Bernard F. Engel papers
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The photographs were taken by an American liberator named Ray and were given to Bernard F. Engel. The pocket-calendar was obtained by Bernard F. Engal, and the document and booklet belonged to him. Bernard F. Engel donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.
Scope and Content
The papers consists of six photographs taken by an American soldier named "Ray" at the V-bomb factory at Nordhausen; a pocket calendar issued to German soldiers; a document issued by Lieutenant General Omar Bradley outlining seven guidelines for dealing with the German people; and a booklet entitled "Pocket Guide to Germany" prepared by the United States Army Information Branch.
System of Arrangement
The Bernard F. Engel papers is arranged in a single series.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- War damage--Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)--1940-1950.
- Factories--Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)--1940-1950.
- Dead persons--Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)--1940-1950.
- United States--Foreign relations--Germany.
- Soldiers--American--Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia)
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Germany.
- Germany--Armed Forces.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Calendars.
- Document