Croner, Herbert J.

Herbert J. Croner (1913-1984), born in Hamburg, Germany, was arrested by the Gestapo and sentenced to life in prison for his anti-Nazi activities. He was incarcerated in 13 prison camps, including Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Dachau before he was liberated at the end of World War II. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1946, Croner served as a translator at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. In the United States, Croner earned a doctoral degree in philosophy from the Minnesota Institute of Philosophy. He moved to Dallas in 1964 and was the dean of the Dallas Branch of the Minnesota Institute of Philosophy. In the early 1970s, Croner became the editor of the Dallas Post Tribune, an African-American newspaper. Furthermore, Croner was an advocate for many causes, such as the civil rights movement, the woman’s movement, and the gay right’s movement. Before his retirement in 1975, he became a counselor with the Salvation Army in Dallas. Croner died in 1984.

From the guide to the Croner, Herbert J. Papers 98-145., 1963-1984, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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