Overview
- Description
- The collection includes photographs of Orban Wales Peters, Jr.'s Army unit at Camp Philip Morris and in Germany, correspondence from Orban to his sister, Mary, in 1945, military passes, an After Action Report of the 914th Field Artillery Battalion, and photocopies of his military discharge papers. Also included is correspondence dated 1939-1941 from Margarete Lang Schweidler in Germany to her daughter, Gretel Schweidler Hozler, in the United States. Gretel’s daughter, Anna, later married Orban.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1998
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lynne Sullivan
- Collection Creator
- Orban W. Peters Jr.
- Biography
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Orban (O.W. or Pete) Wales Peters Jr. (1924-2017) was born on June 4, 1924 to Orban Wales (O.W., 1891-1967) and Tempa Mae (née Frazier, 1893-1974) Peters in Virginia and had four older siblings: Fred (1920-1939), Robert (b. 1918), Mary (1914-1999), and Nancy (1916-2005). Orban was drafted into the United States Army and served in World War II with the 914th Field Artillery Battalion of the 89th Infantry Division. He was deployed to France in 1945 and participated in the liberation of Ohrdurf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, Orban met Anna Margarete Holzer (1930-2020) and married in 1951. They had three daughters: Lynne Anne, Margarete Ruth, and Nancy Suzanne.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Reports. Photographs.
- Extent
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3 folders
2 oversize folders
- System of Arrangement
- Folder 1 of 3 and OS 1: Military service, 1944-1998
Folder 2 of 3 and OS 2: Military photographs, 1945-1946
Folder 3 of 3: Correspondence from Margarete Schweidler, 1936-1941
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 the material(s) in this collection. 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
- Ms. Lynne Sullivan
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany. Soldiers--United States.
- Geographic Name
- Germany.
- Corporate Name
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 89th
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Orban Wales Peters, Jr. papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Lynne Sullivan.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-28 16:07:20
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Also in Orban Wales Peters, Jr. collection
The collection consists of military items of Orban Wales Peters, Jr. including uniform jacket, two hats, a helmet; “After Action Report” of the 914th artillery; Eighty-Ninth Division album; photographs of his unit on march into Germany and at Camp Phillip Morris; Correspondence; miscellaneous Army passes; selected copies of “The Rolling.” Correspondence from Margarete Lang Schweidler, from Germany, to her daughter Gretel Schweidler Holzer in the U.S. Her daughter, Anna Margarete Holzer married Orban Wales Peters, Jr. They are the parents of the donor.
