Carl Schrader

Carl Schrader was chief of the hospital in the Flossenbürg concentration camp.

Documents

Carl Schrader dedicated this picture of himself to Peter Kleinmann. The back of the picture reads:

“Eleven years as prisoner of Fascism in German Concentration Camps. In memory for my comrade Dezider Kleinmann.

Flossenbürg, 29. 5. 1945

Carl Schrader, Chief of Hospital”

Carl Schrader dedicated this picture of himself to his American liberator Ivan Oppenheimer. The back of the picture says:

“I give this remembrance, 11 years of my life, under the terror of Nazi-murders in the German Concentration Camps, with the conscience of going towards the time of justice and freedom;

To my friend Lieutenant Oppenheimer

Concentration Camp Flossenbürg, 30 May 1945

               Schrader, Chief of Hospital”

This letter from Carl Schrader to his American liberator, Ivan Oppenheimer, addresses the inability of words to describe his gratitude for liberating him from the years of Nazi terror.

This letter dated 15 March 1946 was written by Carl Schrader to his American liberator, Ivan Oppenheimer. He tries to express his gratitude for all Oppenheimer has done for him and his comrades and to express the happiness he felt to be reunited with his family.