Letter from Edward Murrow to S. K. Ratcliffe; London, May 3, 1945

Digital Record

Identifier: ms0576-4-1-10-4-57600001

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Dates

Creation: 1945-05-03

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

Series 1: Edward R. Murrow Papers ca. 1929-1968; Box 4, folder 10

Physical Description

This letter consists of one page of paper measuring 20.83 cm x 25.91 cm, having text one side. The page has two holes punched in the left margin.

Dimensions

20.83 cm x 25.91 cm

Edward Murrow's response to S. K. Ratcliffe's letter

In this letter, Edward R. Murrow says that he got a mixed reception to his broadcast about Buchenwald, but thought his story was at least believed. He also counters Ratcliffe's supposition that the mass of German people did not know what was happening at Buchenwald. He believes that many people in Weimar did know where and what Buchenwald was.

Subjects

Genre / Form

correspondence

Geographic

Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)

Linked Records

Edward R. and Janet Brewster Murrow papers | Edward R. Murrow Papers, 1929 - 1968 | Correspondence, 1933 - 1965 | 1944 to 1945, Jan. 1944-Dec. 1945 | April to May 1945, Apr. 1-May 31, 1945

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