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  • Title: Frederick M. Sammis, Jr. collection
    Date (inclusive): 1939-1945
    Collection Number: 46031
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 35 envelopes (3.5 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs of various Allied and German military and political leaders.
    source: Sammis, Frederick M.
    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 1946.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Frederick M. Sammis, Jr. collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs of various Allied and German military and political leaders.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Pictorial works
    Prisoners of war -- Pictorial works
    Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940 -- Pictorial works
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Poland
    Sammis, Frederick M.