Dr. Richard Wires Nazi collection
SPEC.005
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Dr. Richard Wires Nazi collection SPEC.005
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Research files, 1933-1966....................................................................................................................... 7
Artifacts, 1920-1945................................................................................................................................ 7
Photographs, 1933-1945.......................................................................................................................... 8
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Wires, Richard
Title
Dr. Richard Wires Nazi collection
Date
1920-1966
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet 4 boxes
Language
Multiple languages
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English, German, and French.
Preferred Citation
Dr. Richard Wires Nazi Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of books and other documents related to Adolf Hitler, Josef
Mengele, and the Katyn Massacre. Also included is currency from the Weimar Republic and artifacts
from Nazi Germany, including a Nazi Party pins and an armbands. The photographs series includes Nazi
propaganda photographs of military operations, Germany women and children, landscapes and Italian
art taken for German news publications. Many photographs have their original press release captions in
German with English translations.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Research files, 1933-1966
Series 2: Artifacts, 1920-1945
Series 3: Photographs, 1933-1945
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and
assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special
Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
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Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Richard Wires in
1986, 1989, and 1990.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Finding aid created 2009/11/23 by Maren L. Read. EAD finding aid created 2009/11/23 by Maren L.
Read. EAD finding aid revised 2009/11/23 by Maren L. Read.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
• Photographs
Geographic Name(s)
• Germany
• Italy
Personal Name(s)
• Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979
Subject(s)
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Currency
Germany--History--1918-1933
Germany--History--1933-1945
Katyn Massacre, Katyn, Russia, 1940
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National socialism
Nazi Collection
Nazi propaganda
World War, 1939-1945
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Research files, 1933-1966
Collection Inventory
Research files, 1933-1966
Harlan, Viet. Im Shatten meiner Filme. Guetersloh: Sigmert Mohn Verlag,
Box
Folder
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
2
1
2
2
1966 (photocopy)
Josef Mengele, 1960-1985
Adolf Hitler und Seine Kaempfer. Munch: Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf., 1933.
(photocopy)
Katyn Forest Massacre Protocol and Affadavit, 1943
"Fate of the Top Nazi Leaders" and "Fate of Top Nazi State Leaders"
chart, 1951
Everard, Jean, Standard de vie de L'ouvrier Allemand. Paris: Nouvelles
Etudes Francaises, undated
Feldpost, 1933-1945
Artifacts, 1920-1945
Scope and Contents
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Photographs, 1933-1945
This series includes currency from Germany in the 1920s and armbands, party pins, and other artifacts
from Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Currency, Weimar-era Germany, 1920s
Box
3
Nazi Era artifacts, 1933-1945
Box
4
Photographs, 1933-1945
Military, 1933-1945
Lieutenant General Anton, 1944/07/09
Masuria, Poland, 1944/10/27
Verona, Italy, 1945 Jan.
Imperial Minister Konstantin Hierl with Adolf Hiter, 1945/02/26
Photograph of a sign taken by Lt. Bernard Lehse, Italy, 1945 Feb.
Soldiers on the Southern Front, Italy, 1945 Feb.
German Grenadier, Italy, 1945/01/19
Nettuno Sector. Italy, 1944/03/23
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German women and children, 1933-1945
People's militia, anti-tank gun training, 1944/12/09
Bunker, Italian Front, 1945 Feb.
German soldier playing piano in underground bunker, Italy, 1945 Mar.
Soldier hunting in Italy, 1945 Feb.
American Prisoners of War, 1945/01/25
German soldiers in the Alpine Foothills of France, 1944/11/28
Hitler Youth Initiation Ceremony, 1945
Hitler Greeting Troops on the Oder River, 1945/03/07
German Soldier viewing a temporary bridge over unidentified river, 1945 Feb.
German women and children, 1933-1945
Women's gymnatics, 1933-1945
German children playing in a pond, 1933-1945
German mother and child, Frankfurt am Main, 1933-1945
Young German women, 1933-1945
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Landscapes and landmarks, 1933-1945
Women dancing the Viennese waltz, 1933-1945
Members of League of German Girls collecting leaves, 1933-1945
German day care worker and child, 1933-1945
Portrait of a German child, 1933-1945
Two women from Halle, Germany, 1933-1945
Portrait of a German child eating, 1933-1945
Landscapes and landmarks, 1933-1945
Wuerzburg Castle, Germany, 1933-1945
Statue of Frederick the Great by sculptor, Joseph Thorack, 1933-1945
Chiemsee Lake, Bavaria, Germany, 1933-1945
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 1933-1945
Linz, Austria,1933-1945
Sunset on the Baltic Sea, 1933-1945
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Italian art, 1933-1945
Italian art, 1933-1945
Italian painting, 1933-1945
Porta della Chiesa di S. Anastasia, Verona, Italy, 1933-1945
Chiesa di S. Anastasia, Verona, Italy, 1933-1945
Italian painting, 1933-1945
Mural in Saint Mark's Cathedral , Venice, Italy, 1933-1945
The Line of Saint Marco mural by Carpaccio, Venice, Italy, undated
Madonna with Child and Lamb, Milan, Italy, undated
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