JULIUS GOLDSTEIN PAPERS, approximately

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1 Descriptive summary Title: Julius Goldstein papers Dates: approximately Accession number: Creator: Julius Goldstein JULIUS GOLDSTEIN PAPERS, approximately United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC Tel. (202) e mail: reference@ushmm.org Extent: 2.0 linear feet (2 boxes and 2 oversize boxes) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC Abstract: The Julius Goldstein papers consist of correspondence, personnel files, photographs, printed materials, and a scrapbook documenting Goldstein s military service with the 64th Fighter Wing in Italy, France, and Germany during World War II and his visit to the Dachau concentration camp two days after its liberation. Languages: English, German, French Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but is stored offsite. Please contact the Reference Desk more than seven days prior to visit in order to request access. Reproduction and use: Collection is available for use. Material may be protected by copyright. Please contact reference staff for further information. Preferred citation: (Identification of item), Julius Goldstein papers, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC Acquisition information: Julius Goldstein donated the Julius Goldstein papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in The accession previously cataloged as 1991.A.0047 has been incorporated into this collection.

2 Related materials: Julius Goldstein also donated five books ( ,.03,.04,.06,.07a), a bookmark ( b), two maps ( and.18), a one Lira note ( ), and a US Army officer's hat ( ) to the Museum. Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information. Processing history: Julie Schweitzer, May 2015 Biographical note Colonel Julius Goldstein ( ) was born in the United States to naturalized Jewish immigrants. He served with the 64 th Fighter Wing in Italy, France, and Germany from and visited Dachau two days after its liberation. Scope and content of collection The Julius Goldstein papers consist of correspondence, personnel files, photographs, printed materials, and a scrapbook documenting Goldstein s military service with the 64 th Fighter Wing in Italy, France, and Germany during World War II and his visit to the Dachau concentration camp two days after the camp s liberation. 64 th Fighter Wing correspondence includes memoranda documenting missions, actions, and procedures of the 64 th Fighter Wing. This series also includes four letters from Julius Goldstein to his wife dated May 1945 that describe his visit to the Dachau concentration camp two days following its liberation and his opinions on the complicity of German civilians in World War II and the Holocaust. Additional records documenting the 64 th Fighter Wing can be found in the scrapbook. Julius Goldstein s personnel file primarily consists of orders but also includes medical records, memoranda, reports, forms, and authorizations documenting Goldstein s movements, accomplishments, promotions, awards, and commendations during World War II. Additional personnel records documenting Goldstein s military career can be found in the scrapbook. Two loose photographic portraits depict Julius Goldstein during training and overseas. Many more photographs can be found in the scrapbook. Printed materials include reports, histories, brochures, and newspapers documenting Julius Goldstein, the 64 th Fighter Wing, the war s progress, the Holocaust, and Holocaust survivors. Additional printed materials can be found in the scrapbook. The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, personnel records, currency and scrip, pins, patches, ribbons, awards, and commendations documenting Goldstein s military training, arrival in Italy via North Africa, and wartime experiences in European cities including Foggia, Naples, St. Tropez, Dole, Dijon, Ludres, Sacy, Nancy, Paris, Kaiserslautern, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Dachau, Augsburg, and Darmstadt. Photographs depict Goldstein, his wife and daughters, fellow soldiers, Bob Hope, the Maginot and Siegfried lines, wartime destruction, women tarred and feathered in St. Tropez, battlefield cemeteries, and the Dachau concentration camp. Pins include a captain pin, a golden oak leaf emblem, a silver oak leaf emblem, and a silver airplane featuring a quote from Hermann Göring. Patches include

3 a Wehrmacht breast eagle emblem, a Nazi Kriegsmarine officer Breast Eagle, a XII Tactical Air Command patch, and a XV Army Corps patch. Ribbons include a bit of purple ribbon from a Legion of Merit award, a bit of red ribbon from a Bronze Star, and a European African Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon bar with five stars. Currency and scrip include a 50 centimes note from Algeria and Allied Military Authority scrip from Italy and Germany. The scrapbook also contains a red armband with a black swastika. System of arrangement The Julius Goldstein papers are arranged as five series: Series 1: Correspondence, Series 2: Personnel file, Series 3: Photographs, approximately Series 4: Printed materials, Series 5: Scrapbook, approximately Indexing terms United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Wing, 64th United States. Army Air Forces. Tactical Air Command, 12th. Dachau (Concentration camp) World War, Aerial operations, American. World War, Regimental histories United States. World War, Participation, Jewish. Jewish soldiers United States. Holocaust, Jewish ( ) Italy. France. Germany. Photographs. CONTAINER LIST Series 1: Correspondence, , 64 th Fighter Wing, (3 folders, 4 oversize folders) Goldstein, Julius, to his wife, 1945

4 Series 2: Personnel file, Goldstein, Julius, (7 folders) Goldstein, Julius, (2 folders) Series 3: Photographs, approximately Box/ Title 1.14 Goldstein, Julius, approximately Series 4: Printed material, th Fighter Wing: A History of Control Center No. 2 at Ludres, France Covering Period from 14 Oct. 44 to 16 Jan. 45, The AAF in the Invasion of Southern France: An Interim Report, Battle Experiences, Consolidated, Dachau, Howes, Alfred L., History: 64 th Fighter Wing, , I Fought with Combat Command R, by Kahn, Richard F. and Dennison, Anthony, In Peace and Dignity: Testimony of the American Jewish Committee for the Rehabilitation of Jews in Europe and the Palestine Question, Life, Overseas service edition, 1944 October Newsweek, Continental edition, 1945 July Our Red Army Ally, War Department Pamphlet No , Our Russian Ally, Parisian Weekly Information, 1945 February Star and Stripes, Germany edition, 1945 July Time, European edition, 1945 July Yank, Continental edition, 1945 May Yank, Continental edition, 1945 September Yank, Continental edition, 1945 October 7 Series 5: Scrapbook, approximately Scrapbook, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 3 4, 1942

5 2.9 Scrapbook, loose items, pages 5 6, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 9 10, , 3.10 Scrapbook, loose items, pages 11 12, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 13 14, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 15 16, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 17 18, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 19 20, , 3.11 Scrapbook, loose items, pages 21 22, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 23 24, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 25 26, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 27 28, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 29 30, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 31 32, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 33 34, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 37 38, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 39 40, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 43 44, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 49 50, Scrapbook, loose items, pages 51 52, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 63 64, approximately Scrapbook, loose items, pages 71 72, Scrapbook, loose items, miscellaneous, Scrapbook, loose items, miscellaneous, , 3.13 Scrapbook, loose items, miscellaneous, , 3.14 Scrapbook, loose items, miscellaneous, Scrapbook, loose items, miscellaneous,