George R. Allen papers, 1943-1945.

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George R. Allen papers, 1943-1945.

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Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, personnel documents. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II (WWII). General description of the collection: The George R. Allen papers consist of his typescript memoirs (448 pages) of Army basic, language, and interrogator training as well as duty as an interrogator in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). He was assigned to intelligence teams in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment/101st Airborne Division. Reminiscences of information gleaned from his and others' interrogations of concentration camp survivors, prisoners of war (POWs), displaced persons, Hitler's stenographers, Hitler's sister, and Nazi officers and officials are contained within. Topics include his training as an interrogator; conditions in POW and concentration camps; German relations with Spain, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Nazi-seized art; armaments; post-war local governments; assassination attempt on Hitler, meetings with Hitler; Irwin Rommel's death; and the last days of the war in Berlin.

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U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944

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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945

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Chancellor of Germany. From the description of Papers of Adolf Hitler, 1938-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450921 As a result of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on July 20 1944, Adolf Hitler suffered ruptured eardrums from the detonation of an explosive device. The radiographs under reference are reported to have been produced subsequent to these events. From the description of Radiographs : Adolf Hitler. [1944-1970] (New York Academy of Medicine)....

Allen, George R. (George Rankin), 1919-1998

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During World War II Allen served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army as an interrogator of prisoners of war. In 1945 he was assigned to the Counter-Intelligence Corps detachment of his division. In May of that year he was sent to Berchtesgaden, the site of a favored retreat of Hitler and a key site in Nazi operations. From the description of Berchtesgaden Military Intelligence Records, 1945-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 166478834...