Van Nest, Andrea Sears

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This collection contains the papers of Vera Sears (1912-2008), dance instructor at the University of Denver, and her husband Edwin Sears (1903-1964), a law professor at the University of Denver. The Sears family emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1930s. These papers include correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, legal materials, clippings, dance notation notebooks, publications, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials.

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Black and white photograph of a ship alongside a numberof smaller boats.

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Black and white photograph of one of the trials occurring in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II (commonly called the Nuremberg Trials). Specific trial occurring is unknown. Includes inscription on reverse of the photograph: "Mr. Hahn is giving" and "Please return to Mr. Edwin Sears 1221 Washington St.".

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Black and white photograph of one of the trials occurring in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg after the end of World War II (commonly called the Nuremberg Trials). Specific trial occurring is unknown. Front right is Edwin Sears. Includes inscription on reverse of photograph: "Mr. Sears examining Mr. Hahn - Jewish industrialist property had been taken away by the Nazis - [rest is unreadable]" and "Please return to Mr. Edwin Sears 1221 Washington St.".

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Black and white photograph of court in progress at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Specific trial is unknown. Includes inscription on reverse of the photograph: "From Public Relations Photo Section Office Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Nuremberg, Germany, APO 696-A US Army Our Photo No. OMT-V-6V-6

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Black and white photograph of two men at one of the trials in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice with others in the background. Subjects and specific trial unknown. Includes inscription on the reverse: "From Public Relations Photo Section Office Chief of Counsel for War Crimes Nuremberg, Germany, APO 696-A US Army Our Photo No. OMT-V-DC-I"

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Black and white photograph of six men at one of the trials at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Subjects unknown. Includes inscription on reverse of the photograph, unreadable.

Abstract Black and white photograph of a courtroom in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice during the Flick trial. Standing at the podium in center-front (with back turned to photographer) is Edwin Sears. Display board on left hand side of photograph outlines "The Flick Concern"; the other text is unreadable. The Flick trial was one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials that occurred in Nuremberg, Germany, after the end of World War II. This trial involved allegations of slave labor and plundering on the...

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Black and white photograph of two men standing in front of/leaning on a truck.

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Black and white photograph of Vera and Edwin Sears standing in an otherwise empty street. Presumably taken during their time in Germany after the war.