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Collection Overview
Title: John Maitland Collection
Extent: 0.0
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Date Acquired: 07/18/2019
Subjects: Allied discovery of Nazi war crimes, Allied soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents, Ebensee Concentration Camp, Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -- 1945), commemoration, John Maitland, Liberation of concentration camps, Recognition by the Holocaust Remembrance Institutions, US Army, US soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This record group is comprised of artifacts belonging to John A. Maitland who was an American liberator at Ebensee concentration camp in Austria.
Collection Historical Note
John A. Maitland was a liberator of Ebensee concentration camp as a Private First Class (PFC) soldier in US 3rd Army, XX Corps, 3rd cavalry reconnaissance squadron.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Access Restrictions:
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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- Collection of Folder-Level 1: RG-121, John Maitland Collection
- John A. Maitland was a liberator of Ebensee concentration camp as a Private First Class (PFC) soldier in US 3rd Army, XX Corps, 3rd cavalry reconnaissance squadron. In this collection are a Rolleicord camera used to document the liberation of Ebensee, copies of the photographs taken, Maitland’s dog tag, and documents which record Maitland’s involved participation in Holocaust commemoration as a liberator.
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John Maitland
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Allied discovery of Nazi war crimes
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Allied soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents
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Ebensee Concentration Camp
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -- 1945), commemoration
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Liberation of concentration camps
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
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Recognition by the Holocaust Remembrance Institutions
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US Army
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US soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-121.01, Rolleicord Ia Model 3 camera, 1945
- This camera is a Rolleicord Ia version 3 made by German camera manufacturer Franke & Heidecke, produced from 1937 until 1947. It was used to document the liberation of Ebensee concentration camp in May 1945.
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John Maitland
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Allied discovery of Nazi war crimes
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Liberation of concentration camps
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-121.02, Liberation photographs, Ebensee, Austria, May 1945, May 4-6, 1945
- The photographs were taken by John Maitland, 3d Army, XX Corps, 3rd Cavalry reconnaissance squadron during the liberation of Ebensee concentration camp May 4-6, 1945.
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Allied discovery of Nazi war crimes
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US soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents
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Ebensee Concentration Camp
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John Maitland
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-121.03, John Maitland US Army dog tag
- The identification tag worn by military personnel John Maitland of the US 3rd Army, XX Corps, 3rd cavalry.
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John Maitland
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Allied forces, American
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-121.04, Announcement of US Holocaust Memorial Council International Liberator's Conference, 1981, 1981
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John Maitland
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Holocaust Memorialization
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Liberation of concentration camps
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Postliberation commemoration of the Holocaust
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United States (US) Holocaust Memorial Council
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Allied forces, American
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-121.05, Correspondence from US Holocaust Memorial Council, 1981, 1981
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John Maitland
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United States (US) Holocaust Memorial Council
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Allied forces, American
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Postliberation commemoration of the Holocaust
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-121.06, Correspondence from Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, 1982, 1982
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John Maitland
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Allied force, Jewish
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Anti-Defamation League
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Bnai Brith (B'nai B'rith) documents, postwar
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
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Postliberation commemoration of the Holocaust
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-121.07, Program from Yom Hashoah at Wilshire Boulevard Temple, 1982, 1982
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John Maitland
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Recognition by the Holocaust Remembrance Institutions
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Contemporary commemoration of the Holocaust
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Los Angeles (California, United States)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-121.08, Correspondence from Yad Vashem, Oct. 1983, 1983
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Yad Vashem, Israeli Holocaust remembrance authority, museum and archive
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
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John Maitland
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Allied soldiers, liberation of Nazi-German concentration camps, photo-documents
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-121.09, Invitation from Israeli Embassy to World Assembly to Commemorate Jewish Resistance and Combat During WWII, 1983, 1983
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John Maitland
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
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Israel
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Recognition by the Holocaust Remembrance Institutions
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World Assembly to Commemorate Jewish Resistance and Combat during World War 2
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-121.10, Medallion from World Assembly to Commemorate Jewish Resistance and Combat, 1983, 1983
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John Maitland
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Israel
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Post-Holocaust Commemoration
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Recognition by the Holocaust Remembrance Institutions
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Allied forces, American
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World Assembly to Commemorate Jewish Resistance and Combat during World War 2