Martin Dannenberg collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn46847
• English
• 1942-1945
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Martin Dannenberg papers include Dannenberg’s Counter Intelligence Corps basic training materials, his records from an advanced security intelligence course, his motor vehicle operator’s permit, and photographs of Nuremberg and of Dannenberg with a fellow officer in the bank vault in Eichstatt where he recovered the original texts of the Nuremberg Laws, as signed by Adolf Hitler.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn46849
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

US Army CIC identification shield used by Martin Dannenberg Jr., a Jewish American soldier awarded a Bronze Star for his wartime service. Martin was a Master Sergeant and Special Agent in Charge, 203rd Counter Intelligence Corps, attached to the III Corps, Third Army. By February 1945, he was in Germany with his unit. One of Martin's duties was to discover evidence for the planned war crimes trials. On April 27, 1945, an informant took Martin and his two man team to a bank vault in Eichstatt, where they discovered an original copy of the Nuremberg Race Laws, signed by Adolf Hitler. This dec...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn46850
• English
• overall: Height: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Leather wallet containing credentials used by Martin Dannenberg Jr., a Jewish American soldier awarded a Bronze Star for his wartime service. Martin was a Master Sergeant and Special Agent in Charge, 203rd Counter Intelligence Corps, attached to the III Corps, Third Army. By February 1945, he was in Germany with his unit. One of Martin's duties was to discover evidence for the planned war crimes trials. On April 27, 1945, an informant took Martin and his two man team to a bank vault in Eichstatt, where they discovered an original copy of the Nuremberg Race Laws, signed by Adolf Hitler. This...