us-005578-irn502050
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
date: 1945 April 08
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 137
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn502050
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The Peter Piper letter is arranged in a single series.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Peter Piper letter contains a handwritten letter, dated April 8, 1945, written by Peter Piper, a member of the Fourth Armored Division of the United States Army, and sent to Mary Alice Boyd in Madison, Wisconsin. In the letter, Piper describes capturing a liquor storehouse and distributing the contents to his friends, and the concentration camp he toured [likely Ohrdruf] and commented on the suicide of the mayor of the nearby village.
title: Peter Piper letter