Söderberg collection, 1935-1997.

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Söderberg collection, 1935-1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/288721439

A collection of materials pertaining to the wartime service of Henry Söderberg, a Swedish national and volunteer with the International Y.M.C.A. during World War II. Besides Söderberg's diaries, scrapbooks, and photos of various camps, Söderberg kept records of the prisoners he spoke with and noted how the Y.M.C.A. was able to assist them with their personal requests. A listing of those prisoners and their home state or country details those efforts. Other significant items include an unpublished manuscript entitled "The Sane Asylum" written by Jewish POW Alfred J. Bruch. He described camp life and personalities in Ilag VIII Z at Kreuzburg, from his arrival in 1940 until the camp was liberated in 1945. There are photos taken by Söderberg that illustrate part of that diary. There also is a series of linoleum prints from Ilag XVIII allegorically depicting the thoughts of a Jewish internee dreaming about the future state of Israel, a book of poetry from Stalag Luft VI, and copies of the publication "Ceux du 1 A" that detail camp life in Stalag 1A and are considered unique in discussion of the Russian advance.

10 linear feet

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7265925

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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Söderberg, Henry.

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Oflag 64 (Concentration camp)

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Stalag Luft III

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Söderberg, Henry, 1916-1998.

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Swedish lawyer Henry Söderberg, as a representative of the International Y.M.C.A. during World War II, was one of seven foreigners allowed within Nazi Germany to visit prisoner of war camps. His remarkable freedom of movement within Germany enabled him to record a rare picture of the conditions of prisoners of war and of the German population. He visited the camps frequently (including Stalag Luft III whose historic memorabilia is housed in the USAF Academy Library) and went to great efforts to...