Inventory of the William Friel Heimlich papers

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Title: William Friel Heimlich papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-2012
Collection Number: 74093
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 2 phonotape cassettes (0.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, interview, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American military entrance into and occupation of Berlin at the end of World War II. Sound use copies of sound recordings available. In part, photocopy.
Creator: Heimlich, William Friel
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Friel Heimlich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Colonel, United States Air Force; assistant chief of staff, G-2, United States Forces in Berlin, 1945.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs, correspondence, interview, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American military entrance into and occupation of Berlin at the end of World War II. Sound use copies of sound recordings available. In part, photocopy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990
United States. Army Air Forces

 

Sound recordings undated

onsite digital

Sound recording of an oral history of U.S. forces entering Berlin, Germany, 1945 undated

Conditions Governing Access note

Use copy reference number: 74093_a_0003648

Scope and Contents note

This oral history is about the Berlin Operation in the last months of World War II. William Friel Heimlich describes the denazification, disarmament, and subsequent occupation of Berlin by Allied forces. Topics discussed include the Potsdam Conference, refugee handling, social conditions, landscape and infrastructure deterioration, Operation Sparkler, inadequacy of U.S. soldier preparedness, and reflections on the U.S. success of the mission. (2 sound cassettes)
box 1

Memoirs and correspondence

 

2018 Incremental Material 1945-2012

box 1

Clippings and articles relating to William Heimlich

 

Correspondence to Christine Heimlich 1996

 

Funeral program of Christine Heimlich 2012

 

Berlin Pictures (WFH) 1945-1948