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Title: Siegfried Oppenheim papers
Collection Number: 2000C27
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize box
(3.9 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1952
Abstract: Correspondence, orders and other military documents, photographs, and miscellany, relating to American military operations
in China at the end of World War II.
Creator:
Oppenheim, Siegfried.
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[Identification of item], Siegfried Oppenheim papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2000.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/. Materials have been added to the
collection if the number of boxes listed in the catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Norwood F. Allman papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Oliver J. Caldwell papers, Hoover Institution Archives
William J. Donovan Memorial Foundation records, Hoover Institution Archives
J. Arthur Duff papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Carl Frederick Eifler papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Suzanne Norman Malloch papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Gilbert Stuart memoirs, Hoover Institution Archives
Siegfried Oppenheim, who was a master sergeant assigned to the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, was born
in Germany in 1909 and attended Columbia University. He worked as a stenographer in New York, serving at the Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner in the Bronx and Bellevue Hospital.
Oppenheim enlisted with the United States military after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and in 1942 became a confidential stenographer
with Major General Thomas A. Terry of the Second Service Command. He worked in the Police Department of the Military Service
Bureau in New York, and was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant from court stenographer in September 1943. He was stationed
at Camp Hood, Texas, in 1944 and 1945.
Oppenheim began his work for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in 1945. He was stationed in China during World War II,
and continued his work for the OSS after the end of the war. Oppenheim also preformed duties for External Survey Detachment
#44 of the United States Navy. Oppenheim died in 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers document the military career and family life of Siegfried Oppenheim, who served the Office of Strategic Services
from 1945 to 1949. Materials include correspondence, orders and other military documents, photographs, and miscellany related
to American military operations in China at the end of World War II.
The collection contains correspondence that Oppenheim sent and received during his service in World War II. Much of the correspondence
is with his mother, Regine, and his brother, Irving. In their letters, the Oppenheims discuss family matters, Siegfried Oppenheim's
work at the Office of Strategic Services, his experiences in China, and the procurement and shipment of various items.
Photographs in the collection include images of China and the Oppenheim family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
Secret service--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--China.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.