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RG-04.020 The Relief of Belsen Concentration Camp: Recollections and Reflections of a
British Army Doctor, 1970
This collection contains a typescript of ―The Relief of Belsen Concentration Camp:
Recollections & Reflections of a British Army Doctor‖ written ca. 1970 by Major-
General James Alexander Deans Johnston, a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps
during World War II who served as a senior medical officer at the liberation of the
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The typescript includes information about conditions
at Bergen-Belsen during both Nazi control and liberation, as well as a description of
medical measures taken by the British for the benefit of the camp‘s former inmates.
Included is a photocopy of a photograph of James Johnston and a retype of his obituary
from The Daily Telegraph.
Provenance: James A. D. Johnston wrote the memoir shortly after his retirement in 1970
and his widow, Enid Johnston, donated the manuscript to the USHMM via Dr. Hadassah
Rosensaft.
Languages: English
1 folder
RG-04.025 Institute for the Jewish Blind (Berlin) and the Home for the Blind in Terezin,
1943–1991
This collection contains original letters (accompanied by English translations) concerning
Betty Falk Katz and the home for blind persons in Terezin. The letters describe the
conditions for Jews in Berlin during the Holocaust, the deportation of Katz and patients
of the Institute for the Jewish Blind to Terezin, and the death of Katz in Terezin. Also
included are photographs of Katz‘s grave in Terezin and a sketch of Katz by her son,
Lothar Katz.
Provenance: Source of acquisition is Peter Katz.
Languages: German and English
1 folder
RG-04.028 Records and Photographs Relating to American Jews Held in German POW
Camps, 1945–1946
The items in this collection relate to the experiences of Winfeld Rosenberg and some of
his American Jewish comrades at Stalag IX-B, Bad Orb, Germany, and at Berga am
Elster, a Buchenwald subcamp. Also included is some information about a death march
involving Rosenberg and other American prisoners of war, and their subsequent
liberation by the 90th Infantry Division.