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Box JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8

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Photographs, negatives, and slides, 1945

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Includes images taken by Jorgensen while stationed in Germany in 1945. Images include the 113th Evacuation Hospital in Aachen and Viersen, bodies of concentration camp inmates killed by Germans in Gardelegen and the cemetery in which they were buried, American troops meeting with Russian troops in Gardelegen, damage to the Reich Chancellery and other locations in Berlin, displaced persons traveling by train, and Jorgensen with relatives in Sandefjord, Norway. Also includes digital images on...
Dates: 1945

Right to be Proud: History of the 65th Infantry Division's March Across Germany, 1945

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8, Folder: 2
Collection Overview From the Collection:

The collection consists of twenty-six Holocaust atrocity photographs taken by Robert Turner, a U.S. soldier from the 65th Infantry Division who photographed victims in a Bavarian concentration camp after it was liberated. Included is a photocopy of the 1945 booklet Right to Be Proud: History of the 65th Infantry Division's March Across Germany.

Dates: 1945

Negatives and slides, 1945

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Negatives and slides of select photographs in folder 1. Digital images on DVD are also included.

Dates: 1945

Memoir of Alexander Kornfeld, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Alexander Kornfeld's memoir details his family history, his Austrian military service in World War I and subsequent business career, and his struggle to flee Austria with his family at the beginning of World War II.

Dates: undated

Clippings and notes, 1971, 1981, 2006, 2008, undated

 File — Box: JHC Holocaust Archives Box 8, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes three newspaper clippings from The Post and Courier which describe Blas's actions at Majowka and her testimony in the trial of the guard who shot her. Also included are Weintraub's obituary and researchers' notes from discussions with Weintraub's daughter, Blanche Weintraub Wine.

Dates: 1971, 1981, 2006, 2008, undated