us-005578-irn42759
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: John Daniel Morgan (Dan Morgan) served with the 6th Tank Destroyer Group of the United States Army. From May - October 1945, he and his unit was detailed to the Dachau concentration camp to support the repatriation of internees and the on-going trials of former SS personnel. He assisted in the creation of the 7th Army book about the Dachau concentration camp. Morgan retrieved volumes of materials from a pile of materials to be destroyed. Ric Morgan donated digital copies of the rescued materials to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
has beginning date: 1938-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 701
has or had subject: 177
has or had subject: 843
has or had subject: 483
has or had subject: 686
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn42759
record resource extent: folder 1 1 CD,
record resource structure: The John Daniel Morgan collection is arranged in a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The John Daniel Morgan collection consists of one CD containing scans of material retrieved at the Dachau concentration camp by John Daniel Morgan (Dan Morgan), a member of the United States Army. The collection includes digital images of two binders of alphabetical correspondence with Nazi party members in the Munich area between 1938-1942; one binder of formal and informal photographs of SS officers mounted on notebook paper, including photographs of drills, ceremonies, portraits (including one of Theodor Eicke), groups of children, German airplanes, and meetings with Japanese officers; and one binder of documents related to the Dachau concentration camp from 1938-April 1945, including staff pay information, prisoner work assignments, and a report on the final days of the Holocaust in Iffeldorf, Germany. Also includes an annotated copy of the SS Dachau book with photographs of the reburial of bodies and of the Gardelegen massacre inserted at the end.
title: John Daniel Morgan collection