us-005578-irn108782
identifier: irn108782
type: RecordSet
has or had holder: us-005578
scope and content: Letter, with envelope written by Sgt. Daniel Jacobson, of Baltimore, Maryland, while serving with the US Army's 179th Infantry, 45th Division in Munich, Germany, to his wife Julia Jacobson, 6 May 1945. The letter written on Hitler's personal stationery, describes the irony of being Jewish and using Hitler's stationery, and how he acquired it during a visit with other American soldiers to the ruins of Hitler's home in Berchtesgaden. He also describes a porcelain figurine that he took as a souvenir, and other impressions of Munich, where he was stationed at the time. Also included are three photographs of Jacobson and other American soldiers, and a news clipping featuring him and another soldier, both of whom knew each other when they lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1943-01-01
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn108782/acquisitions/1
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
record resource extent: folder 1
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/843
title: Daniel Jacobson papers
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
has or had some members with language: eng
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