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Title: Josef Kayser papers
Date (inclusive): 1943-1945
Collection Number: XX324
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, a diary, and sermons relating to German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union and to the Working Council on
Religious Questions of the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (National Committee for a Free Germany), an organization of
anti-Nazi German Christians concerned with the reconstruction of Germany after World War II.
Creator:
Kayser, Josef
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Josef Kayser papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Josef Kayser, born in 1895, was a German Catholic army chaplain. He served in the Soviet Union during World War II, where
he was taken as a prisoner of war. During his imprisonment, he continued to serve as a chaplain for his fellow prisoners of
war. In 1943, he joined the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, a group founded by German religious leaders in the Soviet
Union, in opposition to the Nazi government. He died in 1993.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, a diary, and sermons relating to German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union and to the Working Council on
Religious Questions of the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (National Committee for a Free Germany), an organization of
anti-Nazi German Christians concerned with the reconstruction of Germany after World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
Prisoners of war
Anti-Nazi movement
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany
Nationalkomitee "Freies Deutschland."