History of the Inventory Designer: 27.04.1850 - 20.12.1921, Generaloberst Description of the Inventory: Generaloberst Unterlagen, u.a. (documents, etc.) as chief of the engineering and pioneer corps and general inspector of the fortresses (1904-1914), as commander-in-chief of the siege army off Antwerp in 1914 and as governor general in Warsaw (1915-1918); memorandums and correspondence; books; albums; pictures; periodicals Life data: 1850-1921 BB: Private things are to be excluded from publication (ask head of MA) State of development: Special conditions of use Citation method: BArch, N 30/...

Contains: 3 letters from the publisher about providing colonial historical illustrative material by arrow

Included are lectures 1954-1974, lectures, essays and newspaper articles 1940-1996, working materials from edition projects, publications 1937-1999 (specimen copies of monographs, essays, newspaper articles), sermons and sermon concepts 1938-1996, Reviews of own writings as well as reports on lectures and events, Separata with dedications, biographical documents (1917-1997), literary (1973-1995), general correspondence as well as family correspondence, Varia. Not recorded: Letters of the wife and the children, agendas and calendars without personal notes, invoices and payment receipts of all kinds, accounts and receipts of house and flat property and holiday flat, card catalogue of the own library comprising several thousand volumes, card catalogue of the own pictures and engravings, slides and directory of the private slides, audio cassettes of sermons and church services, brochures, maps and art guides of journeys, newspaper cuttings on different topics, the entire library and other collections.

Contains above all: Records, pictures, maps, newspaper clippings, timetables

1897-1905 in Okahandja, Otjikango, Otjihaenena, Walvis Bay, 1906-1926 Parish office in Brazil including Paraiso, Rio Grande do Sul; letters and reports, 1897-1905; private letters to inspectors, also by Mrs Johanna Hamann, nee. Jansen, 1898-1899; Letter of the community elders of Otjikango with the request to leave Karl Alexander Hamann there (in Herero language), June 1902; Question A. von Falkenhausen because of the fate of his son, Febr. 1904; Reply to the article published in the Schlesische Zeitung: "Ein Bild aus Deutschsüdwestafrika" taken from e. Brief d. Frau von Falkenhausen, June 1904; Report by Ms Johanna Hamann about her experiences during the Herero uprising for d. "Kleinen Missionsfreund", 1905; Testimony for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1906; Letter from Karl Alexander Hamann from Brazil, 1924; Obituary for Karl Alexander Hamann, 1955;

Wuppertal: Kriegserlebnisse e. Rheinischen Missionars, newspaper article, 1935; Erastus Omulundu; Haluodi; Nekoto u. Haischi in Zwistigkeit, 2 versions; Schihepo u. Schalnlange; Haschipala: Memories e. old missionaries of the.., what he heard and experienced under the heathens, pictures from the life of the heathens in Ovamboland German Southwest Africa; Memories e. old missionaries, speech at the mission evening in the mission house Barmen, 1933; Untitled (Memories); Experiences and Memories from Southwest Africa in d. Zeit d. Weltkrieges (1914-18), 2 versions; What the history of the RMG tells us, especially of Southwest Africa; The Portuguese campaign against Mandume; About the Efundula (consecration of a girl) in Southwest Africa; The missionary in the fight with paganism; Kaukungua (Noah), hs. u. ms..;

Contains: Issues No. 20 and 21 of Volume 3 Two newspaper articles

Inventory description: With the decree on the reorganization of the OKW of February 7, 1938, the Wehrmachtführungsamt (WFA) was created - initially referred to as the Office Group Command Staff. The Wehrmachtführungsamt was renamed Wehrmachtführungsstab (WFSt) on 7 August 1940. According to Hitler's instructions, he had to work on the operations and measures necessary for the entire conduct of the war and to participate in laws affecting the Wehrmacht as a whole. Among other things, he drafted the instructions for warfare and the special and combat instructions or "Führerweisungen" issued on Hitler's behalf. From 1940, the chief WFSt was responsible for the warfare on the so-called OKW war theatres in Scandinavia including Northern Finland, Africa and Italy, from July 1941 also in the Balkans and from 15 March 1941 in the West. In this respect, he informed Hitler daily about the course of the operations there on the basis of the situation reports; the head of the OKW had assigned this task to the head of the WFSt at the beginning of the war. Initially, the position of the WFSt was still weak, but with the plans to occupy Denmark and Norway it had already broken through the supremacy and largely independent action of the three parts of the armed forces. Only the war against the USSR and the Eastern Front remained a "OKH theatre of war" until shortly before the end of the war in the area of responsibility of the General Staff of the Army. A field or front squadron of the WFSt became a permanent institution with the Western campaign in the area of the "Führer Headquarters", whereby Hitler's influence on the command increased. In the course of the war, this squadron divided its working areas geographically. Initially, the WFA or WFSt consisted of the departments of National Defence (L), Wehrmacht Communications (WNV) and, from April 1939, Wehrmacht Propaganda (WPr). Division L was the operational task force in WFA/WFSt; it was subdivided into the operation groups Army (L IH), Air Force (L IL), Navy (L IK), Organisation Group and Quartermaster Group. The Chief of Dept. L was also responsible for the leader of the war diary, an office officer and the registry. On January 1, 1942, the departmental name of the chief of the Dept. L changed to ¿Deputy Chief of the WFSt¿, a little later the group WFSt/Ic (enemy situation) was established. The following groups/departments belonged to the WNV department: Deployment and organisation/central department, wire communication, radio department, war telecommunications department, encryption department. From 1942, the "Generalbevollmächtigter für technische Nachrichtenmittel" was assigned to it. In WPr (at the time of 1942) Group I was responsible for propaganda leadership, organization and the propaganda troops, Group II for domestic propaganda and troop support, Group III for military censorship (with censorship groups army, navy and air force), Group IV for foreign propaganda, Group V for army propaganda and Group VI for air force propaganda. The groups V and VI existed only for a short time and were dissolved already in 1942/43, a film staff was added at this time. Preprovenience: Wehrmachtführungsamt (Initially Office Group Joint Staff) Content Characterization: In addition to the remains of diaries and reference files of the chief WFSt, the status reports of the staff and his war diary, some Wehrmacht reports and special reports, numerous documents of the deputy chief of the WFSt on organizational matters of Wehrmacht leadership (13 vol., 1938-1945), the personnel and material equipment of the Wehrmacht (25 vol., 1938-1945), the military equipment of the Wehrmacht (25 vol., 1938-1945), the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, the Wehrmacht, the Wehrmacht's military equipment, and the military equipment of the Wehrmacht, 1935-1945), the organisation of the field army (19 vols., 1940-1945) as well as warfare on the individual theatres of war (West: 26 vols., 1940-1945; North: 17 vols., 1941-1945; Africa: 6 vols.; South East: 15 vols, 1941-1944; East: 10 vols.; Italy: 9 vols.), the Reichsverteidigung and Heimatkriegsgebiet (18 vols., 1935-1945), the Versorgungsführung (20 vols., 1940-1945) and administration of the affiliated and incorporated territories (10 vols., 1939-1945) as well as occupied territories (40 vols., 1938-1945). The instructions for warfare and basic orders (70 vols., 1939-1945) and individual companies (29 vols., 1939-1945) form separate series. In addition, the files of the Wehrmacht Propaganda Department deserve special mention: Organization (12 vol., 1937-1945), Personnel Affairs (13 vol., 1939-1944) and Internal Service (16 vol., 1939-1943); Propaganda Leadership in General (37 vol., 1939-1943), 1937-1945) and deployment of propaganda troops (71 vols., 1939-1944, mainly in the navy and occupied territories, with activity reports); cooperation with civilian authorities and the press (13 vols., 1939-1945), 1938-1942); radio (7 vols., 1939-1944), picture and film propaganda (11 vols., 1939-1941); collection of news about the situation in the Wehrmacht and at home and abroad (11 and 29 vols., 1939-1942); defence against enemy propaganda (10 vols., 1939-1942); defence against enemy propaganda (10 vols., 1939-1942), 1939-1945); exercise of military censorship (89 vol., 1939-1944, mainly on individual cases of examination, approval or prohibition of books, journal and newspaper articles and the publication of pictures). There are also series (a total of 26 vols., 1939-1945) of Wehrmacht propaganda situation reports, "Nachrichten des OKW", "Mitteilungen für das Offizierskorps" and "Mitteilungen für die Truppe". From the area WNV only fragments of written material are available (20 vol., 1939-1945). State of development: Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 920 AU Citation method: BArch, RW 4/...

Contains: Pictures of S. M. S. "Niobe", "Gefion", "Musquito", "Arcona", "Grille", "Friedrich Carl", "Vineta", "Renown", "Zieten", "Friedrich the Great", "Hertha", "Wolf", "Cyclop", "Stosch", "Mücke", "Falke", "Sachsen"; group pictures of the crew, 1866; naval student class 1881; "The funny revolver gun - newspaper "Die lustige Revolverkanone - Zeitung"; "The funny revolver gun - newspaper". M. S. 'Friedrich Carl'", Sept. 7, 1883; group picture of the Offz.-Corps "Saxony", 1889

Reporting, dissemination of information to the press, correspondence with the following newspapers or publishing houses, etc: Demokratischer Zeitungsdienst, Art and Artists, Berliner Volkszeitung, Reichsverband der Bild-Berichterstatter, Berliner Adressbuch, Kunstverlag August Scherl G.m.b.H., Das Manuskript, Verlag Manfred Beirau, Fremdenverkehrsbüro der Stadt Berlin, Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Atlantic Photo-Co., DIWESTE, Kolonialkriegerdank, Telegraphen Union, Der Bildwart, Europa auf Reisen, Allgemeine Transportgesellschaft, Deutsches Land, Grosses Berliner Wochen Programm, Presse-Photo-G.m.b.H.., Das Illustrierte Blatt, Deutsche Nachrichten- und Korrespondenzgesellschaft m.b.H., 'MINERVA' Jahrbuch der Gelehrten Welt, Adolf Schustermann Zeitungsausschnitte-Büro und Adressen-Verlag, Hesse's music calendar, Dresslers Kunsthandbuch, Deutscher Industrie- und Reklame-Verlag, Handbuch des Kunstmarktes, Pressestelle des Preußischen Staatsministeriums.<br />Suggestion of the 'Freie Presse' to the Academy for the appointment of the painter Paul Wendling as professor (p. 105). Press release about 'Die Dichterakademie zum Schmutz- und Schundgesetz', 1926 (p. 70); 'Warnung der Akademie der Künste, Sektion für Dichtkunst vor dem geplanten Zensur-Gesetz' 1927 (p. 46); Die Akademie der Wissenschaften (Preise, Mitglieder, Tätigkeit p. 5f.). Press releases about the academy, n.a. (pp. 29), Kreuz-Zeitung and Daily Rundschau from Febr. 7, 1928 (pp. 8f.).<br />Enth. et al: 'Ullstein Berichte', special issue for the 100th birthday of Leopold Ullstein, 1926 (p. 92); 'Hotel Esplanade' Almanac 1925-26, Hotel Esplanade Berlin, with fig. (p. 57); 'Grosses Berliner Wochen Programm' 3.-9. Oct. 1926, with fig. (p. 57); 'Großes Berliner Wochen Programm' 3.-9. Oct. 1926, with fig. (p. 57); 'Hotel Esplanade' Almanac 1925-26, with fig. 55); 'Mitteilungen des Deutschen Instituts für Ausländer an der Universität Berlin', 22 March 1927, with illustration (p. 44); 'Die Kunst-Keramik', Apr. 1927, Albert Lüdtke Verlag, with illustration (p. 40); 'Die Plastische Kunst' Zeitschrift des Allgemeinen Deutschen Bildhauerbundes e.V., 1927, no. 2, with illustration (page 39); Berlin city map (city centre) of the Exhibition, Fair and Tourism Office, [1927 ?] (page 20); 'Europa auf Reisen' no. 131, 1927, with illustration (page 17).

History of the Inventory Designer: Alfred Rosenberg, who had been one of Adolf Hitler's close collaborators since the beginnings of the National Socialist movement, united - especially since 1929/30 - a wealth of political offices and functions in his hand. In order to be able to carry out all the tasks assigned to him, Rosenberg, since his appointment as head of the Foreign Policy Office of the NSDAP (APA) in April 1933, made use of a private secretariat headed by Thilo von Trotha (b. 12.04.1909, d. 24.02.1938), who was also responsible for the North Division of the APA. In April 1934, by order of the Reich Treasurer, von Trothas, initially only volunteered for Rosenberg, was converted into a full-time regular employment relationship with Rosenberg as Reichsleiter of the NSDAP. As private secretary, he was responsible for processing all correspondence that Rosenberg had to conduct personally as head of the APA, but also as Reichsführer of the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur (KfdK) and as main editor of the "Völkischer Beobachters" (VB). In January 1934, Rosenberg was appointed the Führer's representative for monitoring the entire spiritual and ideological training and education of the NSDAP. Probably because of this new expansion of his duties, on 26 April 1934 Rosenberg ordered the conversion of his private secretariat into a "Rosenberg Chancellery". It continued to be under the direction of Thilo von Trothas, but was now assigned a clearly defined scope of duties: From now on, the Rosenberg Chancellery was responsible for all correspondence conducted by Rosenberg himself within the scope of duties of the APA, the KfdK and other ideological offices as well as for the "NS-Monatshefte", the appointment calendar and the visit regulations of the Reichsleiter. The firm had its own "archive" whose task it was to collect information material and newspaper clippings about Rosenberg. The DBFU was one of the administrators. On 15 August 1937, Rosenberg appointed SA-Sturmbannführer Dr. Werner Koeppen (born 26.09.1910) as his aide. After the death of Trothas in February 1938, Koeppen took over the management of the office and retained it - with temporary interruptions due to military service - until 1945. In August 1941 he was appointed by Rosenberg as his personal adviser and worked for a time as a liaison officer in the Führer's headquarters. During his absence Amandus Langer, whom Rosenberg had appointed as his adjutant in 1941, represented him in the management of the office. Life data of Alfred Rosenberg born 12.01.1893 in Reval Study of architecture in Reval, then in Moscow since 1918 in Germany, 1923 as German naturalized 1919 NSDAP member 1921 with Dietrich Eckart Editor of the "Völkischer Beobachters" February 1923 Main editor of the "Völkischer Beobachters", since 1938 also editor 09.11.1923 Participation in the march to the Feldherrnhalle; during Hitler's captivity with the leadership of the "movement" commissioned 1929 Founder of the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur 1930 Member of the Reichstag and representative of the NSDAP at the Auswärtigen Ausschuss des Reichstages since 1930 Publisher of the "NS-Monatshefte" 01.04.01.1933 Head of the NSDAP Foreign Policy Office, appointed Reichsleiter of the NSDAP 24.01.1934 Representative of the leader for the supervision of the entire intellectual and ideological training and education of the NSDAP 29.01.1940 commissioned with the preparation of the "High School" of the NSDAP 05.07./17.09.1940 Head of the task force Reichsleiter Rosenberg for the occupied Eastern territories 20.04.1941 Commissioner for the Central Processing of Issues in Eastern Europe 17.07.1941 Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories 16.10.1946 executed in Nuremberg (IMT ruling) Abbreviations APA Foreign Office of the NSDAP DAF German Labour Front DBFU The Führer's representative for the supervision of the entire intellectual and ideological training and education of the NSDAP ERR Operations Staff Reichsleiter Rosenberg HJ Hitlerjugend IMT International Military Tribunal KfdK Combat Alliance for German Culture NS National Socialist NSDAP National Socialist German Workers Party NSKG NS-Kulturgemeinde OKW Oberkommando der Wehrmacht PPK Party Official Examination Commission for the Protection of NS Writing RMbO Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories SA Storm Departments SD Security Service SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany VB Völkischer Beobachter Inventory Description: During the war, Rosenberg and almost all his offices remained in Berlin. Despite some losses during the heavy bombing raids in November 1943, most of the files of the Rosenberg office seem to have been preserved. The traditional Rosenberg documents (from the state and party areas) were brought to Nuremberg after the end of the war in order to be evaluated for the Allied trials against the war criminals. In the beginning, the documents that could be used as supporting documents were taken from the files, later they were left in them and were content with photocopies. The originals used are likely to be in Washington today, along with other trial documents. The documents collected in Nuremberg were evaluated by various foreign institutions for the creation of their own collections after the processes had been completed. The Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC) in Paris is particularly worthy of mention here. Today, the "Collection Rosenberg" contains a collection of approximately 1,100 documents (mostly from the provenance office of Rosenberg, but also from other Rosenberg offices). Receipts for the individual documents taken from the CDJC are still in the files that have been transferred to the Federal Archives. Further records of Rosenberg's departments can be found at the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdokumentatie (NIOD), Amsterdam, and at the Yivo-Institute for Jewish Research in New York. Books and journals from Rosenberg's departments are listed in the Hoover Institute and Library and in the Library of Congress. Documents from Rosenberg offices also reached archives of the former Soviet Union. An extensive collection (above all of the provenance ERR) is today kept in the Tsentral`nyi derzhavnyi arhiv vyshchykh orhaniv vlady ta upravlinnia Ukraïny (TsDAVO Ukraïny) in Kiev, further files (above all of the provenance foreign policy office) in the Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi voennyi arkhiv (RGVA) in Moscow. Most of the Rosenberg files collected in Nuremberg were brought to Alexandria/Va. and partly filmed there. In March 1963, this file complex, known as Record Group 1008/Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete, was transferred from the USA to the Federal Archives in the course of the file repatriation, where it was divided into provenances in autumn 1963. The files from this return of files to the provenance of "Kanzlei Rosenberg" form the main part of the present collection. Some volumes were added which had been transferred to the Nuremberg State Archives and to the Federal Archives in 1955, as well as several volumes from various American file returns. Further additions were made by one volume each from the Central State Archive of the GDR (62 Ka 2/1) and from the so-called "NS Archive of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR" (ZA VI 6322). Archival processing The majority of the documents had been deposited in the Federal Archives in their original registry context. Individual documents, processes detached from their context as well as volumes in disorder had to be rearranged. The order and distortion corresponded to the original registry context. A complete reorganisation of the stock from a factual point of view would have facilitated its use, but did not appear to be justified from the point of view of labour economics. Only double copies were collected in the manuscript series. The preliminary finding aid for the stock was produced by Mrs. Köhne in 1966. Quotation NS 8/.............................................................. Characterisation of the contents: The collection of manuscripts and newspaper clippings provides a fairly comprehensive picture of Rosenberg's personality from about 1930 to 1945. Due to the fact that the Chancellery was responsible for almost all of Rosenberg's departments, the collection also contains essential supplementary material on the activities of the departments subordinated to Rosenberg; only the department of the Reich Ministry of the Occupied Eastern Territories, whose affairs Rosenberg had dealt with primarily by its ministerial office, is to be excluded. The filing of the documents took place largely in chronological series, at most separately into the areas VB, KfdK and APA, later also according to correspondence partners. A clear separation of the series from each other in terms of content and time is not discernible. State of development: Findbuch (1966/2005), Online-Findbuch (2004). Citation style: BArch, NS 8/...