Gerda Nischan Papers

The Gerda Nischan Papers contains letters (1930, 1946-1947), handwritten in German between Otto Baumann and his wife, Barbara Hock, all but one written during the time Baumann was a German soldier in a French prisoner of war camp, 1946-1947, and typescripts in English by Baumann's daughter, Gerda Nischa, including an explanation of the letters, and 7 poems inspired by the letters. In 2010 Gerda Nischan wrote a book based on the letters titled <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Briefe an einen Kriegsgefangenen</emph>, an English translation written in 2014 (<emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Letters to a Prisoner of War</emph>), and a novel in German (2013) called <emph render="italic" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9">Dieses neue Leben</emph> which are included in these papers.

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DATE RANGE

Text	54
Image	2

letters	54
photographs	2

ORIGINAL FORMAT	COUNT
letters	54
photographs	2

Germany	55
France	54
Rochester (N.Y.)	1

LOCATION	COUNT
Germany	55
France	54
Rochester (N.Y.)	1

Military History	56
Military History: World War II	56

THEME/PROJECT	COUNT
Military History	56
Military History: World War II	56

Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955	54
Families of prisoners of war--Germany	53
Prisoners of war--France	53
Prisoners of war--Germany	53
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French	53
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence	52
Baumann, Barbara	7
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SUBJECT	COUNT
Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955	54
Families of prisoners of war--Germany	53
Prisoners of war--France	53
Prisoners of war--Germany	53
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French	53
Soldiers--Germany--Correspondence	52
Baumann, Barbara	7
Baumann, Otto	7
Bakers--New York (State)--Rochester	2
Germany--Social conditions--19th century	2
Man-woman relationships--Germany	2
Man-woman relationships--New York (State)--Rochester	2
Soldiers--Germany	1