Links
Here is an admittedly incomplete list of links, some I used and some I look forward
to exploring further in improving the information provided by this site. Of course, several of these sites in addition to the valuable information they provide also offer additional -- and often very extensive -- links to other sites. There is much to explore, and I've at best only touched the surface.
A very useful starting point is a publication of the German Historical Institute, edited by Theodor Scharnholz and entitled
The American Military Presence and Civil-Military Relations in Germany: A Guide to Sources in American and German
Archives. See: http://www.ghi-dc.org. When the page opens, click on "Reference Guides."
And certainly the GHI is worth exploring for many other pages of great value.
The Leo Baeck Institute -- http://www.lbi.org/ -- is an extremely valuable site, offering a well-done online catalog and a rich set of links.
Frankfurt's Institute of the City's History (Institut fuer
Stadtgeschichte) http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de. Theodor Scharnholz notes that its holdings include "a considerable number of records pertaining to the U.S. military presence in the city..."
Other useful Frankfurt sites include, of course, the excellent resources and
exhibitions of its Jewish Museum
http://www.jewishmuseum.de/ and also The Frankfurt Historical Commission
(Frankfurter Historische Kommission) at
http://www.frankhistkom.de/.
Many documents relating to the U.S. occupation are obtainable through http://www.history.hqusareur.army.mil/Archives/occupation.htm. [Ignore the password request.] and also
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/DL/chron.htm.
The US National Archives are as always a useful place to spend time, especially in exploring Record Group 331, containing Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II. Go to:
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/ww2_allied_occupation_headquarters_rg331.html.
I found the library
of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, both its collection and staff,
extraordinarily helpful.
http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/
And see of course Record Group 243, containing the U.S Strategic Bombing Survey, a document assembled in London beginning in 1945. The title is a bit misleading, since it also contains British bombing records, which I found more complete. Go to:
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/us_strategic_bombing_survey_rg243.html
Those seeking to trace the fates of specific families may find the web site for
the German-Jewish Special Interest Group (GERSig) of special value. It
offers not only helpful information on the site itself -- http://www.jewishgen.org/gersig/index.htm -- but also many links.
The
extensive programs of Nextbook
are well worth exploring, not least its fine public programs held about the
country. http://www.nextbook.org/
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