Overview of the Michael Burleigh collection

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Michael Burleigh collection

Date (inclusive): 1862-1996

Collection Number: 2003C75

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Mainly in German

Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes (10.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Photocopies of correspondence, government documents, judicial and medical records, and printed matter, relating to German interest in Eastern Europe and to eugenics in Germany before and during the Nazi period. Used as research material for the books by M. Burleigh, Germany Turns Eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich (Cambridge, 1988), and Death and Deliverance: "Euthanasia" in Germany c. 1900-1945 (Cambridge, 1994). Includes notes by M. Burleigh.

source: Burleigh, Michael, 1955-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2003.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Michael Burleigh collection,, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photocopies of correspondence, government documents, judicial and medical records, and printed matter, relating to German interest in Eastern Europe and to eugenics in Germany before and during the Nazi period. Used as research material for the books by M. Burleigh, Germany Turns Eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich (Cambridge, 1988), and Death and Deliverance: "Euthanasia" in Germany c. 1900-1945 (Cambridge, 1994). Includes notes by M. Burleigh.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

National socialism

Eugenics -- Germany

Euthanasia -- Germany

Germany -- Relations -- Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern -- Relations -- Germany

Burleigh, Michael, 1955-