Scrapbook of Eberhard Deutsch : Scrapbook; Correspondence; Ephemera; Periodical Clippings; V-mail; Periodical 19430122-19430729.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Brown three-ring binder with University of Virginia seal on the cover. Scrapbook also includes photographs, newspaper clippings, military correspondence, certificates, and other miscellaneous documents, but is mostly wartime correspondence (letters and V-mail) from Major Eberhard Deutsch to his wife, Rhea Deutsch, New Orleans, during 1943. Correspondence focuses on personal matters, news of friends and family, and life in Charlottesville, especially his rigorous curriculum as he prepared for administrative duties in the occupied Europe; Deutsch attended the School of Military Government in Charlottesville, Virginia, until May 1943, and then travelled to Fort Meade, Indiana, before sailing overseas at the end of May; spent the rest of the summer completing additional training in North Africa, and his letters to Rhea dwell on homesickness and describe fellow students, all officers, and some of their work, including language classes and government lectures; 19 July 1943, Deutsch is finally able to discuss the Allied invasion of Sicily, and to tell Rhea that he will be stationed somewhere on Sicily with the AMGOT [Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories.].

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Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).