us-005578-irn61440
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Leon Leiberg was born in Vienna, Austria. During World War II, he served in the British Army. In the fall of 1944, he was captured in southern Belgium and taken to military prison, and from there, to Mauthausen. He was transported with three other soldiers--Max Lampel, Sam Frayman, and Lucien Gottleib. Leiberg was the only survivor of the four. He was liberated from Ebensee in 1945.
has beginning date: 1944-01-01
has end date: 1950-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 570
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn61440
record resource extent: folder 1
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Consists of a handwritten note, dated September 16, 1944 consisting of addresses and short messages written by captured British soldiers Leon Leiberg, Max Lampel, Sam Frayman, and Lucien Gottlieb as they were being transported to Mauthausen. They gave the note to a German soldier, Erich Bottcher. Also includes a letter, dated May 17, 1950, which was written by Erich Bottcher and sent to Leiberg (along with the note) in which Bottcher claimed to have befriended the British soldiers and was interested in what happened to them.
title: Leon Leiberg collection