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Martin Mittelacher manuscript, 1936-1954, Date acquired: 05/17/2005, Date accessioned: 2020-05-27, bulk 1936-1945

 

Summary

Creator:
Mittelacher, Martin
Oldson, William O.
Mittelacher, Martin
Extent:
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Martin Mittelacher manuscript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_05_0081.

Background

Scope and content:

This is an interview transcript of Martin Mittelacher who was in a German Luftwaffe as an aircrew member during World War II.

Biographical / historical:

Martin Mittelacher was born in Essen on February 28, 1924, and grew up in Wiesbaden, which is near Frankfurt. He was a Lance Corporal in the Luftwaffe in 1942, and trained as a radio operator, navigator, and aerial gunner. He attended high school in Wiesbaden, and studied English and American Literature at university after the war. Mittelacher was stationed in Maubeuge, France, which is in Northern France, then transferred to central Germany after three months at an air base near Magdeburg, called "Wolf." From there he was transferred to Rüder, near Berlin for the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) course. In 1944, his mother was killed in an allied bombing raid, and he was tasked with helping the Gestapo to identify the dead bodies of his town. At the end of the war, he made his way to surrender to the Americans. Based on testimony from a doctor, he was labeled "unfit for being a POW" for a problem with his heart. He was later tasked with interviewing returnees from the Soviet Union. After returning to university, he immigrated to the United States and settled in Jacksonville, Florida. Mittelacher passsed away on March 19, 2018.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated by Martin Mittelacher. The collection was acquired by the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience on May 17, 2005.

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Martin Mittelacher manuscript, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_05_0081.

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA