Papers, 1940-1992.

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Papers, 1940-1992.

Collection contains materials relating to Luft's work as a journalist and movie producer from 1940-1992. Collection includes press kits for motion pictures, theater and television productions (1976-1991); press releases (1980-1992); photographs of various motion pictures, theater productions, celebrities and Luft; and 7 scrapbooks (1950-1959). Collection also contains personal and professional correspondence (1940-1991); audio cassette tapes of interviews with celebrities; radio scripts of propaganda broadcasts during World War II; transcripts of the pre-trial examination of Eichmann which are in German; miscellaneous movie and theater posters; and motion picture scripts written by Luft and other screenwriters (1961-1962).

89.55 cubic ft. (204 boxes)

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Luft, Herbert G., 1907-

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Herbert George Luft (1907-1992) was born in Essen, Germany and married Pepi Paula Luft in 1937. Herbert Luft was interned at the Dachau concentration camp for six months in 1938 before he and his wife fled to England and later the United States. From 1942-1943 both of the Lufts worked for the U.S. Office of War Information writing and broadcasting allied propaganda to Nazi Germany. Luft served as assistant film editor for Samuel Goldwyn Studios from 1944-1948 before work...

Eichman, Adolf, 1906-1962.

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