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Giddings Area Newspaper Collection
362
German-Language Newspaper Collection
362
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
362
Tocker Foundation Grant
362
World War Two Collection
123
Abilene Library Consortium
114
The 12th Armored Division Photograph Collection
112
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
9
Harris and Eliza Kempner
2
German Immigration to Texas
1
3 More
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Giddings Deutsches Volksblatt
362
William R. Hahn Collection
32
714th Tank Battalion Collection
16
12th Armored Division Historical Collection
10
Clarence Whitefield Collection
9
Homer F. Petross Collection
5
Jewel Brekke Collection
3
William Hahn Collection
3
Carold Bland Collection
2
Clifford H. Woycke Collection
2
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Jahrbuch der Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung fuer 1943
The 1943 almanac from the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Hotel Ehrenbachhöhe]
Photograph of Hotel Ehrenbachhöhe, a multi-story structure with a dark brick upper structure and white stone lower portions. The building's name is written across its side.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bürgerbräukeller Entrance Arch]
Photograph of the entrance arch of Bürgerbräukeller. The word "Bürgerbräukeller" appears on the arch and is split into three parts. The words are surrounded by a stone relief shaped like a wreath of hops.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldier Leaning on a Car Door]
Photograph of a soldier leaning against an open car door on a residential street. The soldier is wearing a garrison cap, uniform jacket, and tie. Rows of houses and vegetation line both sides of the street.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[W. B. Cummings Sitting on a Heidenheim Road Sign]
Photograph of W. B. Cummings wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap while sitting on top of a stone sign that says "Heinheim 4 Km." He is sitting with his legs draped over the sides of the sign. Trees are visible behind him and a road runs along the left side of the photo.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sergeant Standing by Sign Pointing to Dischingen, Germany]
Photograph of a uniformed U.S. Army sergeant standing by a black-bordered sign pointing leftward and painted with "Dischingen 3Km." The sign is mounted on a building with a shuttered window.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dan Melli Scrapbook, Page 1]
Photographs of Dan Melli in and around the envirions of Blaubeuren, Germany. The image on the top left shows an American military parked by a Blaubeuren sign at a railroad station. The top right image shows Dan Melli sitting by a medical truck that has "Louise" written on its covering. The center picture features a blurry soldier standing in front of a captured German train with piles of open crates nearby. Dan Melli poses with a wrought iron fence on the bottom left, and with two young German children on the bottom right.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook Page: Men beginning to be discharged!]
Photographs of soldiers preparing to be discharged and leave Germany. The first photo involves a First Sergeant calling out while holding a paper. Soldiers mill about to the right, with Ferdinand Caravelli looking towards the camera. The middle-left photo shows Joe Hurt carrying a full sack over his back and standing in a street. The middle-right photo shows Nathan Levine standing in front of a German theater. The bottom photo is a close up of Dan Melli and a man named John. They are smiling, standing in front of a wall, and wearing shirts and ties.
Date:
September 3, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jake Porciello by German Street Sign]
Photograph of Jake Porciello wearing a United States Army uniform and standing next to a German street sign for "Kaiser Strasse." Trees, a pedestrian, and a building are visible behind him.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John Amundson and Nuremberg Sign]
Photograph of John Amundson standing amid the rubble of ruined buildings. He is wearing a helmet and a field jacket. To the left is a street sign pointing to the right that is printed with the words "Nürnberg 35 km, Wilhermsdorf 6km."
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Soldiers at a German Train Station]
Photograph several uniformed United States Army soldiers standing at a covered German train station. The three soldiers in front are identified as Vernon Raschko, Merril McCarty, and Patrick McEachern. A sign labeled "Ausgang" hangs above them.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Jones, Zane E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garnier Ball Standing on a Truck]
Photograph of Garnier Ball standing on the plank bed of a truck. He is wearing a shirt, slacks, and boots. The truck has a white star painted on its door. A multistory building is visible behind him.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Hannover Hauptbahnhof]
Photograph of Hannover Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station of Hannover, Germany. A sign written with "Hannover Hbf" stands in front of a structure with a rounded roof that covers the tracks.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Hannover Hauptbahnhof]
Photograph of Hannover Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station of Hannover, Germany. A sign written with "Hannover Hbf" stands in front of a structure with a rounded roof that covers the tracks. A series of metal poles and a stairway can be seen to the left.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clearing Snipers, Nuernberg, G
Photograph of armed Allied soldiers moving over hills of rubble in Nuremberg, Germany. A few walls and building frames remain among the debris.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hugo Walter Building]
Photograph of three stories of a building with the words "Hugo Walter" in relief over display windows on the bottom floor. Two rows of smaller windows are visible, and the lower row has small awnings and flower pots on their windowsills. A line of black dots cuts diagonally cross the picture.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruined Building in Germany]
Photograph of a bombed-out German building that stands behind a railroad track. Most of the walls that would be facing the track normally are now gone. Rubble is piled up around the building's bottom level.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Line of Soldiers in a Line for Gmünd Watches]
Photograph of U.S. Army soldiers in a line beside German business buildings. German children and a woman walk in front of the men. The reverse side of the photo indicates that the men were waiting for Gmünd souvenir watches, and that the man in the center is William Hahn.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An Overturned Tank in a Field]
Photograph of a tank that has been overturned on an earthen field. Most of its treads have been removed. Swastikas and German graffiti have been painted on the side of the tank's hull.
Date:
October 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldier Standing in Front of a Theater]
Photograph of a uniformed American soldier standing in front of the double doors of the Passionstheater Oberammergau. The man is wearing a garrison cap and has his hands in his jacket's pockets.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Homer Petross Posing for a Portrait]
Photograph of Homer Petross wearing a U.S. Army uniform, chest ribbon, wire-rimmed glasses, and a garrison cap. He also wears identification tags around his neck.
Date:
[1944..1945]
Creator:
Fotohaus Carl Mader
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[George Hatt Beside War Memorial]
Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named George Hatt standing beside a statue of a naked man. "Der Wollte" is written on stone.
Date:
May 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Three Soldiers Standing by a Gate]
Drawing of three uniformed American soldiers standing in front of a wooden gate. The helmeted men are smiling and have rifles slung over their right shoulders. A sign that says "Security Police" has been placed on the gate.
Date:
July 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldier Beside a Sign for the Brenner Pass]
Photograph of a uniformed soldier crouching against a pillar that as the words "Duetsches Reich" and a swastika carved into it. To the left of the man is a sign that says "A. A. S. S. Passo Del Brennero m 1372."
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History