Overview of the Peter Paret papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Peter Paret papers

Date (inclusive): 1945-1992

Collection Number: 89044

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In German and English

Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Writings, together with correspondence, report, list, copies of judicial proceedings and printed matter used as research material, relating to executions following the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, and to the life of the German Nazi artist Hans Schweitzer.

Creator: Paret, Peter

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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Peter Paret papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American historian.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, together with correspondence, report, list, copies of judicial proceedings and printed matter used as research material, relating to executions following the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, and to the life of the German Nazi artist Hans Schweitzer.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany

Anti-Nazi movement

Propaganda, German

Denazification

National socialism

Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20)

Art -- Germany

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

Schweitzer, Hans

Zellengefängnis Moabit (Berlin, Germany)

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box 1

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