Waldemar Gurian papers, 1916-1968 (bulk 1937-1954).

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Waldemar Gurian papers, 1916-1968 (bulk 1937-1954).

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Correspondence, notes, writings by Gurian and others, newspaper clippings, reviews of his books, and other papers documenting Gurian's career after his arrival in the United States to become a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. Topics include bolshevism, totalitarianism, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, contemporary Catholicism in France, and Catholic writers and intellectuals. Also includes material relating to a newsletter, Deutsche Briefe, edited by Gurian and Otto Michael Knab in Switzerland from 1934 to 1937, which sought to expose Nazi oppression and to maintain a forum for German religious discussion. Includes a German transcription of the published journal of Leon Bloy; drafts of Heinz Hürten's biography of Gurian; and files relating to the 1935 pastoral letter of Roman Catholic bishops in Germany outlining their position toward the Nazi government, Gurian's published exchanges with French philosopher Etienne Gilson concerning France's role in the Cold War, and Gurian's first trip to Germany after World War II. Correspondents include Paul Adams, Hannah Arendt, Hugo Ball, Herbert Dankworth, Emmy Hennings, Ferdinand Aloys Hermens, Reinhold Hoffmann, Otto Karrer, Franz A. Kramer, Elisabeth Langgässer, Jacques Maritain, Karl Thieme, and Eric Voegelin.

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