Overview
- Description
- Consists of correspondence, a clipping, and copies of testimony related to Dr. Howard Hoffman. As an American soldier, he was a member of the 102nd Infantry Division and witnessed the aftermath of the Gardelegen atrocity. The collection includes a copy of Hoffman's recollections and information about his corrections to the exhibit text in 1978 at Yad Vashem which had misidentified Gardelegen as a concentration camp. Also includes text written by Hoffman's wife, Dr. Alice Hoffman, about her husband's experiences.
- Date
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inclusive:
1978-2013
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Alice Hoffman
- Reference
- Please see also Hoffman, Alice M., and Howard S. Hoffman. Archives of Memory: A Soldier Recalls World War II. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of these material(s). The Museum does not own the copyright for the material and does not have authority to authorize use. For permission, please contact the rights holder(s).
- Copyright Holder
- Dr. Alice Hoffman
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Gardelegen Massacre, Gardelegen, Germany, 1945.
- Geographic Name
- Gardelegen (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Hoffman, Howard S.--1925-2006. Hoffman, Alice M.,--1929-
- Corporate Name
- Yad Vashem (Jerusalem)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Dr. Alice Hoffman donated her husband's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-05 11:29:32
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn68373
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