Invitation by Mitchell Bard

Today, I received an invite to Mitchell Bards home in Maryland. I have just finished reading his book, Forgotten Victims: The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler's Camps. This book is an awesome collection of American POW's stories, some Berga survivors, whom fought for our liberty during World War II. I am  looking forward to  interviewing him for my thesis and asking him some questions regarding his fabulous book. 

Personal Tour of the Archives in College Park

Today, I met with the head of our department at the Archives. After filling out my new employment paperwork, he gave me the guided hour and a half tour of the Archives in which only the employees see. It was very exciting to be on the other side of the coin as an employee not as a researcher. 

For those of you that have never been to the Archives,  when you arrive to research, the staff requests  in order to pull a file, a researcher card must be filled out with the appropriate number of where the file is located in the vaults.The employees use this to locate the file in the specific vault and bring it out to you as well as to place the file back in the vault. The entire process was explained to me in a guided tour through several vaults. It was incredible tour and it rekindled my desire to work in this wonderfully historic place.

The future days ahead I have a feeling will not feel like work but like an awesome adventure.