Overview
Correspondence, financial records, minutes, and other records of the Council for a Democratic Germany.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1945
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Papers marked as sealed until 1952; opened in 1960.
Extent
2 linear feet (4 boxes)Records, including correspondence, memoranda, minutes, press releases, financial statements, account books, and history, relating to studies of reconstruction of Germany. Subjects cover trade missions, schools, public health, economics, law and administration, the press, theater, and education of German prisoners of war. Also material about the American Association for a Democratic Germany.
Biographical / Historical
The Council for a Democratic Germany originated in a group of anti-Nazi exiles from Germany which had been formed by Thomas Mann in New York on Nov. 4, 1943. Shortly after, Mann left the group. Paul Tillich took over as chairman and the name "Council for a Democratic Germany" was adopted. The group was sponsored by the American Association for a Democratic Germany. Special committees were formed to study problems connected with reconstruction of post- war Germany. The last council meeting took place Oct. 4, 1945.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
60M-78. Gift of Paul Tillich, 16 Chauncey Street, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts; received: 1946.
Transferred from Widener, 1960.
- Title
- Council for a Democratic Germany. Council for a Democratic Germany records, 1943-1945: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00782
Repository Details
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