Donald McClure papers, 1944-1948

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Creators:: Germany. Wehrmacht. Oberkommando, McClure, Donald, and Scheidt, W. H.
Abstract:: Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1st Division, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; German military operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials, especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948. Includes a report by W. H. Scheidt, Historian, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, entitled German Military Operations Report, 1944-1945.
Extent:: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Donald McClure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1st Division, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; German military operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials, especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948. Includes a report by W. H. Scheidt, Historian, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, entitled German Military Operations Report, 1944-1945.
Biographical / historical:: Lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force; Nuremberg war crime trials official.
Acquisition information:: Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1966.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
War crime trials
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps
Concentration camps -- Germany
Names:: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Places:: Germany -- History -- Allied occupation, 1918-1930

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Donald McClure papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US