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Binoculars thrown at US soldier during concentration camp liberation

Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.5

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    Binoculars thrown at US soldier during concentration camp liberation

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Pair of binoculars thrown at Lt. Edward Tenenbaum during the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945. Edward served in the OSS and the US Army during the Second World War (1939-1945). He was the first American officer to enter Buchenwald at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report.
    Date
    found:  1945 April 11
    Geography
    found: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jeannette Tenenbaum

    Physical Details

    Object Type
    Binoculars (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Pair of metal binoculars
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
    Materials
    overall : metal, glass

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The binoculars were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jeannette Tenenbaum, wife of Edward Tenenbaum.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:16:00
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