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Verle H. Brown collection

Document | Accession Number: 2017.230.1

Photographs taken at Gardelegen showing victims of the atrocity, the confrontation between American servicemen and local German officials, and civilians being forced to participate in the exhumation and reburial of victims.

Date
creation:  1945 April
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Family of Verle H. Brown

About This Document

Document Creator
Verle H. Brown
Biography
Verle Harrison Brown (1923-2006) was born June 13, 1923 in Ogden Weber, UT, to James and Lillian Brown and had a sister named Marilyn. He served with the US Army during World War II as a Tech 5 Corporal with the 102nd Infantry Division and witnessed the afternmath of the Gardelegen atrocity. He married Cornelia Visalia Wilson in 1947.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Harlan Brown, son of Verle Harrison Brown.

Rights and 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.

 
Record last modified: 2022-04-18 11:58:38
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