us-005578-irn49136
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Ms. Patricia E. Himan-Halachoulis
date: 1945 May 06
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 43
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn49136
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Narrative typescript text, one page, written by Paul Himan, a soldier stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, describing his responses to his visit to the Buchenwald concentration camp following its liberation. The text, dated 6 May 1945, and sent to his mother in the United States, describes the living conditions of prisoners at the camp, how a liberated prisoner gave him a tour of the camp and described his own experiences there, the crematoria at the camp, and Himan's feelings about Germans following his tour of this camp.
title: Paul W. Himan Jr. narrative