Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 41)
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 1 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: The weather is bleak, and prisoners are in a comparable mood; everyone is nervous for the fate of the camp. The story describes an interaction between 4 members of the staff in the X-Ray Disinfection Barrack and two Hungarian women that come to the staff, and describe their hardships. One of the women explains that after being arrested and detained in concentration camps for many weeks, thousands of their people were killed in Auschwitz and have come to Dachau after weeks of walking on foot- reporting only 212 of their people have survived, not including her own sister.
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 1 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: The weather is bleak, and prisoners are in a comparable mood; everyone is nervous for the fate of the camp. The story describes an interaction between 4 members of the staff in the X-Ray Disinfection Barrack and two Hungarian women that come to the staff, and describe their hardships. One of the women explains that after being arrested and detained in concentration camps for many weeks, thousands of their people were killed in Auschwitz and have come to Dachau after weeks of walking on foot- reporting only 212 of their people have survived, not including her own sister.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 43)
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 2 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the second page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the last days of Dachau. The woman who tells about their Auschwitz story breaks down in tears, and she is comforted by another lady of the barrack. The story then moves to April 27th, where news is brought by the “well-mannered” Nazi Buppert that a revolution has taken place in Munich and that the war is over.
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 2 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the second page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the last days of Dachau. The woman who tells about their Auschwitz story breaks down in tears, and she is comforted by another lady of the barrack. The story then moves to April 27th, where news is brought by the “well-mannered” Nazi Buppert that a revolution has taken place in Munich and that the war is over.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 44)
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 3 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the third page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the final days of Dachau Concentration Camp. Kuçi talks about the unhealthy state of the arriving prisoners on April 27th, saying they are “pale, hungry, and trembling”. He then encounters many bodies laying on the ground that he soon discovers to be corpses. He states that while 2400 prisoners were meant to arrive, only 1600 made the trip from Buchenwald to Dachau.
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 3 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the third page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the final days of Dachau Concentration Camp. Kuçi talks about the unhealthy state of the arriving prisoners on April 27th, saying they are “pale, hungry, and trembling”. He then encounters many bodies laying on the ground that he soon discovers to be corpses. He states that while 2400 prisoners were meant to arrive, only 1600 made the trip from Buchenwald to Dachau.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 46)
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 4 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the fourth page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the final days of Dachau concentration camp. In the beginning, Kuçi discusses two of the most gruesome prisoner injuries he encounters on April 27th. In a new entry, Kuçi talks about a few of his comrades being called to have a secret meeting with the commanding officer. A while passes while Kuçi is waiting for the meeting to end and he is very curious as to what it is about. He later discovers that the meeting was to inform the men that 5 trucks of the International Red Cross were coming to Dachau with food supply.
Document Type: Personal account “Last Days of Dachau” Pt. V (p. 4 of 4)
Date: June 10, 1945
Location: Dachau, Germany
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The last days at Dachau Camp - Prisoner’s perspective
Summary: This is the fourth page of the story written by Dr. Ali Kuçi about the final days of Dachau concentration camp. In the beginning, Kuçi discusses two of the most gruesome prisoner injuries he encounters on April 27th. In a new entry, Kuçi talks about a few of his comrades being called to have a secret meeting with the commanding officer. A while passes while Kuçi is waiting for the meeting to end and he is very curious as to what it is about. He later discovers that the meeting was to inform the men that 5 trucks of the International Red Cross were coming to Dachau with food supply.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 47)
Document Type: Letter
Date: June 21, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: The President of the Greek National Group, A. Hadjianstassiou
Subject: Thank you letter from the president of the Greek National Group
Summary: Greek political prisoners of Dachau express their thankfulness for the American soldiers who have fallen.
Document Type: Letter
Date: June 21, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: The President of the Greek National Group, A. Hadjianstassiou
Subject: Thank you letter from the president of the Greek National Group
Summary: Greek political prisoners of Dachau express their thankfulness for the American soldiers who have fallen.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 48)
Document Type: Picture
Date: June, 1945
Location: Corinth Greece
Author: Fr. Damon Kinas
Subject: A picture presented to Joyce from the Greek prisoners
Summary: The picture is an old white man holding a small cross in one hand and a sword in the other. He’s wearing good armor and a blue toga-like robe. There is a gold halo outlined in red above his head.
Document Type: Picture
Date: June, 1945
Location: Corinth Greece
Author: Fr. Damon Kinas
Subject: A picture presented to Joyce from the Greek prisoners
Summary: The picture is an old white man holding a small cross in one hand and a sword in the other. He’s wearing good armor and a blue toga-like robe. There is a gold halo outlined in red above his head.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 49)
Document Type: Letter (p. 1 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
Document Type: Letter (p. 1 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 50)
Document Type: Letter (p. 2 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
Document Type: Letter (p. 2 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 51)
Document Type: Letter (p. 3 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
Document Type: Letter (p. 3 of 3)
Date: December 7th, 1944
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Author: Martin Joyce
Subject: Information about two areas, their government and public safety
Summary: Information about two areas, their government and public safety (police, fire dept., and air raid protection). Court system, tax offices, banks, food and administration, housing, economics and public utilities, transportation (roads, canals etc). Labor is carried out on the local level. There were a lot of hospitals but many lacked operating rooms, disinfection room, x-ray rooms and laundry rooms.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 52)
Document Type: Letter/Order
Date: June 11, 1945
Location: Headquarters of Dachau Concentration Camp, Office of the Commanding General
Author: Office of Commanding General
Subject: Disposition of Displaced Personnel
Summary: List of priests’ names with IDs authorized to leave Dachau Camp with their representative. They are being released to Pullach by Joyce from the Dachau Camp.
Document Type: Letter/Order
Date: June 11, 1945
Location: Headquarters of Dachau Concentration Camp, Office of the Commanding General
Author: Office of Commanding General
Subject: Disposition of Displaced Personnel
Summary: List of priests’ names with IDs authorized to leave Dachau Camp with their representative. They are being released to Pullach by Joyce from the Dachau Camp.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 53)
Document Type: Letter
Date: May 8th, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: Friendship, Brotherhood and No Politics
Summary: Letter from the noted Albanian prisoner describing the suffering that Hitler put citizens through. They endured the rough times together through brotherhood and friendship. Now that they are liberated, they want to be nursed back to health and sent back home. They do not want to deal with the political roar aftermath of the war, they just only want everything to be okay. Dr. Ali Kuçi is celebrating their survival.
Document Type: Letter
Date: May 8th, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: Friendship, Brotherhood and No Politics
Summary: Letter from the noted Albanian prisoner describing the suffering that Hitler put citizens through. They endured the rough times together through brotherhood and friendship. Now that they are liberated, they want to be nursed back to health and sent back home. They do not want to deal with the political roar aftermath of the war, they just only want everything to be okay. Dr. Ali Kuçi is celebrating their survival.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 54)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 1)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 1)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 55)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 2)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 2)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 56)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 3)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. II (p. 3)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter begins with the prisoners wondering about when the Americans are going to come and liberate Dachau. The leaders of the camp are portrayed as nervous and anxious about what is going to happen. The leaders are Ruppert, Bach, Boetcher and one that is never at the meetings because he is busy and is not showing up. The second page of this letter is about the anxiety of prisoners. The SS is angrier than usual and is beating anyone in their way. Everyone is preparing to evacuate, Germans are burning documents, all the supplies are being rounded up and meanwhile US soldiers are described at firing at the camp. Anyone who is causing trouble is executed but all the prisoners remain excited. They are excited to be liberated and he says the only reason the prisoners survived was because the dream of being liberated.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 57)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. III (p. 1)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter is describing the American airplanes flying over the camp and the prisoners getting very excited. The prisoners have a mix of hope, fear and anxiousness. There are 35,000 all starving and eating soup that is dirty water. Many of the people are sick and dying, but the overall moral is one of hope. There is a lot of confusion going on in the camp so the prisoners are taking advantage of the confusion and hiding people from the SS. The majority of the prisoners are in good humor though because they know that they are close to freedom. Overall this letter describes the despair they are going through, yet they are still filled with the promise and hope of freedom.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. III (p. 1)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter is describing the American airplanes flying over the camp and the prisoners getting very excited. The prisoners have a mix of hope, fear and anxiousness. There are 35,000 all starving and eating soup that is dirty water. Many of the people are sick and dying, but the overall moral is one of hope. There is a lot of confusion going on in the camp so the prisoners are taking advantage of the confusion and hiding people from the SS. The majority of the prisoners are in good humor though because they know that they are close to freedom. Overall this letter describes the despair they are going through, yet they are still filled with the promise and hope of freedom.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 58)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. III (p. 2)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter is describing the American airplanes flying over the camp and the prisoners getting very excited. The prisoners have a mix of hope, fear and anxiousness. There are 35,000 all starving and eating soup that is dirty water. Many of the people are sick and dying, but the overall moral is one of hope. There is a lot of confusion going on in the camp so the prisoners are taking advantage of the confusion and hiding people from the SS. The majority of the prisoners are in good humor though because they know that they are close to freedom. Overall this letter describes the despair they are going through, yet they are still filled with the promise and hope of freedom.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. III (p. 2)
Date: May 23, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: This letter is describing the American airplanes flying over the camp and the prisoners getting very excited. The prisoners have a mix of hope, fear and anxiousness. There are 35,000 all starving and eating soup that is dirty water. Many of the people are sick and dying, but the overall moral is one of hope. There is a lot of confusion going on in the camp so the prisoners are taking advantage of the confusion and hiding people from the SS. The majority of the prisoners are in good humor though because they know that they are close to freedom. Overall this letter describes the despair they are going through, yet they are still filled with the promise and hope of freedom.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 59)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. IV (p. 1 of 3)
Date: June 1st, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: Description of the conditions of Dachau as the Germans began to evacuate prisoners. Prisoners of Dachau anticipate action as chaos casts over the camp. Multiple groups of prisoners begin the evacuation stage, the author comments and takes in the mass confusion amongst the captives. A group of 120 women from Auschwitz arrive at Dachau in a severe state malnutrition.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. IV (p. 1 of 3)
Date: June 1st, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: Description of the conditions of Dachau as the Germans began to evacuate prisoners. Prisoners of Dachau anticipate action as chaos casts over the camp. Multiple groups of prisoners begin the evacuation stage, the author comments and takes in the mass confusion amongst the captives. A group of 120 women from Auschwitz arrive at Dachau in a severe state malnutrition.
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Lt. Col. Martin W. Joyce Papers (Doc. 60)
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. IV (p. 2 of 3)
Date: June 1st, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: Description of the conditions of Dachau as the Germans began to evacuate prisoners. Prisoners of Dachau anticipate action as chaos casts over the camp. Multiple groups of prisoners begin the evacuation stage, the author comments and takes in the mass confusion amongst the captives. A group of 120 women from Auschwitz arrive at Dachau in a severe state malnutrition.
Document Type: Personal account Last Days of Dachau Pt. IV (p. 2 of 3)
Date: June 1st, 1945
Location: Dachau
Author: Dr. Ali Kuçi
Subject: The Last Days of Dachau
Summary: Description of the conditions of Dachau as the Germans began to evacuate prisoners. Prisoners of Dachau anticipate action as chaos casts over the camp. Multiple groups of prisoners begin the evacuation stage, the author comments and takes in the mass confusion amongst the captives. A group of 120 women from Auschwitz arrive at Dachau in a severe state malnutrition.
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