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  • Title: Craig W. H. Luther papers
    Date (inclusive): 1937-2015
    Collection Number: 88064
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Primarily in English and German, with a few items in Russian
    Physical Description: 54 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (23.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Memoirs, diaries, questionnaire responses and interview summaries of military veterans, notes, photocopies of military records, printed matter, and photographs relating to German military operations during World War II, mainly on the Eastern Front. Used as research material for the books by Craig W. H. Luther, Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth, " 1943-1945 (San Jose, 1988), and Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June-December 1941 (Atglen, Pa., 2013).
    Creator: Luther, Craig W. H.
    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 1988, with increments received in 2014, 2015, and 2017.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Craig W. H. Luther papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    American historian.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Craig W. H. Luther papers include questionnaire responses and letters by veterans of the German 12th SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" and by veterans of Canadian, British, and Polish military units who fought against the 12th SS-Panzerdivision, as well as summaries of interviews with these veterans. These materials relate to activities of the 12th SS-Panzerdivision in World War II, and especially during the 1944 Normandy campaign. Used as research material for Luther's book, Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth," 1943-1945 (San Jose, 1988).
    An increment received in 2015 consists of research materials, soldier questionnaires, memoirs, and other materials relating to Luther's Strategic Withdrawal of German Army Groups South and Center to the Dnepr River and First Soviet Attempts to Capture Kiev, August-October 1943, as well as Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June-December 1941.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
    National socialism
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
    Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
    Waffen-SS.. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend," 12