Ohio University Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections Victor H. Bernstein papers OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION MSS12 Author: Bernstein, Victor H. (Victor Heine), 1904-1992. Title: Victor H. Bernstein papers Date: 1938-1960s Abstract: The Victor H. Bernstein papers document his journalism work during and after World War II. Quantity: 2 cu.ft. Language: English BIOGRAPHY OF VICTOR BERSTEIN American journalist and foreign correspondent Victor Heine Bernstein worked for several newspapers. He is best known as a foreign editor of PM newspaper, covering World War II: the prewar persecution of the Jews in Germany and Austria, the collapse of Germany, the liberation of the concentration camps, and the Nuremberg trial. He was also managing editor for the Nation and author of the book Final Judgment, The Story of Nuremberg. SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION The Victor H. Bernstein papers document his journalism work during and after World War II. The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, photostats, and general items collected as a foreign correspondent.
There are eight scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings of articles by Bernstein from PM and the Star. The collection also includes seven photographs and fourteen Photostats relating to the Nuremberg trial. The general items include press passes, Palestinian money, a United Nations scorecard of the votes which created Israel, a newsletter written by concentration camp survivors, and a list of the dead at Buchenwald. ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLECTION These records are organized into the following series: Series I: Scrapbooks Series II: Photographs Series III: Printed Matter Series IV: Manuscript RELATED MATERIALS ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Restrictions: The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio University Libraries. Preferred Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection name, collection number, and the Ohio University Libraries, in all footnotes and bibliographical references. Accession Number: Provenance: Property Rights: Unknown The Ohio University Archives received the collection from Victor Bernstein in 1981. Ohio University retains all property rights to the collection.
Copyrights: Photoduplication: Processing: Ohio University retains all copyrights unless retained by the donor, other correspondents, or other artists. Ohio University will entertain requests to photocopy reasonable amounts of material from the collection for the convenience of individual researchers. Kim Harris processed the collection in January 1982. ACCESS HEADINGS (use Library of Congress authorities online) Subjects: World War II. Foreign correspondents. Journalists. Personal Names: Bernstein, Victor H. (Victor Heine), 1904-1992. Corporate Names: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below. CONTAINER LIST Box/Folder Description Series 1: Scrapbooks 1 Volume 1 (June 19, 1940 - August 8, 1941) Volume 2 (August 12, 1941 - July 20, 1943) 2 Volume 3 (July 20, 1943 - August 3, 1944) Volume 4 (August 6, 1944 - March 21, 1945) 3 Volume 5 (April 2, 1945 - October 16, 1946)
Volume 6 (November 1946 - September 1947) 4 Volume 7 (September 1947 - April 1948) Volume 8 (April 1948 - August 1948) Series 2: Photographs 5 / 1 Seven photographs of the Nuremberg trial. Series 3: Printed Matter 5 / 2 Documents (14 photostats) used in the Nuremberg trial. 3 Memorabilia -- 14 items, including: Note from the Vienna Hotel Metropole management saying the hotel was being taken over by the Gestapo; Palestinian money (four bills, eight coins); Sheet of Jewish emblems which had to be pasted on all Jewish property in Berlin, 1938; List of anti-jewish measures issued by the Nazis before the actual slaughter of the Jews; Document addressed to those Jews whose spouses were Aryan. These Jews were the only ones left who had not been sent to concentration camps by the date of this document, July 16, 1943; Document listing the number of dead at Buchenwald concentration camp up to January 4, 1945; First issue of the Hessiche Post which was a newspaper established by Americans as they advanced to Berlin; A newsletter established by survivors of Buchenwald concentration camp for distribution within the camp; Original document by a survivor of Theresienstadt concentration camp who tells what happened to the camp survivors after liberation; Document by the Communist party of Munich calling all "anti-fascist" forces to unite
and help the hungry and homeless and punish the Nazis by making them finance the program; Score-card for the U.N. General Assembly's vote which created Israel; Hermann Goering's calling card; Currency note marked 100 kroner, an example of Theresienstadt's bogus money. 4 Miscellaneous printed matter Loose clippings from August, September, October, November and December 1948 Free-lance articles written after 1961 copies) 1949 5 Newspapers and Magazine Issues The Nation, June 8, 1940 New York Post, June 14, 1940 PM, New York Daily, Preview Edition, June 14, 1940 PM's Weekly, June 16, 1940 PM, New York Daily, June 18, 1940 (2 editions) PM, New York Daily, June 19, 1940 (2 PM, New York Daily, Special Edition, June 22, 1941 New York Star (formerly PM), June 23, 1948 New York Star (last issue), January 28, Series IV: Manuscript 6 - Note: List of clippings to be worked into a book titled Germany to Jerusalae,: A Journalist's Journey Holograph, 5 pages on 7 leaves