Documentation Work

Many documents left behind in vacant barracks which reflect the former presence of
U.S. Forces in Augsburg.

Around 2.000 pictures of U.S. barracks and facilities - taken after base closure - reflect half a century of U.S. Forces presence. But also photographs of earlier times have been collected and are still being looked for.

The Society “Amerika in Augsburg e.V.” is compiling information of the peaceful surrender of Augsburg on April 28, 1945.

Extensive documentations including original newspaper articles and cuttings show the topics of the post-war era. Extensive contemporary-history material, clips of press reports and original documents substantiate the particular U.S. Army problems in Augsburg.

Special edition of the “Ninth Division News” on the occasion of the Reorganization Ceremony on December 21, 1946.

"The Third Infantry Division” report of 1947 about the advance thru Europe from 1944 until the end of WW II in 1945. Among other things, there are descriptions of Southern Germany and the Augsburg area.