USHMM in 1993 which describes his memories of the war.

August 1993 (approximately): photographs of Mauthausen donated.

9/29/1993: color slides donated.

Date
1945
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dr. William C. Alston, Jr.
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System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic

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Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Alston took notes of his visit to Mauthausen. In Oct 1992, he gave this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In approximately August 1993, Dr. Alston donated b/w photograph. In September 1993, Dr. Alston donated color slides.

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Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2016-12-12 09:02:55
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