Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Germany. Wehrmacht. Oberkommando, McClure, Donald, and Scheidt, W. H.
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1st Division, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; German military operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials, especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948. Includes a report by W. H. Scheidt, Historian, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, entitled German Military Operations Report, 1944-1945.
- Extent:
- 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Donald McClure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1st Division, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; German military operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials, especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948. Includes a report by W. H. Scheidt, Historian, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, entitled German Military Operations Report, 1944-1945.
- Biographical / historical:
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Lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force; Nuremberg war crime trials official.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1966.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
War crime trials
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps
Concentration camps -- Germany - Names:
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) - Places:
- Germany -- History -- Allied occupation, 1918-1930
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Donald McClure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563