Joseph Dainow collection

Identifier
irn505078
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1221
  • RG-10.151
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1973
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

oversize folder

11

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Joseph Dainow (b. 1906, Montreal, Canada, d. 1978, New Orleans, La.) served in the Judge Advocate General's Office of the United States Army and worked in the Office of the U. S. Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, from September to December 1945. He was a member of the faculty of the Louisiana State University Law School for thirty-five years, retiring in 1973.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Joseph Dainow wrote the letters while stationed in Nuremberg, Germany, from Sept. to Dec. 1945. He collected the photograph and the map of Fürth, Germany, during the same time. Dainow's son, J. David Dainow compiled the photocopies of the article and annotated letters. He and his sister, Keren Dainow-Rotberg donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Oct. 1995.

Scope and Content

Contains letters written by Joseph Dainow from September to December 1945 describing his experiences while working in the Office of the U. S. Chief of Counsel during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, and his visits to Fürth, Germany, and encounters with the remaining members of the Jewish community there; "Joe Dainow : Letters from Nuremberg 1945," which contains photocopies of a 1973 article from the Louisiana Law Review describing Dainow's career at Louisiana State University and photocopies of Dainow's Nuremberg correspondence with highlighted statements and annotations added by his son, J. David Dainow; a photograph of the International Military Tribunal courtroom in Nuremberg with the caption, "Greetings from Nürnberg;" and a map of the city of Fürth, near Nuremberg.

System of Arrangement

Organized in four series: RG-10.15101, Letters, 1945 Sept.-1945 Dec. RG-10.15102, "Joe Dainow : Letters from Nuremberg 1945" RG-10.15103, "Greetings from Nürnberg" photograph, n.d. RG-10.15104, Map of Fürth, Germany, n.d. Arrangement of letters in RG-10.151*01 is chronological

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: J. D. Dainow

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