Klaus Kirchner collection, 1941-1945

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Summary

Creators:
Kirchner, Klaus
Abstract:
World War II Soviet propaganda broadsides, leaflets and flyers, aimed at German troops and the German population.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes (2.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Klaus Kirchner collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The material in this collection is from Klaus Kirchner's "Soviet Central Series." It consists of World War II Soviet propaganda broadsides, leaflets, and flyers aimed at German troops and the German population. Kirchner wrote the following as an explanatory note for the collection: "The Soviet Government started to produce and disseminate aerial propaganda leaflets for Germans on June 22, 1941, the day the German Wehrmacht invaded Russia. The leaflet campaign of the 'Soviet Central Series' continued to the very last day of World War II, May 8, 1945."

All propaganda pamphlets are numbered; the pamphlet number is placed prominently at the beginning of each entry. Materials are organized by the same numerical system Kircher used in his published works. Only those numbers listed are found in the collection.

Kirchner's organizational system, translations, text selection, and notes have retained his original description. A key to the item descriptions, including number, first words printed, date, size, preservation grade, means of distribution, and description/translation, begins the container list.

Many of the items are listed or illustrated in Kirchner's books. For more details and reproductions of some "Soviet Central Series" leaflets, see Kirchner's Flugblätter aus der UdSSR, Juni-August 1941 (vol. 8), Flugblätter aus der UdSSR, September-Dezember 1941 (vol. 9), and Flugblätter aus der UdSSR: Gesamtverzeichnis der strategischen Serie: Bibliographie (vol. 14).

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Klaus Kirchner, a collector of propaganda, is based in Erlangen, Germany. Kirchner created a comprehensively illustrated set of reference books on World War II leaflets, flyers, pamphlets, and broadsides which was published from 1972 to 2009.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2011.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Klaus Kirchner collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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