Nürnberg Memories photo album
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
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States