Lena Fishman Fagen collection

Lena Fishman Fagen collection 

Lena Fishman Fagen collection 

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The Lena Fishman Fagen collection consists of original documents Fagen collected while working as a chief document screener for the prosecution at the Nuremberg war crime trials. Most of the records are original signed correspondence addressed to Alfred Rosenberg or his adjutants, Adolf von Trotha or Werner Koeppen. Correspondents include high-ranking Nazi party officials such as Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Hans Frank, and Joseph Goebbels. The collection also includes four Nuremberg trial briefs and a 1951 report on the sentences of Nuremberg-convicted war criminals. 

The Lena Fishman Fagen papers are arranged as four series: Series 1: Alfred Rosenberg correspondence with Nazi party officials, 1924-1944 Series 2: Alfred Rosenberg correspondence with Reich offices, 1926-1944 Series 3: Alfred Rosenberg general correspondence, 1921-1945 Series 4: Publications and trial briefs, circa 1946-1951