Overview
- Description
- Contains correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and other materials concerning Nazi Germany's gold and other financial assets. Much of this material relates to the discovery by U.S. forces of a large cache of Nazi treasure in the Kaiseroda salt mine at Merkers, Germany, in April 1945. Colonel Bernstein was responsible for safeguarding and preparing an inventory of these valuables, which included gold, currency, works of art, and loot taken from victims in Nazi concentration or extermination camps. Also includes documentation of the financial aspects of the war, efforts to compensate the victims of Nazi aggression, and the continuing interest among journalists and historians in the wealth and plunder of the Third Reich.
- Date
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1945-1988
- Credit Line
- Cite the Truman Presidential Museum and Library as holder of originals
- Collection Creator
- Bernard Bernstein
- Biography
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Bernard Bernstein served as a Lt. Colonel and Colonel in the United States Army during the war. Col. Bernstein was Financial Advisor in the Office of the Military Governor, United States (OMGUS). An attorney by training, Bernstein was involved in investigating the economic assets of the Third Reich, particularly its looted gold, in the later years of the war.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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82 microfiche.
- Extent
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6 boxes
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is alphabetical by subject
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The estate of Mrs. Bernard Bernstein donated copyright interests to these materials to the people of the United States. Documents prepared by U.S. government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interests that do not fall in the above two categories are presumed to remain with the writers of the documents.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-) Jewish property. Confiscations. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions. Gold--Europe--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Bernstein, Bernard, 1908-1990.
- Corporate Name
- Allied Military Government
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Truman Presidential Museum and Library
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 3 November 1999 from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum (National Archives and Records Administration).
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 15:30:20
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514791
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- Terms of Use
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