Overview of the William Friel Heimlich Papers
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Overview of the William Friel Heimlich Papers
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Title: William Friel Heimlich papers
Dates: 1974-1976
Collection Number: 74093
Creator: Heimlich, William Friel.
Collection Size:
1 folder, 2 phonotape cassettes
(0.3 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, and an interview, relating to the American military entrance into and occupation of Berlin at the
end of World War II. In part, photocopy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], William Friel Heimlich papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974.
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Colonel, United States Air Force; assistant chief of staff, G-2, United States Forces in Berlin, 1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, correspondence, and an interview, relating to the American military entrance into and occupation of Berlin at the
end of World War II. In part, photocopy.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army Air Forces.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990.
Phonotapes.
Partial Collection Contents
Cassette cabinet
Sound recordings undated
Cassette cabinet
Sound recording of an oral history of U.S. forces entering Berlin, Germany, 1945 undated
Access Information
Use copy reference number: 74093_a_0003648
Scope and Content 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)
Rest of collection not yet described