Descriptive Summary
Croner, Herbert J.
Croner, Herbert J., Papers
1963-1984
Materials are written in English.
98-145
6 ft., 5 in.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
The Herbert J. Croner Papers
(1963-1984), including classified research files for Dallas Post Tribune editorials,
political broadsides, pamphlets, ephemera, an audiocassette, a scrapbook, a
photocopied photo album, newspapers, and magazines, document Croner's involvement in
progressive organizations in Dallas as well as his experiences during the
Holocaust.
Biographical Note
Herbert J. Croner (1913-1984), born in Hamburg, Germany, was arrested by the Gestapo
and sentenced to life in prison for his anti-Nazi activities. He was incarcerated in
13 prison camps, including Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Dachau before he was
liberated at the end of World War II. Prior to immigrating to the United States in
1946, Croner served as a translator at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. In the
United States, Croner earned a doctoral degree in philosophy from the Minnesota
Institute of Philosophy. He moved to Dallas in 1964 and was the dean of the Dallas
Branch of the Minnesota Institute of Philosophy. In the early 1970s, Croner became
the editor of the Dallas Post Tribune, an
African-American newspaper. Furthermore, Croner was an advocate for many causes,
such as the civil rights movement, the woman’s movement, and the gay right’s
movement. Before his retirement in 1975, he became a counselor with the Salvation
Army in Dallas. Croner died in 1984.
Scope and Contents
The Herbert J. Croner Papers (1963-1984), including classified research files for
Dallas Post Tribune editorials, political broadsides,
pamphlets, ephemera, an audiocassette, a scrapbook, a photocopied photo album,
newspapers, and magazines, document Croner's involvement in progressive
organizations in Dallas as well as his experiences during the Holocaust. The
photocopied photo album, made by Croner’s brother-in-law Wes Clouse, documents
Herbert Croner’s experiences in post-World War II Germany. The scrapbook contains
sympathy cards sent to Marilyn Croner upon the death of Herbert Croner. The
audiocassette is a recording of a question and answer session after a 1975
presentation concerning the Holocaust. Furthermore, the papers consist of numerous
African American, Socialist, alternative, underground, progressive, and Gay and
Lesbian newspapers and magazines.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Croner, Herbert J.--Archives
Subjects (Organizations)
Dallas Post Tribune.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Salvation Army
Subjects
Holocaust survivors.
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany,
1946-1949.
Places
Dallas (Tex.)
Hamburg (Germany)
Preferred Citation
Herbert J. Croner Papers, 1963-1984, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/Q118 - 2.325/Q124
unprocessed papers [98-145]