Intelligence report: "A review of German activities in the field of Biological Warfare"

Identifier
irn543299
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.387.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn543299

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jessica Hofer

Gift of Jessica Hofer, 2016.

Scope and Content

One report, mimeographed, 131 pages, titled "A Review of German Activities in the Field of Biological Warfare," compiled by staff in the ALSOS Mission of the Military Intelligence Section of the U.S. Department of War, 12 September 1945. The report, originally classified as secret, reviewed the history, development and activities of research and development of biological weapons by the German military between 1940 and 1945. One of the four authors of the report was Jesse W. Hofer, U.S.N.R., who was the father of the donor.

Subjects

  • World War (1939-1945)--Chemical warfare.

Genre

  • Reports.
  • Document
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