Samuel Beer Papers on the Holocaust Available to Researchers

For Immediate Release: September 6, 1997
Further information: Tom McNaught (617) 514-1662

In 1945, Captain Samuel Beer worked for the United States military government in Germany immediately after the collapse of the Third Reich. Beer, who is fluent in German, conducted a series of interviews with German officials and citizens about their experiences during the Nazi era. He also wrote analyses of German history and public opinion in post-Nazi Germany. These notes and reports, as well as sixteen interviews are included in the Beer papers at the Kennedy Library. These materials are open and available for research. Another set of these materials is also available in the archives of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.