Edward Boehm Collection

Identifier: irn65959
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Artillery leaflets produced by the United States Armed Forces shelled/dropped in Italy where Edward Boehm [donor's father] was assigned to the U.S. 5th Army and British 8th Army as combat liaison propaganda officer with purpose of creating leaflets targeting Germans behind enemy lines. Books entitled “P.W.B/Shell Leaflets [Psychological Warfare Branch] containing leaflets fixed within books. Newspapers entitled Frontpost dating December 1943 through June 1945. Propaganda Leaflets produced by Germany targeted at Allied troops collected by Boehm. Identification card issued to Boehm during the second World War. Posters. Negatives, notes and information for book written by Edward Boehm entitled Behind Enemy Lines: WWII Allied / Axis Propaganda dated 1989

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Edward Boehm Collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn537090
- English
- boxes oversize boxes 9 4
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains leaflets produced by the United States Armed Forces which were shelled or dropped in Italy, where Edward Boehm [donor's father] was assigned to the U.S. 5th Army and British 8th Army as combat liaison propaganda officer with purpose of creating leaflets targeting Germans behind enemy lines. Includes books entitled “P.W.B/Shell Leaflets [Psychological Warfare Branch]," containing leaflets fixed within books; newspapers entitled "Frontpost" dating December 1943 through June 1945.; propaganda leaflets produced by Germany targeted at Allied troops collected by Boehm; and an identificat...