Elisabeth Billig Papers 1935-1969

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Elisabeth Billig Papers 1935-1969

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The collection includes documents pertaining to the American Nuremburg tribunal and interviews about the death of Adolf Hitler while in his bunker in Berlin, April 1945. The collection also includes documents by Michael Musmanno; a number of articles written about him or by him (including the book and film, Ten Days to Die,); his obituary from many newspapers; and collection of photographs.

6 document boxes

Ohio State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8020023

Ohio State University Libraries

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Musmanno, Michael A. (Michael Angelo), 1897-1968

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Michael A. Musmanno was a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1929 to 1931. He authored a bill outlawing the Coal and Iron Police in western Pennsylvania. He also authored the movie script, and later the novel, Black fury which fictionalized the story of John Barkowski, an employee of the Pittsbugth Coal Company who was beaten to death by the Coal and Iron Police for no apparent reason. Musmanno represented Mrs. Sophia Barkowski in the Barkowski case against three members of the Co...

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)....

Billig, Elisabeth

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Elisabeth Billig, was a simultaneous interpreter who worked during the American Nuremburg Trials. She primarily worked with Michael Musmanno, the presiding judge for the tribunal (He was also a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge and a defense attorney for Sacco and Vanzetti.) During the trials, Musmanno and Billig were commissioned by the United States government to investigate the death of Adolf Hitler. They conducted interviews with a number of people who were present in the Berlin bunker during...

International military tribunal

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Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France organized the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in 1945 to try cases against twenty-four Nazi leaders. Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946 the IMT was convened, and verdicts were handed down on 30 September and 1 October 1946. The verdicts resulted in twelve death-by-hanging sentences, seven life terms, and three acquittals. The author of most of the documents and papers in the collection, Alfred Rosenb...