us-005578-irn35965
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1945-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 701
has or had subject: 43
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn35965
record resource extent: folders 2
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of one typed official report, entitled"Orientation Trainin" written before the end of the war after a visit to the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. The report gives a physical description and a brief history of the camp, including prisoner arrival and death rates. Also includes information and incidents related by prisoners regarding daily life, torture methods, and medical experimentation. The collection includes a letter, with a copy, written by Raymond Douglas Dopp, who was part of the personnel group who wrote the"Orientation Report" after visiting Buchenwald as a member of the United States Army. In the letter, dated April 28, 1945, he describes the camp physically and relates the stories and incidents he heard from former Buchenwald inmates. Also includes a photograph of Allied personnel taken after the liberation of Buchenwald and a photocopy of a letter addressed"To our American Allies and Liberator" written by the Czechoslovak National Committee and a report regarding life in the camp.
title: Raymond Douglas Dopp collection