SHAEF newspaper announcing Hitler's Death

Identifier
irn516465
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.103
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516465

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shirley Deutsch

The newspaper was recieved by Shirley Deutsch in May 1945 and was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Shirley Deutsch in 1995.

Scope and Content

Numerous headlines printed on newspaper, same information repeated in four languages. Headlines include "HITLER IS DEAD/DOENITZ PROCLAIMED HIS SUCCESSOR..."; "THE WEEK/IN REVIEW"; "MAY DAY, 1945"; "THE FIRST 2,500,000"; "BRANDENBURG AND STRALSUND/FALL TO THE RED ARMY"; "HORTHY IN U.S./CUSTODY"; "RADIO"

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Periodicals.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.