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Samuel Sack letter

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2006.395

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Overview

Description: The Samuel Sack letter consists of one typewritten letter, sent from Samuel Sack, a member of the XV Corps of the American Army, Sydney Dutton (later Sydney Bortner). The letter was written by Sack in Salzburg, Austria on May 26, 1945 and describes his wartime experiences in the spring of 1945. The letter describes battles in which his battalion participated and Sack’s experiences as a liberator of the Dachau concentration camp as part of the Seventh Army. The letter was written on the stationery of the regional leader of the Nazi Party of Salzburg (der Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter in Salzburg), which features an embossed Nazi emblem.
Date: creation: 1945 May 26
Collection Creator: Samuel Sack

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters. Correspondence. Personal narratives.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: The Samuel Sack 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. Soldiers--United States. United States. Army. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives.
Geographic Name: Germany. Salzburg (Austria) Austria.
Personal Name: Sack, Samuel.
Corporate Name: Dachau (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Mrs. Sydney Bortner donated this letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Nov. 3, 2006. Mr. Sack was a Jewish secretary who had worked for Mrs. Bortner's father, Norman R. Dutton, before joining the United States Army.
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 14:17:41
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