Saul K. Padover papers, 1944-1945.

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Creator

Padover, Saul Kussiel, 1905-

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• Originals: 2 linear foot (1 box).
• Copies: 1 microfilm reel.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of materials generated in Germany fromOctober 1944 through May 1945 by Padover and two colleagues, Lewis Gittler and Paul Sweet. They were members of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) attachedto the U.S. Army. Papers contain copies of psychological and political profiles based on interviews with Nazi partymembers, workers, industrialists, radicals, government officials, former prisoners in concentration camps, children, and others. Also included are analyses of conditions in the liberated areas, daily summaries of intelligence and political reports, personal journals keptby Padover with reflections on conditions in Germany in the final days of World War II and on-the-spot descriptions of death camps, a few photographs, typescripts of articles by Padover and Gittler, newsclippings from American newspapers, and some memorabilia.

Biographical/Historical Note

Saul Kussiel Padover (1905-1981), historian and teacher, was born in Austria but came to the U.S. in 1920. He was a prolific author including among his subjects Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx. From 1938 to 1943 he served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior and did intelligence work in Europe during World War II. Later he taught American political history at the New School in New York City.

Controlled Access Terms

• Padover, Saul Kussiel, 1905-
• Concentration camps -- Europe.
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Intelligence service.
• Military intelligence.
• Political crimes and offenses.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps.
• Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
• Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
• United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
• Diaries.
• Photographic prints.
• Intelligence officers.

Additional Creator Names

• Gittler, Lewis.
• Sweet, Paul.
• United States. Army. Army Group, 12th.