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Lt. Colonel Harry E. Malcolm letter

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.221.1

Overview

Description: Consists of a handwritten eight-page draft letter by Lt. Colonel Harry E. Malcolm of the 12th Armored Division to Colonel Julien D. Saks in response to a March 1985 article in "Hellcat News." The letter concerns what Malcolm witnessed and experienced during the liberation of the Landsberg concentration camp in April 1945. Among other scenes, the letter describes Malcolm's discovery of 15-20 prisoners who had been killed by machine gun in the days prior to the liberation of the camp, an act he speculated was to silence potential witnesses to the crimes that had taken place there.
Date: 1985 March 23
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stu Malcolm
Collection Creator: Harry E. Malcolm
Biography: Lt. Colonel Harry E. Malcom was one of 4 sons born to Walter Younger and Sarah (Archibald) Malcolm from Indiana, Pennsylvania, who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Second World War. Malcolm served from 1942 to 1946 and saw action in the European Theater with the 12th Amored Division.

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Letters.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Arranged as a single series.

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.
Copyright Holder: Mr. Stu Malcolm

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany--Landsberg am Lech. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
Geographic Name: Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
Corporate Name: Landsberg (Concentration camp) United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Stu Malcolm, the grandson of Harry E. Malcolm.

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