Berchtesgaden Military Intelligence records, 1945-1950.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Allen, George R. (George Rankin), 1919-1998, collector.

Contributor:

Görnnert, Fritz, 1907-

Brandenburg, F. (Franz)

Lau, Willy.

Schroeder, Christa, 1908-1984

Wolf, Paula, 1896-1960

Hammitzsch, Angela, 1883-1949.

Morell, Theodor Gilbert, 1886-1948

Kempka, Erich

Mannertz, Günther.

Doose, Heinrich, 1912-

Schramm, Percy Ernst, 1894-1970

Nagel, Erwin.

Buchholz, Heinz, 1906-1984

Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991.

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st. Counter-Iintelligence Corps.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hitler, Adolf.

Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946.

Göring, Hermann.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945.

Genre:

Transcripts.

Manuscripts, German.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of George R. Allen, 1946, 1950.

Physical Description:

70 folders

Place of Publication:

1945-1950.

Language Note:

In German and English.

Biography/History:

During World War II Allen served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army as an interrogator of prisoners of war. In 1945 he was assigned to the Counter-Intelligence Corps detachment of his division. In May of that year he was sent to Berchtesgaden, the site of a favored retreat of Hitler and a key site in Nazi operations.

Summary:

Typed transcripts of interviews with, statements from, or reports on family and staff of Adolf Hitler, including Fritz Goernnert (assistant to Hermann Göring), Franz Brandenburg and Willy Lau (Göring's guards), Christa Schroeder (Hitler's personal secretary), Paula Wolf (Hitler's sister), Angela Hammitzsch (Hitler's half-sister), Theodor Morell (Hitler's personal physician), Erich Kempka (Hitler's chauffeur), Günther Mannertz (member of SS), Heinrich Doose (member of Waffen-SS and driver), Percy Schramm (head compiler of the war journal of the German High Command Operational Staff), Erwin Nagel (German soldier in convicts detachment), and Heinz Buchholz (member of stenographic service of Hitler's headquarters). Also included are transcribed excerpts from stenographic notebooks of Hitler's secretaries, as well as transcribed and re-constructed records of Hitler's daily military conferences, December 1942 to March 1945 [incomplete]. The collection contains three essays in English by George Allen concerning the provenance of the records, as well as galley proofs, page proofs, and typescripts of four versions of Felix Gilbert's book, Hitler Directs His War (1950), with a foreword by Allen.

Finding Aid/Index:

Finding aid available through the World Wide Web.

Related Work:

Gilbert, Felix, 1905-1991. Hitler Directs His War.

OCLC:

166481044