Tag Archives: Greg Bradsher
Hunting Hitler Part V: The Garden (Evening, April 30)
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. This is the fifth post in a multi-part series. It was now shortly after 4pm, April 30, 1945. Both Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Military Records, Uncategorized
Tagged Berlin, Greg Bradsher, Hunting Hitler, RG 153, RG 165, RG 238, RG 319, The Bunker, WWII
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Hunting Hitler Part IV: The Bunker (Afternoon, April 30)
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. This is the fourth blog in a multi-part series. On April 30, in his bunker, Adolf Hitler lunched with his secretaries Gertrude Junge and Frau … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Military Records
Tagged Berlin, Greg Bradsher, Hunting Hitler, RG 165, RG 238, RG 319, The Bunker, WWII
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Hunting Hitler Part III: The Bunker (Morning, April 30th)
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. This is the third blog in a multi-part series. In the early hours of April 30, 1945, Hitler continued saying his goodbyes in his … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History
Tagged Greg Bradsher, Hunting Hitler, RG 165, RG 226, RG 319, RG 59, The Bunker, World War II
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Hunting Hitler Part II: The Bunker (April 29-April 30)
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park, MD. This is the second blog in a multi-part series. Around noon on April 29, 1945, the three couriers with copies of Adolf Hitler’s … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Military Records, News
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Greg Bradsher, Hunting Hitler, RG 165, RG 319, The Bunker, World War II
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Hunting Hitler Part I – The Bunker (April 28-April 29)
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park, MD. This is the first in a multi-part series. Introduction On November 10, 2015, the History Channel will begin an eight-part series on the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, News, Reference
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Greg Bradsher, Hitler Will and Testament, Hunting Hitler, RG 165, RG 319, RG 59, RG 65, The Bunker
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The Monuments Men in September and October 1945: Restitutions
Today’s post was written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park On September 13, General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (the Military Governor of the American Zone of Germany and Commander of U.S. Forces … Continue reading
The Monuments Men in August 1945: The Belgian Treasures
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park In May 1945, elements of the Third U.S. Army reached and captured the mine at Alt Aussee, Austria, which the Germans had used to … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Monuments Men
Tagged Alt Aussee, Belgium, Ghent Altarpiece, Greg Bradsher, Jacques Jaujard, Madonna and Child, MFA&A, RG 239, RG 260, RG 331, Thomas Carr Howe
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The National Archives and Jefferson Davis’ Cloak, Shawl, and Spurs
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park The Civil War was swiftly coming to an end on April 3, 1865, when the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Civil Records
Tagged Greg Bradsher, Jefferson Davis, Jimmy Carter, RG 407, Senator Harry F. Byrd
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A President Complies with Federal Regulations: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Form TFR-500
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher and Dr. Sylvia Naylor, archivists at the National Archives in College Park, MD. Midway through World War II it became apparent that the United States Government had increasing need for comprehensive financial … Continue reading
The Monuments Men in June 1945: The Evacuation of Siegen Completed
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Archivist at the National Archives in College Park The Monuments Men (the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFA&A) Specialist Officers) were busy during June 1945 locating and overseeing some 600 emergency repositories … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, Military Records, Monuments Men
Tagged Greg Bradsher, John Nicholas Brown, John Walker, Lamont Moore, looted art, Marburg, Metz Cathedral Treasure, MFA&A, Monuments Men, RG 260, RG 331, RG 84, Samuel Ratensky, Sheldon Keck, Siegen, Stephen Kovalyak, Strasbourg Cathedral Stained Glass, Walter Hancock, World War II
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