Finding aid for the Victor H. Bernstein papers

Biography of Victor Bernstein

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 Content

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.

Statement of Arrangement

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Preferred Citation

Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collection number, and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in all footnotes and bibliographical references.

Other Finding Aid

A paper copy of the folder list is available.