Scrapbook entries documenting the arrival of Lawrence Layden, a US Army officer, at Buchenwald shortly after its liberation in April 1945.

Lawrence Layden was a captain in the US Army Air Corps. As part of the Sixty-Seventh Tactical Reconnaissance Group during World War II, Layden kept a detailed account of his wartime experience. Layden arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp just six days after its liberation.

Citation Information
Layden, Lawrence, excerpts from “Buchenwald concentration camp, introduction,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/ded0f95a10abeea39757e64c13d1ca16.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of College of Charleston Libraries via South Carolina Digital Library.

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