Overview
- Description
- The Hugh Baumgardner letter is a six-page typed letter was written by Hugh Baumgardner [donor's sister's father-in-law] describing his visit to the Dachau concentration camp following its liberation in the spring 1945.
- Date
-
creation:
1945
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Letters. Correspondence.
- Extent
-
1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The Hugh Baumgardner letter is arranged in a single series.
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--Germany--Dachau. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. United States. Army. Soldiers--United States.
- Geographic Name
- Munich (Germany) Germany.
- Personal Name
- Baumgardner, Hugh.
- Corporate Name
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Roland Theiler donated the Hugh Baumgardner letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:08:24
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514660
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