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Craig W. H. Luther Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7s2034z0 No online items Partial Inventory of the Craig W. H. Luther papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff and Rachel Yamada Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2015 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Partial Inventory of the Craig W. 88064 1 H. Luther papers Title: Craig W. H. Luther papers Date (inclusive): 1937-2015 Collection Number: 88064 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: Primarily in English and German, with a few items in Russian Physical Description: 54 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box(23.3 Linear Feet) Abstract: Memoirs, diaries, questionnaire responses and interview summaries of military veterans, notes, photocopies of military records, printed matter, and photographs relating to German military operations during World War II, mainly on the Eastern Front. Used as research material for the books by Craig W. H. Luther, Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth, " 1943-1945 (San Jose, 1988), and Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June-December 1941 (Atglen, Pa., 2013). Creator: Luther, Craig W. H. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988, with increments received in 2014, 2015, and 2017. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Craig W. H. Luther papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Biographical Note American historian. Scope and Content of Collection The Craig W. H. Luther papers include questionnaire responses and letters by veterans of the German 12th SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" and by veterans of Canadian, British, and Polish military units who fought against the 12th SS-Panzerdivision, as well as summaries of interviews with these veterans. These materials relate to activities of the 12th SS-Panzerdivision in World War II, and especially during the 1944 Normandy campaign. Used as research material for Luther's book, Blood and Honor: The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth," 1943-1945 (San Jose, 1988). An increment received in 2015 consists of research materials, soldier questionnaires, memoirs, and other materials relating to Luther's Strategic Withdrawal of German Army Groups South and Center to the Dnepr River and First Soviet Attempts to Capture Kiev, August-October 1943, as well as Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June-December 1941. Subjects and Indexing Terms World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front National socialism World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Waffen-SS.. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend," 12 box 1 Interviews with veterans 1981-1983 2014 Incremental Materials Scope and Contents note Not yet described. box 2 2014 Incremental Materials box 3 2014 Incremental Materials box 4 2014 Incremental Materials Partial Inventory of the Craig W. 88064 2 H. Luther papers 2015 Incremental Materials 1992-2014 Kiev 1943 Project 2000-2014 2015 Incremental Materials 1992-2014 Scope and Contents note Research materials, soldier questionnaires, memoirs, and materials relating to Craig Luther's Strategic Withdrawal of German Army Groups South and Center to the Dnepr River and First Soviet Attempts to Capture Kiev, August-October 1943, as well as Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow, June-December 1941. Kiev 1943 Project 2000-2014 Scope and Contents note Materials referenced in Luther's Strategic Withdrawal of German Army Groups South and Center to the Dnepr River and First Soviet Attempts to Capture Kiev, August-October 1943. box 5, folder 1 Art of War Symposium 2000 box 5, folder 2 Correspondence 2013-2014 box 5, folder 3 "Battle for the Dnepr, September-October 1943" by D. Glantz, 2000s box 5, folder 4 Captured German records from the National Archives 2000s box 5, folder 5 Das Deutsche Heer, 1939-1945 by Wolf Keilig and Burkhart Müeller-Hillebrand 2000s box 5, folder 6 Doctrine / tactics 2000s Scope and Contents note Includes Standing Fast: German Defensive Doctrine on the Russian Front During World War II by Major Timothy A. Wray and The Anvil of War by Generaloberst Erhard Rauss and Generalluetnant Oldwig Von Natzmer. box 5, folder 7 Dramatis Personae 2000s Scope and Contents note Includes Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model : Legende und Wirklichkeit. Materials in German. box 5, folder 8 DZRW / Bd. 5/2 2000s Scope and Contents note Includes Das Deutsche Reich und Der Zweite Weltkrieg by Zweiter Halbband. box 5, folder 9 Foreign military studies 2000s box 6, folder 1 German Army miscellaneous data 2000s box 6, folder 2 German Army order of battles / Stellenbesetzungen 2000s box 6, folder 3 Heeresgruppen Süd 2000s box 6, folder 4 Adolf Hitler 2000s box 6, folder 5 Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht, 2000s box 6, folder 6 Die Geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 2000s box 6, folder 7 Lagekarten 2000s box 6, folder 8 "The Phantom Barrier: Ostwallbau 1944-1945," 2000s box 6, folder 9 Scorched Earth 2000s Scope and Contents note Includes Deutsche Soldaten - nationalsozialistischer Krieg. box 6, folder 10 "Strategic Thinking of Adolf Hitler and the German High Command," 2000s box 6, folder 11 Battle for the Dnepr River, chapter one notes and outline 2000s box 6, folder 12 The Battle for the Dnepr River: The Soviet Advance on the Kiev Axis by David M. Glantz and Craig Luther 2000s box 6, folder 13 Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, 2007 Partial Inventory of the Craig W. 88064 3 H. Luther papers 2015 Incremental Materials 1992-2014 War diaries and memoirs 1992-2007 War diaries and memoirs 1992-2007 Scope and Contents note Photocopies of German war diaries. box 7, folder 1 Copies of war diaries 2000s box 7, folder 2 T-354: SS Flak Abt. "Das Reich." Gefechtsberichte u. Erfolgs-meldungen (Nr. 78008/17 / Roll 125) 2000s box 7, folder 3 "Ia, Anlagenband 5 zum Kriegstagebuch 2. Gefechts- u. Verpflegungsstaerken (1.1.-21.9.43) (Roll 724)," 2000s box 7, folder 4 T-314: Anlagenband I 1, Ia Kriegstagebuch 56 Panzerkorps (Sep-Oct 43) (Nr. 49847/1 / Roll 1431) 2000s box 7, folder 5 T-314: Ia Kriegstagebuch Gen. Kdo. 48 Panzerkorps (Sep 43) (Nr. 49011/3 / Roll 1170) 2000s box 7, folder 6 T-314: Abt. Qu. Anlagen zum Kriegstagebuch Nr. 1 u. 2, Gen.Kdo. 48 Panzerkorps (1.9.-31.10.43) (Nr. 40773/41 / Roll 1170) 2000s box 7, folder 7 T-314: Ia Kriegstagebuch 3/43, Gen. Kdo. 24 Panzerkorps (24.9.-31.12.43) (Nr. 50465/3 / Roll 727) 2000s box 7, folder 8 T-314: Ia Kriegstagebuch 2/43, Gen. Kdo. 24 Panzerkorps (16.8.-23.9.43) (Nr. 50465/2 / Roll 727) 2000s box 7, folder 9 T-314: Ia Kriegstagebuch Nr. 6, Gen. Kdo. 59 AK (10.9-2.11.43) (Nr. 49914/1 / Roll 1517) 2000s box 7, folder 10 T-314 13 AK: Ia Anlagen zum Kriegstagebuch, Kriegsgliederungen (1.8.-1.12.43) (Nr. 42305/3 / Roll 521) 2000s box 7, folder 11 13 AK: Ia Kriegstagebuch Nr. 12 (24.8.-31.12.43) (Nr. 45449/1 / Roll 521) 2000s box 7, folder 12 Heeresgruppe Mitte, Abt. Ia, Anlagen zum Kriegstagebuch (Nr. 65002 / Roll 221) 2000s box 7, folder 13 T-312: AOK 2 Kriegstagebuch Russland, Teil 13 (26.8.-30.9.43) (Nr. 48318 / Roll 1272) 2000s box 7, folder 14 "T-312 AOK 8: Kriegstagebuch Nr. 2, Ia Kriegsgliederungen (Jul - Dec 43) (Nr. 44701 / Roll 55)," 2000s box 7, folder 15 "T-313: Panzer. AOK 4 Kriegstagebuch, Bd. 1 (1.8.-30.9.43) (Nr. 41631 / Roll 372)," 2000s box 8, folder 1-2 N 507: Handakten GFM v. Mansteins als Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe süd 2000s box 8, folder 3-4 RH 2/3061 and 3062: Kriegstagebuch der Op. Abt. des Generalstabes im OKH 2000s box 8, folder 5 Kriegstagebuch Karte Panzer. AOK 4 2000s box 8, folder 6 Panzer. AOK 4 / Fiendlagekarten 2000s box 8, folder 7 AOK 8 records 2000s box 8, folder 8 AOK 8 Karten (15-30/9/1943) 2000s box 9, folder 1 AOK 8 / Daily Operations Maps (1-31/10/1943) 2000s box 9, folder 2 Red Army 1943 2000s box 9, folder 3-4 Soviet summer offensives (general) 2000s Scope and Contents note Includes The Russo-German War, July 1943-May 1945, Defense Against Russian Breakthroughs edited by W. Victor Madej, When the Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, The Battle of Kursk by David M. Glantz, and various articles. box 9, folder 4-5 Units: Infantry division 2000s box 9, folder 6-7 Units: Panzer division 2000s box 9, folder 8 "Fire Brigades: The Panzer Divisions" by Kamen Nevenkin 2000s box 10, folder 1-2 Generalfeldmarschall Erich Von Manstein 2000s box 10, folder 3-4 Memoirs 2000s box 10, folder 5 "Weißt du noch, Kamerad? Die Geschichte einer Infanterie-Kompanie im Osten," 2000s box 10, folder 6 Barkhoff, Günter (infanterie-regiment 77 / 26. infanterie-division) 2000s box 10, folder 7 Becker, Klaus (Flak /Heeresgruppe Mitte) 2000s Partial Inventory of the Craig W. 88064 4 H. Luther papers 2015 Incremental Materials 1992-2014 War diaries and memoirs 1992-2007 box 10, folder 8 Dill, Hans J. (10. / SR 304 / 2. panzerdivision) 2000s box 11, folder 1 Hertenstein, Rolf, "The Experience of a World War II German Panzer Commander," 1992 box 11, folder 2 Groth (Feldwebel) (infanterie-regiment 256 / 112.
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