Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Newspaper entitled The Free American and Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter; dated May 16, 1940. The newspaper promoted German identity in the United States and sought to down play Nazism; in English; printed in the United States.
- Title
- The Free American and Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter, May 16, 1940.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1940 May 16
- Geography
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publication:
New York (N.Y.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Philip Sherman
Physical Details
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Newspapers
- Object Type
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American newspapers (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Newspapers.
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The newspaper was donated to to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Philip Sherman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:44
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Also in Philip Sherman collection
The collection consists of three newspapers published in the United States: the Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter and the Free American. dated November 30, 1939; The Free American and Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter, dated May 16, 1940, and Father Coughlin's Social Justice, dated January 16, 1939; the first two promote German identity in the US and downplay Nazism, while the third last was promoted by a patriotic populist individual.
Date: 1939 January 16-1940 May 16
Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter and the Free American (New York, New York) [Newspaper]
Object
Newspaper entitled Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter and the Free American. dated November 30, 1939. The newspaper promoted German identity in the United States and sought to down play Nazism; in English; printed in the United States.
Social Justice (Royal Oak, Michigan) [Newspaper]
Object
Newspaper produced by Father Coughlin's Social Justice Union, an organization led by the controversial, patriotic populist commentator.
