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- 1944-1945 (Creation)
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c 33 frames
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The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War Two. It was the wartime intelligence agency and was the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency.
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GB 1556 WL 597 1944-1945 Collection level (fonds) c 33 frames US Office of Strategic Services
Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg
Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War Two. It was the wartime intelligence agency and was the predecessor to the Central Intelligence Agency.
Jewish Central Information Office
Microfilm of anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets comprising leaflets produced by the US Office of Strategic Services (especially by W Necker), 1944-1945, for distribution in Germany, 1944-1945, partly in draft form; drafts of letters to be sent to party officials and ministers and serving as disinformation and black propaganda; leaflets possibly from German underground organisations including 'Aktionskomitee West, Abteilung 6 Panzerarmee' and two leaflets directed at Polish soldiers in the German occupation forces in France (in Polish). Leaflets circulated by the Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg, April 1945 and nd, and the Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn, May 1945.
Arranged in two sections as follows: leaflets produced by the US Office of Strategic Services and leaflets circulated by the Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg and the Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn.
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German, some Polish
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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Mar 2008 Wars (events) Communication process Europe Germany International conflicts Nazism Persuasion Political doctrines Propaganda Totalitarianism US Office of Strategic Services War War propaganda Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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Jewish Central Information Office
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Microfilm of anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets comprising leaflets produced by the US Office of Strategic Services (especially by W Necker), 1944-1945, for distribution in Germany, 1944-1945, partly in draft form; drafts of letters to be sent to party officials and ministers and serving as disinformation and black propaganda; leaflets possibly from German underground organisations including 'Aktionskomitee West, Abteilung 6 Panzerarmee' and two leaflets directed at Polish soldiers in the German occupation forces in France (in Polish). Leaflets circulated by the Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg, April 1945 and nd, and the Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn, May 1945.
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Arranged in two sections as follows: leaflets produced by the US Office of Strategic Services and leaflets circulated by the Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg and the Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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German, some Polish
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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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- Communication process
- International conflicts
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Communication process » Persuasion
- Political doctrines
- Communication process » Persuasion » Propaganda
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
- International conflicts » War
- Communication process » Persuasion » Propaganda » War propaganda
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English