Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of artifacts, books, booklets, clippings, documents, and propaganda materials relating to the experiences of Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum, before, during, and after World War II (1939-1945), during which Edward, a 1st Lieutenant in the OSS and the US Army, was the first American officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the organizers of the early boycott against Nazi Germany.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jeannette Tenenbaum, wife of Edward Tenenbaum and daughter-in-law of Joseph Tenenbaum.
- Date
- approximately 1933-approximately 1946
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issue:
Germany
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issue:
1933
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issue:
Germany
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commemoration:
1935 May 01
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issue:
Germany
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commemoration:
1934 June 16-1934 June 17
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found:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
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found:
1945 April 11
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found:
Germany
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1945
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found:
Germany
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found:
1945
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Germany
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found:
1945
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Record last modified: 2019-12-05 22:39:56
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The Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum papers
Document | Accession Number: 2016.471.1
Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes Christmas fund raising pin
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.2
Tag Der Arbeit commemorative pin
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.3
Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz pin
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.4
Binoculars thrown at US soldier during concentration camp liberation
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.5
DDAC car pennant with swastika acquired by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.6
German Marksmanship aiguillette
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.7
Nazi flag acquired by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.8