The duffel bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Morton Cohen.
Duffel bag from the United States Army with fragment of shipping tag on handle.
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Duffel bag shipped by Morton N. Cohen in October 1945 to the United States at the end of his tour of duty in Europe. Cohen served in the 95th Infantry Division in Europe and saw combat at Metz, Maginot and Siegfried lines, Ruhr. He was a liberator of the Soviet POW camp Warstein in the Ruhr, and participated in the arrest of Hitler's Vice-Chancellor, Franz von Papen.
Duffel bag used by a US Army soldier during the war in Europe