General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:2/75

Part of series

HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files

Located at

Archival photo box #2 / No. 75

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_002-075

Legacy ID

rfe_person_075

Date

1951

Level

Item

Primary Type

Still image

Language

English

Notes

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre

Photograph

Contents Summary

Freedom Scrolls were part of the campaign Crusade for Freedom operating between 1950 and 1960. The Scrolls included a Declaration of Freedom which millions of Americans signed. As a last act of the Freedom Scrolls campaign, they were flown from America to Berlin and enshrined in the base if the Freedom Bell. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8:3/6
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Office of the U.S. Hight Commissioner for Germany, Berlin Element, Public Relations Branch. Berlin 12 April 1951
For immediate release
Berlin officials attend ceremonies making enshrinement of 16 million signatures on Freedom Scrolls in the tower of the Berlin Townhall. Examining some of the packages of scrolls are Dr. Walter Schreiber, deputy mayor of Berlin, Howard P. Jones, acting director of Berlin Element, and Prof. Ernst Reuter, Berlin's Governing Mayor. Enshrinement ceremonies were held this afternoon. HICOG-Berlin Photo by Schuber.

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

Cold War, man, Radio broadcasting, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty