A Soundtrack of World War II
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
A Library digitization project reveals parts of World War II as the Marines lived it and heard it.
Posted in: Preservation, Technology, Veterans History Project, World War II
Category: World War II
World War II — Through Patton’s Lens
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Library collections preserve photos taken by George S. Patton, the brilliant World War II commander on campaigns through North Africa and Europe. His family donated his papers to the Library after his death in 1945.
Posted in: World War II
World War II: Voices of War
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Diaries, letters and oral histories reveal the hardships and heartbreak of wartime service. They're captured in the Library's Veterans History Project.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
Love Letters Straight to Your Heart
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Love letters dot the Library of Congress's collections — centuries of devotion, passion, longing, regret and heartbreak put down on paper.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, U.S. Presidents, Veterans History Project, World War II
‘Lost Girls’ Artwork from the Holocaust
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
A small collection in the Library’s Manuscript Division preserves drawings created by children who survived Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Posted in: Holocaust, Jewish American History, Women's History, World War II