us-005578-irn49875
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Jack Bornkind (1924-1945) was born on 31 January 1924 in Flint, Michigan to Nathan and Rachael Bornkind. He enlisted with the United States Army in 1942 and served in Europe with the rank of Private First Class. He was taken prisoner and was one of 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB in Bad Orb, Germany and sent to perform forced labor at Berga, a sub-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. After a 20 day death march, Bornkind died on 23 April 1945 moments before the POWs were liberated by the US Army’s 11th Armored Division.
date: circa 1942-circa 1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn49875
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: This collection is arranged as a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection contains two photographs of United States Army soldier Private First Class Jack Bornkind in uniform and one of his grave.
title: Jack Bornkind photograph collection