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Books

• Winter Storm, by Lise Pommois, Turner Publishing Company
• The 29th Day of April, 1945, Edited by Sam Dann, published by Texas Tech University Press, e-mail: TTUP@ttu.edu, telephone: 1-800-832-4042. See DACHAU 29 APRIL 1945
• "The Final Crisis" Combat in Northern Alsace, January 1945 by Dick Engler

Rainbow Division Archives

• Love Library, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE: Catalog for University of Nebraska-Lincoln University Libraries
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Rainbow Division Veterans Association Records, Container List.
• U.S. Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA

Holocaust Centers/Museums

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
• remember.org - The Cybrary of the Holocaust
• Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center

Libraries

• NLA Quarterly, Vol 31. No. 4, Winter 2000, PP. 27-30, Nebraska Libarary Association, World War I and The Rainbow Division, by Mary Ellen Ducey
• Robert H. Tyndall, Collection. 1916-1943, Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts and Archives Department, Collection # M0280
• Truman Presidential Museum & Library, Harry S. Truman Papers

Articles and Personal Accounts

• Captured in Hatten, Part 3, Captain William Corson's speech (© 2000 Glenn E. Schmidt)
• Travels with Rainbow JOURNEY TO THE OURCQ RIVER, FRANCE May 25-May 27, 2001 By Cory J. Eberhart
• Travels with Rainbow MUNICH RAINBOW REUNION AND 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR OF EUROPE - APRIL 1995 by Cory J. Eberhart

Book Reviews

Review of Dachau: 29 April 1945 The Rainbow Liberation Memoirs, Edited by Sam Dann, Texas Tech University Press. Texas Tech University Press, Book Review, Foreword Magazine.

Information

42nd Infantry Division Online -- The 42nd Rainbow Division Mechanized has a new web site as of May 2, 2007. The Division Headquarters is located in Troy, New York.

Doughboy Center: The Story of the American Expeditionary Forces -- Information on how to use the National Archives and other resources to track down information on relatives who fought in World War I.

Seeking Information for Exhibition in Vienna in 2005

Subject: Exhibition in Vienna 2005
From: Dr. Hubert Prigl
Email: <prigl1964@a1.net>
Date: Tue. 10 Aug 2004

Hello friends in America!

I hope you are all well. Today I will write you all a e-mail about my
exhibition next year in the Vienna Rathaus. The exhibition: "Leisure time of
the American soldiers in Vienna 1945 to 1955" will start in February 2005.
This is my first exhibition in my work (Vienna City Library) and I hope I
can make a good job. But I can only make a good job with your help. I was
born 9 years after the last American soldier have leave Vienna. All my
information are out of books, from films and from your stories!
Jack Edmonds have translate my exhibition program (THANK YOU VERY
MUCH!!!!!!!!!!). I will put the information on the end of this e-mail.

Thank you very much for your help.
Many greetings from your friends in Vienna
Manuela and Hubert Prigl

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LEISURE TIME FOR ALLIED SOLDIERS IN VIENNA BETWEEN 1945 AND 1955

Dr. Hubert Prigl is preparing an Exhibition at the Vienna Rathaus during the
months of February through May or June 2005. He is requesting information
from all soldiers who had spent their leisure time in Vienna. Examples of
what leisure activities that Dr. Prigl is seeking are listed below.

Please email or snail-mail this information to Dr. Prigl. His E-mail
address at the Vienna Library is: m09pri@exchange.magwien.gv.at. Or his
home address at: Maurer Lange Gasse 136/22/1, A-1230 WIEN.

Information being sought:

• Learning the differences between American and Viennese culture.
• American leisure time at events such as Special Services, sports, military concerts, etc.
• American leisure time activities such as Austrian nightclubs, operas, music, etc.
• Nightclubs that were considered American soldier oriented.
• Personal relationships with the Viennese people.
• Problems and disputes between American GIs, other Four Power military personnel, and/or Austrian civilians.
• GI activities as a tourist.
• Culture activities with USIS, ARC, Special Services and with other cultural service activities.
• Taking advantage of offered University classes and other Austrian civilian services.
• Comments on how the Viennese Courier, Stars and Stripes, USFA Sentinel, and other newspapers that were read and enjoyed by American GIs.
• Comments on how well Rot-Weiss-Rot and the Blue Danube Radio networks were enjoyed by American GIs
• Personal connections made with other Four Power military personal.
• What kind of curiosities occurred while in Vienna, i.e. skiing on Währingerstrasse or other unusual events.
• MPs law and order activities.