Carl A. Viggiani papers, 1938-1996.

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Carl A. Viggiani papers, 1938-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51784863

The collection includes a set of 17 broadsides issues as a series to Nazi officials, photographs of Dachau concentration camp (mostly of victims) and a brief fictionalized article about Viggiani's reaction to the photographs and his experiences at Dachau.

.15 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7643797

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 83rd

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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...

Viggiani, Carl A.

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Carl Viggiani, Emeritus Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Wesleyan University, was a member of a "spearhead military government team" attached to the 83rd Infantry Division during World War II. From the description of Carl A. Viggiani papers, 1938-1996. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 51784863 Carl Viggiani, Emeritus Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Wesleyan University, was a member of a “Spearhead Military Governm...