us-005578-irn560724-irn60507
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record resource structure: Items are arranged in alphabetical order, by document type, and then by title of contents.
has or had holder: us-005578
is or was included in: us-005578-irn560724
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn560724-irn60507/acquisitions/1
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
title: George A. Silver collection
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1981-12-31
has or had some members with language: deu
biographical history: George A. Silver (1913-2005) began his career in medicine while serving in the medical corps of the United States Army during World War II, where he saw action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, including helping with the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. Following his military career, he served a chief of the Social Medicine Division of Montefiore Hospital (1951-1955), as Deputy Assistant Secretary for health and scientific affairs in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1965-1968), and following that, as a professor on the faculty of public health at Yale University Medical School.
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1943-01-01
record resource extent: box 1
has record set type: Item
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
identifier: irn60507
scope and content: Photographs, maps, propaganda leaflets, booklets, and ephemera, related to the military career during World War II of George A. Silver, including his service in the U.S. Army in the North African and Italian theatres, 1943-1945, as well as the liberation of Dachau concentration camp. Included are a book plate from the library of Adolf Hitler, Allied and German propaganda leaflets, and information provided to American soldiers in occupied Germany after the war. Also contains material documenting Silver's attendance at the International Liberators' Conference, hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, DC, 1981.
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