Letter from Herbert Hansen to Albert Ashton

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Title

Letter from Herbert Hansen to Albert Ashton

Subject

World War II

Description

This letter is from Herbert Hansen, a former German Nazi soldier, to Albert Ashton, a resident of Worcester. During the Second World War, Ashton had been stationed as a prison guard in France, in charge of a camp of Nazi POWs. Hansen had been a prisoner in the camp. Dated September 10, 1946, the letter describes difficult postwar conditions in Heidelberg, Germany, Hansen's hometown.

Creator

Herbert Hansen

Source

Private Collection of the Ashton family

Date

1946-09-10

Contributor

Diana Estrada

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

Heidelberg, Germany

Rights Holder

Shelley Ashton

Temporal Coverage

1946-09-10 1946-09-10

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Letter

Collection

Private Collections

Citation

Herbert Hansen, "Letter from Herbert Hansen to Albert Ashton," in Digital Worcester, Item #108, http://www.digitalworcester.org/items/show/108 (accessed September 8, 2010).