Playwright and romance languages professor Maurice Kurtz was a United States Army officer in Europe during World War II; worked on the staff of , a Paris weekly; and served as as secretary-general of the International Theater Institute. His was published in 1999. Arts Jacques Copeau: Biography of a Theater The collection includes a scrapbook, an audio interview and accompanying transcript, and other items documenting Maurice Kurtz's service in the United States Army during and after World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs from various locations in the United States, France, and Germany where Kurtz was stationed. There are also clippings describing major events in World War II, and a few personal items. In the interview, Kurtz describes the contents of the scrapbook and his time in the army in detail. Also included are letters and other items documenting Kurtz's wartime and post-war activities. The latter included his involvement in the American Military Government in Germany and work with German prisoners of war. Among these items are letters recounting a meeting between Kurtz and Jacques Copeau, founder of the Theatre du Vieux-Colombier and the subject of Kurtz's doctoral dissertation, and a chance encounter with Gertrude Stein in Paris. Also included is correspondence, 2004, between Kurtz and Remi Krug of Krug Champagnes, Reims, France, in response to a article in about Jeanne Krug, Remi Krug's grandmother, who Kurtz had met in France. Also included is a photocopy of a French pamphlet about Raoul Nordling, a Swedish diplomat during World War II. According to one of Remi Krug's letters, Nordling was instrumental in freeing Jeanne Krug from Gestapo custody in 1944. New York Times
