Samuel and Irene Goudsmit collection

Samuel and Irene Goudsmit collection 

Samuel and Irene Goudsmit collection 

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The collection consists of typescript and handwritten originals and tissue copies of miscellaneous correspondence in German and English, circa 1944-1945. Includes but is not limited to the following: letters, directives, memorandums, drawings, annotated maps, telegrams, etc., which relate to the Nazis constructing underground installations in Germany and Austria using slave, forced, and POW laborers. In addition, there are some documents relating to medical experiments performed by German physicians in Nazi concentration camps. 

Organized into four series: 1. War souvenirs and Nazi trophies 2. Jagerstab 3. Quedlinburger Castle 4. Nazi cold-water experiments on humans Arrangement is thematic