Neiman, Fraser, 1911-1993. Papers, 1944-1945.
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Papers, 1944-1945.
Correspondence, 1944-1945, arranged alphabetically, of Capt. Fraser Neiman (of Williamsburg, Va.), while he was stationed in Europe during World War II. Topics include food, supplies, sanitation, recreation (including reading, film-going, and music), military movements, and American soldiers' relationships with civilians. Correspondents include mother Nina (Fraser) Neiman (247 items; letters of 1944 describe training at Camp Ritchie, Md., Fraser's time in England before going to France, German collaborators, the liberation of Paris, the death of the politician Wendell Wilkie, the 1944 presidential election, the mindset of French civilians and the attitudes of American students back home, the death of Richmond, Va., native John Stewart Bryan and Douglas Southall Freeman's obituary of him, Neiman's encounter with an escaped Russian [Soviet] prisoner of war and his views of French Catholicism, French attitudes toward American troops, and Neiman once having seen Carl Sandburg. Letters of 1945 discuss conservatism in the United States, the bombing of German cities, Neiman's tour of Mainz, Germany, and German resistance, German soldiers' treatment of civilians, the death of Franklin D.Roosevelt, Mussolini's death and the fate of German leaders, Germany's surrender and Neiman's stationing in Austria, the war crimes of Hermann Göring, Neiman's impressions of post-war Paris, Neiman's role in the MIS (Military Intelligence Service), German anti-American propaganda, German civilians' support of the war effort, the Allies' pre-war diplomatic efforts, Neiman's opinion of Harry Truman, the relationship between occupying forces and German civilians, U.S. foreign policy, Japan's surrender, the trial of German war criminals, and Neiman's description of Antwerp, Belgium). Other correspondents include "Jo" [possibly university friend, Joseph Bottkol], Helen A. Jones (concerning her life in Cambridge, Mass.), Paul Racine, John K. Reeves (concerning his teaching position at Skidmore College), Edward A. Robinson (concerning Christmas 1944 and wartime shortages), Blanche Smyth (of Cambridge, England, concerning her wartime experiences and her nephew's imprisonment in Germany, English society, and the causes of the war), Ralph M. Wardle, Gladys Walterhouse, and Genevieve Yost. Also contains miscellaneous items, including several V-Mail letters of Carl L. Wood to Nina Fraser Neiman (concerning Wood's service in the United States Navy in the Pacific theatre) and copies of the army newspaper, "Four by Four."
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270 items.
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