State Department - Germany, 1944-1945
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Correspondence about new assignment as a U.S. Political Advisor on German Affairs, December 1944. Includes authorization to travel to Germany; funeral program from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Memorial Service and official orders from the State Department. Included is a 14 page personal account of the unconditional surrender in Berlin entitled "Account of trip to Berlin on 8/9 May, 1945" by Fritz Ernst Oppenheimer with the letterhead of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, G-5 Division, Legal Branch. Oppenheimer accompanied the German Officers from Stendal to Berlin. In detail, he describes the German Officers; Berlin from the air and land; the wording of the surrender; the signing ceremony and a transcription of his conversation with Keitel on the plane returning to Flensburg.
Dates
- Creation: 1944-1945
Creator
- From the Collection: Tuthill, John W., d. 1996 (Person)
Language of Materials
English French German Spanish;Castilian Portuguese
Conditions Governing Access:
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Extent
From the Collection: 11.50 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository