Jerome S. Buser papers

Identifier
irn47092
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.368.1
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47092

Extent and Medium

folders

2

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn Buser

Carolyn Buser donated her father's notebooks to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in June 2012.

Scope and Content

Consists of notebooks, documents, and clippings from the collection of Jerome S. Buser, who was given intelligence gathering and German language training at Carleton College in Minnesota during World War II. This training was done for eventual espionage wherein Mr. Buser would be dropped behind enemy lines to pose as a German businessman. The notebooks contain notes from history, geography, and language classes, demonstrating the training one received for future espionage activities. Due to the end of the war in Europe, Mr. Buser was never deployed overseas.

People

  • Buser, Jerome.

Subjects

  • Espionage--United States--History--20th century.
  • Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.

Genre

  • Document
  • Notebooks.
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