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Saul K. Padover papers
- Title
- Saul K. Padover papers, 1944-1945.
- Author
- Padover, Saul Kussiel, 1905-
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | *ZL-275 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- 2 linear foot (1 box).
- 1 microfilm reel.
- Summary
- Collection consists of materials generated in Germany from October 1944 through May 1945 by Padover and two colleagues, Lewis Gittler and Paul Sweet. They were members of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) attached to the U.S. Army.
- Subjects
- Nazi concentration camps > Europe
- Military intelligence
- Photographic prints
- World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps
- Intelligence officers
- Germany > Social conditions > 1933-1945
- Germany > History > 1933-1945
- Political crimes and offenses
- Diaries
- United States > History > 1933-1945
- Intelligence service
- Padover, Saul Kussiel, 1905-
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Genre/Form
- Diaries.
- Photographic prints.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Padover, Saul K.
- Biography (note)
- Saul Kussiel Padover (1905-1981), historian and teacher, was born in Austria but came to the U.S. in 1920.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 2325
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A157
- Author
- Padover, Saul Kussiel, 1905-
- Title
- Saul K. Padover papers, 1944-1945.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
- Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Saul Kussiel Padover (1905-1981), historian and teacher, was born in Austria but came to the U.S. in 1920. He was a prolific author including among his subjects Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx. From 1938 to 1943 he served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior and did intelligence work in Europe during World War II. Later he taught American political history at the New School in New York City.
- Occupation
- Intelligence officers.
- Added Author
- Gittler, Lewis.Sweet, Paul.United States. Army. Army Group, 12th.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2325