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Carl Romack letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.51

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Overview

Description: The Carl Romack letter is a three-page letter was written by Carl Romack, a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force to family in the United States, April 17, 1945. The describes his eyewitness experience of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Date: creation: 1945 April 17
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carl B. Romack
Collection Creator: Carl B. Romack
Biography: Carl Romack served as a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters. Correspondence.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Carl Romack 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. Soldiers' writings, American. Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany.
Geographic Name: Germany.
Personal Name: Romack, Carl.
Corporate Name: Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Carl Romack donated the Carl Romack letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.
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 14:14:13
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