Was Michel Thomas an Agent in the US Army's Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) during and immediately after World War II??

Clipping of Dec. 18, 1949 Stars & Stripes article, "Ex-Agent Tells How He Caught Malmedy Chief";

Commendation of Michel Thomas. Commedation letter by his commanding officer in the 45th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment, with regard to Michel Thomas application for US citizenship.

Commendation of Michel Thomas. Letter of appreciation to Michel Thomas from Ernest T. Gearheart, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, 307th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment .

Commendation of Michel Thomas. Letter of commendation from Elmer Becker to Michel Thomas.

Commendation of Michel Thomas. This letter was written for Michel Thomas by Theodore C. Kraus, Special Agent CIC.

Commendation of Michel Thomas. Documents on the status and service of Captain Rupert W. Guenthner, Michel Thomas' commanding officer.

Commendation of Michel Thomas. Documents on the status and service of Staff Sergeant Ernest T Gearheart Jr.

Extract from the History of the Counter Intelligence Corps, Volume XX, concerning the activities of Michel Thomas

Extract from War Department letter of 31 October 44, on the operational independence of CIC personnel

Handwritten letter from Jean Schroeder (with accompanying typed version) concerning the authenticity of the signature of Martin F. Schroeder on the Silver Star Recommendation for Michel Thomas

Identify card identifying Michel Thomas as an agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps

Letter from Hugh Foster date May 9 2002 concerning his interviews with Roy Riveburg on the Michel Thomas article

Michel Thomas's permit to drive civilian cars, and permits to carry out missions

Ordre de Mission from the French Army Counter-Intelligence, dated August 24, 1945, which recognizes Michel as being a member of the American Army CIC.

Photo of Michel Thomas with fellow CIC Agent Frederick J. White taken in 1945, with copies of White's service records. Photo supplied by Mrs. Frederick J. White, March 2002

Photograph of Frederick J.White in CIC uniform

Photograph of Michel Thomas while on military service (1)

Photograph of Michel Thomas while on military service (2)

The Case of Gustav Knittel, Defendant Number 31, in the so-called "Malmedy Case", U.S.A. versus Valentin Bersin et al

 

Was Michel Thomas present at Dachau on the day of liberation - April 29, 1945?

Dachau War Crimes Trial prosecution exhibits re: Emil Mahl, including his handwriting; from National Archives

Emil Mahl Dachau. This article "Hangman of Dachau Tries to Blackmail War Hero", is from the Los Angeles Daily News 1950.

Emil Mahl Dachau. Emil Mahl wrote this letter to Michel Thomas after reading an article about Michel in the Stars and Stripes.

Emil Mahl Dachau. Mahl letter, dated Nov. 1, 1951, from Landsberg Prison establishing date of his arrest as May 1, 1945, with sworn statement of Karl Mayer re: same.

Emil Mahl Dachau. Mahl letter, dated Nov. 1, 1951, from Landsberg Prison establishing date of his arrest as May 1, 1945, with sworn statement of Karl Mayer re: same.

Emil Mahl Dachau. This is a signed statement by Emil Mahl ( the Hangman of Dachau) which Michel Thomas still has in his possession.

Emil Mahl Dachau. This is the correspondence log book entry, located in the (Emil Mahl) folder of the Landsberg Prison Records of the National Archives

Extract from the History of the Counter Intelligence Corps, Volume XX, concerning the capture of "Butcher of Dachau" Emil Mahl in May 1945 by 45th Div. CIC

Letter from Barbara Distel, Director of the Dachau Museum, dated 22 Dec 2001, regarding the origin of the photographs of Dachau taken by Michel Thomas on the day of liberation, and including reproductions of the photos in question

Letter from Felix L. Sparks, dated May 16 2002, concerning the liberation of Dachau and his exchanges with Roy Rivenburg in the course of Rivenburg's research for the article

Photograph of corpses at Dachau taken by Michel Thomas, provided by Doris White, widow of Thomas's CIC colleague, Frederick J. White. Note that the "May 1945" dates written on the photos are incorrect, as the photos were taken April 29, 1945 (1)

Photograph of corpses at Dachau taken by Michel Thomas, provided by Doris White, widow of Thomas's CIC colleague, Frederick J. White. Note that the "May 1945" dates written on the photos are incorrect, as the photos were taken April 29, 1945 (2)

Photograph of corpses at Dachau taken by Michel Thomas, provided by Doris White, widow of Thomas's CIC colleague, Frederick J. White. Note that the "May 1945" dates written on the photos are incorrect, as the photos were taken April 29, 1945 (3)

Photograph of corpses at Dachau taken by Michel Thomas, provided by Doris White, widow of Thomas's CIC colleague, Frederick J. White. Note that the "May 1945" dates written on the photos are incorrect, as the photos were taken April 29, 1945 (4)

 

Was Michel Thomas the original discover of the Nazi Party's master membership card file, in early May of 1945?

Discovery of NSDAP files at Freimann paper mill: Letter written by Himmler to a Dr. Ludwig Dittmar on Jan. 10, 1945 with "Abschrift" of same letter from the Berlin Document Center's files

Himmler Document and Nazi memorabilia taken from Josef Wirth Paper Mill in Early May 1945

Major William D. Browne's 1946 Report: "Covering the locating, safeguarding, collecting and disposition of NSDAP records during period 19 September 1945 to 21 January 1946, by the Office of Military Government for Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern"

Report of Operations of the Seventh Army, Western Military District

Translation in English of Goering v. Streicher case (Original case file in German found at paper mill has not been located)

 

Was Michel Thomas interrogated by the infamous Klaus Barbie in Lyon, France in 1943 and did he escape the trap that Barbie had laid for unsuspecting Jews, all of whom were sent to their deaths at Auschwitz?

Correspondence relating to the French film "Hotel Terminus", which related to the trial of Klaus Barbie and the role of Michel Thomas as a witness in the trial

 

Is Michel Thomas' language teaching method merely a "sham" that cannot deliver the level of language proficiency promised?

Learning Languages with the Michel Thomas Method - Promoting foreign language learning to non-specialists. A report to the Standing Conference of the Heads of Modern Languages, by Helene Lewis and Paul Barnes, Bournemouth University Language Centre, June 2001

Letter from Jackie Kearns, Warden at Impington College, Cambridge, praising Michel Thomas' teaching method.

 

Documents relating to the article, the author and the legal action

Complaint for Defamation - Demand for Jury Trial

Copy of an article entitled "College Suspends History Professor, Ellis's Lying Brough 'Hurt,' President Says", published in the Boston Globe August 18 2001

Copy of an article entitled "O'Leary Stumbles Over Bio-Hazard", published in the Los Angeles Times Sports section, December 15 2001

Curriculum Vitae of Sherrie Mazingo

Letter from the Los Angeles Times rejecting the need to publish a retraction, May 31, 2001

Letter from Theodore Kraus to the editor of the Los Angeles Times, April 18 2001

Listing of primary materials used in the preparation of Mazingo's report

Newspaper cuttings from the Los Angeles Times - "Berlin Document Centre Aids Nazi Hunters"

Press cutting of the letters page of the Los Angeles Times

Press release, WWII Army Intelligence Agenct Sues Los Angeles Times for Libel, October 9, 2001

Retraction demand delivered to the Los Angeles Times, May 2 2001

Review of "Test of Courage" by Christoper Robbins published by the Los Angeles Times, December 10 2000

Signed final page of letter from Robert Wolfe, dated May 20 2002, concerning the tone and intent of Rivenburg's article

The Declaration of Anthony Michael Glassman

The Declaration of Christopher Robbins

The Declaration of Conrad R. McCormick, Archivist at the US Army Intelligence Musuem, Fort Huachuca, Arizona

The Declaration of Doris White

The Declaration of Herbert Morris, Emeritus Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles

The Declaration of Michel Thomas

The Declaration of Rift Fournier

The Declaration of Robin T.Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Califronia, Berkeley

The Declaration of Sherrie Mazingo

The Declaration of Theodore C. Kraus, Ph.D

The Declaration of Walter Wimer

Thomas Declaration Cover Sheet

 

Other documents

Copy of Klarsfeld file re: service in French Resistance, internment in Vichy concentration camps

Documents confirming the presence of ‘Boule Automatique’ slot machines in the casino at Monte Carlo

Information on the Berlin Document Centre; Congressional Register documentation of the bills introduced by Members of Congress Clyde Doyle and Helen Gahagan Douglas

Letter from Gerald Salen, M.D., confirming the incidence of increased interstitial fibrosis in the lungs of Michel Thomas

Materials relating to the correspondence between Michel Thomas and Prince Rainier of Monaco