"Dora"-Nordhausen war crimes trial Pamphlet
Creator(s)
- William J. Aalmans (Author)
- United States. Office of the Chief Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality (Publisher)
- Arthur K. Andrae (Author)
Biographical History
Prosecution Staff: Dora-Nordhausen War Crimes Trial
Archival History
The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Gretchen Davenport, the great-niece of Dixie Foster.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gretchen Davenport
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Softcover book titled, Illustrated history of the Dora-Nordhausen War Crimes Trial, given to Dixie Foster with a personal inscription by the author. It was acquired by Dixie when she worked as a civilian court reporter during the US War Crimes Tribunal at the former Dachau concentration camp in Germany, also known as the Dachau war crimes trials. The trials were conducted in the American postwar occupation zone by the US Army from November 1945 to August 1948. William J. Aalmans, the author, was a War Department civilian and a member of the Netherlands Army, who was attached to a War Crimes Investigation Team of the First American Army. He edited and complied the book and also witnessed and photographed some of the scenes presented in the book.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
64 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. map : 30 cm.
front flyleaf, cursive, black marker : To Dixie! / Its a remembrance of our longtime friendship in "War Crimes", in that unforgettable Dachau. / William. / Christmas 1947. (William is underscored)
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Gardelegen massacre, 1945.
- War crime trials
- Nordhausen Trial, Dachau, Germany, 1947.
- War crime trials--Germany--Dachau.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object