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Nürnberg Memories photo album

 Collection — Box: BW 54, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16782

Content Description

This collection contains a photo album of an unidentified African American U.S. Army soldier in Nürnberg during the post-WWII Allied occupation of West Germany. The album includes photographs of fellow squadron members stationed at Merrell Barracks.

The album's compiler was a car enthusiast, and several pictures depict a German soap box derby. Subjects of the photographs also include shots of the town and environs, animals at a zoo, soldiers in uniform, tanks, jeeps, a baseball game, and track and field races.

Racial segregation of Army units was officially enforced until Truman's 1948 executive order and unofficially for some time afterward. The European Command, a single-service United States Army Command, began phased integration in 1952.

Dates

  • Creation: Undated, c.1950s

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter-sized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Type punch Matrix by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 18 January, 2023

Title
Nürnberg Memories photo album
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
2023-05-26
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States