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Barbara Reid SKINNER

Female 1907 - 1953  (45 years)


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  • Name Barbara Reid SKINNER 
    Birth 19 Nov 1907  Palo Alto, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Mayfield, Santa Clara, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1920  Julien, Dubuque, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1929  Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1930  Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1936  Alexandria, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940  Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 30 Apr 1953  Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Burial Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Siblings 2 brothers 
    Person ID I34  bmds
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2022 

    Father Macy Millmore SKINNER,   b. 10 Dec 1871, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1964, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Marian Weymouth JUNKINS,   b. 30 Jul 1880, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1966, Belvedere, Marin, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eddy Lanier King GILMORE,   b. 28 May 1907, Selma, Dallas, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1967, London, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [1] 
    Marriage 23 Nov 1927  Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Age at Marriage Barbara : 20 years old | Eddy : 20 years old. 
    Divorce Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Max MANDELLAUB,   b. 7 Jun 1911, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1967, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 21 Nov 1945  Washington, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Barbara : 38 years old | Max : 34 years old. 
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Nov 1907 - Palo Alto, California
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Mayfield, Santa Clara, California
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Julien, Dubuque, Iowa
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Nov 1927 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1936 - Alexandria, Virginia
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Washington, District of Columbia
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Nov 1945 - Washington, District of Columbia
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Apr 1953 - Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Barbara graduated from Carnegie Tech. (1927, 1928?). She resided in Alexandria, Virginia about 1935.

      Barbara Skinner was the private secretary to Lowell Mellet when he was administrative assistant to President Roosevelt. With her husband Max Mandellaub, a State Department employee, she went to Germany where she was Chief of Archives and later acting secretary general to the United States military tribunals in Nuremberg. In 1950 she was appointed special representative to the United States High Commissioner for Germany, John J. McCloy.

      She has been chief of the Nuremberg Trials Court Archives from 21 February 1947 to 15 November 1949 [Source]. She married Max Mandellaub, who was also listed in the Nuremberg Military Tribunals’ Personnel in January 1948 :
      – Barbara S. Mandellaub, Civilian: Thumenbergerweg 60
      – Max Mandellaub, Civilian: Thumenbergerweg 60

      Tweede Wereldoorlog. overdracht van Neurenberger archieven aan het Internationale Gerechtshof. De adjunct-griffier J. Garnier Coignet neemt de inventarisatielijst van Barbara Skinner Mandellaub (vertegenwoordiger van de Hoge Commissaris van de U.S.A. in Duitsland) in ontvangst, Den Haag 8 mei 1950.


      From Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials, by Paul Julian Weindling (p. 160): “[...] The mounting piles of documents necessitated establishing procedures for their consultation so that nothing shoud go astray and alos to prevent deliberate destruction of evidence. The IMT prosecution had in fact lost the one surviving copy of the vital Wannsee Conference minutes (it was rediscovered in March 1947). Fortunately, all trial documents had been duplicated en masse. The defence was provided with a reading room. A small industry supported translation and duplication of the documents.
       The Court established an archive on 21 February 1947, keeping track of original documents under conditions of high security. The archivist, Barbara Skinner Mandelaub, serviced the prosecution and defence, maintaining a definitive set of trial transcripts. The staff was subject to a rigorous efficiency rating to maintain output and quality of work. A requirement for an archives assistant was meticulous presentation and order, as These elements a of importance in prepration or records such as indexing, cataloguing and classifying of material which is to be of permanent value for legal an historical reference for generations to come. Mandelaub increased the security and made sure that only archives staff retrieved or filed records, and the archives issued certified copies rather than originals so that nothing could be lost or destroyed. The Trial Documents achieved what amounted to sacrosanct status, once they had gone through the stages of authentication and been presented to the Court, where their authenticity could be challenged. Culprits were to be convicted by the masses of paperwork that the desk-bound killers had generated.”

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Junkins Family Association.

    2. [S13] 1910 US Census.
      Barbara R. Skinner | Daughter | age: 2y | bp: California | Head: Macy M. Skinner

    3. [S6] 1920 US Census, 18 Jun 1920, Dubuque (Julien Twsp), Family #448.
      Skinner Barbara | Daughter | age: 12 | birthplace: California | father’s bp: Mass. | mother’s bp: Mass | occupation: none

    4. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Atlanta, Georgia, City Directory, 1929
      GILMORE Edw L (Barbara) reporter r418 4th NE

    5. [S11] 1930 US Census, 12 Apr 1930, Atlanta (ward 13), family 410.
      Gilmore Barbara | Wife | age: 22 | age married: 20 | birthplace: California | father’s bp: Canada Eng. | mother’s birthplace: Mass. | Occup.: Secretary, bank.

    6. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Alexandria, Virginia, City Directory, 1936
      Gilmore Eddy L K (Barbara) newspapermn h406 S Lee

    7. [S7] 1940 US Census.
      Head: Carlton Skinner, 27y | Sister: Barbara Gilmore, 32y.

    8. [S4] Obituary.
      MRS. MAX M. MANDELLAUB
       WASHINGTON. April 30 (AP) — Mrs. Barbara Skinner Mandellaub, private secretary to Lowell Mellet when he was administrative assistant to President Roosevelt, died Monday in Frankfurt, Germany, where her husband, Max Mandellaub, is a legal and economic counsel.
       Mrs. Mandellaub was a sister of Carlton Skinner, former Washington newspaper man who resigned recently as first civilian Governor of Guam. Whith her husband, a State Department employee, she went to Germany where she was Chief of Archives and later acting secretary general to the United States military tribunals in Nuremberg. In 1950 she was appointed special representative to the United States High Commissioner for Germany, John J. McCloy.
       Surviving also are her mother, Mrs. Marian W. S. Beach; her father, Dr. Macy M. Skinner, and another brother.
      — The New York Times, 30 Apr 1953

    9. [S15] Internet.
      Source: Deutschland, Hessen, Frankfurt, Standesbücher 1928-1978.

    10. [S15] Internet.
      Frankfurt am Main, den 28. April 1953.
       Die Barbara Mandellaub geborene Skinner, ohne Beruf methodistich, wohnhaft aufenhaltlich in Frankfurt am Main, Höllbergstrasse 33, ist am 27. April 1953 um 4 Uhr 10 Minuten in Frankfurt am Main, Im Prüfling 21/25 verstorben.
       Die Verstorbene war geboren am 19. November 1907 in Palo Alto / Staat Kalifornien / Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
       Vater: Macy M. Skinner, wohnhaft in Rehoboth Beach / Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
       Mutter: Marian Skinner geborene Junkins, wohnhaft in Los Altos / Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
       Die Verstorbene war verheiratet mit Max Mandellaub
       Eingetragen auf Mundliche Anzeige des Ehemannes, Rechts-und Wirtschaftsberater, Doktor der Rechte, aufenthaltlich in Franfurt am Main, Höllbergstrasser 33.
       Der Anzeigende hat sich durch Pass ausgewiesen un erklärte, beim Tode zugegen gewesen zu sein.
       Zwei Zwischenzeilen geschrieben.
       Vergelesen, genehmigt aund unterschrieben : Max Mandellaub.

       Todesursache: Unterleibskrebs, Metastasen in fast allen Organen Kresilafschwäche.
       Eheschliessug der Verstorbenen am 21.11.45 in USA.

    11. [S2] Newspaper.
      Mrs. Mandellaub, native of Palo Alto, dies in Europe
       Mrs. Barbara Skinner Mandellaub, chief archivist and later acting secretary general of the US. military tribunals In the war crimes trials In Nuremberg, Germany, died April 27 in Frankfurt, according to word received here. Mrs. Mandellaub was a native of Palo Alto, and was the daughter of Mrs. Marian W. Beach of Los Altos and sister of former Gov. Carlton Skinner of Guam, temporarily living In Los Altos. Following her service on the war crimes staff, Mrs. Mandellaub was appointed special representative of the- then US. high commissioner for Germany, John J. McCoy. Her job was to transfer the official court records of the International Military Tribunal from Nuremberg to the Peace palace at The Hague, Holland, and to direct and supervise their extensive classification and specifications there. Mrs. Mandellaub is survived by her husband, Max Mandellaub, legal and economic counsel; her mother; and by two brothers, Prof. Selby M. Skinner and Carlton Skinner, first civilian governor of Guam. News of Mrs. Mandellaub’s death was received from Mrs. Beach, who is living temporarily in Frankfurt.
      — The Peninsula Times Tribune from Palo Alto. Saturday, May 2, 1953.

    12. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 178275930.

    13. [S2] Newspaper.
      EDWIN LANIER GILMORE,MARRIED TO MISS BARBARA SKINNER — Announcements were received today of the marriage of Mr. Edwin Lanier Gilmore, Jr., from York, to Miss Barbara Skinner of Milford, Connecticut, the ceremony having taken place in Milford on Thursday, November 25. Wide interest is felt in this announcement, as the groom is a Selma boy and the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Gilmore of Talledega, formerly of SeIma. He is winning recognition for his poetry in literary centers and is now connected with one of the important publishing firms of New York. The bride is the charming daughter of Mrs. Marion Weymouth Skinner of Milford, Connecticut,
      — The Selma Times Journal (Selma, Alabama), Monday, November 28, 1927.