urn:taro:tamu.cush.00169 Archive of 60 World War II Collections of German Soldiers’ Correspondences and Diaries: 1923-1945 Finding aid prepared by Nafisah Hankins Cushing Memorial LibraryTexas A & M University
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2004 Finding aid encoded by Kimberly Damron in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project. May 2005. Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary and Abstract Cushing Memorial Library
College Station, TX 77843-5000
Archive of 60 World War II Collections of German Soldiers’ Correspondences and Diaries: 1923-1945 18 linear ft. The Archive of 60 World War II Collections of German Soldiers is composed of correspondences including handwritten and typed letters with envelopes, post cards from different places in Europe, diaries, brochures, and photographs including photographic albums, newspaper clippings, and drawings. The collection is written in German from German soldiers all around Europe during the war, writing primarily to their families, and it includes a collection of letters from the Women’s Luftwaffe Auxiliary. Throughout the collection there are photographs and correspondence with Nazi SS insignia, drawings, and newspaper clippings of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders. MIL MSS 00169 English. Biographical Note

No biographical information included. Majority of correspondents are German soldiers during WWII.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains over 12,000 letters and post cards from German soldiers writing to family and friends. Many of the photographs are of German soldiers with their family, in uniform, and landscape images. There are 210 letters, located in box 11 folders 1-5 from a German actor named Ralph Lothar, who entertained German soldiers during the war. The Women’s Luftwaffe Auxiliary Services, a German aide group, is also represented in this collection with 190 letters in box 17 folders 16-18. News paper clippings of German soldiers in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1920s, can be found in Herbert Sonnenfeld's collection of photographs in box 15 folder 12. Some soldiers, Hermann Feldmann, Herbert Sonnenfeld, Karl Standar, and K. Volditz and G. Samuel, for example include their personal drawings in this collection. Karl Standar has a diary that contains newspaper clippings of Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, and other Nazi officials. He also has many drawings in box 16 folder 1. Hermann Feldmann has a book titled Germany over All (translation) I box 4. NCO Fritz Heuser has religious newsletters from October 8, 1939 to July 7, 1940 in box 8 folders 4-7.

 Organization of the Papers

This collection is organized into 1 series:

Series 1. Correspondence, 1923-1945. Access

No restrictions.

 Usage Restrictions

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Online Catalog Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog of Cushing Memorial Library. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.

Names Bergmann Brunkhorst, Martin Feldmann, Hermann Forman, Otto Forman, FritzGeyer, Paul Göring, Hermann, 1893- 1946 Heuser, Fritz Hitler, Adolf , 1889- 1945 Jacks, Heinz Lothar, Ralph, 1910-1981 Muller, Karl Roth, Heinrich Sonnenfeld, Herbert Standar, Karl Volditz, K. Wagener, Alfred Woman Luftwaffe Auxiliary (1939-1945) Zimmer Brothers Zunder, Helmut Subjects Correspondence German Navy Nazi Newspaper Clippings Post Cards POW Soldiers World War II Places Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Germany Greece Italy Poland Russia Provenance

Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, 2004.

 Processing Information

Processed by Nafisah Hankins in 2004.

Detailed Description of the Collection: Series 1. Correspondence, 1923-1945. 1/1-1/4 Andre, Heinz, 1941-1943.

125 letters, 1941-1943, Nazi insignia.

 1/5-1/10 Arnold, Horst, 1941-1945.

250 cards and letters, 1941-1945, Nazi insignia.

 1/11-1/15 Battmer, Karl, 1941-1943.

190 cards and letters, 1941-1943, Nazi insignia.

 2/1-2/3 Bergmann, 1940-1944.

90 letters, 1940-1944, newspaper articles, Nazi insignia.

 2/4-2/6 Beyer, Harold and Family, 1941-1945.

175 letters, 1941-1945, photo of Adolf Hitler.

 2/7-2/11 Bommer, Karl A., 1935-1943.

280 cards and letters, 1935-1943, Nazi insignia.

 2/12-2/14 Brauss, Erich, 1942-1944.

130 letters, 1942-1944, Nazi insignia.

 2/15-2/17 Lt. Brunkhorst, Martin, 1942-1944.

215 cards and letters, 1942-1944, newspaper clippings..

 3/1-3/11 Dreher, Heinz, 1940-1945.

1050 letters, 1940-1945.

 3/12-3/17 Famaily, Alaze, 1939-1944.

235 letters, 235 letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 4/1 Feldmann, Hermann 1942.

54 pg. mss diary, 1942, drawings.

book titled "Germany Over All"(translation).

 4/2-4/12 Formann, Otto and Frits, 1940-1943.

330 letters and cards, 1940-1943, mss notebooks, 23 photographs, Nazi insignia.

 4/13 NCO Garntner, 1940.

110 pg. mss diary, 1940.

 4/14 German soldier, 1940-1944.

32 pg. mss diary, 1940-1944.

 4/15 German soldier, 1943-1945.

120 pg. mss diary, 1943-1945.

 4/16-4/17 Geyer, Paul, 1941-1943.

11 photos and IDs, 2mss diaries, 1941-1943, Nazi insignia.

 5/1-5/6 Giese, Fritz, 1942-1945.

300 cards and letters, 1942-1945, Nazi insignia.

 5/7-5/13 Grimm, Rudi, 1940-1945.

390 cards and letters, 1940-1945.

 5/14-5/21 Golucke, Fritz, 1939-1942.

300 letters, 1939-1942, Nazi insignia.

 6/1-6/10 Hahn, Anton, 1939-1944.

295 letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 6/11-6/13 Heck, August, 1941-1944.

95 letters, 1941-1944, Nazi insignia.

 7/1-7/10 Heine, Adolf, 1940-1944.

300 letters, 1940-1944, Nazi insignia.

 7/11-7/18 Herz, Dien, 1940-1943.

340 letters, 1940-1943.

 8/1-8/8 NCO Heuser, Fritz, 1936-1941.

320 letters, 1936-1941, Newsletters from 10/8/39- 7/7740.

 8/9-8/14 Captain Jacks, Heinz, 1939-1941.

3 mss diaries, 61 photos in an album, 100 letters, 1939-1941, newspaper clippings from New Orleans, Louisiana.

 9/1-9/6 Lt. Kannenberg, Kurt, 1940-1945.

200 cards and letters, 1940-1945, Nazi insignia.

 9/7-9/12 Kerker, Franz, 1941-1944.

160 letters, 1941-1944, misc. newspaper clippings, Nazi insignia.

 9/13-9/16 Kirnerer, Hans, 1942-1943.

162 letters1942-1943, Nazi insignia.

 10/1 Leukner, Wolfgang, 1943-1945.

90 letters, 1943-1945, Nazi insignia.

 10/2-10/18 Listl, Georg, 1941-1944.

400 cards and letters, 1941-1944, Nazi insignia.

 11/1-11/5 Lothar, Ralph, 1940-1943.

210 letters, 1940-1943, German actor.

 11/6-11/8 Mingram, Heinz, 1943-1944.

125 letters, 1943-1944, Nazi insignia.

 11/9-11/13 Minnemann, Max, 1939-1944.

135 letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 12/1-12/8 Sgt. Major Muller, Karl, 1939-1942.

300 cards and letters, 1939-1942, recruitment news clipping with Our Army(translation) on it, Nazi insignia.

 12/9-12/11 Tank Lt. Niederer, Josef, 1941-1943.

200 letters, 1941-1943.

 12/12-12/15 Pollar, Franz, 1941-1944.

280 letters, 1941-1944, Nazi insignia.

 12/16-12/19 Proft, Mati, 1939-1944.

170 letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 13/1-13/3 Raab, 1940-1944.

92 letters, 1940-1944, Nazi insignia.

 13/4-13/8 Reule, Rudolf, 1939-1944.

160 letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 13/9-13/21 Officer Rohwedder,

370 cards and letters, 1937-1945, Nazi insignia.

 14/1 Capt. Roth, Heinrich, 1942.

204 pg. diary, 1942 and 3 photos.

 14/2-14/9 Ruter, Hans, 1943-1945.

250 cards and letters, 1943-1945, Nazi insignia.

 14/10-14/12 3 soldiers, Sanders, 1939-1944.

2 planners, 105 letters, 1939-1944, Sanders 45 letters, 1940-1944 Nazi insignia.

 14/13-14/15 Schick, Robert, 1942-1943.

108 letters, 1942-1943, Nazi insignia.

 14/16-14/19 NCO Schneider, Kurt, 1939-1944.

180 cards and letters, 1939-1944, Nazi insignia.

 14/20 Simon, August, 1942-1943.

117 pg. diary, 1942-1943.

 15/1-15/11 Sonnenburg, Walter, 1940-1944.

520 letters, 1940-1944, Nazi insignia.

 15/12 Sonnenfeld, Herbert, undated.

109 pg. diary, clippings, drawings.

 16/1 Standar, Karl, 1945.

22 pg. mss diary, 1945, drawings and newspaper clippings with pics of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring.

 16/2-16/4 Steinart, Alfred, 1940-1943.

115 cards and letters, 1940-1943, Nazi insignia.

 16/5-16/6 Streng Family, 1941-1944.

120 letters, 1941-1944.

 16/7-16/9 Gef. Trimborn, 1941-1942.

105 letters, 1941-1942, Nazi insignia.

 16/10-16/17 Uhlhorn, H., 1940-1944.

300 letters, 1940-1944, Nazi insignia.

 17/1-17/7 Vogler, Karl, 1940-1945.

255 letters, 1940-1945, Nazi insignia.

 17/8 Volditz and Samuel G.,

2 manuscripts, 65 pgs, 1940; 65 pgs, 1945, one with drawings the other titled La Normandie.

 17/9 Wagener, Alfred, 1941-1942.

116 photos and diary, 1941-1942, Nazi insignia on cover.

 17/10-17/14 Walbaum, Karl, 1941-1944.

210 cards and letters, 1941-1944, Nazi insignia.

 17/15 Wemilius, Adolf, 1940-1941.

2 mss diaries, 50 and 100 pgs, 1940-1941.

 17/16-17/18 Woman Luftwaffe Auxilliary, 1941-1944.

190 cards and letters, 1941-1944.

 18/1-18/10 Two Zimmer Brothers, 1940-1945.

350 cards and letters, 1940-1945, newspaper clippings, Nazi insignia.

 18/11-18/13 Zunder, Helmut, 1940-1945.

120 letters, 1940-1945.

 no folder Zunder, Helmut, undated.

hand stitched photo album with pic of him in uniform with wife; scripture inside.