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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.

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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

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