Overview of the Voldemars Tirelis diaries

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Title: Voldemars Tirelis diaries
Date (inclusive): 1945-1946
Collection Number: 79020
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Latvian
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Relates to conditions in Allied prison camps at Grewensmühl and Neuengamme, Germany, and Zedelgem, Belgium. Photocopy.
Creator: Tīrelis, Voldemārs
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1979.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Voldemars Tirelis diaries, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Senior warrant officer, 1st Riga Police Regiment, Latvian Legion, during World War II; prisoner of war, 1945-1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Relates to conditions in Allied prison camps at Grewensmühl and Neuengamme, Germany, and Zedelgem, Belgium. Photocopy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Latvia
Prisoners of war
National socialism
Waffen-SS.. Grenadier-Division, 15

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