Collection of broadsides and newsletters printed by Yugoslav Partisan survivors at Dachau Concentration Camp
Overview
Collection of broadsides and newsletters printed by Yugoslav Partisan survivors at Dachau Concentration Camp just after their liberation by the Americans on April 29, 1945.
Dates
- Creation: 1945
Creator
- Pengov, Božidar. (Person)
Language of Materials
Titles in Slovenian with approximate English translations given.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted: fragile; consult curatorial staff.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 box)Collection of broadsides and newsletters produced by mimeograph, some illustrated, printed by Yugoslav Partisan survivors at Dachau Concentration Camp just after their liberation by the Americans on April 29, 1945.
Includes satirical and disturbing illustrations by Slovenian artist, Božidar Pengov. Among them are a map of Dachau showing the location of the mass grave at Leitenberg; and a single illustrated issue of a satirical newsletter written by Ludwig Mrzel, edited by Emil Smasek, and printed at Dachau on June 1, 1945.
Also includes the first eight issues of the daily Dachau Reporter (Dahavski Porocevalec), edited by Ludvik Mrzel.
Biographical / Historical
The Yugoslav Partisans, or National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, were a movement led by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to resist the Axis powers (chiefly Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2016-2078. Purchased from Between The Covers with funds from the Herman Dunlop Smith Bequest, the Harvard University Slavic Department, the Andrew Oliver Book Fund, the Melvin R. Seiden Houghton Library Book Fund, the Theodore Sedgwick Library Fund, the Frank Brewer Bemis Bequest, the DeCuevas, Deknatel, Loring, Nordell, Rheault and Vershbow Fund, and the Andrew Peter Vance Book Fund for Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Melanie Wisner, 2018.
Creator
- Pengov, Božidar. (Person)
- Mrzel, Ludvik, 1904-1971 (Person)
Subject
- Dachau (Concentration camp) (Organization)
- Title
- Collection of broadsides and newsletters printed by Yugoslav Partisan survivors at Dachau Concentration Camp, 1945 (2016-2078): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 November 29
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03059
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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