Selected records from the Bernard Bernstein Nazi gold file

Identifier
irn514791
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0320
  • RG-30.006
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1988
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514791

Extent and Medium

boxes

6

82 microfiche,

Creator(s)

  • Bernard Bernstein

Biographical History

Bernard Bernstein served as a Lt. Colonel and Colonel in the United States Army during the war. Col. Bernstein was Financial Advisor in the Office of the Military Governor, United States (OMGUS). An attorney by training, Bernstein was involved in investigating the economic assets of the Third Reich, particularly its looted gold, in the later years of the war.

Archival History

Truman Presidential Museum and Library

Acquisition

Cite the Truman Presidential Museum and Library as holder of originals

The collection was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 3 November 1999 from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum (National Archives and Records Administration).

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning Nazi Germany's gold and other financial assets. Much of this material relates to the discovery by U.S. forces of a large cache of Nazi treasure in the Kaiseroda salt mine at Merkers, Germany, in April 1945. Colonel Bernstein was responsible for safeguarding and preparing an inventory of these valuables, which included gold, currency, works of art, and loot taken from victims in Nazi concentration or extermination camps. Also includes documentation of the financial aspects of the war, efforts to compensate the victims of Nazi aggression, and the continuing interest among journalists and historians in the wealth and plunder of the Third Reich.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is alphabetical by subject

People

  • Bernstein, Bernard, 1908-1990.

Corporate Bodies

  • Allied Military Government

Subjects

  • Confiscations.
  • Gold--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
  • Jewish property.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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