History of the Inventor: On 21 March 1919, the Admiralty was established as the top authority of the Navy, whose chief stood on an equal footing with the chief of the army command. On 15.9. 1920 the Admiralty was renamed to Marineleitung (ML) and on 1.6. 1935 to Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (OKM). At the head of the OKM was the commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine (ObdM). Inventory description: With the decree of the Reich President of 21 March 1919, the Admiralty, which was subordinate to the Reich Minister of Defence, was established as the top authority of the Navy. Since 1 October 1919, the Chief of the Admiralty stood on an equal footing with the Chief of the Army Command. It was renamed Marineleitung (ML) on 15 September 1920 and Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (OKM) on 1 June 1935. At his head was the commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine (ObdM). Characterisation of the contents: From the hand files of the commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine, only those of the Grand Admiral Erich Raeder on leadership, personnel and shipbuilding issues have been fragmentarily archived in the Federal Archives. In addition, organisational documents, orders, operational files, documents on mobilization and attaché matters as well as on the Spanish Civil War have been handed down. A copy of the war diary from August 1939 to August 1944 has been preserved from the General of the Luftwaffe at the ObdM. Especially for the period immediately after the First World War, there are also documents on the handling of the Reichsmarineamt, documents on the armistice, files on claims for damages from other countries, prisoner of war and internment matters, and military political reports on internal unrest (November Revolution, Kapp Putsch). State of development: Invenio Scope, Explanation: Existing stock without increase 8.8 m 453 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 6/...

Direktionskorrespondenz und weitere Unterlagen 1937-1941: 1 portfolio, loose-leaf collection; copies or handwritten, authors: Diels, Dr. Friedrich Bolle, R. Pilger; Prof. Dr. Hoppe (all Botanischer Garten Berlin), Milos Deyl (botanist, Prague); Wilhelm Engelmann (publishing bookshop Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig), Wimmer (priest, editor of the Lobeliaceae for the plant kingdom). contents: air-raid protection measures in the Botanical Museum (removal of alcohol collection etc.)); financial means of the Englerstiftung; whereabouts of lost herbarium loans (Spanish Civil War); reminder to return herbarium loans; printing of various volumes of the Pflanzenreich (Richtlinien zur Korrektur, Korrespondenz mit der Verlagsbuchhandlung Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig), editing of the Lobeliaceae für Pflanzenreich scientific manuscripts on the flora of SW Africa, individual letters [see FA1/1] diaries 1943-1945 (copy, p.p. in copy); incl. transcript; diaries 1943-1945 (copy, p.p. in copy); incl. transcript

Short biography/ History of the Institutiongeb. 26.04.1885 Neuwied (Rhineland) - died 05.07.1940 French Pyreneesafter broken off bank apprenticeship 1904 Study of philosophy, art history, history and classical philology in Berlin; 1907 first stay in Paris, acquaintance with Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris; first publications, literary works and art studies; 1914 volunteer for war; 1916 wounded, transfer to Brussels, there acquaintance with Gottfried Benn, Carl Sternheim, Otto Flake; 1918 Berlin, collaboration with journals; At the beginning of the 1920s he was confronted with Russian Constructivism and after 1928 with Surrealism in Paris; 1936-1939 he participated in the Spanish Civil War; 1940 he was interned in the Pyrenean camp Gurs, dismissed; as a Spanish fighter he was barred from fleeing Spain; suicide in the river Gave de Pau; he was one of the first to devote himself anthropologically to African art; in 1915 his book "Negerplastik", 1926 "Die Kunst des 20. Description of the holdingsArchives and collection, manuscripts and notes of works, preparatory work for major projects: "Handbuch der Kunst", "Histoire de l'art" and "Bebuquin II", few personal documents and photographs; collections of portraits, including a drawing by Rudolf Großmann, secondary publications and testimonials, some from the provenance of Sybille Penkert; few letters, including to Tony Simon-Wolfskehl and Maria Einstein.

History of the Inventor: The Naval Command Office (A) assumed the function of the Admiral Staff, which had been dissolved as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, and in 1933 was expanded from originally 2 to 5 departments (A I: Operations, A II: Organisation and Readiness of the Naval Forces, A III: Naval Intelligence, A IV: Training, A V: Defense). After the operations department A I became independent in 1937 as naval war command, the importance of the naval command declined. In 1939 it was subordinated to the naval war command and was given the name Quartiermeisteramt (Skl/QuA), in 1944 finally the name Seekriegsleitung/ Der Admiralquartiermeister (Skl/AdmQu). Description of the stock: The Naval Command Office assumed the function of the Admiral Staff dissolved on the basis of the Treaty of Versailles. Initially divided into the fleet department and the weir department, it was expanded in 1923 to include the naval training department. In 1933, a reorganization with the following departments came into force: AI Fleet Department (for operations and foreign navies); AII Naval Organization Department (for organization and readiness of naval forces); AIII Naval Intelligence Department; AIV Naval Training Department (for training matters); V Naval Department (for certain naval matters). In addition the naval justice administration AJustV joined. After the operations department of the Fleet Department became independent as a naval war command, the leadership importance of the Naval Command Office declined. At the beginning of the war in 1939 it was subordinated to the naval war command and in the course of the war it was given the name Quartermaster's Office (Skl/QuA), then on 1 May 1944 it was renamed the Naval War Command/ The Admiral Quartermaster's Office (Skl/AdmQu). From 1937 to 1939, the head of the Naval Command Office was also head of the Naval War Management Staff. Tasks of the Fleet Department, questions of border protection, mine clearance, settlement matters and rebuilding of the Reichsmarine until the end of March 1921; files on air law and secret armaments matters, matters of liability for damages against the Allies after 1918, documents on the Fleet Construction Program and operational questions 1923-1939, further documents of the Naval Intelligence Service, among others from the time of the Spanish Civil War. Characterization of content: The surviving written material is divided into three registry groups. The "Alte Registratur" documents the tasks of the Fleet Department, questions of border protection, mine clearance, handling matters and rebuilding of the Reichsmarine until the end of March 1921; files on air law and secret armaments matters reach into the early thirties. From the early twenties, the affairs of the naval officers designated by the Allies as war criminals in the mixed arbitral tribunals have been documented, as have the procedures for liability for damages under the peace treaty. The third group consists mainly of documents on the fleet construction programme, on issues relating to the training of assistant leaders and on operational issues from 1923 to 1939; the documents of the Naval Intelligence Service, including those from the time of the Spanish Civil War, are also of importance. State of development: Findbuch Scope, Explanation: Inventory without increase 61.1 m 2160 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 20/...