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Report to the U.S. Congress concerning concentration camps in Germany

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Alben W. Barkley (U.S. Senator, committee on concentration camps)

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Alben W. Barkley

vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953

Born: 1877-11-24 (Lowes)
Died: 1956-04-30 (Lexington)
Country of citizenship: United States of America
Occupation: judge (period: 1909-01-01 through 1913-01-01; work location: McCracken County); lawyer (work location: Paducah); politician
Member of political party: Democratic Party
Position held: United States representative (period: 1913-03-04 through 1927-03-03; replaced by: William Voris Gregory; replaces: Ollie Murray James); United States senator (elected in: 1926 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky, ..., 1954 United States Senate election in Kentucky; electoral district: Kentucky Class 2 senate seat, Kentucky Class 3 senate seat; end cause: death in office); Vice President of the United States (period: 1949-01-20 through 1953-01-20; replaced by: Richard Nixon; series ordinal: 35); prosecutor (location: McCracken County; period: 1905-01-01 through 1909-01-01)
Educated at: Emory University; Oxford College of Emory University; University of Virginia School of Law
Spouse: Dorothy Brower; Jane Hadley Barkley

Joint Committee on Concentration Camps, U.S. Congress

Date: 15 May 1945

Literal Title: Atrocities and Other Conditions in Concentration Camps in Germany[.] Report of the Committee Requested by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower . . . to the Congress of the United States

Total Pages: 25

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: L-159

Citations: NMT 2 (page 139), NMT 4 (page 229)

HLSL Item No.: 3860

Notes:Barkley presented the report to the Senate. The committee had twelve members, six from the Senate and six from the House, who went to Europe in April 1945.

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L-159: "Atrocities and other conditions in Concentration Camps in Germany" Senate Document No. 47, 79th Congress, 1st Session.

Report dated 15 May 1945 to the Congress of the United States concerning atrocities and conditions in concentration camps in Germany.

United States Senate Document No. 47, 79th Congress, 1st Session, "Report of the Committee Requested by General Dwight D. Eisenhower through the Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall to the Congress of the United States Relative to Atrocities and other Conditions in Concentration Camps in Germany."

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Report to the U.S. Congress concerning concentration camps in Germany

Authors

Alben W. Barkley

vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953

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