Cases / The American Landing / John Herz
The American Landing · dossier
Filed as person, standing in two authored connections inside The American Landing.
Identity and relevance
OSS analyst connected to war-crimes and military-government work. R&A 1482 is jointly attributed; his later sole-author claim for R&A 3110 conflicts with evidence of Kirchheimer drafting participation.
Dated report-level roles
- 1944-03: R&A 1655.7, The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of Military Government: assistedDraftingOf. Evidence: Eugene Anderson to Carl E. Schorske, 18 January 1944; later status documents, RG 226, entry 44, box 2, Status of Reports.
- 1943-12-10: R&A 1482, The Statement on Atrocities of the Moscow Tripartite Conference: jointAuthorOf. Evidence: Political Intelligence Report no. 33, section 1.3, printed locator R&A 113.33.
- 1945-07-18: R&A 3110, Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility: claimedAuthorshipOf. Evidence: Herz retrospective claim; Söllner attribution; editor found NARA records inconclusive.
Source, confidence, and limits
See the report-level evidence memo and each linked report record. Contemporary assignment and delivery records are preferred. Later recollection and unresolved cases are explicitly marked. Unit membership, expertise, and proximity are not treated as authorship.
Why this person matters
Worked with Kirchheimer on criminal-responsibility analysis for the 1945 war-crimes research effort.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Marcuse, Neumann, and Kirchheimer in Government Service
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
memberOfOssSection: OSS R&A Central European Section
The archive holds two authored connections for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.
REL-000480Assisted drafting 1944-03 Account not writtenJohn Herz assisted drafting R&A 1655.7: The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of Military Government.
documented confidence · medium this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. R&A 1655.7: The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of Military Government →
REL-000482Joint author 1943-12-10 Account not writtenJohn Herz joint author R&A 1482: The Statement on Atrocities of the Moscow Tripartite Conference.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. R&A 1482: The Statement on Atrocities of the Moscow Tripartite Conference →