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William G. Justis Jr. collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of two pieces of 1 RM Buchenwald scrip and typed testimony from 2013 relating to the experiences of William (Bill) G. Justis, Jr., a soldier in the 5th Ranger Battalion during World War II, who was stationed as a guard at the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by William G. Justis Jr.
Date
1945 April-2013
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William Justis, Jr. testimony

Document | Accession Number: 2013.388.1

Date
inclusive:  1945-2013

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier after liberation

Object | Accession Number: 2013.388.2

Geography
found: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
issue: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Date
issue:  1944-1945
found:  approximately 1945 April 15
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier after liberation

Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier after liberation

Object | Accession Number: 2013.388.3

Geography
found: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
issue: Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
Date
issue:  1944-1945
found:  approximately 1945 April 15
Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 1 Reichsmark, acquired by a US soldier after liberation
 
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