Resource Type
Partner
Collection
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
Serial/Series Title
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
17 More
Country
Decade
Month
Language
[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
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
[Edward Scott with German World War I Monument]
Photograph of a German World War I memorial. The figure is a nude man leaning backward with his eyes closed. "Wachsen Liess, Der Wollte Keine" appears on an arched stone wall behind the figure.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Army Vehicles on a Street in Würzburg, Germany]
Photograph of U.S. Army vehicles driving down a street in Würzburg, Germany. The street is lined with sidewalks, lampposts, and damaged multi-story buildings.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Edward Scott with German World War I Monument]
Photograph of a uniformed American soldier named Edward Scott standing in front of a German World War I memorial. The figure is a nude man leaning backward with his eyes closed. "Der Wollte Keine" appears on an arched stone wall behind the figure.
Date:
1945~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Rigi-Kulm]
Photograph of a hotel at the peak of Mount Rigi in Switzerland, with a train on tracks going around the mountain and snow-capped alps in the distance, with low clouds in between. Typed text on the back of the photo says "Rigi-Kulm. Nebelmeer und Alpen."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Dorfgütingen, Germany]
Postcard of an aerial view of Dorfgütingen, Germany, with another photo of a house. Typed notes on the front of the postcard say "Dorfgütingen v. Flugzeug aus" and "Gasth. gold'nes Ross." Typed text on the back of the postcard says "Gasthaus z. gold'nen Roß Inh. Leonhardt Lehner - Fremdenzimmer Bürgeri. Küche, ff. Biere."
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Basel, Switzerland]
Photograph of Basel Switzerland seen from above, with the Rhein river snaking between the buildings of the city.
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Hotel Continental Basel]
Postcard of Hotel Continental in Basel, Switzerland, with cars and a trolley in the street, and the steps of the train station in the foreground. Typed text on the back of the postcard says "Contihotel fliessendes kaltes und warmes wasser in dem zimmern."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Flüelen, Switzerland]
Photograph of Flüelen, Switzerland on the edge of Lake Lucerne, with large mountains in the background. A typed note on the back of the photo says "Flüelen und der Bristenstock."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Basel, Switzerland Marketplace]
Photograph of the town square in Basel, Switzerland, with buildings surrounding a central area filled with people, and streetcars running on tracks along the street. Typed text on the back of the photo says "Basel. Marktplatz - Bâle. Le Marché."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Pilatus Railway]
Photograph of a train on railroad tracks on Mount Pilatus in Switzerland, taken from inside a rocky tunnel as the train enters another tunnel. Mount Titlis is visible through the tunnel in the background.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Basel SBB Railway Station]
Photograph of Basel SBB railway station in Basel, Switzerland, with tracks running around a central area with a fountain and flowers. Typed text on the back of the photo says "Basel. Bahnhof - Bâle. La Gare."
Date:
[1941..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History