Box 1

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Contains notes by Silver, correspondence to Steinback, Bloustein, Burns, Oshinsky, Horn, Edelstein, McCormick, and Bergel, discussing the reopening of the case and Hauptman's Nazi views and crimes, as well as photocopies of parts of Depression and War, the Home News, Rutgers: A Bicentennial History, Begin the Haunted Prophet, and The New York Times, among other documents.

Scope and Contents: Discusses the Nazi connection of Fred G. Tauber, Hauptmann's counsel, at the 1935 hearings; and a document allegedly showing that the German Consulate paid Hauptmann's passage to Germany. There is also a great deal of correspondence to Oshinsky requesting to view documents concerning Hauptmann's activities in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, and correspondence to Dr. Nathaniel Pallone, Vice President for Academic Policy and Research at Rutgers. The file also contains...

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Correspondence to Simmons requesting information on Hauptman's passing of the Statsexamen and to Oshinsky refuting the panel's findings. It also contains correspondence from Burns agreeing with Silver's conclusions, among other documents.

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Silver discusses his memories of, and involvement with, the Bergel/Hauptmann case of 1935. He talks about his conceptions of the personalities of Bergel and Hauptmann, his extracurricular activities as they pertained to the case, Sidney Kaplan, his counsel at he 1935 hearings, and President Clothier's firing from Mellon University, among other topics.

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Bergel discusses his work with the FBI, his anti-Nazi stance, how Hauptmann expected him to distribute Nazi propaganda in his classroom, his correspondence with the army requesting Hauptmann's whereabouts, how Steven Birmingham, agent of the Un-American Activities Committee, gave him money after the trial, and Alan Silver, among other topics.

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Contains photocopied pages from various editions of the Army & Navy Journal, which discuss information on the 1934 maneuvers that Hauptmann was allegedly spying on, although it makes no mention of any espionage activities. The file also contains correspondence to McCormick and a report to the Secretary of War, among other documents.

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Correspondence to Oshinsky from Charles E. Glassick, President of Gettysburg College, stating that he was unsure why Hauptmann left, but that if may have had something to do with a policy that was in place at that time of letting ""promising" scholars go after working at Gettysburg for a few years. The file also contains other information pertaining to Hauptman's career there.

Scope and Contents: Contains government documents on Hauptman's arrest and interrogation, photocopies of articles from the New Jersey newspapers the Trenton Times and the Newark News, as well as a 1947 letter from Bergel to the War Crimes/Civil Affairs Division inquiring about Hauptmann's war papers from 1946-1947. There is also a detailed inventory list of the property of the Deutsche Akademie aur Wissenscaftenlichen Erforschund Underzur pflege des Deutchtumbs (German Academy for...

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Jordan discusses the personalities of Bergel and Hauptmann, his conflicts with Hauptmann over other problems, as well as his memories of the Bergel/Hauptmann case, among other topics.

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Meder talks about Mr. and Mrs. Hauptmann's personalities and debt, the "three year rule", Mabel Douglass' refusal to hire Jews, and Bergel's low interest in extracurricular activities. He also relates the events that happened after the trial of 1935, among other topics.