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THB[World War II]. SCHMEY, Peter (1924-2015). Photo archive related to US Army Counter Intelligence Corps agent Peter Schmey featuring espionage and Berl
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LiveJun 25, 2021
The June 25 American Historical Ephemera and Photography Auction features an exciting assemblage of 18th-early 20th century material, including Civil War archives, Early Photography, Western Americana, Autographs and Manuscripts, and more. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Nearly 600 black and white photographs and real photo postcards, sizes ranging from 2.25 x 2.25 in. to approx. 5.25 x 3.5 in., some with identifications on verso (light soil and some curling, overall good). Collection highlighted by photography related to Schmey's work for the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC) in post-war Berlin, Germany. Includes a group of 48 photographs housed in an envelope with handwritten notation: "Pictures of German Double Agent / meeting & reporting to Russian NKVD / Agent English Sector Berlin / 24 May 1946." Subset of enclosed images numbered 1-33 with description on verso of unfolding meeting and Schmey's role in the surveillance. -- 13 x 10 3/4 in. black scrapbook page containing 8 photographs related to Hermann Brandel (alias Harry Brand or Harry Brant), a leader of Organization "Otto," a black-market ring operating on behalf of German intelligence in France during WWII. Typed description accompanying photographs reads: "Harry Brant, alias OTTO of Organization Otto, whom we arrested and put Becker into his house to intercept any messages. His girl friend who had worked with him whom we also got. A picture we found of what is probably their child. He committed suicide the first night in jail." -- --Series of 33 photographs identified by Schmey as "May Day Parade in Berlin 1st May 1946." -- Series of 4 photographs with two attached and note on verso "Composite picture of meeting place between girl & prisoners we later flew to Frankfurt."
[With:] Remaining images are a mix of photographs and RPPCs and include the following: an Allied victory parade, possibly the Berlin Victory Parade of 7 September 1945; scenes of post-war destruction; children and displaced people in the American and Russian zones of occupation; US servicemen; cityscapes and landscapes from unidentified German locations; leisure activities such as swimming, night clubs, and the zoo across various locations in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany; photographs of Schmey and Waltraud "Wally" Schmey (1925-1975), a German native whom he married.
[Also with:] 2 copies of a pass authorizing the bearer to attend a court session of General Military Government Court in the case Military Government against Bittler and others, Munich, 3 April 1947. -- Views and Facts of berlin As Seen through the Eyes of the American Soldier and Intended for the Folks and Friends at Home. Published by Rasche & Co. K.G., Wiesbaden-Biebrich and prepared under the direction of 78th Division Special Services Office. N.d. [ca 1946]. 4 1/4 x 6 in. (light toning at edges of cover, else good). Color cardboard wraps. With original mailer sent by Peter Schmey in Berlin to his father in New Jersey.
Peter Schmey was born in Poland, but by his high school years had relocated to the United States. During WWII he was a member of HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and served in the European Theater, for which he received 3 Bronze Stars amongst his other decorations. Following the war, the 78th Infantry Division was utilized for the occupation of Berlin. During this period Schmey appears to have been working as an agent for the US Army Counter Intelligence Corps, a group of agents working primarily in occupied countries and tasked with countering the black market and arresting notable members of the previous regimes. - Shipping Info
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