Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter H. Van Ellis and the Van Ellis family
Physical Details
- Classification
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Military Insignia
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Blue oval patch with black border. Red lighting bolt arrow edged in yellow with a white cloud and blue star. Two pieces of yellow chain flanked the arrow.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Peter H. Van Ellis and the Van Ellis Family in 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn592414
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Collection of John B. Vanellis, later Van Ellis, pertaining to his years of service with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Collection is comprised of 2 albums/scrapbooks, unit histories, military commendations, photographs, unit patches, undeveloped film, publications, correspondence, shell fragment, and other original materials. Among these items are period copies of original arrest records of high ranking Nazi officials prepared in Camp Ashcan (Central Continental Prisoner of War Enclosure No. 32) prior to their transfer to Nuremberg for prosecution by Allied authorities.
John Van Ellis papers
Document
The collection documents the military career of John Van Ellis in the Signal Corps of the United States Army, including his photographs and his work with establishing V-mail stations in London and Paris. Included are records related to the Signal Corps, V-mail program reports, correspondence with his wife Helen Van Ellis (née Harris), photographs, and a scrapbook. Also included are copies of arrest records of high ranking Nazi officials prepared in Camp Ashcan (Central Continental Prisoner of War Enclosure No. 32) prior to their transfer to Nuremberg for prosecution by Allied authorities. The arrest records are of Karl Dönitz, Hermann Göring, Wilhelm Keitel, Albert Kesselring, Alfred Jodl, and Franz Papen.
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