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Title: Allied Administration in Germany, Austria, and France, 1944 -- 1952

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

Related Materials:

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.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Collection of Folder-Level:

[Collection of Folder-Level 1: RG-03.01, US Miltary Command, wartime and postwar documents, 1943 -- 1952],
[Collection of Folder-Level 2: RG-03.02, DP camps and Jewish Affairs, circa 1945-1950],
[Collection of Folder-Level 3: RG-03.03, Documents regarding the Surrender of Germany and civil affairs, 1945, 1949],
[Collection of Folder-Level 4: RG-03.04, US Military Government documents, US zone of occupation, 1945-1948],
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Collection of Folder-Level 2: RG-03.02, DP camps and Jewish Affairs, circa 1945-1950

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-03.02.01, Dr. Wilhelm Weinberg at the reopening of the Frankfurt synagogue, 6 September 1950

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 1945

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 1949

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 1945

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 1947

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--1950

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--1956

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)