John G. Gaskill papers, 1936, 1945.

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John G. Gaskill papers, 1936, 1945.

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The collection consists of papers of John G. Gaskill as chaplain with the 127th Evacuation Hospital at the Dachau Concentration Camp (Germany) in 1945. The papers include correspondence, a map, reports, memoranda, death records (March-May 1945), typescript testimonies of liberated prisoners, military documents, and printed material. The materials document the conditions at Dachau, treatment of the prisoners, and religious services held after liberation. The collection also contains a 1936 membership book for the Worker's Front.

.2 linear ft.

Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Community Archives and Genealogy Center

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Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...

Gaskill, John G.

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