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Allied Administration in Germany, Austria, and France

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RG-03.01, US Miltary Command, wartime and postwar documents

RG-03.02, DP camps and Jewish Affairs

RG-03.03, Documents regarding the Surrender of Germany and civil affairs

RG-03.04,  US Military Government documents,  US zone of occupation



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Title: Allied Administration in Germany, Austria, and France, 1944 -- 1952Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

Predominant Dates:1944 -- 1948

ID: RG-03/RG-03

Primary Creator: Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of four collections: 1. US Military Command wartime and postwar documents; 2. Collection on displaced persons camps and Jewish affairs; 3. Collection on the surrender of Germany and civil affairs; 4. Collection on the US Military Government in the US Zone of Occupation.

Subjects: U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany

Languages: German, English

Abstract

Largely the documents of this record group reflect the activities of the US military administration at the close of the war and in postwar period until and after the establishment of Federal Republic of Germany.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group contains official publications issued by the Allied military authorities. These documents vary by content and form. Included are guidelines and instructions for military and civil administration and reference materials in relation to the former Nazi authorities. It also is comprised of documents on the German administrative structure during the war; postwar documents issued by the Allied and the new German administrations; maps of Germany and the neighboring regions; and documents related to the Allied-administered and -authorized wartime and postwar publications.

Materials in this record group include official documents, books, booklets, maps, photographs, and newspapers. Some of the materials are digitized.

Collection Historical Note

This Record Group comprises the following collections: US Military Command, wartime and postwar documents; DP camps and Jewish affairs; Documents regarding the Surrender of Germany and civil affairs; US Military Government documentsof the US zone of occupation of Germany, 1945 -- 1948; Collection of military maps of Germany and adjacent regions.

Biographical Note

US Military Government in Germany (MG) operated as military and civil government, overseeing the German municipal authorities.

It dealt with political, military and economic situation and developments in the US zone of occupation.

Among its numberous tasks were denazification, procecution of National Socialists crimes, assuaring economic stability, organizing and subsidizing displaced persons camps and running exchange of prisoners of war and displaced persons.

The other tasks and agendas included organization medical and hygiene facilities, vetting German prisoners of war whether they belonged to NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party) and to the military and police organization deemed of criminal character, such as SS, SD, Gestapo and SA.

Subject/Index Terms

U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions: Copyrighted materials, credits and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Technical Access Note: Digital copies might be available upon request

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RG-40, Kurt Wittler Papers

This Record Group comprises narratives, publications, photographs, and preparatory materials from the office of Kurt Wittler, editor of the German-language newspaper Bayrischer Tag (Bavarian Day) published by the  American Military Administration for the German civil population in Bavaria. Kurt Wittler’s correspondence and  documentation from the earlier days also shed light on American intelligence activities in relation to the German Army in 1944 and 1945.

Preferred Citation: RG-03, Allied Administration in Germany, Austria, and France. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.


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Collection of Folder-Level 1: RG-03.01, US Miltary Command, wartime and postwar documents, 1943 -- 1952Add to your cart.
This collection contains various documents with instructions regarding the US occupied zone in postwar Germany.  Offical documents, detailed instructions, regulations, and reports issued by the US Military Government are included.
Subject/Index Terms:
Blut und Ehre or Blood and Honor (Hitlerjugend), Hiltler Youth organziation
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
U.S. Military Government
Denazification in Germany
Allied Military and Civil administration in Germany
Arrest Categories Handbook, guiding materials, US Counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Liberation from German-occupation
Military documents
United States War Department
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Administration of military government, US zone of Germany, 1945
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
US Counter-Intelligence Subdivision, Allied Expeditionary Force
Folder 1: RG-03.01.01, Who’s Who in Germany and Austria, March 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

These two volumes comprise the reference book and the directory book.

The reference book includes: The glossary that is a translation or explanation of a number of current German ranks, titles, and technical terms; Administrative Directory on the Central Authorities, Regional Authorities, Correlation Tables, Table of Place Name Equivalents, Table of Ranks.

The administrative Directory provides biographical and career information on the German civil and military personnel , and Nazi party officials.

This book is a unique edition, an essential source for research on the political system and history of Nazi Germany.

Subject/Index Terms:
Nazi Germany, Central Government
Nazi Germany, regional governments
NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials
Nazi German central authorities, 1945
Nazi German state authorities, structure
National Socialist German workers, party authorities (NSDAP)
Nazi German armed forces, structure
Nazi German non political sphere
Nazi Germany economics and industry
Administrative structure of occupied territories
Arbeitsgau, Labor Service (RAD) administrative area, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria
Befehlsleiter, Rank in Party administration, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Bereichsleiter, Rank in Party administration, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Brigadefuhrer, Rank in a Nazi formation, Major-General, Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Burgermeister, town mayor, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Chef der Zivilverwaltung, Head of civil administration in the occupied territories, 1939--1945
Dienstleiter, Rank in Party administration, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Gau, Administrative district under Reichsleitung,published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria,1945
Gauamtsleiter, Head of a department in a Party Gauleitung, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Gauarbeitsamt, Regional Labor Office, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Gauarbeitsfuhrer, Leader of regional Labor Service, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Gauhauptmann, Head of self-administration in an administrative district, 1945
Gauinspekteur, Inspector of a party districts, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Gauleiter, Highest Party official in a district, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria,1945
Gauleitung, Centre of Party administration in a district, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Gauobmann, A head of a Labor Front in a Party district, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Gauwirtschaftsberater, Economic adviser to a Party administration, Who is Who in Germany and Austria
Gauwirtschaftskammer, Regional Economic Chamber, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria,1945
Gebietsfuhrer, High rank in local Hitler Youth organization, published in Who is Who in Germany,1945
Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo), Secret State Police, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria
Generaloberst, Army military rank of General Colonel, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria
Gesandter, Ambassador, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Gruppenfuhrer, Rank in a Nazi hierarchy, equivalent to Lieutenant General,Who is Who in Germany,1945
Hauptbannfuhrer, High Hitler Youth leader, equivalent to Major General, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Hauotschriftleiter, Chief Editor, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Hofrat, Councilor in the Austrian Civil Service, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany,1945
Herausgeber, Director of a Newspaper or Publishing Firm, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Kreis, Local administrative unit under the general administration,published in Who is Who in Germany
Kriminalpolizei (Kripo), criminal police, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Landesbauernfuhrer, Regional Peasants’ Leader, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Landesernahrungsamt, Regional food office, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Landesforstamt, Regional forestry office, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Landeswirtschaftscmt, Regional economic office, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Landkreis, Rural administrative district of general administration, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Leitabschnitt, Security service (of the SS) regional unit, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Luftgau, Air Force administrative district, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Ministerialdirektor, High Civil Servant, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Oberfinanzprasident, Head of a Regional Finance Administration, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Ordnungspolizei, Order Police, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Reichsbahndirektion, Reich Railways Regional Directorate, Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Reichsbahnprasident, Head of a Reich Railways’ Regional Directorate, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Reichsgau, Administrative area (mainly in annexed territories) directly under Central Reich Authorit
Reichsminister, Reich Minister, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Reichspostdirektion, Reich Postal Services’ Regional Directorate, Who is Who in Austria and Germany
Reichpostprasident, Head of Reich Railways Regional Directorate, Who is Who in Austria and Germany
Rektor, Head of a university, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Schriftleiter, Editor, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Sicherdienst (SD), Security Service; internal intelligence organization of Party and State
Stadtkreis, Urban administrative district of general administration, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Unterstaatssekretar, Civil Servant, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Wehrkreis, Military administrative district, published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany, 1945
Wehrkreiskommando, Military authority in charge of a military admin district, Who is Who in Germany
Gauamtsleiter fur Volkstumsfragen, Official in charge of the Germanisation, NSDAP, 1945
Kreisobmann, Head of the DAF (Labor front) in NSDAP, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Kurator (of a university), Civil service official controlling institutes of higher education, 1945
Landforstmeister, High ranking forestry official,published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany,1945
Landrat, Head of a district civil administration,published in Who is Who in Austria and Germany,1945
Ministerialdirigent, High ranking Civil Servant,published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Oberburgermesiter, Head of a city-district, published in Who is Who in Germany and Austria, 1945
Regierungsprasident, Civil commissioner of an administrative unit, Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Sicherheitspolizei, Security Police, consisting of Gestapo and Kripo, linked with security service
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 1Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Who is Who in Germany and Austria, intelligence materials, 1945
Structure of Central government in Germany and Austria, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of NSDAP authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Nazi Germany economy, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Auswartiges Amt (AA), political institution, German term
Abteilung (Abt), department, German term
ausser Dienst (aD), retired, German term
Akademie fur deutsches Recht (ADtschR), Academy for German law, German term
Aktien-Gesellschaft (AG), Joint Stock Company, German term
Auslands-Organisation (AO), Foreign Organisation (of the NSDAP), German term
Aufsichtsrat (AR), Board (of a commercial undertaking), German term
Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM), League of German Girls, German term
Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei (BdO), Commander of the Order Police, German term
Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), German Labor Front, German term
Befehlsaber der Sicherheitspolizei (BdS), Commander of the Security Police, German term
Deutsches Frauenwek (DFW), German Women's Organisation (Sub-organisation of the NSF), German term
Deutscher Gemeindetag (DGT), Congress of German Municipalities, German term
Deutscher Handelsdienst (DHD), German Commerical Service (News Agency), German term
Deutsches Nachrichtenburo (DNB), German News Agency (Owned by Propaganda Ministry), German term
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK), German Red Cross, German term
ehrenhablre (eh), honorary, German term
Eisernes Kreuz (EK), Iron Cross, German term
eingetragener Verein (eV), Registered Society, German term
Generalleutnant (Gen-Lt), Lieutenant-General, German term
Generalmajor (Gen-Maj), Major-General, German term
Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo), Secret State Police, German term
Generalgouvernement (GG), General Government, German term
Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung (GmbH), Limited Liability Company, German term
Hitler-Jugend (HJ), Hitler Youth, German term
Hoherer SS und Polizeifuhrer (HSSPF), Senior SS and Police Leader, German term
Kraft durch Freude (KdF), Strength through Joy (sub-organisation of DAF), German term
Kinderlandverschickung (KLV), Evacuation of children), German term
Kriminalpolizei (Kripo), Criminal police (-CID), German term
Mitglied der Akademie fur Deutsches Recht (MADR), Member of the Academy for German Law, German term
Mitglied der Reichstags (MdR), Member of the reichstag (-M.P.), German term
Mitglied des Volksgerichtshofs (MVGH), Member of the Peoples Tribunal, German term
Nationalsozialistisch (NS), National Socialist, German term
NS-Dozentenbund (NSDoB), NS-University Lecturers League, German term
NS-Deutscher Studentenbund (NSDStB), NS-German Students League
NS-Fraunenschaft (NSF), NS-Womens League, German term
NS-FliegerKorps (NSFK), NS-Flying Corps, German term
NS-Korrespondensz (NSK), NS-Correspondence (Offical Party News Agency), German term
NS-Kraftfahrerkorps (NSKK), NS-Motor Corps, German term
NS-Kriegsopferversorgung (NSKOV), NS-War Victims Association, German term
NS-Lehrerbund (NSLB), NS-Teachers League, German term
NS-Rechtswahrerbund (NSRB), NS-Lawyers League, German term
NS-Reichsbund fur Leibesubungen, NS League for Physical Culture, German term
NS-Volkswohlfahrt (NSV), NS League for Public Welfare, German term
Oberabschnitt (OA), SS Corps Area, usually coinciding with WK, German term
Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), Army High Command, German term
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), Navy High Command, German term
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), High Command of the Armed Forces, German term
Ordnungspolizei (ORPO), Order Police, German term
Oberste SA-Fuhrung (OSAF), Supreme Command of the SA, German term
Organisation Todt (OT), Organisation Todt (Front Workers Corps), German term
Parteigenosse (Pg), Party Member (male), German term
Parteigenossin (Pgn), Party Member (Female), German term
Preussischer Staatsrat (PSt), Prussian State Councillor, German term
Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD), Reich Labor Service, German term
Reichsarbeitsdienst weibliche Jugend (RADwJ), Reich Labor Service for Women, German term
Reichsbund der Dueutschen Beamtem (RDB), Civil Servants League, German term
Reichsbund Deutsche Familie (RDF), Reich League for the German Family, German term
Regierungsbezirk (Reg-Bez), Administrative District, German term
Reichsfuhrer SS (RFSS), Reich Leader of the SS, German term
Reichsjugendfuhrung (RFSS), Reich Youth Leadership, German term
Reichskulturkammer (RKK), Reich Chamber of Culture, German term
Reichsleitung (RL), Party Directorate, German term
Reichsluftschutzbund (RLB), German ARP League, German term
Reichs Rundfunkgesellschaft (RRF), Reich Broadcasting Corporation, German term
Sturmabteilung (SA), Storm Troops (Brown Shirts), German term
Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Security Service (of the SS), German term
Sicherheits- und Hilfsdienst (Security and Emergency Service (in ARP), German term
Schultzstaffel (SS), Himmlers Black Guards, German term
Technische Nothilfe (TN), Technical Emergency Service, German term
Transozean (TO), Transocean (News Agency), German term
Transkontinent Press (TP), Transcontinent Press (News Agency), German term
Volksbund fur das Deutschtumim Ausland (VDA), League for Germanism Abroad, German term
Winterhilfswek (WHW), Winter Relief Organisation, German term
Wehrkreis (WK), Military District, German term
Waffen-SS (WSS), Armed SS, German term
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Nazi officials, head of state, Hitler, 1945
Nazi officials, Designated Successor, Goering, 1945
Nazi officials, Head of Chancery State Minister, Meissner, 1945
Nazi officials, Officials of Chancery, Doehle, Geilenberg, Koerner, Kiewitz, Schroder, 1945
Nazi officials, War Cabinet, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Chairman, Goering, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Secretary, Lammers, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Plenipotentiary for Reich Administration, Himmler, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Plenipotentiary for Economics, Funk, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Chief of OKW (Wermacht Central Command), Keitel, 1945
Nazi War Cabinet, Chief of NSDAP Chancery, Bormann, 1945
Nazi Germany Reich Cabinet, Chancellor (Reichskanzler), Hitler, 1945
Nazi Germany, Cabinet of Ministers, 1945
Nazi Germany, President of Ministers, Lammers, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Airforce, Goering, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Armaments and War Production, Speer, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Religious Affairs, Muhs, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Eastern Territories, Rosenberg, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Economics, Funk, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Education, Rust, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Finance, Schwerin von Krosigk, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Darre, Backe, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ribbentrop, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Interior, Himmler, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Justice, Thierack, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Labor, Seldte, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Labor Services, Hierl, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Postal Service, Ohnesorge, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Propaganda, Goebbels, 1945
Nazi Germany, Minister of Transport, Dorpmuller, 1945
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 2Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Nazi Germany economy, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Occupied territories in Nazi Germany, 1945, Who is Who in Nazi Germany
State administrative regions, 1945, Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Party Gau, composition, 1945, Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 3Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Central government in Germany and Austria, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Nazi Germany economy, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of NSDAP authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German Army, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German Navy, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German Air Force, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German Police, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German SS, 1945
Ranks in Nazi-German SA (party, military formations), 1945
Correspondence between the Army and SS ranks, 1945
Correspondence between the Navy and SS ranks, 1945
Correspondence between the Air Force and SS ranks, 1945
Correspondence between the Police and SS ranks, 1945
Categories of Nazi-German officials personalities in alphabetical order (A-B), 1945
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 4Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Nazi Germany economy, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of NSDAP authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Categories of Nazi-German officials personalities in alphabetical order (B-H), 1945
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 5Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Categories of Nazi-German officials personalities in alphabetical order (H-R), 1945
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Central government in Germany and Austria, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of NSDAP authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-03.01.01, Who is  Who in Germany and Austria Part. 6Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Reference materials regarding the structure and personalities of Nazi Germanys Central and Regional governments.
Subject/Index Terms:
Central authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Central Nazi German government, composition, 1945, published in Who is Who in Nazi Germany
Institutions of cultural life in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Regional authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of armed forces in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Central government in Germany and Austria, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Nazi Germany economy, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of NSDAP authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of Regional governments in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Structure of state authorities in Nazi Germany, published in Who is Who in Germany, 1945
Categories of Nazi-German officials personalities in alphabetical order (R-Z), 1945
Creators:
British Intelligence Service (1944 -- 1945)
British military authorities (1944 -- 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.01.02, Arrest Categories Handbook, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

The object of this handbook is to enlarge on the categories laid down in the Mandatory Arrest Directive and to assist Counter- Intelligence staffs in carrying out the arrest policy.

The handbook comprises of two elements regarding the categories within Nazi organizational and military hierarchy. The first is a statement of the categories included in the Mandatory Arrest Directive, while the latter is a brief appreciation of each category, together with a detailed breakdown by rank and/ function of persons falling within the category.

Subject/Index Terms:
Denazification in Germany
Allied Military and Civil administration in Germany
U.S. Military Government
Directives and orders, US Counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Arrest Categories Handbook, guiding materials, US Counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Goals and objectives for the US occupation regime in postwar Germany
Disbanding Nazi - German institution in postwar Germany
Exception to automatic arrests, guiding materials, US counterintelligence, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, guiding materials, US counterintelligence, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, Abwehr (German intelligence service), 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, RSHA (Main Security Office), 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, German Secret Field Police, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, all personnel of German Security Service, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, Gestapo (Secret State Police)
Categories of automatic arrests, all officials down to Colonel in Kripo (Criminal Police), 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, all officials down to Colonel in Ordungspolizei (Regular Police)
Categories of automatic arrests, Waffen SS (Combat SS), al officers and N.C.O., male and female,1945
Categories of automatic arrests, Algemeine SS (General SS), all officers and N.C.O., male and female
Categories of automatic arrests, SA or Storm Troopers, al officers down to Sturmbannfuehrer, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, Nazi Party officials down to the post of Amstseiter, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, RSHA, explanations and indications, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, Secret Field Police, explanations and indications, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, correspondence in ranks between SS and other German agencies, 1945
Categories of automatic arrests, correspondence in ranks between filed police and army, 1945
High Government officials in the Police Hierarchy, Nazi Germany, 1945
Offices of Police Presidents in German cities, list of locations, Nazi Germany, 1945
Administrative division, provincial chief administrators, Prussia, Nazi Germany, 1945
Administrative Districts, locations of district seats, Nazi Germany, 1945
Higher Police authorities, location of administrative seats in Germany and occupied territories,1945
Arrest categories in chart A, US counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Arrest categories in chart B, US counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Arrest categories in chart C, US counterintelligence, Germany, 1945
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
US Counter-Intelligence Subdivision, Allied Expeditionary Force
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-03.01.03. Civil Affairs Information Guide Modern Civil Law War Department Pamphlet. No. 31-102, 1944 MayAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
An overview of the judicial system in the United States and other European countries with regard to the implementation of the civil law in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
United States War Department
Liberation from German-occupation
U.S. Military Government
Military documents
War Department, Washington DC, 1944
Denazification in Germany
denazification
Civil affairs information guide, 1944
War department pamphlet, civil affairs information guide, modern civil law, 1944
Civil law vs common law, definitions, Civil affairs information guide, 1944
Judge made laws, civil affairs information guide, 1944
Obligations and contracts, Civil affairs information guide, 1944
Statutory and defenses, Civil affairs information guide, 1944
The law of persons, civil codes, civil affairs information guide, 1944
Rules and laws of property, civil affairs information guide, 1944
Obligations and remedies for breach of obligations, civil affairs information guide, 1944
Criminal laws and criminal procedures, civil affairs information guide, 1944
The international criminal law, civil affairs information guide, 1944
the institution of criminal proceedings, Civil affairs information guide, 1944
Creators:
Unites States War Department (1944)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts, July 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of Military Government in the Military Districts of the U.S. occupation zones in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
Principles of US military authority in postwar Germany
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials
Mandatory removal and exclusion of former Nazi officials of de-Nazification and de-Militarization
The list of the banned Nazi organization in postwar Germany
Means and method of control for de-Nazification and de-Militarization
Guidelines of establishment of the new local municipal authorites in postwar Germany
Administration of military government, US zone of Germany, 1945
Directive to commanding generals military districts, US zone in Germany, 1945
European theater of operations, United States Army, 1945
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts Part. 1Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of Military Government in the military districts of the U.S. occupation zones in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Administration of military government, US zone of Germany, 1945
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Directive to commanding generals military districts, US zone in Germany, 1945
European theater of operations, United States Army, 1945
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Guidelines of establishment of the new local municipal authorites in postwar Germany
Mandatory removal and exclusion of former Nazi officials of de-Nazification and de-Militarization
Means and method of control for de-Nazification and de-Militarization
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
NSDAP and Nazi Germany, party and government officials
Principles of US military authority in postwar Germany
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
The list of the banned Nazi organization in postwar Germany
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
General objectives of the military government, Germany, 1945
Principle objectives of the military government, Germany, 1945
German local authorities responsibility regarding the military government, Germany, 1945
Full use of resources within the military government, Germany, 1945
Use of German authorities within the military government, Germany, 1945
The rights, powers and status of the military government in Germany, 1945
Mandatory removal and exclusion of former National Socialists from public spheres, US zone Germany
Purpose of general policy, US zone in Germany, 1945
Removals and exclusions, US zone in Germany, 1945
Discretionary removal and exclusion of former national socialists from public spheres, Germany, 1945
Procedure for removal and exclusion of Nazi and German militarists, US zone in Germany, 1945
Lists of officials in US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Political activities in the US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Regional and local government, offices, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Administrative court system, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Civil service system, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts Part. 2Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of Military Government in the military districts of the U.S. occupation zones in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Administration of military government, US zone of Germany, 1945
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
German local authorities responsibility regarding the military government, Germany, 1945
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
Principles of US military authority in postwar Germany
Purpose of general policy, US zone in Germany, 1945
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Administration of justice, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Legislation in the US zone of occupation, current and future zones, Germany, 1945
general policies, administration of justice, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
General administration of Essential National public services, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Agencies to be abolished in the US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Agencies to remain suspended for investigation in the US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Miscellaneous agencies in Germany, US zone of occupation, 1945
German courts free from Nazi principles and practices, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
The reopening of ordinary courts closed during Nazi occupation, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
German political prisoners in the US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
German prison systems in the US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Duties of the German health services, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Denazification within the public health sphere, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Economical use of German resources, United Nations, US zone of occupation, 1945
Denazification within the German educational system, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Removal and appointment of Nazi German educational officials, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Abolition of Nazi Educational Organizations and Social Schools, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
Education and religious affairs report form, the reopening of elementary schools, US zone, 1945
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts Part. 3Add to your cart.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of military government in the military districts of the U.S. Occupation Zones in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Administration of justice, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts Part. 4Add to your cart.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of military government in the miliary districts of the U.S. Occupation Zones in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Administration of justice, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-03.01.04, Directives to Commanding Generals, Military Districts Part. 5Add to your cart.
These directives constitute a set of directions for the administration of military government in the military districts of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Administration of justice, US zone of occupation, Germany, 1945
de-Nazification and de-Militarization in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
US Occupation Zone directives for administration (1945)
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-03.01.05, Arrest, Search and Seizure Procedure Handbook, March 16, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Arrest, Search and Seizure Procedure Handbook number 96 published by the United States European Command Headquarters on March 16th of 1948.
Extent: Cover, back cover and table of contents
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
European Command, US military forces in Europe, postwar
Arrests and captures
Creators:
United States Government (postwar)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-03.01.06, German Language Guide, Washington D.C., June 22, 1943Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
German Language Guide made for U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany in 1943. It was published by the War Department in Washington D.C.
Arrangement: Item-level handbook
Extent: cover, inside cover, table of contents, map of Europe
Language of Material: English and German
Subject/Index Terms:
Germany (Europe)
Germany (1939--1945)
United States War Department
United States Army
Creators:
US Army
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-03.01.07, Staff Procedures, Headquarters - European Command, 1948, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Staff Procedures manual outlining the methods and procedures to be followed by personnel of the European Command Headquarters, primarily for the assistance of administrative personnel.
arrangement: Item-level
Extent: 1 item
Language: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Military Government Authority, in postwar Germany, US
US Army
Creators:
US Military Administration in Germany
Collection of Folder-Level 2: RG-03.02, DP camps and Jewish Affairs, circa 1945-1950Add to your cart.
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.02.01, Dr. Wilhelm Weinberg at the reopening of the Frankfurt synagogue, 6 September 1950Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Re-opening of Frankfurt am Main Synagogue on September 6, 1950.
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish religious life in postwar Germany
Reopening of synagogues in postwar Germany
Frankfurt am Main Synagogue, reopened, September 1950
Allied Military and Civil administration in Germany
Information Bulletins, American, postwar Germany
Information Bulletin, monthly magazine of The Office of High Commissioner for Germany, 1950
Light Over Berlin, published November 1950, Information Bulletin
Chief Rabbi Dr. Wilhelm Weinburg, Germany, reopening of Synagogue, 1950
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Jewish Community in Frankfurt am Main (September 1950)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.02.02, Report of the General Board about Displaced Persons, refugees, and recovered military personnel, circa 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a report concerning the responsibilities, and operational activities of the Civil and Military Administration in Germany in connection with the care, control and reparations of displaced persons, refugees, and recovered Allied military personnel following World War II. This report also contains detailed recommendations and themes for the Allied administration in dealing with displaced persons and refugees in their zones of control. This document only includes Parts 1 and 2 of the report.
Subject/Index Terms:
Reports about Displaced Persons
Reports about internal situation in Germany, postwar
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
Reports about refugees, postwar
The establishment of refugee camps, postwar
Organization Todt, civil and para-military German engineering entity
Displaced persons camps
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
Report to the General Board about the state of affairs in displaced persons camp, postwar Germany
American operational activities with regard to displaced persons camps in postwar Germany
Report of displaced persons camps operations and affairs, composition of contributors
Organizational points in regard to the establishment of DP facilities, Allied Command, 1944
Planning of DP camp establishment, Central Allied Command and intelligence, 1944
Situation with French refugees according to the Report to the General Board, 1944
First displaced persons camps opened in France, Cherbough, St. Mere Eglise, 1944-1945
Displaced persons camps in France, 1944--1945
Displaced persons camps in France, daily operations, 1944--1945
Refugee camps in Brest and Nantes, France, 1944
Multi-national population of refugee camps in France and Germany, 1944--1945
Proposed provisions for the establishment of displaced persons centers, 1944--1945
Aid to refugees as reflected in the Report of the General Board, 1944
Day to day activities of military personal with regard to refugees, France and Germany, 1944--1945
Situation with refugees in Belgium and Luxembourg
The question about refugees is handled by French authorities by March 1945
Refugee centers in France, Belgium and Luxembourg in the war zone territory, 1944--1945
Refugee centers in the European War Theater, 1944--1945
Documents in English language
Narratives in English language
Military reports, allied, 1944--1945
Military reports, US armed forces, 1944--1945
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-03.02.03, Harry Greenstein, Adviser on Jewish Affairs to US Command in Germany, Final Report, November 1949Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document contains a final report by Harry Greenstein, the Advisor of Jewish Affairs, regarding the outcomes and problems of Jewish displaced persons in Germany and Austria following the liberation of their respective areas. The report was issued to the American Jewish Committee, American Joint Distribution Committee, Jewish Agency for Palestine, and the World Jewish Congress on November 1, 1949.
Subject/Index Terms:
Reports about Jewish Displaced Persons in postwar Germany
Reports about Displaced Persons
Displaced person camps, documents
Displaced Persons Report
Jewish displaced population in Germany, 1945 -- 1956
Displaced persons camps
Harry Greenstein, adviser on Jewish affairs to US command in Germany, 1949
DP camp problems, Removal of personal property of Israel bound DPs, Greenstein report, 1949
Vocational training and employment in DP camps, Greenstein Report, 1949
Acceptance of DPs from Germany and Austria to Israel, Greenstein Report, 1949
Assembly center accommodations, DP camps, Greenstein Report, 1949
Scarcity of housing in Israel, DP camp issues, Greenstein Report, 1949
Jewish DPs depart for U.S. under law, Greenstein Report, 1949
DP problem as a result of waves of refugees, Greenstein Report, 1949
DP camp problems, camp closing schedule, Greenstein Report, 1949
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
U.S. Military Government
Reduction of DP camps in Austria and Germany, Greenstein Report, 1949
U.S. command in Germany and Austria, postwar, 1949
Camp consolidation schedule, Greenstein Report, 1949
Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US Occupation Zone of Germany
DP camps consolidation program, Greenstein Report, 1949
Jewish DP camps in the U.S. zone in Austria, Greenstein Report, 1949
Wells (Austria: Displaced persons camp)
Steyer (Austria: Displaced Persons Camp)
Beth Bialik (Austria: Displaced Persons Camp)
Halloin (Austria: Displaced Persons Camp)
Ebelsberg (Austria: Displaced Persons Camp)
Rothschild Arzbergor (Austria: Displaced Persons Camp)
Civil affairs division, US military government in postwar Germany
Jewish members of the Kultusgemeinden in Germany, postwar, Greenstein Report, 1949
Meeting between Kultusgemeinden representatives and Jewish DP leaders, Greenstein Report, 1949
DP camp problems, Jews remaining in Germany, willingly or unwillingly, Greenstein Report, 1949
Dachkomitee, coordinating committee, regarding the welfare of Jews, Germany, Greenstein Report, 1949
DP problems, medical hard core, financial issues resulting in loss of emigration to Israel, 1949
The manifestation of antisemitism in postwar Germany, Greenstein Report, 1949
Creators:
Greenstein, Harry, Adviser on Jewish Affairs to US Military Command in postwar Germany (1949)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-03.02.04, Displaced Persons, Refuges, and Recovered Allied Military Personnel. Report of the General Board, US Forces, circa 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is an extended version of the report under the archival number RG-03.02.02.  This document is a report concerning the responsibilities, and operational activities of the Civil and Military administrations in Germany, in connection with the care, control and reparation of displaced persons, refugees, and recovered Allied military personnel following the war in Europe. This report also contains detailed recommendations and themes for the Allied administration in dealing with displaced persons and refugees in their zone of control. This report includes topics of displaced persons operations in Germany and enemy refugees.
Subject/Index Terms:
Reports about internal situation in Germany, postwar
Reports about Displaced Persons
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Germany (1945 -- 1949)
English, language
Military documents
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
Aid to refugees as reflected in the Report of the General Board, 1944
American operational activities with regard to displaced persons camps in postwar Germany
Day to day activities of military personal with regard to refugees, France and Germany, 1944--1945
Displaced persons camps
Displaced persons camps in France, daily operations, 1944--1945
Documents in English language
First displaced persons camps opened in France, Cherbough, St. Mere Eglise, 1944-1945
Military reports, allied, 1944--1945
Military reports, US armed forces, 1944--1945
Multi-national population of refugee camps in France and Germany, 1944--1945
Narratives in English language
Organizational points in regard to the establishment of DP facilities, Allied Command, 1944
Organization Todt, civil and para-military German engineering entity
Planning of DP camp establishment, Central Allied Command and intelligence, 1944
Proposed provisions for the establishment of displaced persons centers, 1944--1945
Refugee camps in Brest and Nantes, France, 1944
Refugee centers in France, Belgium and Luxembourg in the war zone territory, 1944--1945
Refugee centers in the European War Theater, 1944--1945
Reports about refugees, postwar
Report to the General Board about the state of affairs in displaced persons camp, postwar Germany
Situation with French refugees according to the Report to the General Board, 1944
Situation with refugees in Belgium and Luxembourg
Structure of US Military Government in postwar Germany, 1945 -- 1949
The establishment of refugee camps, postwar
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-03.02.05, American Federation Of Jews From Central Europe, Inc. Information Bulletin., December 1947Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Subject/Index Terms:
Reports about Displaced Persons
Reports about Jewish Displaced Persons in postwar Germany
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
American Federation of Jews from Central Europe, Inc.
Restitution
Restitution-related documents
English, language
Documents in English language
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Creators:
American Federation of Jews from Central Europe, Inc. (1947)
Restitution organizations (Postwar period)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-03.02.06, Restitution papers, 1, 1945--1950Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Various documents written in German and English regarding postwar restitution.
Subject/Index Terms:
Restitution
Restitution-related documents
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military documents
official correspondence
Correspondence in English language
Correspondence in German language
Wartime restitutions
postwar correspondence
postwar life in Europe
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
United States Military Government in Germany
Restitution organizations (Postwar period)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-03.02.07, Restitution papers, 2, 1946--1956Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
A collection of documents and correspondences in English and German regarding postwar restitution.
Subject/Index Terms:
Restitution
Restitution-related documents
Wartime restitutions
Functions of US Military Government in postwar Germany
Military documents
official correspondence
Correspondence in English language
Correspondence in German language
postwar correspondence
postwar life in Europe
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
United States Military Government in Germany
Restitution organizations (Postwar period)
Collection of Folder-Level 3: RG-03.03, Documents regarding the Surrender of Germany and civil affairs, 1945, 1949Add to your cart.
This collection contains documents regarding the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allied Forces.  It includes the initial surrender as well as the Bonn Constitution, or the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Subject/Index Terms:
Blut und Ehre or Blood and Honor (Hitlerjugend), Hiltler Youth organziation
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.03.01. Germany Surrenders Unconditionally: Facsimiles of the Documents deposited in The National Archives, May 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Documents detailing the unconditional surrender of Germany to the Allied Forces.  Several documents are included, outlining the surrender of the German Army and Air Forces, as well as German Naval Forces.  Instruments of surrender are written in German, Russian, and English.  Included is Harry S. Truman’s VE-day proclamation.  The document was published by the United States Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. in May, 1945.
Subject/Index Terms:
Surrender of Nazi Germany, reportage and photodocuments, May 1945
surrender of German military personnel
French High Military Command
German Military Command
United States High Military Command
End of Second World War
Surrender of Germany, Second World War, WW2, 1945
Photo-documents related to German unconditional surrender
Surrender of German Naval Forces, Second World War, 1945
Withdrawal of German (and German-controlled) vessels, warships, auxiliaries, and U-boats
Surrender of all German forces by the German High Command under General Alfred Jodl, (May 7, 1945)
Original German surrender documents, Second World War
German surrender documents signed at Luneburg, at Reims, and at Berlin, 1945
Luneburg (Germany)
Surrender of German Armed Forces in the North to the British armies in Luneburg, May 4, 1945
German surrender in Reims, May 07, 1945
Reims (France)
Berlin (Germany)
German surrender in Berlin, May 08, 1945
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF), the Second World War, Germany
German Army (Wehrmacht), surrender April-May 1945
Red Army, WW2
Soviet High Command
Major General of the French Army: Francois Sevez
Normandy landings (D-Day), Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord, WW2, June 1944
Axis Powers, 1938 --1945
V-E Day, (Victory in Europe) proclaimed by President Truman following German surrender, May 08, 1945
Principles of surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, in northwest Germany, and in Denmark
Surrender of Frisian Islands, Heligoland, and Schleswig-Holstein
General Dwight Eisenhower’s surrender terms for German forces
Original document of German surrender deposited in The National Archives of the United States, 1934
Surrender document signed by B.L. Montgomery, Hans Friedeburg, Kinzel, J. Wagner, & Poleck
Proclamation of victory over Germany in Europe by President Truman, text of proclamation, May 8 1945
Texts of unconditional surrender in English
Texts of unconditional surrender in German
Documents in English language
Documents in German language
Narratives in English language
Narratives in German language
General von Friedeburg, signed German Principles of Surrender in Reims & Berlin, May 07-08, 1945
Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of German Armed Forces High Command, signed surrender terms, Reims, 1945
Walter Bedell Smith (Eisenhower’s chief of staff) signed surrender terms, May 07, 1945
General Ivan Susloparov of the Soviet High Command signed German Principles of Surrender, May 7 1945
French General François Sevez, signed the German Principles of Surrender, May 07, 1945, WW2
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander of Allied forces in WW2, led the Battle of Normandy
Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, head of German government who ordered Jodl to sign German surrender terms
Creators:
United States High Military Command (May, 1945)
French High Military Command (May, 1945)
Germany Military Command (May, 1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.03.02, Bonn Constitution Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, June 1949Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The Basic Law for the Federal Republish of Germany, also known as the Bonn Constitution.  The constitution was adopted in Bonn by a Parliamentary Council of 65 German political leaders.  It was approved on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May 1949.  The document consists of a Preamble and nine chapters, or 146 articles.
Subject/Index Terms:
The Bonn Republic (West Germany's post-war state), August 14, 1949 - October 3, 1990
Bonn Constitution, Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949, Bonn, Germany
Constitutional Law of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949, Bonn, Germany
Federal Government of West Germany, Post-World War II, 1949-1990
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) created by the Bonn Constitution, 1949-1990
Bonn Constitution signed by western Allies of World War II on May 12, 1949
Bonn (Germany)
Interim arrangement for a provisional West German state, May 12, 1949
Lands under German Federation: Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Greater Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony
Bonn Constitution, Preamble
Bonn Constitution, Basic Rights for the Federal Republic of Germany
Bonn Constitution, The Federation and the Lands (including Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein
Bonn Constitution, Bundestag (National Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany), lower chamber
Bonn Constitution, Bundesrat (second legislative chamber composed of Minister-Presidents)
Bonn Constitution, The Federal President (consisting of the Federal Chancellor), head of government
Bonn Constitution, The Federal Government (Bundestag, Bundesrat, Chancellor, and Federal Ministers
Bonn Constitution, The Legislation of the Federation (legislative powers of the federation)
Bonn Constitution, The Execution of Federal Laws and the Federal Administration
Bonn Constitution, The Administration of Justice
Judiciary: Federal Constitutional Court, the Supreme Federal Court, and the (federal) state courts
Bonn Constitution, Finance (financial monopolies & taxes administered by federal finance authorities
Bonn Constitution, Transitional and Concluding Provisions (dealing with refugees and citizenship)
Lands under German Federation: North Rhine-Westphalia, Württemberg-Baden, & Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Creators:
US Department of State
Federal Republic of Germany, government (1949)
Collection of Folder-Level 4: RG-03.04,  US Military Government documents,  US zone of occupation, 1945-1948Add to your cart.
This collection consists of internal documents issued for US Military personnel during the US Military occupation of postwar Germany.  Other publications were made public for the benefit of American military and civilian service personnel.
Subject/Index Terms:
Publications of the US Military Government in postwar Germany
Displaced persons camps
Displaced Persons Report
GI Council at Frankfurt am Main memorandum of displaced persons
Antisemitism
Reports about Internal Situation in Germany
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.04.01, Information Bulletin. Magazine of US Military Government in Germany. No. 142, 145, August--October 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The Information Bulletin was a bi-weekly magazine published by the US Military Government in Germany.  It was intended to provide authoritative information concerning the policies, regulations, instructions, operations, and activities of the US Military Government and affiliated organizations.  This document contains two issues.  Issue 142 includes a detailed map of the occupied zones of Germany.  Issue 145 contains an article on the creation of the Bonn Constitution titled “Constitution-Making at Bonn” accompanied by a photograph.
Subject/Index Terms:
Information Bulletins, American, postwar Germany
German wartime administration; Allied administration in Germany; U.S. Military Government in Germany
Map of the occupied zones in postwar Germany
German Constitutional Assembly, Bonn, October 1948
Information bulletin, monthly magazine of the U.S. Military Government in Germany, 1948
Bizonias trade agreement program, Information Bulletin, US Military Government magazine, 1948
Todays women of Germany, Information bulletin, Magazine of US Military Government, 1948
Parliamentary Council, US Military Government in Germany, 1948
Robert Murphy, special political advisor to the US Military Governor, Information Bulletin, 1948
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.04.02, I and E Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 24, September 1946Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
I and E Bulletin was a periodical publication for US Military and civilian personnel.  This document contains three articles from three different publications of the I and E Bulletin.  Vol. 1 No. 34 is a continuation of excerpts from the International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremburg made by Chief American Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson.  Vol. 2 No. 7 contains information on various German organizations.  Vol. 3 No. 19 provides flash cards about VE-day for readers to cut out and study.
Subject/Index Terms:
U.S. Military Government
Editorial program articles, I and E bulletin, 1946--1947
Education of American troops regarding national socialism, I and E bulletin, 1946--1947
Editorial articles, crimes of national socialism, I and E bulletin, 1946--1947
Advisement of American troops, what to do and not to do, I and E bulletin, 1946--1947
Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe
Photographs, concentration camps
Creators:
United States Military Government in Germany
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-03.04.03, American Occupation Women’s Voluntary Service, Circle of Cooperation, Bulletin No. 1, January 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The subject of this bulletin is “Progress of women’s activities throughout the zone and report of the first conference held in Frankfurt, January 13 and 14, 1948.” This organization came about when several wives joined their husbands after the war in occupied Germany and attempted to help displaced persons and various other post-war issues. The organization worked closely with the German Red Cross to provide support and aid.  The bulletin reports their efforts and the situation in Frankfurt.
Subject/Index Terms:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
American Occupation Womens Voluntary Service
Circle of Cooperation
Progress of womens activities throughout the U.S. Zone of Occupation, Germany, 1948
Report on the first conference held in Frankfurt, AOWVS, Germany, 1948
American womens obligation in the occupation mission, U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany, 1948
U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany
Public information offices, U.S. Occupied Zone of Germany, 1948
The German Red Cross, U.S. Zone of occupation, Germany, 1948
The business womens chapter of AOWVS, Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
AOWVS, American Occupation Womens Voluntary Service, Germany, 1948
Creators:
American Occupation Womens Voluntary Service (January, 1948)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-03.04.04, Appeal urging Germans to be tolerant and eradicate Nazi ideology, 15 January 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document was dated on January 15, 1948 and is an appeal made by  the German Minister of the Political Liberation to fellow citizens asking them to be tolerant and eradicate Nazi ideologies of anti-semtism.
Subject/Index Terms:
Liberation Law, October 7, 1947
Denazification in Germany
Liberation Law preventing the rise of National Socialism
The fight agaisnt Nazism
Nazi Anti-Semitic Propaganda
Desecration of Jewish sanctuaries and cemeteries, postwar Germany
The Liberation Law, 7 October 1947, postwar Germany
Spruchkammer, Denazification Court, postwar Germany
Minister of political liberation, Binder, January 1948
Appeal, urging Germans to be tolerant and eradicate Nazi ideology, 1948
denazification
Creators:
GI Council of Frankfurt, US non-government charitable organization, postwar (1947)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-03.04.05, Joshua Starr notification as guest speaker about the cultural object looted by the Nazis, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This letter is a pre-release for the Stars and Stripes event that was held on June 16, 1948 to the GI Council of Frankfurt. The letter states that Joshua Starr, a New York scholar, would share his findings on his recent trip to Germany, of the looted items by the Nazi Party of Jewish artifacts and works.
Subject/Index Terms:
Starr, Joshua
GI Council of Frankfurt, 16 June 1948, JWB Synagogue Center, Frankfurt, Germany
Representative of the Jewish cultural Reconstruction Society, Joshua Starr, Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
GI Council of Frankfurt, Program Chairman, David Lippert, Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
Office of the Treater Judge Advocate, U.S. forces headquarters, European Theater, 1948
JWB Synagogue Center, 6 Elsa Brandstrom Street, Frankfurt
Search for looted art from Jewish institutions, postwar Germany
Method of searching for looted art and cultural objects from Jewish institutions, postwar Germany
Joshua Starr, expert on search for the looted art from Jews, postwar Germany
Jewish cultural reconstruction society, New York, US
Lecture by Joshua Starr on the search of art looted from Jewish institutions, postwar Germany
Creators:
GI Council of Frankfurt, US non-government charitable organization, postwar (1947)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-03.04.06, List and notes of distributed persons to the Displaced Persons Camp, circa 1946Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Handwritten notes detailing items distributed to Displaced Person camps.
Subject/Index Terms:
List of persons in Displaced Persons Camp
Displaced persons camps
Displaced Persons Report
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Reports about Displaced Persons
DP camp, US occupied Germany
Displaced person camps, documents
List of supplies, displaced persons camp, US occupied Germany
List of supplies to be delivered to DP camp, US occupied Germany
Displaced persons camp, supplies, postwar Germany
Displaced persons camp, inventory list of supplies, postwar Germany
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-03.04.07, List of organizations and tasks, circa March 1946Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is the minutes to a meeting of what is presumed to be the GI council, there is a list of some members and topics. It is typed but there are handwritten edits also. The meeting might have taken place in February or March, but the year is not recorded.
Subject/Index Terms:
Displaced person camps, documents
Displaced persons camps
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
List of committees with regards to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Welfare committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Membership committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Program committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Publicity committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Purim committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
Civil rights committee, with regard to the functioning of DP camps, postwar
DP Camps, postwar
Displaced person camps in Germany
Displaced persons (DP) camps in Germany, postwar
Creators:
US officials supervising DP camps in Germany, postwar
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-03.04.08, List of Displaced Person Camps with indication of Jewish and non-Jewish populations., June 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a list of Displaced Person Camps with the number of Jewish and non-Jewish populations.
Subject/Index Terms:
Displaced persons camps
Reports about Jewish Displaced Persons in postwar Germany
Reports about Displaced Persons
Population of Displaced Person Camps in Germany
List of cities with DP camps and populations, postwar, Germany
Total number of Jewish DP population for cities in Germany, 1948
Total number of DP population, Germany, 1948
Population of DP camps, postwar Germany, 1948
Displaced person camps in Germany
Displaced persons (DP) camps in Germany, postwar
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Authorities of Displaced Person Camps in Germany (1945 -- 1956)
Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the US zone of occupation in Germany (1945 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-03.04.09, American Board of Charities first meeting notification, April 15, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a letter addressed to the members of the American Board of Charities concerning their first meeting which was held on April 14, 1948. The document lists various projects that the ABC plans to pursue in their upcoming fundraising events.  The letter is signed by the 1st Lt., Dorothy P. Frome.
Subject/Index Terms:
American Board of Charities first meeting (April 16, 1948)
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
American Board of Charities
Frankfurt Military Post Headquarters, Germany
Meeting of American Board of Charities, Frankfurt, 1948
Board members of the American Board of Charities, Frankfurt
Logistics about the American Board of Charities office building, Frankfurt
Creators:
American Board of Charities (1948)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-03.04.10, Mission statement of the American Board of Charities, 4 copies, April 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is the mission statement of the American Board of Charities (ABC) at Frankfurt Military Post APO 757. The document discusses various charitable activities that ABC plans to pursue as well as how to secure logistical support.  It is signed by R. W. Fitzpatrick, Lt. Col. AGD, Adjutant General. There are several handwritten notes within this document.  [There are 4 copies of this document in possession]
Subject/Index Terms:
American Board of Charities mission statement (April 1, 1948)
American Board of Charities
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Charitable activities in DP camps, Germany
Frankfurt Military Post Headquarters, Germany
Frankfurt (Germany)
ABC purpose, coordination of and assistance to private charitable activities,Frankfurt Military Post
Charitable activities in the Frankfurt Military Post, 1948
Appeals to the United States for relief supplies, American Board of Charities, 1948
Board members, American Board of Charities, Frankfurt, 1948
Creators:
American Board of Charities (1948)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-03.04.11, Constitution of GI Council of Frankfurt, 3 copies, May 7, 1947Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is the constitution of the GI Council of Frankfurt, Germany and addresses issues of membership, dues, officers, elections, rules of order, amendments, quorum and standing committees. The council was primarily concerned with bringing aid and encouragement to the Jews of Europe.  It is signed by Albert Bernstein. The document had to be approved at a meeting and was documented by the recording secretary S. Lidor on May 7, 1947.
Subject/Index Terms:
Charter of GI Council of Frankfurt am Main (May 7, 1947)
GI Council of Frankfurt, charitable organization to help Jews in Europe, postwar
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Military documents
American charitable organization, postwar Germany
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
American charitable organization, postwar Germany, documents
GI Council of Frankfurt, Constitution, 1947
Rules and guidelines, constitution of GI council of Frankfurt, 1947
Different committees on the board, Constitution of GI Council of Frankfurt, 1947
Creators:
GI Council of Frankfurt, US non-government charitable organization, postwar (1947)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-03.04.12, Memorandum about the raids, conducted at displaced persons camp, May 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document was dated on May 6, 1948 and addresses the problems related to the Displaced Persons Camps. Displaced persons were being taken advantage and in addition they were viewed as second-class citizens within the camps. This memorandum also illustrates how to help displaced persons and raise public awareness.  The document encourages members of the council to support local Displaced Perons camps in their pursuit of normal and artistic expressions.
Subject/Index Terms:
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
Displaced persons camps
The United Nations Displaced Persons, DPs saved from the Germans
Military raids in Displaced Persons Camps, 1948
Displaced Persons Assembly Centers, postwar Germany
denazification
Denazification in Germany
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-03.04.13, Memorandum for the President of GI Council of Frankfurt, Germany, November 1947Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document explains the authority of the group and how they operate. It also renders evidences with regard to legitimacy of their claims and is signed by David Shippert on November 26, 1947.
Subject/Index Terms:
Memorandum for GI Council of Frankfurt (November, 1947)
GI Council at Frankfurt am Main memorandum of displaced persons
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
The GI Council of Frankfurt, Germany, organized under the guidance of Chaplain Joseph Miller, 1946
GI Council of Frankfurt, supply drives for items needed in DP camps, 1947
Cultural activities in Displaced Persons Camps
picnics and parties in DP Camps, 1947
JWB Synagogue Center, 6 Elsa Brandstrom Street, Frankfurt
Education at Displaced Persons Camps
Off duty activities of military personal, DP camps, 1947
Chaplain fund, religious funds which are to be administered by a chaplain as custodian, 1947
Displaced persons (DP) camps in Germany, postwar
DP camp, US occupied Germany
Displaced person camps, documents
Displaced person camps in Germany
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
Creators:
GI Council of Frankfurt, US non-government charitable organization, postwar (1947)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-03.04.14, "Aims and Policies of the G.I. Council of Frankfurt, Germany", July 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is the mission statement of the G.I Council of Frankfurt, Germany, and further explains their aims and policies.
Subject/Index Terms:
GI Council at Frankfurt am Main mission statement (1948)
GI councils goal, fulfill its goals of assisting Jewish survivors in Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
GI Councils goals, Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
Steps to implement the GI Councils goals, Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
Displaced persons (DP) camps in Germany, postwar
Report about Displaced Persons Camp
Displaced persons camps
Cultural activities in Displaced Persons Camps
Creators:
GI Council of Frankfurt, US non-government charitable organization, postwar (1947)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-03.04.15, Report of the Jewish cemetary incident at Borner Platz, March 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a letter discussing an incident on March 1, 1948, in which a man, Bertram Levine, witnessed a group of people taking gravestones from a cemetery. They did not seem to have permission to do this so he is informing the proper authorities.
Subject/Index Terms:
Concerned civilian's report
Munich (Germany)
Jewish cemetery
The destruction of the Old Jewish Cemetery and Mikveh on Borner Platz, 1948
Former sight of the Borner Platz Synagogue
Re purposing gravestones into bricks, March 1948
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-03.04.16, Monthly MG Report, Office of Military Government, Hesse, June 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a progress report of the Office of Military Government Hesse and includes problems and concerns surrounding the internal restitution issue.
Subject/Index Terms:
Restitution-related documents
Hesse (Germany)
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Reports from Restitution Agencies, Hesse, Germany, 1948
Restitution agencies, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1948
Restitution agencies, Marburg, Germany, 1948
Restitution agencies, Fritzlar, Germany, 1948
Restitution agencies, Darmstadt, Germany, 1948
Difficulty regarding claims, Germany, 1948
German general claims law, draft by the Property Control Committee of the Laenderrant, 1948
Creators:
Office of Military Government in Hesse (1948)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-03.04.17, Letter from Office of Military Government in Berlin about ownership of motor vehicle, June 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
This document is a letter sent out by the Office of Military Government in Berlin, Germany concerning the ownership of motor vehicles by displaced persons. Signed by G.H. Garde, Lt. Col. AGD, Adjutant General.
Subject/Index Terms:
Restitution-related documents
Berlin (Germany)
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
US Occupation Zone in Germany; Germany
Office of military government for Germany (US)
Office of military governor, Berlin, Germany
Ownership of motor vehicles by Displaced Persons, 1948
Office of military government for Bavaria, Germany
Office of military government for Hesse, Germany
Office of military government for Wuerttemburg-Baden, Germany
Office of military government for Bremen, Germany
Office of military government for the Berlin sector, Germany
Landericht Mannheim monthly military government report, June, 1948
Government law no. 59, restitution of identifiable property, Germany, 1948
Jewish community of Frankfurt, Germany, 1948
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-03.04.18, Secret Documents. Buchenwald, April 14, 1945, April 14, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

This document was devised by Allied administration in Germany regarding the formation and activities within Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.

The report includes a summarization of the camp, as well as detailed events which evidence war crimes, and some even detailed statistics of murdering prisoners.

The report also includes records of deaths (prisoners of war/Jewish prisoners) and also names of prisoner detachments.

dated April 14, 1945

Subject/Index Terms:
Allied Military and Civil administration in Germany
Buchenwald (Germany: concentration camp)
Buchenwald (Germany: Concentration camp)--Complex of concentration camps
Documents in English language
Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes
Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes
Living conditions in concentration camps
living and working conditions in concentration and labor camps
Prisoners of war, Soviet, inhuman conditions, wartime
Prisoners of war, Soviet
Weimar (Germany)
Political prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp
Organization of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp, outside slave labor units
German wartime administration; Allied administration in Germany; U.S. Military Government in Germany
U.S. Military Government
The Dutch Jews in the Buchenwald concentration camp, 1941
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Complex of concentration and extermination camps
Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945
U.S. Military Court at Dachau
Committee of prisoners, Buchenwald Concentration Camp
History of the camp, Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Early period of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1937-1938
Death of President Franklin D Roosevelt, memorial service in Buchenwald Concentration Camp
High ranking Austrian officials interned in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1938
Winterstein, Attorney General of Austria, interned in Buchenwald Concentration Camp, 1938
Richard Steidle, head of the Heimwehr, National Guard interned in Buchenwald Concentration Camp 1938
German Jews in Buchenwald Concentration Camp after Kristallnacht, 1938
Killing of Soviet POWs, October 1941, Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Allied Authorities, US Military Government in Germany, Gestapo and Dachau commandant offices (1945 -- 1946)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-03.04.19, Press release from Allied Administration, War Crimes trial in Dachau, September 24, 1948, September 24, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.

This document is an immediate press release from Allied (U.S.) administration regarding the results of the U.S. Military Court at Dachau and the charging of Ilse Koch (wife of Buchenwald commandant Otto Koch) and thirty other defendants.

The results include that no evidence of Ilse Koch's alleged obsession with furnishings made of tattooed human skin.

Additionally, 22 death sentences, 5 life sentences (including Ilse Koch), and four 10-20 year sentences were result of U.S. Military court at Dachau.

September 24, 1948

Subject/Index Terms:
U.S. Military Court at Dachau
Dachau (Germany)
Dachau war crimes trial
war crimes trials, Nazi Germans
Ilse Koch
Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes
Nazi crimes against humanity, peace, and war crimes
Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of U.S. Army
U.S. Senate
US Army
Armed Forces, US
Buchenwald (Germany: concentration camp)
Buchenwald (Germany: Concentration camp)--Complex of concentration camps
Organization of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Raymond E. Baldwin, U.S. Senator
Washington D.C. (United States)
Germany (1945 -- 1949)
United States (1945 -- 1960)
Creators:
Allied Authorities, US Military Government in Germany, Gestapo and Dachau commandant offices (1945 -- 1946)
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-03.04.20, What's Cooking in Berlin Special Service Guide, February 1947Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Entertainment guide for American Special Service members in Berlin for February 1947.
Arrangement: Item-level booklet
Extent: Front cover, title page, index, inside page, and back cover
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Publications of the US Military Government in postwar Germany
Berlin (Germany)
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-03.04.21, Infantry Journal Volume 58, number 2, February 1946Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Infantry Journal Volume 58 number 2 from February of 1946, printed in Washington D.C.
Arrangement: Item-level magazine
Extent: Cover, title page, index, page 8, back cover
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
Military documents
Washington D.C. (United States)
Creators:
United States Army
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-03.04.22, XIX Corps Scroll Number 3, published in Germany, June 24, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
XIX Corps Scroll published in Germany in June of 1945. It contains a message from the Chaplain describing recent events of World War II as well as descriptions of various synagogues within Germany.
Arrangement: Item-level publication
Extent: sixteen pages
Language of Material: English and German
Subject/Index Terms:
Goals and objectives for the US occupation regime in postwar Germany
Germany
Germany (1945--1949)
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Creators:
US Army
Collection of Folder-Level 23: RG-03.04.23, Going up to Eagle's Nest Photobook, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.
Photo booklet of Hitler's "Kehlsteinhaus" located near the town of Berchtesgaden. The pictures were most likely taken during American occupation of Germany postwar. "Kehlsteinhaus" or the "Eagle's Nest" was built for Hitler by Martin Bormann on his 50th birthday; it still stands today.
Arrangement: Collection folder-level photobook
Extent: Cover and eight photos with labels
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.04.23.01, Going up to Eagle's Nest cover, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The cover of the photobook, portraying a drawing of "Kehlsteinhaus."
Arrangement: Item-level cover
Extent: One cover
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-03.04.23.02, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 1, Hitler's residence in Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photo 1 shows the "Berghof" or Hitler's residence in the Bavarian Alps near the town of Berchtesgaden. This photo was taken in 1945.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-03.04.23.03, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 2, Berghof after allied bombing, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The second photo in the photobook shows Berghof the night after allied bombing of Berchtesgaden.
Arrangment: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-03.04.23.04, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 3, Tunnel leading to Kehlsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The third photo in the photobook shows the tunnel leading to Kehlsteinhaus near the town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-03.04.23.05, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 4, Back of the mountain which holds Berghof, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The fourth photo in the photobook shows the backside of the mountain on which Berghof sits. This photo was taken near the town of Berchtesgaden.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-03.04.23.06, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 5, Entrance to elevator leading to Berghof, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The fifth photo shows the 140 meter elevator that led up to Hitler's "Kehlsteinhaus" near the town of Berchtesgaden.
Arrangment: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-03.04.23.07, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 6, View of the parking lot to Kehlsteinhaus, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The sixth photo of the photobook shows the parking lot at the base of the mountain holding Berghof near the town of Berchtesgaden.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-03.04.23.08, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 7, View of Berghof from the left, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The seventh photo shows Berghof from the left side of the mountain facing the town of Berchtesgaden.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-03.04.23.09, Going up to Eagle's Nest photo 8, View of Berghof from the road below, Berchtesgaden, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
The ninth photo in the photobook shows the mountain containing Berghof from the road below it.
Arrangement: Item-level page
Extent: One page
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
Germany (1945--1949)
Germany (Europe)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-03.04.24, United States Forces European Theater Command Headquarters Handbook, Frankfurt, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Handbook made by U.S. Forces European Theater outlining their headquarters in Frankfurt in 1945.
Arrangement: Item-level handbook
Extent: One cover, title page, map, and pages 1 and 13
Language of Material: English
Subject/Index Terms:
Frankfurt (Germany)
American Military Government, Germany, US zone of occupation
United States Army
Germany (1945--1949)
Creators:
Military Government of the US occupation zone in Germany (1944 -- 1952)

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