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Henry Galler papers

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.113 | RG Number: RG-10.443

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    Description
    The papers consist of an identification booklet (Deutsches Reich Arbeitsbuch Fuer Ausländer) issued to Szewa Vogel Galler under the name "Katherina Czuchowska" and an identification card for Polish military officers, issued to Henry Galler.
    Date
    1944-1945
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry Galler
    Collection Creator
    Henry Galler
    Eva V. Galler
    Biography
    Henry Galler was a Russian concentration camp prisoner. At the end of 1941, he volunteered to be a soldier in the Polish Army to fight the Germans. He started as a gunner and was promoted to the Commander of Battery with the rank of Lieutenant and received the Medal of Bravery
    Eva Vogel Galler was born in Oleszyce, Poland. She survived as a Christian under an assumed name in Germany. On her way to Belzec to be exterminated, she jumped from a cattle car. She went to Krakow and was captured by German soldiers and taken with the farm workers to Austria to work on a farm as a maid.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German Polish
    Extent
    1 folder

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
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    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

    Corporate Name
    Poland. Armia

    Administrative Notes

    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Provenance
    The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Henry Galler in 1991.
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    2023-08-25 12:44:49
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