02722cpcaa2200481 a 4500 mm2003084972 DLC 20260227111729.0 031006|||||||||||| fre mm2003084972 DLC dacs DLC DLC fre ger R lcmd Michel, Werner, collector. Werner Michel collection of World War II material, 1945. 25 items. Open to research. Letters of appreciation from a group of prominent political prisoners liberated from their Nazi captors by American troops in May, 1945, in the South Tyrol region (Trentino-Alto Adige) of Italy. In the last months of World War II, Nazi officials moved the captives through various concentration camps in Germany in order to evade Allied troops. The letters cite fellow captive Franz Liedig and his work on their behalf. Correspondents include Léon Blum, Xavier, prince de Bourbon-Parma, Franz Halder, Miklós Horthy, Miklós Kállay, Friedrich Leopold, prince of Prussia, Martin Niemöller, Alexandros Papagos, Gabriel Piguet, Petr Frolovich Privalov, Kurt Schuschnigg, Fritz Thyssen, and Alexander Zamoyski. Also includes a list with over 135 names and signatures of the prisoners. Collector and communications executive. Collection material in French and German. Blum, Léon, 1872-1950 Correspondence. Bourbon-Parma, Xavier, prince de, 1889- Correspondence. Halder, Franz, 1884-1972 Correspondence. Horthy, Miklós, nagybányai, 1868-1957 Correspondence. Kállay, Miklós, 1887-1967 Correspondence. Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia, 1895- Correspondence. Liedig, Franz. Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984 Correspondence. Papagos, Alexandros, 1883-1955 Correspondence. Piguet, Gabriel, 1887-1952 Correspondence. Privalov, Petr Frolovich, 1898-1951 Correspondence. Schuschnigg, Kurt, 1897-1977 Correspondence. Thyssen, Fritz, 1873-1951 Correspondence. Zamoyski, Alexander Correspondence. Political prisoners Germany. Prisoners of war Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, German. Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy) History. Collectors. itoamc Executives. itoamc 44680 44680