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Walter Koske prison diary
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6258
Abstract
A prison diary written by Walter Koske, a documented member of the Nazi resistance. Walter Koske was one of twelve members of the illegal resistance cell Mix & Genest (named after the electronics company they worked for) who were arrested in 1937 for participating in communist party activities. Six of the arrested Mix & Genest members were sentenced to prison and six were released. Walter Koske (born in 1902), was arrested on his 35th birthday and charged with treason (...
Dates:
1937 - 1938; 2002
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Roman Robert Söllner illustrated notebook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6207
Abstract
A notebook created in 1948 by Roman Robert Söllner, a German American soldier, containing hand-drawn and colored illustrations, original verse, and notes in German and English. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations accompany the verse and notes. The author of the notebook generally signs himself "Roman," but also as "Roman Roberts" and "Roman Robert Söllner." Ancestry.com includes a number of records for a Roman Robert Söllner (1925-1995) born in Germany and naturalized as an American...
Dates:
1948
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections