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Dr. Richard Wires Nazi collection
SPEC.005
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Libraries Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Wires, Richard
Title
Dr. Richard Wires Nazi collection
ID
SPEC.005
Date
1920-1966
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet4 boxes
Language
Multiple languages
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English, German, and French.
Preferred Citation
Dr. Richard Wires Nazi Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of books and other documents related to Adolf Hitler, Josef Mengele, and the Katyn Massacre. Also included is currency from the Weimar Republic and artifacts from Nazi Germany, including a Nazi Party pins and an armbands. The photographs series includes Nazi propaganda photographs of military operations, Germany women and children, landscapes and Italian art taken for German news publications. Many photographs have their original press release captions in German with English translations.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Research files, 1933-1966
Series 2: Artifacts, 1920-1945
Series 3: Photographs, 1933-1945
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Richard Wires in 1986, 1989, and 1990.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Finding aid created 2009/11/23 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid created 2009/11/23 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid revised 2009/11/23 by Maren L. Read.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Photographs
Geographic Name(s)
- Germany
- Italy
Personal Name(s)
- Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979
Subject(s)
- Currency
- Germany--History--1918-1933
- Germany--History--1933-1945
- Katyn Massacre, Katyn, Russia, 1940
- National socialism
- Nazi Collection
- Nazi propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945
Collection Inventory
Research files, 1933-1966 |
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Harlan, Viet. Im Shatten meiner Filme. Guetersloh: Sigmert Mohn Verlag, 1966 (photocopy) |
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Josef Mengele, 1960-1985 |
1 | 2 | |
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Adolf Hitler und Seine Kaempfer. Munch: Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf., 1933. (photocopy) |
1 | 3 | |
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Katyn Forest Massacre Protocol and Affadavit, 1943 |
1 | 4 | |
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"Fate of the Top Nazi Leaders" and "Fate of Top Nazi State Leaders" chart, 1951 |
1 | 5 | |
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Everard, Jean, Standard de vie de L'ouvrier Allemand. Paris: Nouvelles Etudes Francaises, undated |
2 | 1 | |
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Feldpost, 1933-1945 |
2 | 2 | |
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Artifacts, 1920-1945Scope and ContentsThis series includes currency from Germany in the 1920s and armbands, party pins, and other artifacts from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. |
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Currency, Weimar-era Germany, 1920s |
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Nazi Era artifacts, 1933-1945 |
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Photographs, 1933-1945 |
Box 4 |
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Military, 1933-1945 |
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Lieutenant General Anton, 1944/07/09 |
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Masuria, Poland, 1944/10/27 |
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Verona, Italy, 1945 Jan. |
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Imperial Minister Konstantin Hierl with Adolf Hiter, 1945/02/26 |
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Photograph of a sign taken by Lt. Bernard Lehse, Italy, 1945 Feb. |
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Soldiers on the Southern Front, Italy, 1945 Feb. |
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German Grenadier, Italy, 1945/01/19 |
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Nettuno Sector. Italy, 1944/03/23 |
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People's militia, anti-tank gun training, 1944/12/09 |
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Bunker, Italian Front, 1945 Feb. |
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German soldier playing piano in underground bunker, Italy, 1945 Mar. |
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Soldier hunting in Italy, 1945 Feb. |
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American Prisoners of War, 1945/01/25 |
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German soldiers in the Alpine Foothills of France, 1944/11/28 |
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Hitler Youth Initiation Ceremony, 1945 |
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Hitler Greeting Troops on the Oder River, 1945/03/07 |
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German Soldier viewing a temporary bridge over unidentified river, 1945 Feb. |
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German women and children, 1933-1945 |
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Women's gymnatics, 1933-1945 |
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German children playing in a pond, 1933-1945 |
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German mother and child, Frankfurt am Main, 1933-1945 |
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Young German women, 1933-1945 |
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Women dancing the Viennese waltz, 1933-1945 |
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Members of League of German Girls collecting leaves, 1933-1945 |
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German day care worker and child, 1933-1945 |
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Portrait of a German child, 1933-1945 |
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Two women from Halle, Germany, 1933-1945 |
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Portrait of a German child eating, 1933-1945 |
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Landscapes and landmarks, 1933-1945 |
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Wuerzburg Castle, Germany, 1933-1945 |
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Statue of Frederick the Great by sculptor, Joseph Thorack, 1933-1945 |
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Chiemsee Lake, Bavaria, Germany, 1933-1945 |
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 1933-1945 |
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Linz, Austria,1933-1945 |
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Sunset on the Baltic Sea, 1933-1945 |
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Italian art, 1933-1945 |
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Italian painting, 1933-1945 |
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Porta della Chiesa di S. Anastasia, Verona, Italy, 1933-1945 |
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Chiesa di S. Anastasia, Verona, Italy, 1933-1945 |
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Italian painting, 1933-1945 |
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Mural in Saint Mark's Cathedral , Venice, Italy, 1933-1945 |
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The Line of Saint Marco mural by Carpaccio, Venice, Italy, undated |
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Madonna with Child and Lamb, Milan, Italy, undated |
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