Donald Chase Downes Papers 1909-1979 1945-1979

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Donald Chase Downes Papers 1909-1979 1945-1979

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The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, personal papers, and manuscripts which document the life of Donald Chase Downes during the early war years and after World War II. The papers highlight Downes's literary work and his research on the case of German General Anton Dostler. Also included in the papers is a copy of Peter Tompkins's journal of his life as a spy in Rome between 1942 and 1944.

3.25 linear feet

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Tompkins, Peter

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Dostler, Anton, 1891-1945

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Anton Dostler (b. May 10, 1891-d. Dec. 1, 1945), a German infantry general, was commander of the 75th German Army Corps in the Italian theater. In March 1944, he ordered the execution of fifteen U.S. soldiers who had been captured during a mission to demolish a railroad tunnel near Genoa. In the first Allied war trial in 1945, General Dostler was found guilty of war crimes and executed by firing squad. From the description of Dostler, Anton, 1891-1945 (U.S. National Archives and Reco...

Downes, Donald, 1903-

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Donald Chase Downes was born on September 30, 1903 in Catonsville, Maryland. He attended Yale College and received his B.A. in 1935. In 1940 Downes began a career in military intelligence and worked as a spy for the British in the Balkans and the United States through 1941. He served in the OSS from 1942 through 1944 in North Africa and Italy. Following the war Downes resided in Europe and Beirut and pursued a literary career. He died in California on March 26, 1983. From the descrip...