Inventory of the Karl Friedrich Goerdeler miscellaneous papers

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Title: Karl Friedrich Goerdeler miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1938-1945
Collection Number: XX302
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings and reports, relating to political and economic conditions in Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, France, and the United States as observed on his trip of 1937-1938, to his participation in the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, and to postwar reconstruction in Germany.
Creator: Goerdeler, Carl, 1884-1945
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Karl Friedrich Goerdeler miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Mayor of Leipzig, 1930-1937; German commissioner of price control, 1934-1945.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings and reports, relating to political and economic conditions in Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, France, and the United States as observed on his trip of 1937-1938, to his participation in the July 20, 1944, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, and to postwar reconstruction in Germany.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Anti-Nazi movement
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20)
Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

box 1, folder 1

Travel Reports 1937-1938

box 1, folder 2

"Reiseberichte USA" 1938

box 1, folder 3

"Gedanken eines zum Tode Verurteilten ueber die deutsche Zukunft" 1944 September

box 1, folder 4

"Anlage"

box 1, folder 5

"Im Gefangniss Weihnachten 1944"

box 1, folder 6

"Der wahre Frieden"

box 1, folder 7

"Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse. Geschrieben im Januar 1945 im Gefangnis"

box 1, folder 8

"Vorgeschene Rundfunkrede bei Ubernahme der Reichsregierung"

box 1, folder 9

"Abschrift" 1944 July