Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Barr, Norbert George, 1901- and Von Dziecielski, Herbert Pohle
- Abstract:
- This collection contains documents, manuscripts, printed material and photographs relating to Barr's service with U.S. Army Military Intelligence and the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, in addition to personal correspondence.
- Extent:
- 12.5 linear feet and 30 boxes
- Language:
- English , French , German .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Norbert George Barr papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. The papers cover the years 1942-1953, during which time he served with the U.S. Army Military Intelligence, participated in the Nürnberg war crimes trials, and was employed by the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission. At Nürnberg, he first held the position of interrogator and later helped edit trial documents for publication. The correspondence is largely of a personal nature, although some is work-related. With the manuscripts are three bound typescript carbon copies of essays on Nazi Germany by Herbert Pohle von Dziecielski, an engineer in the Speer ministry. The majority of the collection consists of interrogation summaries of presoners of war and defendants. Among other materials, there are also numbered 3x5 cards listing items of evidence, documents and evidence on individuals and institutions, a translation of the journal of the German Chief of the Army General Staff from August 14, 1939 to September 24, 1942, and reports on displaced persons. The photographs are few: most are of an unidentified possible atrocity. The printed materials, in English, French, German, include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and books and range in date from 1937 to 1951.
- Biographical / Historical:
Writer, journalist. Born in Vienna, Austria, Barr was a free-lance news photographer and journalist from 1925 to 1939, traveling extensively in Europe and the Middle East. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and was discharged in 1945.
- Acquisition information:
- Date of acquisition--03/02/1983. Accession number--M83-03-02.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Law Library, 1983.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 03/31/1989.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in one series.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Refugees -- Europe
Political refugees -- Europe
War crime trials -- Germany (West)
National socialism
Journalists
Photojournalists
Photographic prints - Names:
- Germany. Wehrmacht. Oberkommando
United States. Displaced Persons Commission
United States. Department of the Army. General Staff. Military Intelligence Division - Places:
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Germany -- History -- 1945-1990
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Norbert George Barr papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu