Edgar Rauner papers

Document | Accession Number: 2014.554.1

Contains correspondence from Edgar Rauner (donor's brother) to his parents Neddy and Aron in New York. Edgar, a member of the United States 7th Army was a refugee of Nazi Germany, arrived in the United States before WWII and was drafted into the US Army where he was stationed at Camp Ritchie in Maryland before being sent overseas to Europe during the war. Also included in the collection are photographs taken in Europe, depicting the American Army and many captured German propaganda images.

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters.
Photographs.
Extent: 5 folders
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wolfgang Rauner

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Corporate Name: Camp Albert C. Ritchie (Md.)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Wolfgang Rauner.
Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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