William Dowdell Denson papers, 1918-2004 (inclusive), 1945-1948 (bulk).

Mauthausen (Concentration camp)

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Flossenburg (Concentration camp).

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Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

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Buchenwald concentration camp, one of the largest in Germany with its 130 satellite camps and units, was situated 5 miles north of Weimar in Thüringen. It was established in July 1937 when the first group of 149 mostly political prisoners and criminals was received. Some 238,980 prisoners passed through Buchenwald from 30 countries. 43,005 were killed or perished there....

Denson, William D. (William Dowdell)

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William Dowdell Denson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 31, 1913. He was educated at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he graduated in 1934. Instead of entering the military immediately, Denson worked towards his law degree, which he received from Harvard Law School in 1937. In 1942, he was called up for active duty to teach law at West Point. In 1945, he became a chief prosecutor for the Judge Advocate General's Department in Europe. In this capacity, Dens...

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...

Koch, Ilse, 1906-1967

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