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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | German Prisoner of War documents, Box 2 |
| Date of Publication | [1944-1946] |
| Extent of Work | various pagings |
| Abstract | Contains photocopies of lectures for the re-education of German prisoners of war at Fort Getty, Jamestown, Rhode Island.Includes: “Constructive Conflicts in American History: Introduction to 12 Lectures on American History and Institutions” (outline, 1 p.); “Lecture 1: European Land-Hunger Satisfied but also Civilized through Democratic Methods of Land Distribution” (outline, 1 p.); “Lecture 2: Conscience Triumphant over Sectarianism” (outline, 2 pp.); “Lecture 3: The Declaration of Independence--How Britain’s Parliamentary Extremity became America’s Democratic Opportunity” (outline, 1 p.); “Lecture 4: The Federal Constitution” (outline and text, 3 pp.); “Lecture 5: Growth of the Constitution form Written Document to National Organism (outline, 2 pp.); “Lecture 6: Slavery and Disunion--‘Our Federal Union, It Must be Preserved!’” (outline, 1 p.); “Lecture 7: The American Party System: How the Partisan Spirit Is Made Progressive” (outline and text, 3 pp.); “Lecture 8: The Progressive Movement in America: From Roosevelt through Roosevelt” (outline, 1 p.); “Lecture 9: Democratic Discipline” (outline, 1 p.); American History (outline, 8 pp.).Selected Thoughts on Freedom from Anglo-Americans (text, 9 pp.).“America from the Inside,” by T. V. Smith (preface, An Introduction to Germans, America Is Spirit, America Is Method, America Is Problems), 50 pp.Deutsche Geschichte im neuen Licht = German History in a New Light 12 Lectures (outlines and lecture notes, in German, some pages in English), 97 pp.German History Course, Fort Getty, RI, 1945 (Der militaerische Zusammenbruch 1918, Schriften und Auszuege aus Reden von Staatsmaennern der Weimarer Republik; Die Verfassung des deutschen Reiches vom 11. August 1919), 60 pp.Story of the PW Reeducation Program, 5 March 1946, from the Office of the Provost Marshal General, For Immediate Release,” (12 pp.); Questions asked of German POWs (in German, 7 pp.); letter, “To: Whom it may concern,” re: Graduates of Prisoner of War Schook, 20 Oct. 1945 (1 pp.); SOP for Processing PW Graduation Class Prior to Shipment, 9 Oct. 1945, Army Service forces, Fort Getty, Jamestown, R.I.; Commencement Exercises, Class No. 1, Sept. 8, 1945 (commencement address by Howrad Mumford Jones, prof. of English, Harvard Univ.); Response for the graduating class by Dr. Heinrich Treichl (delivered in English), 10 pp.Photocopies of newspaper articles on re-education efforts (5 pp.); Freedom and Barbed Wire, by Wolf Dieter Zander, Faculty Asst., Am. History Dept. Speech at the New York Herald Tribune forum, 30 Oct. 1945, broadcast over WOR and the Mutual Broadcasting System (4 pp.).Lectures and materials for Fort Eustis, Va., 1946 (Schedule for Entertainment Pictures, Film Lists, “Die demokratische Lebensauffassung,” “Die amerikanische Bundesverfassung,” “Das amerikanische Wirtschaftsleben I,” “Demokratische Tendenzen in Deutschland,” “Warum die Weimarer Republik scheiterte,” “Die Welt von Heute und Deutschland,” “Neue demokratische Tendenzen in der Welt,” “Ubersetzung der Rede vom Oberst T. V. Smith gelegentlich der Abschlussfeierlichkeit”) 31 pp.Allied Military Government lectures (outlines for lectures 10-17), 16 pp.; Handbook of proclamations, ordinances, laws and orders thus far issued and posted in the portions of Germany now occupied by the Allied forces, 15 Dec. 1944 (33 pp.). |
| Notes | Photocopies from the James R. Ruchti POW Collection, at Indiana University - South Bend, Schurz Library Special Collections. |
| Call Number | Kept near MKI Pamphlet file boxes |
| MKI Terms | World War, 1939-1945 -- German Americans/ Prisoners of war |