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Title: Daniel Lerner collection
Date (inclusive): 1914-1949
Collection Number: 46019
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
87 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope
(36.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, correspondence, pamphlets, leaflets, and radio transcripts relating to Allied propaganda in Europe during World War
II, analysis of German propaganda, evaluation of wartime German morale, and German public opinion during the post-war Allied
occupation. Includes reports of interrogations of German prisoners of war.
source:
Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1946.
[Identification of item], Daniel Lerner collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Please be advised that this collection contains content that includes harmful language. Titles in the finding aid were maintained
from their original sources and not edited or modified at the time of original description. This content should be viewed
within a historical lense and does not reflect the opinions of the Archivists who described it.
Daniel Lerner (1917-1980), author and professor of sociology, worked as Chief Editor of the Psychological Warfare Division,
SHAEF (1944-1945) and as Chief of Intelligence of the Information Control Division, OMGUS (1945-1946).
Daniel Lerner gathered a portion of the collection in 1944-1945 when he worked as Chief Editor of the Psychological Warfare
Division, SHAEF (1944-1945), and as Chief of Intelligence of the Information Control Division, OMGUS (1945-1946). He supplemented
the collection with materials he found during his two trips to Europe in 1946 to 1947 and in 1948 while he was Research Director
of the International Studies Center at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Lerner's book, entitled
Sykewar: Psychological Warfare against Germany (New York: George W. Stewart, 1949), is partially based on the collection materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Public opinion -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects
Lerner, Daniel, 1917-1980