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Frank Caplan collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2015.320.1

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    Description
    Contains a typewritten statement given by former political prisoner Rudolf Hess of Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart), Germany, to Lt. Frank Caplan (donor’s father) at Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, on May 18, 1945. The report documents former Hess’s arrest by Nazi authorities in 1943 and his imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp, where he was subjected to medical experimentation. Hess was then transported to another concentration camp and, after an eight-day journey, arrived at Neuengamme concentration camp where he was a forced laborer. Hess was transferred to Stuttgart to be interrogated and to work, and from there to Munsignen. He then escaped and returned to Stuttgart and went to his parents home, where he was rearrested and sent back to Dachau. At Dachau he was given an intelligence test, then sent to Heidelberg where he was forcibly sterilized. Hess was transported to Mannheim and then again sent to Dachau and Stuttgart. According to the testimony, Hess was sentenced to one year and three months in prison and subsequently sent to Schwäbisch Hall, where he was liberated by American forces.
    Date
    interview:  1945 May 18-1945 May 18
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Frank Caplan family
    Collection Creator
    Frank Caplan

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 folder

    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

    Geographic Name
    Schwäbisch Hall (Germany).

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Report taken by Lt. Frank Caplan (donor's father) of the US Army. Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by the family of Frank Caplan.
    Record last modified:
    2023-02-24 14:33:27
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