William C. Alston Jr. papers relating to Mauthausen handwritten notes newspaper clipping photocopied letter photocopied identification card.

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William C. Alston Jr. papers relating to Mauthausen handwritten notes newspaper clipping photocopied letter photocopied identification card.

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The collection contains notes, dated 17 May 1945, relating to Mauthausen; a booklet giving visitor directions to the camps of Mauthausen and Gusen; a handwritten note giving permission to visit a former Nazi concentration camp; a news article describing war-time activities of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany; a photocopy of an American army medical corps identification card for Alston; and a photocopy of a letter from Alston sent to the USHMM in 1993 which describes his memories of the war.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th

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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

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Alston, William C. Jr.

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During World War II, William C. Alston Jr. (1913, USA - ) was a flight surgeon for the United States Army Medical Corps. On 17 May 1945, he visited the newly-liberated concentration camp of Mauthausen. From the description of William C. Alston Jr. papers relating to Mauthausen handwritten notes newspaper clipping photocopied letter photocopied identification card. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 86118730 ...