Overview
- Description
- Contains 18 letters and one newspaper clipping related to David H. Pollock's work to unite Holocaust survivors from Buchenwald with their families after liberation.
- Date
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1945-1964
- Collection Creator
- David H. Pollock
- Biography
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David Pollock served with a Royal Canadian Air Force Unit during World War II and witnessed events at the Buchenwald concentration camp immediately following liberation.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Newspaper clippings.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is chronological
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Buchenwald--Germany. Holocaust survivors.
- Personal Name
- Pollock, David H.
- Corporate Name
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- David H. Pollock gave the papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on July 7, 1998. The Archives received the papers from the Collections Department on Nov. 9, 1998.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:02:29
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Contains materials related to David H. Pollock and his work with survivors shortly after the liberation of Buchenwald. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.
Post-liberation photographs of Buchenwald concentration camp
Document
Contains nine black-and-white photographs taken by David H. Pollack in April 1945 following the liberation of Buchenwald.
