Series 1: Correspondence, 1932 -- 1949
This series is open for research.
2 linear feet; 2 linear feet; 4 boxes
This series contains correspondence and related materials including reports, clippings, and telegrams on the following: the German Evangelical Church, "Kulturkampf," the Nazi Party seizing Church property, Nazi Party attacks on Jews, Catholics, and other citizens of Europe, as well as letters regarding anti-Semitism in America and Europe. Of note are telegram appeals to Hitler to release Pastor Martin Niemoeller, extracts of Hitler's Public Speeches 1933-1939, a copy of the Nuremberg Laws in Box 4 Folder 7, and the Notes and Information on the Project for Immigration of Displaced Persons in the American Occupied Zones of Germany and Austria in Box 5 Folder 6.
This series is unarranged.
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 1-2
Anti-Semitism, 1932 -- 1941
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 3
Telegram Appeals and Declaration of Christian Truth, 1938
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 4
Chaplains, November-December, 1937
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 5
Catholic Church in Hitler Germany, 1933 -- 1941
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 6
Universal Christian Council Form Letters, 1934 -- 1942
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 7-8
Federal Council of Churches, 1933 -- 1939
Box Series 1 Box 1 Folder 9-10
Kulturkampf, 1938 -- 1943
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 1
ReichsbishopLudwig Muller, 1933
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 2
Adolf Hitler Public Speeches, 1933 -- 1939
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 3
German Evangelical Church, 1934 -- 1939
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 4
Office of War Information, 1942
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 5
Dr. Hans Schoenfeld, 1936 -- 1939
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 6
Sword of the Spirit, 1940 -- 1943
Box Series 1 Box 2 Folder 7-9
A-L on German Church Situation, 1933 -- 1938
Box Series 1 Box 3 Folder 1-4
M-Z on German Church Situation, 1933 -- 1940
Box Series 1 Box 3 Folder 5-6
General on German Situation, 1933 -- 1935
Box Series 1 Box 3 Folder 7
Church Struggle in Nazi Germany, 1936 -- 1937
Box Series 1 Box 3 Folder 8-9
Religious and Political Situation under Nazi Aggression, 1938 -- 1939
Box Series 1 Box 4 Folder 1
German Religion under Hitler, 1940 -- 1942
Box Series 1 Box 4 Folder 2-3
German Ecumenical Movement and Relief to Germany, 1943 -- 1946
Box Series 1 Box 4 Folder 4-5
Church in Pre-and Post-World War II Germany, 1943 -- 1946
Box Series 1 Box 4 Folder 6-7
German Church Situation, 1945
Box Series 1 Box 4 Folder 8-9
Post-War Germany, 1946 -- 1949
Series 2: Writings, 1933 -- 1942
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains writings by Leiper including articles and radio speeches given by Leiper on Nazi propaganda and terrorism against German people and churches, and what Leiper called "The New Paganism in Germany." Of note is the radio speech which discusses Pastor Martin Niemoeller held prisoner by Hitler in Folder 3.
This series is arranged chronologically.
Series 3: Publications, 1921 -- 1944
This series is open for research.
2.5 linear feet; 2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes
This series contains publications of interest to Leiper, including pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and reports on German Churches and their destruction under the Third Reich. Also included are materials on relief provided to German churches, and human rights efforts. Of note is the Program for The Baptist World Congress, held in Berlin in October 1934 in Folder 5. Materials are in both English and German.
This series is unarranged.
Box Series 3 Box 1 Folder 1
Church Struggle in Germany--Pamphlets - A-C, 1933 -- 1937
Box Series 3 Box 1 Folder 2
European Situation and Relief Efforts--Pamphlets - D-F, 1938 -- 1941
Box Series 3 Box 1 Folder 3
German Churches under Third Reich--Pamphlets-G, 1933 -- 1937
Box Series 3 Box 1 Folder 4-5
Pamphlets H-N, 1921 -- 1941
Box Series 3 Box 2 Folder 1-2
Over There with the Churches of Christ Pamphlets, 1932 -- 1942
Box Series 3 Box 2 Folder 3-4
Pamphlets--P-U, 1930 -- 1941
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 1
War Conditions in European/Continental Churches, 1939 -- 1944
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 2
Watchman What of the Night Pamphlets, circa 1939 -- 1944
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 3
Leaflets on Relief Efforts, 1936 -- 1937
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 4
Press Releases from Various Christian Councils, 1933 -- 1938
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 5
Clippings including The Churches in Germany Now, 1932 -- 1943
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 6-7
Clippings on Church under Nazi Rule, 1932 -- 1943
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 8
German Rundbrief Series, 1934 -- 1935
Fragile; please handle with care.
Box Series 3 Box 3 Folder 9
Kulturkampf Series, 1936 -- 1939
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 1
Reports on German Religious Conflict, 1937 -- 1940
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 2
Reports on Destruction of Churches in Germany, 1944
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 3
Correspondence and reports in French and German, 1934 -- 1938
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 4
Minutes in German of Meeting in Berlin-Hermsdorf, 1934
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 5
Reports about German Evangelical Church, 1934 -- 1935
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 6
Minutes of German-European Agency for Religious Relief, 1938
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 7-8
Reports in German on the German Church Situation, 1933 -- 1941
Box Series 3 Box 4 Folder 9
Scrapbook of Various German Newspapers Fall DEHN U.S.W., 1932
Fragile; please handle with care.
Box Series 3 Box 5 Folder 1
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to religious conditions in Nazi Germany, circa 1934
Fragile; please use copies in Folder 2.
Box Series 3 Box 5 Folder 2
Copies of newspaper clippings from scrapbook, circa 1934