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Dr. Luth~r H. Evans
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Dear Mr.' Evans: '
, Thank you very mltch for your letter of 8 January outlining,
the :progress of th~ LIbrary o:f Congress progl'.am.. for the ' ' ,
col,lectlon of ,publlshed materlals ,of, enemy o:qsln.
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It is indeed' gratifyiI;lO' to !glow that the effor~s f,e,t ',',
of the War Department ~a 1 ~s ec~el(;)lls, bqth h~re and I:t;l, "
, Europe have :resulted l~ the eS~;~911shffient 9f ,an e:(fectlve"
, channel for the evacuatlon of ,,1q.,OlWLEY mat~rlal :.fromJG:erma,ny. , '
Based on your 'letter" I havew:rltten t'o<the Commt?lld~ng;Gerieral
o~ the EuropE?a:t;J.~heter .exprE?sslng ~ur ,mutual sa~lsf~ctlon',
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As mentloned In your 'letter, tne Llbraryof Congress program
has not been one solely of beneflt to the Libraries Iln' the '
TIriited ,States.' ~ehe 'skilled personnel sent to the theater has
been and will. continue to: be of considerable assistdnce, to
, tho!?e handlina-, seiz~d Germ~ documents. Further, JOur: . plan. for
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equltsbly m~e¥lng bI8 1'8qulrements ~f all .Arrl~rlcan Ilb~arles
tlirough a slngle channel has been of great ald to tHe War' Deoal't
mentln meeting the difficult situation which would have
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arisen from the l1.YJ.ilateral and uncoordinated demands of a
number of institutions.
You lllay be sure that the 1NOl'k of 'the Library of Congre ss
Mi ssion dUl'lnf? the months to Callie will be a matte:r atE' real
interest to tilis office. Should chaJ?ging conditions,l either
, ~el'e or abroad l impede the program, d" not hesl tate 1;0 call,
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Sincei'i¥ly yOIJ-IS,
Kop..J leth C. Royall
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andProlQ"!!!lo-. '!'be basi. of the Ubrar;y of Congress
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Librar1a of Congreaa, on Sept._bar 19, '1946, and att.ended b)" "pr....
l«ission 111 German,yrest.s
Hnt.at.1vesof American research libr8l"7 assoa1atiOD8and t.he ,St.at.e '
BD4 war Depart.m.ent.e (the lat.t.er represent.eel by officer8 of G-2,JG'S,
and t.be Otfice' of t.he Secretary or War). , 'At. t.his meeting it &_
, agre8dthat. the Ubrar,y ot Congress would haYe a group of represen
t.ativea in Germany t.o acquire wartime imprint.s on behalf ot aU
American 1ibrat'ies"tbat the Library; ot Congresa )(1ssion would be the' ,
eole llbrar,y &g8D.c.1au~horlzec1 t.o aid in screening and.,removingcap- \
t.ured doC'WAClt.s tram t.he Theater or tor the ,purobase of wart1me publi1,.
CAtions tor use in Nsearch libraries, and that research libraries
undertake t.Q taabion a cooperative cUstribution raechaniam for, aU mate
rials eo received. .A. at.at,eaent, of the. understsQt'Ungreacbed at this \
JUetiD& 18 contaiDed 111 a let. . addressed to the SeCret.a.ry .of War 1'1i
, the Librarian of COI'1I1"688 dated. Septem.ber 21" 1946. Noill1cat.1on -t.ba~ .
·Mr. Reuben Pe1a.8wu t.o report to \be Chief of S~,1D this connect.ion,
1fU '&iven 10 a t.elegram to the 1beat,t.ar ,in,Sept.embe~. Stilb&equeDt con
.t1rmat.ion is ,cont.aiDed 111 8I'l embaago of let.ter8 bet,1reaD tbe Act.1.oc
Se~ ot War aad the Librarian of Conpess cSa.t.ed Jan~7 S and
Jaouar7 19, 1946, re&peet.1val¥, and in a let.t.er· of apprec.ta.t1an tJ"Oll
the Acting SacNtarT of War t.o GenerAl. If.oBarAe1, dat.ed January 19, 1946.
wo;uld
rA. ng.BI& t.lma 1aib1at.e4 bad t.b.ree, mainobJeCt.iV'es:'
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1. locating, aecuring, and torwar41ng st.ored mat.er1aJ.s
ordeed b.T AIDar1ca.n l1brarl.es before t.heout,br.k of
war and being bald by German deal.et"s;
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,1Ih1ch 1I'Ouldbe utetul t.o .AmericaD. research or to
ArIq or ot.h.. egeociea in the 'theat.er; 8n4
':l•. PQl"Ch..~ wart.1mo imprint. ~d current. publiQatia1e•
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eighteen,; with t._ additioAal p81"8Ona aa1t1n& orctmto~ depari.are'
~ a al.ot boiDg beld open tor a represent.atJ.Te \.0 be dea1pat.ed bTl
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stlmtord ,Un1vendt,J aDd
1J.brazoic ot CoDgress, coPles ot 1Ibich
have a1.read.7 b88ll torwarded tor .J'DUI" lUes). lJ.br4l70tCoDgreaa
, repr8act.8tiY88 are at present. st.ationed in tbe.ma,Jor cities, of the
· AmBrican IIOne (Frankf'u:rt., St.ut.t.gart, and JNn1ch) 'as well as in. Beriln
'and V.leRna. . A r~sent.at.1v.1astat.1Op.ed at ~Ba4entor 1'.'80'0
" .Uh the frenChj, .AQd.one 1d.ll ehortJ.y be auSgned tor l1a180a with the
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ot tho Jtb8ion witbin the 'l'lieat.er toll.owal ."
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Tbere so_thiDg over i2S0,OOO1iOrth of' publicat1on.sbe1ng beld for . \
_,ricaa l1blari88 haa 'been1oca,ted., L1.,hra!'7, of Co,agrees ,representa.\
Uvea have viGitec:l'L8.1pdglUlder auspices 'ot the B.U4l.1anaut.h01'iUea.
Negot.1ationalare:\1DCler :wq to removo·t.he stocks t.o Berlin, 1avent.ol7
t.h8ll, and export. them,'unGer the regul.&tioris laicldt>wn by Kll1t8J"7 Govern
ment.. Whilothenagotiations ,1lIlI3 be protraCted, eventUal' lIucceu ,i. \ '
expect.ed.ln aclditJ.on the:w.aaiQn' bas &Shippell' matad.ala ,purchased am
Aorea. 1l1Franlduri. bytbe Hoover W&1"1.1brar7.The~e mater1ala have \
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alrea.d,y arrived. It. i8 .well to e.rapbaa1ze at. tb.1s point that 8Crupu.lo_
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care has beeo exarcieed DOt., to relllDVomater1W 'be1.Oalgiagtolegit.1ma~
German· eultural1.astt,tut-iona•. hrther'more. ·1I&IID3tbo....aru:la of Nazi
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volumes have been acquired t.brougb. tbe cooperat.ion ot lntor.aat1on Control
trOll .ialpow:uted .t.oeb t,pat. would ot.bfU"Wise .bave, beenpulpec:l.,
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cat.1ona in axe..s ot $;0 ,000. The t1rst 8hipm.ent. 18 DOW en route to \"
the Unit_ stoat.e.~ Arraag8lHD.t.8 tor paJ'JHllt, et.c., baTe been worked oat
iii coopertt.t;1m1 with C.A.D., U.s.C.C. and 0KlUS. ExpIsct.at.iciuJ·
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the D1atribut.1on or foreign Ac<pls1t1ona, compoaed.o! representatives
at leMiag reaearah llb,raries and associat.ions .andot the· tour national
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re,lIearch' C01.lDc1l.., has~_d out a schedule .ot priorit.iea which HlliN '~ .
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BEPRESENTAT:MS OF THE LIBRARY OF OONGREss MISSIONa'
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'. ~or. tpa teriaJ,s of' 'Na~i insp:tra~~on., '( party or, politica1 propagarid~', :~,tan.;~,~rc:I·' \';. '.:.,::' ."
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.lications which fall into our hands by confiscation. There should however
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The following are types of material which we should not hesitate to acquire
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ministries, official or semi-official publications of the Party,Serious
studies of German political, economic, or social conditions.
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demographic materials, particularly if they include graphic materials such
as tables or maps.
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distribution ofeneroy mate:r,ials will be" of inestimable·,
research and'that the natio'nal illterestwill be, served
and enduring way. The War Department, by its.cooperati
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Subject: Excerpt from letter to Peiss:'
"Rothschild Center in Frankfurt. Further to our
conversation. on the Rothschild Center .'Sarg~nt
Child, who is now in Gerrminjl:," is the man for Iyou,
to see. He is very much interested in the whole
business'andwell acquainted"with it. He 11a~
written us 8., lengthy le~ter ~m the SUbject,.
advise you to talk with him. We are willing and
anxious to have any residuum which is non-resti
tuable of the Jewish material. iVe do nqt, h6wever,
"propose to handle it any differently from thJ
, ther acquisitions , i . e., you will collect add,
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The following arrangement for .coll ecting of' newspapers" ni~gazin~f': Miiitary·
Government Publications" . German 1 awe ~ Party· material and so' ,on has been made by'·'·'
'me for Land G-reater Hesse.
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Newspapers and Magazines.
1. Attached you will f±nd a,r:pendix A, which is the IOD liat of newspaper.s and Periodicals license.d byDISOO in US Zone.'
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.turing the first'week in Decemb.erarrarigements ivere'made',with Mr •.
L. Conant, Chief of the Press Section of' lOD to add the Librkry
of Congress to the distributionlis.t for 25ccpies of all'Ubensed
newspapers' published in the US Zone.' Ariofficial letter·.to ~hiS.
effect, signed by Col. J. H. Hill s; Asst. ,Chief qf the Admin-istra
tive Division 'of lCD, has gone out to all DISOCCOmiD2..."'1ds./"
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magazines ll.censed by DISOO 6871, Schlangenbad near 'lh'esbaden.
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.Major Shepard .Stone· and Major Smith. 1,1ajor 8mith inforl!led,:b'y.·
official letter all editors licensed by 687lto·,eena..25 c'opi/es of':','"
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:Magazine~copies have to 'be paid for.,
6. Arrangements have been made and our'Mission is onthe,,(ii~trib~ti~rie;... ,.
list f.o.r the i'[eekly'Reports -of 6871 District Info rmat'ion , Sei-vice~'
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',Go'vernm'ent-weeklY, monthly and progress reports for the Landi
Greater Hesse. Further, the weekly and monthly reports. from .
the; different Regierungs-Sezirke in'Land Greater Hesse:
Wi~Elbaden, .Kassel, Darmstadt.
Arra~gements have been made, with Captain Irving, Mili,tary
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cop1e~ of these publications regula~iy.
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Reports and.·Info·rmation Branch, iJSFET have been collected and
14 copies of:No. 1 - 25 (19 January 46) he.ve, already been shipped
to t.he .Li brary of Oongress in ~·!ashi:ngton.'
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and will be collected later.
III. Official laws and regulations printed for German civilians in German.
1. In order to collect these regulations, I asked 1·!ilitary Govern1 ,
ment, Wiesbaden 'for an' introduction, to the Grossheseisches
Staatsministerium and ha.d several discussions "ri th the German
. Interior Minister, Dr. 'Hane' Venedey , the, },linister 'of Labora..'1d
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Oscar i-Iueller ,land the Minister o.f Construotion and
Reconstruction, (3ot.tlob Binder.'
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l.finister of Interior for Land Greater Hesse, to all
. Lan'draete und Buergermeieter
Universitaeten 1,1arourg,' Giesse:l, Frenkfurt/l<1.
Tecr..nische Hochschu1e. Darmstadt
Die Evan:o:elischen L!lndesbischoefe in
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IV.Party-Haterial.,'
1. ,Land Greater Hesse has 4 different'poU tical parties with',
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Christlich~Soziale Union
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Landesarbeitsamt Hessen - Labor statistics and regulations
Landes Versicherungsa.:rlstal t '- Sociai iaws" 'sta.tistics and '
r@gulations
Universitaeten - activity reports, speeches, scientific pamphfe~s.
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Serious difficulties were encountered, when the plan to
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Bayreuth was submitted for final clearance to the local Mili ta:ry
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submitted to Col,.Silvey's office;before the evacuation tal<:es ~laceQ /I~~' ~
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to Frankfurt ,since on;ty one tru~k could be obtained. A return trip
of 'two 2-2:tOh trucks with ,trailers will be necessary to pick:
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up the rest of the collec,~ions, wht.ch incluqe:
a. Law Library of the NS Teachers Organisat.ion ~ppr. 2000 vls)
,b. Library of the "Auslands organisation des NSLB"(" 1000 .. )
c. Library of the "Deutschen Institutes fuer,Kurzschrift
und Maschinenschreiben"l7J (appr. 300 vlsJ,mostly short
hand .public'ations.).
The follOwing libraries remained untouched in Bayre~th:
(Location:Haus der Erziehung and neighboring buildings.)
a. Overbeck Paedagogische Buecherei,evacuated from the Nazis ~
from Muenster (Wes.tfal.ia) .... British zone of occupation
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Both libraries (appr~ 60,000 vls) contain veryvaluahle educat·ional
publications ,printed before 1933·
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schreiben" ': All publicatidms printed before 1933 were left un
touched.
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In cooperation with Major Mick, GA2 of the 102nd Division,Bay
reuth and M/Sgt Rolf Mensching, representative of GA2 Document
Center,Freising for Northern Bavaria, the ,following targets were
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1. Library of the "Publikationss;telle des deutschen lnnen
m1nisteriums" in Wiesenfels near/Coburg in the tavern of. Karl
Scheler (Erfurt sheet M5.1 0-2594)
Appr. 40 ,000 scientific vols. (Dr ,Pappritz, 7 Bad erga s se, Coburg
is former librarian and knows collection).
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VDE (Ve'rein deutscher Engineure) library in Castle Pretzfeld
(Bamberg sheet T5 474340)
about 12000 vlso Chief lng.Kohrs in
provisional charge.
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Institute fuer Treib-und Schmierstoffe, Castle Oberlangens1ta:l t
(Erfurt sheet M 51 5182)
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town major or Mr. Vogel, at the Military Government,Bayreuth.
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5~ Bibliographisches Institut, 'Leipzig. Kleinviechtag (in KalJk
werk of Simon Schneider) M 51 Erfurt sheet, 0-6189)
books, printing plates
6. Oatas ieninstitut. Marienbad (CSR)
342 Waldbrunnstrasse
about 4000 vls
7. Scientic1f Research Library, Pottens.tfi!in,97 BayreutherstIj.
(Nuemberg sheet.M 50 6536)
about 5 2tt, truck loads of bookls
incl. the library of the "AhneIierbe GesE!1lschaftlt, an SS agenciy.
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Verner W.Clapp, Director
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I submit herewith my final,: ~ummarl report as Chief,
the Library of Congress Mission as of November 30, .1946.
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A wealth of detail,. not only interesting in itself
but instructive as well, has had to ,be omitted from this. "'''''''/,\'I'.~.
Much of the most revealing document£l;tionrelating to the uU<~.1.
of the Mission in the field still remains in Germany. Neve
less, the .reports of Messrs. Lydenbeirg, Clift, and Groesbeck
in some of the picture. It is'to be hoped that sometime in
futUre, when more of the documents are available and a more
meafoured estimate of the .Mission's acquisitions (including
tics) has been made, a detailed history of the Mission can, be
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for·the confidence with which you backed a dark horse all the
way to the final wire and for the privilege of having worked
a historic project •.
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General Background
Original Objectives
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Purchase
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III. Expanding Scope of Ope~ations
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Confiscation
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Preservation of Cultural Materials
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Bibliography'
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Reports on German Libraries '
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Exchange
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GEi~ERAL BACKGROUND
The historical background of ! the Mission has already
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Glennen and' Mr. Reuben Peiss, who would try to purchase three
copies of available wartime imprints in France, Belgium, Holland,
Italy, and Germany.
The presence of Mr.• Manuel Sanchez in Italy
eliillinated the need of specialoperatiqns in that country.
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,retrospect,at least, .a ,rational ,pattern of expanding activities
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Purchase
In Germany and Austria purchase techniques had to be
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Berlin. Duncker & Humblot: (Dr. Hans Broermann)
Frankfurt. Firma Carl Fleischer
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:Munich. Muenchner Kommissionsbuchhandlung
Rastatt. Georg 1ingenbrinck
Hamburg. Willy Sauerberg :
Vienna. Korporation der Wiener Buch-, Kunst- und
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Musikalienhaendler
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their own regions (i.e. one of the Laender in the American Zone,
. or one of the other zones).
Leipzig books were found to be
f~iJly
well stocked in Berlin, and in Septe",be r , 1946, under the ausPi1e.
of the Russian authorities, Mr.
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available on the Leipzig market.· Ali of Austria was covered b,y
the Viennese agent.
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It soon became evident .that systematic purchase of post
war German and Austrian imprints was"just as important as purc4se
of wartime imprints.
Temporary, emergency procedures had to be re
vised to accomplish this in the Fall I of 1945 since the book trade
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The. change-over was
completed'in July, 1946.
At the present time paymen.t has be.en made for $56,.3.32.22
worth of German publications and $10,499.68 worth of
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licat~ons.
Estimates are that purchases still to be paid for
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for Germany and: $5,000 for 'Austria.
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It cannot be denied that b.r purchase pickings are small.
Aside from the vast destruction
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success: reluctance of dealers to sell, lack of transportation,
which delayed recovery of evacuated ,stocks, and serious disorganiza- .
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Arrangements
are now being made to permit entry into the American Zone of American
bookdealers who can handle orders for' German publications from
libraries, scholars, and industry.
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Stored Materials
In some ways the most important task assigned to the
Mission was to obtain the publications stored throughout the war
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Leipzig book agents for their American library customers.
This
stored material consisted almost exclusively of periodicals and
continuations.
In quality it represents the top level of
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scientific and scholarly px:oduction. :Its rarity was intensified.
by the heavy loss of book stocks and
by the wartime constriction.
of editions which were normally never:large.B,y laboriouslypiec
ing together parts picked up here 'and1there it 'might have
ible to assemble fairly complete sets, but the number of
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sets ~Okd
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June, 1945, during the American occu~tion of'Leipzig, Mr. Peiss
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inquired as to the status of these stored materials •
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reported that though much had been'de$troyed in the cit,y itself',
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materials for America was safe.
The Library of Congress Mission formaJ.lY. came into. opera.
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On Jan1lS.17 26. 1946. Mr. !larry II. Lydenberg and
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H. Clift, representing,the Mission, approached Mr. Frederick G•
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Mr. Winant Was cooperative, and after several
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situation at .firsthand.
dealer~ on the spot and to assesdthe
This trip was made on April .5-9.
leading bookdealers attended
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Preliminary arrangements were at once made
to list these publications
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again elapsed
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announce; their decision: all the rte
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It then became necessary to settle
tails of
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Fortunately Mr. Verner
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.critical negotiations. A basic
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offset extraordinary
of the dealers.
w-~ime
storage and transportation expeJses
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On August 13 a convoy of four' U. S. Army trucks,
one jeep, and one command car
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Vast stores of documents had f6.l1en into the hands of our
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"amo,ng, ,them booksellers' or' publishers' stocks of Nazi or' militarist
'literature barred from sale or dissemination by Information Control
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c~Ptured materials. The proL
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stitutions and individuals for the
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'The materials just mentioned were mostly in organized
collections.
Information Cont'rol Regulations of Milltary Govern
lllent, as already stated, had also impounded large quantities of
Nazi and militarist publications, formerly in the possession of
popular lending libraries; publishers, arid booksellers. -Shortage
of paper stocks led naturally tO,a decision to pulp'as many of,
the impounded publications as possible. ' In' order to obtain a rep
resent~tive
collection of this type of literature-the Mission,
sought and received permission from U,D.itary Government to take
multiple copies of the publications it des1redfrom impounded
stocks.
Such materie.l, was regularly acquired betJ/een October,
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Zone, although.there were several instances in which the Mission
applied for., and was ,granted, peI"lnissionto remove Nazi books from
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On May 13, 1946, the Allied Control Authority, Control
Council, signed Order NO.,4, "Confiscation of Liter~ture,md Mate
rial of,a Nazi
a~d Mili.tarist Nature." ; This order promptly raise~
a storm. in, the American press because libraries, schools', and re-,
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search institutions were directed to segregate their Nazi and
militarist collections,along with the' catalog records for these
collections, and. to ple.ce them "at the disposal of the Military
Zone Commanders for destruction. 1I
Wild inferences were dravm and
irresponsible statements made to the efflect that the occup;yug
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powers were embarking upon a campaign
purgation, and even of
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book-burning, which did not differ essentially from the actions
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Indeed, on September l3, 1946,
an
amendm~nt
to Order No.4 was,
passed providing for retention of Nazi a~d militarist collections
for purposes of research, at places and U?der controls apprqved
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Alli~d
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Thepffer .was gratefully
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the final Milipary Government instruction providing for carrying
out Order No,. 4 the Library of Congress. Mission is charged. with..
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supervising the. 90lle!!ting,recording, Ei.Ild preservation of record
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In. view of the fact that execlftion of Order No. 4 brings
up technical questions of considerable . complexity, it may be worth
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'while to sketch the procedure which will be followed.
Collections of "tendentious" publications exist at'well
over 100 collecting points in the American Zone.
Selecting and'
setting up a collectir.g point depends upon various local factors.
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.A union catalog specifying over :100 lQca,tions just can
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To begin
copy of every title in
its possession and shipit.to the large c~ntral .collectingpoint
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libraries would consider many of the titles not worth the cost of
processing and preserving.
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approved this proposal.
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Since June, 1946, the Berlin Unit of the Mission has
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Government instructions, which were published on September 10.
In August the Unit consolidated all its warehousing and processing
operations in one place, th£. former Siemens
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which provides
Here German employees
were immedis.tely put to work, in anticipation of the final Military
Government instructions, to sort, catalog, ,and store Nazi publica
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shelved by that number.
and shelvedby' the same running number in
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cultural i.r;l.stitutions and further tbat,
if: any came
into the hands
of' the Mission or the Library itself, they', were to be set aside
for restitution.
It was inevitable,there,fore, that representa-.
tives of the Mission should have close and continuing contact
with MFA&A.
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is the number of MFA&A clearances which were obtained for confisca
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from G-2, MFA&A,' lCD, and Property Control:- one or more,. according
to the circumstances • There were numerous 'targets for which the
Mission could have obtained clearance but felt ethically obligated
to advise the clearing ageli'cy'that, in its :opi.n:Lon, confiscation
of the target would be either contrary to the letter of the law or '
inadvisa.ble asa' matter of policy.
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Military Government set up the, Offenbach A~chival Depot to handle
these books, severalmlllion of'whichwe~e ithere processed under
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Government such as
lCD, E&RA, and MFA&! were working in the cUltural fieid, and the
Mission maintained close contact with them.~d often joined them
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in specific enterprises.
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and making new ones.
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work now going on in Frankfurt to prepare alselect list of German
wartime imprints similar to the American "McCombs List."
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useful bibliograpbies of current serials and monographs; and the
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and German 1i,brarians were most
directly concerned with assessing the damages to German libraries
and keeping their revival under surveillance.
report on this subject is now beiag
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or development which. had to do with.libraries, and a good deal 'of
such reporting
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way into the files of the Mission and some of it ,into American
library journals.
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conference of German librarians in the Russian Zone, held at
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the Senckenbergisches Museum in,Frankfurt, arid the universities
of Heidelberg, Frei~g, and Tuebingen.: These exchange materials
were gladly delivered to the
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shipment; indeed German
societies and institutions were delighted to learn of a method
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On the other
hand, exchange is a two-way process, and the Germans want and
need American publications.
The Missio~therefore set to work to'
explore the possibilities and was finally able to recommend a
modus operandi which has been approved 'by Military Government •
.The Oef'fimtliche Wissenschaftliche Bi bliothek in Ber=l-in will act,
as a central receiving, shipping, and di'stributing agency in .
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this one agency, thus considerably simplifying the problem at
both ends.
It is expected that b.1 the end of the fiscal year
there will have been made several two-way shipments of exchange
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The major assignments of the Mission will have been
success~ully carried out with the delivery.of the second lot of
stored
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message annOtlnces that he has started and will arrive here a~
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things) b"inging the U S Group C C. (Atis~ria) 'and the British:'~n
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be amazed to see the 2 ,000 tons ot. re.co:rds already in place ap.d
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cleanedris the .Tevlish collectlo~ow be~ng assembled at Frankf~rt in ,
the no. fireproof Rothchild library. About 60% of it is .loot and
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as well' as from. Germany. VThat parts" ought to be IIlicrofilmed, I I haven't' .
the toggiest idea.' What do you think of the "idea, after microt~lming···.
the imJ20rtant books and m:tnm£ix manuscripts, and atter returningcthe ::~ ... ~
100.t,. it be gr.ven to the University in.' Palestine (that which the .Tews. '. ":'~"-'"
who are. left here wish to send and want to 'part with themselve~.)?
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, background, and something of an empire,', builder. i'lhite met hini
when he was over here. He told me he had put heat on the War
Department to have you come over with,Schwegman and two or three
others from the Library of Congress. 'I certainly would be, gl~d
, to see you if you came but I wonder whether, you feel free this,
early to leave town. Perhaps you migttt for a short trip. 'Atl~ll
events, there has got to be a top level headed' administrator to
handle the library job at the USFET level. I am glad that Gr9~ick
recognizes this and isn't trying'to do it himself though he W!f?ts
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,What I have recommended is that, a committee be formed for raptd
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for centrali~ation at home and we mu~t al~o h~ve it here. Th9se
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friend Robertson of, Princeton) 4.G-2 I since the Document Centers
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Granick says he has the whole thing "right under his thumb" b~t I
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soI don't fear, this boast. Such a committee could sit,weeklyland, ";,,Sij
make decisions rather than have recommendations get los~ and9ut of
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versity libraries."I couldn't find the incoming but learned i~ was ,:::.,'~
at USFET. However two hours yesterday failed to locate it here ' : ' , 1 - 1
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the rumor correct that the U of Michigan requested by some bu1letin
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Alma Mater as they went 'about Germany;liberating books? God what a
mess we will be in if the other i1'hiversity libraries follow that
pattern (if the rumor is true). The L. C will ge~ some beautiiul
ti-passing of unique copies. I now have a better appreciation lof the
old stories about~hat the Yankees toqk from the South. Thei
grandsons and those grandsons of the Rebs are following the o~d
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pattern. I have not seen it on a large scale yet and I hope t,hat
I won't. We rart:' into something sweet in ,the documents~field' two
weeks ago. Four' vols. of' personal correspondence by Hitler in tlhe '
hands of a man who Vias asking how much they would bring. lNellj he
didn't get very far ±X and in due time the L.C will have some film
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! . . ~~Take a: va~ation. A.,Tak~ two or three looks at Sunny a:'-d the children. 'r-'::-;:f
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Title
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets
Description
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<p>The Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States, formed in 1998, was charged with investigating what happened to the assets of victims of the Holocaust that ended up in the possession of the United States Federal government. The final report of the Commission, <a href="http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/pcha/PlunderRestitution.html/html/Home_Contents.html"> “Plunder and Restitution: Findings and Recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff Report"</a> was submitted to President Clinton in December 2000.</p>
<p>Chairman - Edgar Bronfman<br /> Executive Director - Kenneth Klothen</p>
<p>The collection consists of 19 series. The first fifteen series of the collection are composed mostly of photocopied federal records. These records were reproduced at the National Archives and Records Administration by commission members for their research. The records relate to Holocaust assets created between the mid 1930’s and early 1950’s by a variety of U. S. Government agencies and foreign sources.</p>
<p>Subseries:<br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+">Art and Cultural Property</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+">Gold</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Gold+Team+Review+Form+Binders+">Gold Team Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+and+Cultural+Property+and+%E2%80%9COthers%E2%80%9D+Review+Form+Binders">Art and Cultural Property and “Others” Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=History+Associates+Binder+">History Associates Binder</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Non-Gold+Financial+Assets+Review+Form+Binders+%282%29">Non-Gold Financial Assets Review Form Binders (2)</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+84%2C+Foreign+Service+Posts+of+the+State+Department%E2%80%94Turkey">RG 84, Foreign Service Posts of the State Department—Turkey</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Financial+Assets+Documents">Financial Assets Documents</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%5BJewish+Restitution+Successor+Organization+%28JRSO%29%2C+Oral+Histories%5D&range=&collection=20&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">[Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO), Oral Histories]</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=PCHA+Secondary+Sources">PCHA Secondary Sources</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Researcher+Notes">Researcher Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Unnumbered+Documents+from+Archives+II+and+Various+Notes">Unnumbered Documents from Archives II and Various Notes</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=RG+260%2C+Finance+Inventory+Forms">RG 260, Finance Inventory Forms</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Reparations">Reparations</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chase+National+Bank">Chase National Bank</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Administrative+Files">Administrative Files</a><br /><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Art+%26+Cultural+Property+Theft">Art & Cultural Property Theft</a></p>
<p>Topics covered by these records include the recovery of confiscated art and cultural property; the reparation of gold and other financial assets; and the investigation of events surrounding capture of the Hungarian Gold Train at the close of World War II. These files contain memoranda, correspondence, inventories, reports, and secondary source material related to the final disposition of art and cultural property, gold, and other financial assets confiscated during the Holocaust.</p>
<p>For more information concerning this collection consult the<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992"> finding aid</a>.</p>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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<a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/35992" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1040718" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
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2954 folders
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Paper
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Library of Congress [3]
Creator
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Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
Art & Cultural Property Theft
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Box 207
<a href="http://clintonlibrary.gov/assets/Documents/Finding-Aids/Systematic/Holocaust-Assets.pdf" target="_blank">Collection Finding Aid</a>
<a href="http://catalog.archives.gov/description/6997222" target="_blank">National Archives Catalog Description</a>
Provenance
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Adobe Acrobat Document
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Reproduction-Reference
Date Created
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6/24/2013
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