John Tommar memorabilia and correspondence, 1945, 1980.

Holocaust Center of Northern California (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Tommar, John

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U.S. soldier with the 11th Armored Division; helped liberate Dachau in 1945. From the description of John Tommar memorabilia and correspondence, 1945, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130701 ...

United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th

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The 11th Armored Division was activated on August 15, 1942 at Camp Polk, La. It underwent combat training at Camp Polk and Camp Barkeley, Tex., desert maneuvers at Camp Ibis, Calif., and combat readiness training at Camp Cooke, Calif., until June 1944. The division embarked from Staten Island, N.Y., on September 27, 1944, and disembarked in England on October 12th. It landed in France on December 17, 1944, crossed into Belgium on December 29, and entered Germany on March 5, 1945. During the inva...

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...