World War II War Crimes and Battles Collection

Collection

Identifier: SPC-2024-018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The World War II War Crimes and Battles Collection (1939-June 30, 1952; undated) contains one box, 1.5 linear ft., and consists of 260 clippings of newspapers in two scrapbooks. The first scrapbook contains a variety of German and American newspapers from 1939 to October 16, 1945, including German propaganda newspapers from Berlin in 1940. The second scrapbook, titled “The Truth about the War Crimes,” is a compilation of American newspapers from September 30, 1941-June 30, 1952, featuring news articles on the Nuremberg trials, Mussolini’s death, battles, political cartoons, Herman Goering, and Japan.

Dates

1939-December 7, 1941; May 28, 1945- November 14 1945; March 31, -October 1946; November 23, 1947; December 14, 1947; October 16, 1948; December 5, 1948; February 1949- August 15; 1949; June 30, 1952

Creator

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

World War II began on September 1, 1939, with the invasion of Poland, and ended on September 2, 1945, after the surrender of Japan. Germany surrendered four months prior, on May 8, 1945. During the Nuremberg trials held between November 20, 1945, and October 1, 1946, many high-ranking Nazi officials were tried for their participation in war crimes following World War II.