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Title: Curt Max Prüfer papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1954
Collection Number: 87035
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, memoirs, report, and clippings relating to German military liaison with Turkish military operations during World
War I, German foreign policy during the interwar period (especially in Ethiopia), and German foreign policy during World War
II (especially in Brazil).
Creator:
Prüfer, Curt Max, 1881-1959
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 1987.
[Identification of item], Curt Max Prüfer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
German diplomat; director of personnel, Auswärtiges Amt, 1936-1939; ambassador to Brazil, 1939-1942. Following retirement
from government, Prüfer emmigrated to Switzerland.
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries, memoirs, report, and clippings relating to German military liaison with Turkish military operations during World
War I, German foreign policy during the interwar period (especially in Ethiopia), and German foreign policy during World War
II (especially in Brazil).
Prüfer, C. M., McKale, D. M., Melton, J. M., & Mazal Holocaust Collection. (1988).
Rewriting history: The original and revised World War II diaries of Curt Prüfer, Nazi diplomat. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
National socialism
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history
Germany -- Foreign relations
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey
Germany -- Foreign relations -- Ethiopia
Ethiopia -- Foreign relations -- Germany
Germany -- Foreign relations -- Brazil
Brazil -- Foreign relations -- Germany
Diplomats -- Germany
Germany. Auswärtiges Amt