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USHMM, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies � 115
Biographical/historical note: The late Ben Hecht, a well-known screenwriter, was also a
Zionist activist known for his support of the creation of a Jewish army in Europe.
Language: English Ca. 1943
1 folder
Source of Acquisition: Bret Werb
Restrictions: Research use only. Refer all questions relating to the use of quotations,
performance rights, etc., to the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library.
RG-19.038 --- Irving Heymont Papers Relating to Displaced Persons in Landsberg and
Other Camps
This collection contains letters relating to conditions for displaced persons (DPs) at the
Landsberg and Leipheim DP camps. Also included is information about Irving
Heymont‘s work with members of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration, a report concerning the liberation of Hurlach concentration camp, a
booklet entitled ―The Seventy-First Came . . . to Gunskirchen Lager,‖ and two pages of
copyprints of post-liberation scenes at an unidentified camp.
Biographical/historical note: Col. Irving Heymont served as the first U.S. Army
commandant of the Landsberg displaced persons camp in Germany.
Provenance: Irving Heymont exchanged the letters with his wife during his time in
Germany after World War II.
Language: English 1945–1946
4 folders
Source of Acquisition: Irving Heymont
Restrictions: Published materials protected under copyright
RG-06.020 --- Isaac Stone Collection
This collection contains two copies of the International Military Tribunal indictment, in
1945, of the major war criminals. Included are a list of errata, a summary of the
indictment, and brief biographies of the major war criminals, the ―Guide to Captured
German Documents‖ prepared by Gerhard L. Weinberg in 1952, and the ―Conference on
Jewish Material Claims Against Germany: Annual Report 1965.‖
Provenance: Isaac Stone collected the materials during and after his service at the
International Military Tribunal. He later gave them to Lawrence Marwick, a long-time
friend.
Language: English 1945–1965
1 linear inch