us-005578-irn502396
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1941-01-01
has end date: 1941-12-31
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: fra
has or had subject: 684
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn502396
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The diary of Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front was arranged as a single series. Folder 1: Diary, 1941
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The diary was written by a unknown Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front between 23 September 1941 and 27 December 1941. In the diary the soldier provides very detailed descriptions of daily life and his experiences. On 23 September 1941 he describes witnessing Jews march down the road wearing yellow stars and on 30 September 1941 he describes arriving at an unidentified town where Jews had recently been hanged for supposedly burning a bridge. The diary includes French vocabulary practice and some brief entries in shorthand.
title: Diary of Austrian soldier on the Eastern Front