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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered autobiographical works relating the experiences of persons (not limited to combatants) in connection with the war.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Zig Boroughs papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1065-040
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, and other papers of Zig Boroughs, an American soldier who served with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. Two memoirs are included: one written by Edith Jakobs, a Jewish native of Germany who was liberated by members of Boroughs's unit while in hiding in the Netherlands; the other by Werner "Tom" Angress, also a Jewish native of Germany, who enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as an interrogator with Boroughs's...
Dates: 1984-2008