Collection 00/MS.487 - Fritz van Bergen Papers

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US BCMLA 00/MS.487

Title

Fritz van Bergen Papers

Date(s)

  • 1930-1940 (Creation)

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0.15 Cubic Feet

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Born 24 March 1900, presumably in East or West Prussia. Parents were Robert van Bergen and Marie Fast. In 1933 he was a teacher in Frankenau/Gutfeld, East Prussia. He published the family genealogical periodical Der Berg 1933-1941. (MLA has this on microfilm.) He died in combat June 22, 1941, on the first day of the German invastion of the Soviet Union. (James Irvin Lichti, “The Response to National Socialism by Denominations with Teachings against Bearing Arms,” Ph. D. dissertation, University of California-Los Angeles, 2000, p. 353 note 4, also see p. 123f.).

Archival history

This collection apparently was in the hands of Hermann Thiessen (MLS.MS.485) before coming into the possession of Hermann Schirmacher.

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Scope and content

The papers consist of photocopies of Bergen’s genealogy notes and correspondence. The location of the originals is unknown.

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open for research

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  • German

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ArchonInternalCollectionID:1216

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