Deborah Gierach papers, 1939-1942, Date acquired: 04/05/2002, bulk 1941
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Gierach, Deborah
- Extent:
- 3.00 boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Deborah Gierach papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0144.
Background
- Scope and content:
Deborah Gierach's collection of photographs were taken by her late father-in-law (no name given), a B-17 pilot in Europe during the Second World War. The collection consists of scanning from three photograph albums (in German) compiled and produced for the Nazi government as a means to show what the Third Reich was doing during the war. Subjects include Nazi rallies, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Goering, soldiers, military vehicles, as well as Hitler playing with children and socializing with others. Captions are in German. Organized month to month for separate calendar years of 1939, 1940, 1942.
- Acquisition information:
Deborah Gierach
donation
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Arrangement:
creator
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany). Propaganda-Ausschusses.
United States. Army Air Forces--Military life
B-17 bomber
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--United States
Nazi propaganda
Germany--History--1933-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949
United States--Army Air Forces--Aerial operations
Berlin (Germany)--History--Blockade, 1948-1949 - Names:
- United States. Army Air Forces
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) - Places:
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
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], Deborah Gierach papers, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_02_0144.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA