David Hale Clement papers, 1943-1995 (inclusive), 1943-1945 (bulk).

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David Hale Clement papers, 1943-1995 (inclusive), 1943-1945 (bulk).

The collection includes Nazi memorabilia brought back from the Dachau concentration camp by David Clement, as well as printed matter and copies of correspondence that relate Clement's experiences treating typhus in Dachau.

3.25 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8023225

Yale University Library

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Clement, David Hale.

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David Hale Clement was born July 22, 1909, in Buffalo, New York. He was a member of the Yale College Class of 1931 and the Harvard Medical School Class of 1935. During World War II, he served in the Army Medical Corps. After the liberation of the concentration camps, he was sent to Dachau to treat a typhus epidemic that had broken out among the prisoners. After the war, Clement returned to New Haven serving as a pediatrician and as a clinical professor of pediatrics at Yale from 1946 until 1989....

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...