I. Admission to the League of Nations, September 1924-December 1925, among others:1) Note, minutes (excerpt), telegrams German representation Paris, Rome, London, Tokyo, Montevideo etc.., 25. September-22. November 1924: Requirements for the Entry of Germany into the League of Nations, Statement by Tschitscherin, Mussolini, Benesch, Herriot, MacDonald and Others, 2706-2740, 2744-2749, 2786-2793;2) Chamber of Industry and Commerce Allenstein to Reich Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924: The German Federal Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924, 29. September-2740, 2744-2749, 2786-2793;2) Chamber of Industry and Commerce Allenstein to Reich Chancellery, 29. September-22. November 1924, 29. September-2740, 29. November 1924, 29. September 1924: Appeal to refrain from unconditional entry into the League of Nations because of the associated recognition of the eastern border and the corridor (with wording of a telegram of the Association of East Prussian Chambers of Industry and Commerce), 2741-2743;3) Correspondence Foreign Office, Reich Chancellery, Reichswehr Ministry 31 January-24 June 1925: Organization Plan of the League of Nations for the Exercise of the Investigation Right under Art. 213 of the Treaty of Versailles; fundamental agreement of the League of Nations Council on the chairmanship of investigative commissions; statement by the Reich Ministry of the Armed Forces, with organisation chart and other, 2754-2770, 2774-2775, 2798-2800, 2895-2961, 2983-2995, 3114-3118;4) Correspondence by Reich Chancellor, Austrian Federal Chancellor, 16. and 29 September 1924: Austrian proposal for Franco-German negotiations through the mediation of the Netherlands concern Germany's entry into the League of Nations; Statement by Marx on the question of war guilt and Herriot's speech on the fulfilment of the peace treaties, 2777-2784;5) Submission, Correspondence by Envoy of Braunschweig and Anhalt in Berlin, Reich Chancellery, 23-27 October 1924, 18. March 1925: Wish of the state governments of Bavaria, Prussia, Anhalt, Braunschweig, Mecklenburg-Strelitz concerning discussion with Reich government before the final decision on entry into the League of Nations, 2794-2796, 2871-2872;6) Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft an Reichskanzlei, 23. January 1925: Concern about the economic consequences of the German-British trade treaty; protection of colonial interests during negotiations on entry into the League of Nations; with Resolution Kölner Kolonialklub über Rückerstattung aller Kolonien, 2801-2803;7) Memos for Reich Chancellery, Federal Foreign Office and British Embassy, 27. February 1925: Concerns about unreserved acceptance of Article 16 of the League of Nations Statute because of relations with the USSR; concerns about interpretation of the right of inquiry by French politicians; protest against attempt to reintroduce disarmament control bodies over Article 213 of the Versailles Treaty, 2804-2814;8) Correspondence Luther, Sahm, Bruxton and Others, 23. February-18 March 1925: Unofficial British exploratory talks on obtaining a German application for admission to the League of Nations; statement by the Foreign Office; British request for Germany to be invited by the Council of the League of Nations to directly discuss German objections to Article 16 of the Statute, 2815-2828, 2838-2841;9) Recording of Reich Chancellor Luther's meeting with Reich Foreign Minister and British Ambassador, 10. March 1925: Exchange of ideas on equal rights for Germany in the League of Nations; border issues especially in the East and Chamberlain telegram concerning Clemenceau's "new facts" with regard to Upper Silesia and pacification of Europe, 2830-2836;10) Minutes of the Meetings of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister and Others on 17 March 1925 March 1925: No entry into the League of Nations without guarantee for evacuation of the Cologne zone and protection of the Rhineland from "Sonderobhut"; difficulties towards the USSR and Poland because of a note of the League of Nations; conversation between Secretary of State Schubert and British ambassador; guidelines for conduct in the Reichstag and information of party leaders, 2842-2848;11) Memo Ministerialdirektor Kiep, Kommentar zur außenpolitischen Lage, ohne Verfasser, 11.-12. March 1925: Warning of possible consequences of a guarantee of the Franco-Belgian eastern border; role of the French debt payment to Great Britain and the USA; recommendation of a protest against the Investigation Plan of the League of Nations and Germany's entry into the League of Nations without regard to Article 16 of the Statute, 2849-2855;12) Telegram [Embassy Paris], 13th ed. March 1925: Consultations of the French Senate and Chamber Commission for Foreign Affairs on the security pact, disarmament of Germany and the question of eviction; Herriot's remarks on his goals, 2863-2864;13) Minutes of the meeting of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister etc. with DNVP deputies on 2 March 1925. April 1925: Status of negotiations on Rhineland clearance; Stresemann's hope regarding indirect recognition of the rights to revision of the eastern border and comments on the annexation of Austria, colonial question, etc.; willingness to fight in the event of Polish occupation of German territories, 2876-2882;14) Deputy Reich President to Reich Chancellor, 20. April 1925: Failure of the press concerning the delay of the Allied control report and the entry into the League of Nations; proposals for the formation of public opinion; statement on articles 10 and 16 of the League of Nations Statutes and German tasks in the League of Nations, 2883-2888;15) Reich Chancellor to Thuringian Ministry of State, 01.May 1925: Correction of an inquiry of the National Socialist Freedom Party (Thuringian Landtag faction) on the security offer of the Reich government; no renunciation of the evacuation of the Cologne zone and no recognition of the eastern border; protection of the Rhineland against French expansion by possible assignment of Alsace-Lorraine and Eupen-Malmedy, 28892890;16) Representative of the Reich government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 11. May 1925: Conflicting mood of the assembly of the "Fighting League against the war guilt lie"; wording of the resolution against the guarantee pact policy of the Reich government and entry into the League of Nations, 2891-2892;17) Correspondence of Reich Chancellor, Reich Foreign Minister, Bavarian envoy, 26 May-18 June 1925: Bavaria's position on the German security offer and entry into the League of Nations; No decisive steps of the Reich government without consultation with the Länder, 2962-2967;18) Confidential Memo Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. med. Lutz, Mitteilung und Aufzeichnung Auswärtiges Amt, 06-19 June 1925: Talks with Englishmen on Germany's Entry into the League of Nations; Concerns over Hindenburg's Election; Rejection of an Intervention at Cecil and Grey in Favor of a Declaration on War Debt and German Equality by the Auswärtiges Amt, 2968-2975, 2978-2981;19) Minutes (excerpt) of the Meeting of the Reich Ministers, 02. October 1925: Renunciation of political struggle in the Rhineland; statement by General Seeckt on the Investigation Plan of the League of Nations; discussion of questions of aviation and security police in preparation for the Locarno Conference, 3004-3013;20) Minutes of the meeting of the Reich Chancellor with State and Minister Presidents of the Länder on 25 October 1925. September 1925: Statement of the country leaders on the foreign policy situation and action at the Locarno Conference; statements by Luther and Stresemann on relations with the USSR, 3014-3018;21) Elaboration of Sahm "Germany's position in Geneva", with cover letter to Luther, 20 October 1925: Recommendation concerning treaty and tactics in the League of Nations; efforts to prevent decisive Council meetings before Germany's accession, 3019-3024;22) Additional report on meeting of the Prussian State Ministry, 21. November 1925: Instruction for Prussian Plenipotentiaries in the Reich Council on Voting on Draft Law concerning Locarno Treaties and Entry into the League of Nations, 3028;23) Minutes of Ministerial Meeting and Visit of the Bavarian Envoy to Reich Chancellor, Reich President to Reich Chancellor, 27. November 1925: Hindenburg and Bavarian Prime Ministers advocate a separate legislative treatment of the Locarno Treaty and entry into the League of Nations; Stresemann's and Luther's concerns; decision to introduce the bill in its original form, 3029-2032;24) Record Luther, 04. December 1925: Private talks with Briand, Vandervelde and Sciolojo about the time of entry into the League of Nations; Chamberlain wishes German entry while still in office as President of the Council, 3033;25) Memo [without author], [1925]: "The accession of Germany to the League of Nations, from the military and military-political side, 3036-3069;26) Note to members of the Council of Nations, reply notes of the governments of France, etc.., 29 September-01 December 1924: Application for admission and conditions for entry into the League of Nations; reservations of France, Great Britain and others against German conditions; rejection of a permanent German Council seat by Uruguay, 3121-3156; II. "Memorandum and replies concerning Germany's entry into the League of Nations", September 1924-July 1925, inter alia:1) Correspondence League of Nations Secretary General, Reich Foreign Ministry, 19. March-02 July 1925: Decisions of the Council of the League of Nations on the exercise of the right of investigation; transmission of organisational plans, additions and amendments by Drummond; instructions of Stresemann to the Geneva Consulate (with annex), 3072-3118;2) Note to Council Powers of the League of Nations, decree of the Reich Foreign Ministry to diplomatic representatives of France, Great Britain etc.., 25. September-01. December 1924: Clarification of the German position in the League of Nations after possible entry; reservation against Article 16 of the Statutes; agreement of France and others to the permanent seat of the Council for Germany; no assurance regarding Article 16; instructions for handing over the note and oral explanations; with WTB report of 23. September about cabinet resolution, 3120-3145, 3197-3201;3) Note to League of Nations Secretary General, Memo League of Nations Council, Federal Foreign Office Circular (Bülow), 12 December 1924-25 March 1925: Justification of the objections against Article 16 of the League of Nations Statutes; state of German disarmament in comparison with neighbouring states; exemption of Germany's military contribution to sanctions by League of Nations Council, 3157-3196, 3203-3204;4) Strictly confidential memo [without author], 09. February 1925: Settlement of the security question by temporary war ostracism agreement Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy including arbitration clause and guarantee of the acquis on the Rhine or by similar pact in preparation of a world convention, 3206-3207;III. "Akten betreffend Völkerbund", January-May 1926, among others:1) Submission of Colonial Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft to Reich President, 11 January 1926: No entry into the League of Nations without guarantee regarding return of colonial property; reference to French and British statement on the distribution of mandates, 3220-3222;2) Correspondence Representative of the Reich Government in Munich, Sahm, Reich Chancellery, 12.-16 January 1926: Filling of posts in the League of Nations Secretariat; DNVP Group renews request for candidates to be announced, 3224-3226;3) Minutes (excerpt) of the Ministerial Meeting, 14 January 1926: Approval of the Note to the League of Nations Secretary General concerning Investigation Plans of the League of Nations, 3228;4) Correspondence of Prussian Prime Minister, Reich Chancellery, 16 January and 13 February 1926: Demand by Braun for the Reich Government to come into contact with Prussians on resolutions concerning minority issues; Approval by Luther, 3229-3231;5) Draft WTB Message, [without author], 09 January 1926: (in German) February 1926: Motives for the German application for admission to the League of Nations; Economic and political development since the end of the Ruhr conflict; Advantage of joining the League of Nations because of co-determination regarding the Saar administration, protection of Gdansk, German minorities and colonial mandates, 3233-3238;6) Note Reich Chancellery on discussion with member of the Reichstag Graefe, 04. February 1926: Discussion of the necessity of a two-thirds majority in the Reichstag for entry into the League of Nations; Luther's commitment to the policy of Locarno, 3239-3240;7) Secret Records Chief Army Command to Reich Chancellery, 05 February 1926: Statement of France on armament issues, security treaties and Art. 16 of the League of Nations Statutes; French-British discussion on military protective measures; examples of assistance against attackers, 3241-3249;8) Reich Foreign Ministry to League of Nations Secretary General, 08 February 1926: Application for admission of Germany to the League of Nations, 3251;9) Minutes of discussion with Chancellor of the Reich, Foreign Minister of the Reich, etc. with representatives of the state governments on 6 February 1926: Prussia, Saxony, Hesse and Hamburg agree to join the League of Nations; rejection by Bavaria, Thuringia, Mecklenburg and Brunswick, 3263-3266;10) Telegram from the Embassy in Brussels to the Federal Foreign Office, 18. February 1926: No claim of Belgium to a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations; statement by Vandervelde on the increase of the permanent seat of the Council and remarks by Rolin on Polish wishes in this regard; discussion of Envoy Keller with Japanese Ambassador Adatoi, 3270-3273;11) Template for Imperial Chancellor, 16. February 1926: Possibility of preventing an amendment of the League of Nations Statutes concerning unanimity of Council decisions after Germany's entry into the League of Nations, 3274;12) Secret Telegram German Consulate Geneva, 12. February 1926: Secretary General Drummond against extension of the Council of Nations beyond its German seat; In case of inevitable enlargement Drummond advocates the admission of an Asian power; interpretation of the Locarno Treaties in the Far and Middle East as a union of Europe against Asia, 3275;13) Telegram Deutsche Botschaft London, 12. February 1926: Communication from a British cabinet member [Cecil] on the difficulty of the opposition to granting permanent seats in the League of Nations Councils to Poland, Spain and Brazil for lack of a German position; Ambassador Sthamer recommends further restraint, 3276-3277;14) Telegrams from the German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Geneva, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Poland, 12-13 February 1926; German Consulate Poland, 12-1. February 1926: Demarche because of French promises about expansion of the Council of the League of Nations; confirmation of the promises by Berthelot with emphasis on Poland; support of Briand by Chamberlain and demands of Vandervelde for Belgium, 3283-3287;17) Telegram German Embassy Belgrade, 14. February 1926: Warning of the Italian and British envoys against activity for the Anschluss of Austria; Declaration by Mussolini about non-admission of the Anschluss by Italy, 3288;18) Confidential telegram German Embassy The Hague, 23 February 1926: Dutch rejection of an increase of the permanent and non-permanent members of the League of Nations Council except by Germany, USA and possibly USSR; No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council due to Swedish veto, 3289;19) Telegram German Embassy London, 24 February 1926: No election of the Netherlands to the Council of Nations. February 1926: Views of Chambelain and Turrel on granting a permanent seat in the Council of Nations to a South American state; no protest by the Reich Foreign Ministry in Locarno against the seat of the Council of Poland; ways to solve the corridor question, 3292-3293;20) Telegram German Embassy Belgrade, 24. February 1926: Preparation of the Yugoslavian attitude in the League of Nations by meeting with Mussolini and Briand; Rome trip to Nintschitsch on behalf of King Alexander; reduction of the political reorientation to economic difficulties, 3294;21) Telegrams German Consulate Geneva, Embassy London, 24-25. February 1926: Secretary General Drummond approves the admission of Germany, Spain, Brazil and Poland to the League of Nations; Chinese claims for permanent seat in the Council are registered; Sweden is concerned about possible German approval of the permanent seat for Spain (with excerpt from "Stockholm Tidningen"), 3295-3299;22) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting on 24 February 1926 February 1926: Statements by Reich Foreign Minister on Swedish request concerning extension of the League of Nations Council and Gentleman Agreement with Council members to secure the German seat; Statement on the Council seat for Poland and Spain; Decision on withdrawal of the application for admission in the event of failure to conclude the Agreement, 3301-3306;23) "Records [Reich Chancellery] of Germany's admission to the League of Nations", [without author], [22. February 1926]: Basis and form of admission; creation of the permanent seat of the German Council; aspects of the election of non-permanent members of the Council; devaluation of the German position in the event of an increase in the permanent seat of the Council, 3307-3313;24) Report by representatives of the Reich government in Munich, 24. February 1926: Criticism of the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) (Reichstag parliamentary group leadership) of the DNVP's statement against entry into the League of Nations and of the optimism of the Reich Ministry of Finance, 3314;25) Correspondence Reich President, Reich Chancellor, 27 February-04. March 1926: Approval of government decision by Hindenburg on entry into the League of Nations only if Council seats are refused to other powers, especially Poland; concern of the League of Nations circles because of possible change of heart in Germany; no commitment of the Reich government to compromise solutions also for the future, 3315-3317, 3329-3335;26) Memos Reich Chancellery/State Secretary, Rittmeister Plank, 02.-04. March 1926: Inquiry and information concerning states with demands of seats in the Council of the League of Nations; possibilities of German concessions; prevention of a pro-French bloc, 3324-3328;27) Minutes (excerpt) Ministerial meeting on 05. March 1926: Guidelines for action against the League of Nations; tug-of-war France, Sweden and others over new candidacies for Council seats; combating attempts to transform the Military Control Commission into a controlling body of the League of Nations; Mussolini's desire to improve German-Italian relations, 3336-3339;28) Telegram Reich Chancellor to President, 08. March 1926: Result of the discussions with Chamberlain, Briand, Vandervelde and Scioloja; no concrete promise of Germany concerning seats in the League of Nations Council, 3343;29) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting on 15 March 1926. March 1926: Differences of opinion on the admission of changes to the League of Nations Council before the entry of Germany; statement by Reich President on the Polish candidacy, 3356-3357;30) Submission by Reich Chancellor on intercession State Secretary Zweigert, 18. March 1926: Urgent request of the Reich Council for information on the foreign policy situation; involvement of Prussian provincial representatives, 3359-3360;31) "Compilation of some concerns expressed in the German press and other public opinion against the position of the German delegation and the connection of the Geneva Conference", [without author], March 18, 1926, 3361-3364;32) Representative of the Reich Government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 18-30. March 1926: Bavarian press commentaries on the failure of the German application for admission to the League of Nations; statements by Minister Gürtner on presumed backgrounds; no support of foreign policy by DNVP, 3372-3375, 3400-3401, 3403-3404;33) Representative of the Reich Government in Munich to Reich Chancellery, 20. March 1926: New tactics of the NSDAP against the National Socialist Volksbund; NS assembly for a calculation of Hitler with Graefe; telegram of the Volksbund to Reich President concerning prevention of accession to the League of Nations, 3380;34) "Proposal for reconstruction of the Council of Nations according to the model of the Administrative Council of the International Labour Organization", [without author], March 1926, 3381-3383;35) Reichstag President to Reich Chancellery, 23. March 1926: Resolution of the Reichstag concerning government declaration and position of the German delegation in Geneva; expectations regarding guarantees for the effectiveness and continuation of the Locarno policy even before entry into the League of Nations, 3386;36) Secret telegram of the German consulate Geneva, 19th century March 1926: Election of Switzerland and Argentina to the Examination Committee for Council Reforms of the League of Nations; recommendation of an agreement with Argentina in the case of German participation and participation as observer, 3388-3389;37) Memo Brazilian Government, WTB-Meldung, Telegramme Botschaft Rio de Janeiro, 24 February-01. April 1926: Brazil's resistance to Germany's admission to the Council of the League of Nations without consulting the Brazilian candidacy; no influence of Mussolini on Brazilian attitude in the League of Nations; recommendation of measures to improve German-Brazilian relations, [3391a]-3399, 3410-3411;38) Minutes (excerpt) of the ministerial meeting, note Foreign Office and others, 31 March-12. April 1926: Statement by the Reich Foreign Minister on participation in the Examination Commission for Council Reforms of the League of Nations, instructions to German representatives and relationship with Polish Council candidacy; agreement to participation and letter to Secretary General Drummond; proposals for changes by the Reich President; status of negotiations with the USSR, 3405-3409, 3412-3414, 3417-3422, 3424-3427;39) German Embassy Prague to the Foreign Office, 11. April 1926: Statements by Benesch on Germany's admission to the League of Nations, possible compromise on the increase in Council seats and guidelines for Czechoslovak League of Nations policy, 3415-3418;40) Minutes (excerpt) Ministerial Meeting of 15. April 1926: Resolution concerning the statement concerning the increase of the League of Nations Council seats in the press release; Waiting attitude towards suggestions for the separation of League of Nations policy and Locarno policy (with "press orientation in the publication of the German Note to the League of Nations"), 3428-3437;41) Note Reich Chancellery/State Secretary on Report by Reich Foreign Minister and Minister Envoy von Hoesch, 21. May 1926: Decisions of the Examination Commission concerning the creation of new permanent and the increase of temporary Council seats in the League of Nations; Approval by the Reichstag, Foreign Affairs Committee, except for the factions of the KPD and the League of Nations; Significance of the new regulations for Germany, 3442-3444;42) Minutes of the Ministerial Meeting on [08.May 1926: Proposals by the Reich Foreign Minister concerning the attitude to the increase of the League of Nations Council Seats; Statement on candidacies Poland, Spain and Brazil, 3446-3447;43) German Embassy Madrid to the Foreign Office, 07. May 1926: Energetic Spanish striving for a permanent seat in the League of Nations Council; Spain's political ulterior motives in concluding the favorable trade treaty; hope for rejection of the Spanish candidacy by Great Britain in order to avoid a clarification of the German position, 3448-3452. In it also:Supplementary information on the place of discovery:Bazille (see above mentioned classification: I.20, 3014-3018); Baker I.18, 2968-2975, 2078-2981); Balfour (III.10, 3270-3273); Brown (I.20, 3014-3018), (I.22, 3028), (III.9, 3263-3266); Brown (I.23, 3029-3032), (III.38); Brockdorff (I.1); Bülow (I.1), (II.3, 3157-3196, 3203-3204)Chamberlain (I.9, 2830-2836), (I.13, 2876-2882), (IV.3, 4193-4209), (III.13, 3276-3277), (III.10, 3270-3273), (III.21, 3295-3299), (III.19, 3292-3293); Cuno (II.4, 3206-3207); Curtius (III.22, 3301-3306), (III.29, 3356-3357), (III.38), (III.40, 3428-3437)Other provenances: National Archives Washington DC, Guide 0, p.6, T 120, roll 1690.

Contains among other things: "The Colonial Policy of Napoleon I", in: "Deutsche Kolonialzeitung", No. 44, Nov. 2, 1899 "Trade of the German Protectorates", in: "Journal of the African Society", 1902 "How to Live with the English Cousins. Untouchierte Augenblicksbilder", in: "Unterhaltungsbeilage des Montag", 27 Dec. 1904 - 20 Feb. 1905 (Part 1-7) "Das Ende des englischen Freihandels", in: "Deutsche Rundschau", June 1917 "Der Vertrag von Versailles und Deutschlands koloniale Rechte", in: "20. Jahrhundert", No. 6, 12 March 1921 Sanctis, V. de: "The social and labour legislation in Italy. Translated by Alfred Zimmermann", in: "Blätter für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft und Volkswirtschaftslehre", no. 4 - 6, Apr. - Oct. 1921 "Französische Kolonialpolitik und deutsche Bewunderer", in: "Rheinischer Beobachter", no. 45/46, 9 Nov. 1924

208 sheets, Contains and others: - Max Lenz, A New German University. The foreign university and its tasks (draft of an essay of 20 December 1935) - Naming of a street in the administrative district of Zehlendorf after the first director of the Seminar for Oriental Languages, Prof. Dr. Eduard Sachau, 1935 - Suitability of the Reich Speaker of the R e i c h s k o l o n i a l b federation, Helmuth von Wernsdorff, for teaching or research work at a state university, 1936 - Report of Prof. Prof. Dr. Eduard von Wernsdorff, 1936 - Report of Prof. Dr. Helmuth von Wernsdorff, 1936 Dr. Anton Palme on the Design and Structuring of Teaching at the Foreign University, 29 February 1936 - Dr. Gerhard von Mende commissioned to administer the extraordinary Chair of Russian National Science, 1936 - Dr. Anton Palme appointed to the Chair of Afrikaans. Marcel Romeo Breyne, 1936 - Granting of a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Edgar Pröbster with the administration of the extraordinary chair of Arabic national science, 1936 - Commissioning of Dr. Raschden Russischwili, 1936 Eduard Baumgarten with the administration of the extraordinary chair of North American national science, 1936 - Lectures on the history of Spain given by the professor of the University of Seville and director of the Institut Espagnol in Paris Dr. Aurelio Vinas, 1936 - Nomination of student members of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) with oriental language skills, 1936; Paper

Personal documents [FA3/1] Various documents: 1 folder with a) curriculum vitae, 01.09.1945, copy, typewritten, two pages; b) report from the Botanical Congress 1950 in Stockholm (incl. documentation on contacts to the reconstruction of the BGBM herbarium and library); c) various correspondence from him 1945-49 (copies or Copies to the Dean's Office of the University of Natural Sciences, 11.04.1945 Kisten mit Ms. [FA5] Abies: handwritten preliminary work, materials, SW photographs of Abies (especially Abies nebrodensis in S-Italy), three reprints of Abies von Mattfeld in Notizblatt des Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem vol. 9/1925, vol. 10/no. 95/1928, vol. 10/no. 96/1929 Preliminary work for: Cyperaceae of German-Sw-Africa (20 double-sided handwritten loose leaves) and the Cyperaceae of New-Guinea (34 double-sided handwritten loose leaves) Plant photographs: album of loose paper pages held together by herbarium cardboard (with SW photographs, inserted into the pages at the corners), various plants, various places (and the like).a. ex Hort. Bot. Berlin), on the back of the photos pencil lettering on the object and location materials for floristic mapping, etc., 2 booklets [FA..]* diaries from the years of study and war (1913-1918), travel diary (1921, From the Baltic Sea to Friaul) and SW photos (landscape, probably Germany) (all in one briefcase) [P37

botanical manuscripts on the vegetation and flora of Africa (c. 0,5 m) [FA5] Photographs Vegetation pictures Kilimanjaro [H206] AETFAT (Association pour l'Étude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropical) - Correspondence (1 file, 1951-1954) [P 39] Correspondence to the manuscript of Ledermann (see entry under: Ledermann estate) Manuscript "Mangrove und Strandpflanzen", handwritten and typewritten, manuscript "Mangrove und Strandpflanzen", handwritten and typewritten, German only. numerous drawings, black ink [P39], [H57?] Manuscript "Life of desert plants", handwritten and typewritten Notes "On coffee " Personal documents [FA3/1] Files Dr. Mildbraed 1907-1917 [1 issue]: equipment lists, customs correspondence and trade correspondence for the procurement of equipment for expeditions to Africa; correspondence 1917 for the imprisonment of Mildbraed in France, the rescue of the records of the research expedition Mildbraed (5 diaries) intended for burning, thank-you note by A. Engler Curriculum vitae of Mildbraed, six pages, one-sided manual description, o.D. [after 1928]; one letter incl. Curriculum vitae and statement on the NSDAP etc. to the Amt für Wissenschaft, 20.10.1945 Annual report Botanischer Garten, 1951-1953, 1 cover folder, various notes and copies for the annual report "Innerafrika-Expedition des Herzzogs Adolf-Friedrich zu Mecklenburg": 6 reports (copies; authors: J. Mildbraed and A. Schultze), 1 Photoplattenliste Exchange of letters between Mildbraed and Hertha Schultze-Rhonhof (wife of Arnold Schultze), 1949-1952; contents a.o. biography of A. Schultze

Preliminary remark: In 1965, the estate of Berthold von Fetzer was handed over to the Main State Archives by Mrs. Friedel Schloßberger-Hoffmann, the granddaughter of Berthold von Fetzer, retired superior. The printed matter and books (including printed matter by Carl August and Berthold von Fetzer) submitted by Mrs. Schloßberger-Hoffmann at that time were classified in the service library of the Main State Archives. The collection contains 40 volumes of diaries from 1868 to 1925 (with gaps), five volumes of notebooks from 1918 to 1923 as well as three photos of Berthold von Fetzer, and the entries of Fetzer on his activities as court physician of King Karl in 1883, 1885 to 1891 (volumes 5-15). Unfortunately the corresponding volume covering the period from April 1883 to February 1885 is missing. According to the correspondence with Mrs. Schloßberger-Hoffmann, it was not handed over to the Main State Archives. The diaries, which were kept in detail in the years 1883 and 1885 to 1891, especially during the King's winter stays in southern France and Italy, contain numerous information about the person of King Charles, his illnesses, his daily routine and his attitude towards the people around him - especially towards Queen Olga, Charles Woodcock (Baron de Savage), Wilhelm Freiherr von Spitzemberg and Julius Albert Freiherr von Griesinger. Fetzer was consulted almost daily by the king, especially during his winter stays in the south, while he did not maintain such close contact with the king during the remaining months when the king was in Stuttgart, Friedrichshafen or Bebenhausen. In addition, the diaries Volumes 5-15 also give interesting insights into farm life. These diaries, which are the most important source about the last years of King Karl, were written by Professor Dr. Paul Sauer for his book "Regent with mild sceptre. For Fetzer's activity as court physician under King Wilhelm II, however, there are no comparable entries except for a diary (volume 17), which contains some information about diseases of Queen Charlotte. This is probably due to the fact that Fetzer was consulted less frequently by the last royal couple of Württemberg and at that time was primarily active as head of the medical department of the newly created Karl Olga Hospital in Stuttgart. In addition to the diaries on court life, the two volumes with entries on Fetzer's work as senior physician at the Fourth Württemberg Field Hospital in the War of 1870/71 (Volumes 1 and 2), in which he reports on his activities in the field hospitals and in the Solitude reserve hospital - including the operations he performed - also deserve attention. In addition to the above-mentioned entries by Fetzer, all of which are in some way connected with his work as a doctor, the diaries naturally also contain numerous references to his family life and provide insights into Fetzer's personality, his diverse interests and political attitudes. In addition to the sometimes very detailed descriptions of his numerous travels in Germany and other European countries, here are notes and comments on his reading in the fields of medicine and natural sciences. literature, art or art history, philosophy and history. There are also frequent reports in the diaries about visits to theatre, opera and concerts, as well as visits to art exhibitions and museums. They convey an impressive picture of a typical educated citizen of the imperial period and are therefore of importance for cultural, mental and social history. The descriptions of his travels and even more the notes and commentaries on his reading - like a red thread, so to speak - run through almost all of his diaries, whereby in the diaries of the years 1913 to 1925 (volumes 27-40) - possibly due to a lack of reportable external experiences of Fetzer - they occupy a large space. In addition to the diaries, Fetzer also kept pure notebooks with notes for his reading between 1918 and 1923 (vol. 41-45). The estate of Fetzer was recorded in the summer of 1997 by the candidate archive inspectors Nicole Schütz and Andre Kayser. The title recordings were edited by Archive Inspector Eberhard Merk in autumn 1999. The stock comprises 46 title records in 0.3 metres. Stuttgart, November 1999 Eberhard Merk

Inventory description: Dept. 170/2 estate Georg and Barbara Freed Scope: 819 units of description (= 23 linear metres of archive cartons and 9 linear metres of rolled plans) = add. 32 m Running time: 1792 - 1941 Family and foundation In the course of establishing a foundation to the City of Worms, which was decreed in the will, the Worms architect Georg Ludwig Freed (1858-1936) and his sister Barbara (Babette 1855-1941) bequeathed documents to the then museum and the municipal cultural institutes, which were taken over by Dr. Illert in 1942 (cf. Der Wormsgau 2, p. 99). Members of the Freed family had been resident in Worms since the beginning of the 19th century as master painters and whitewashers. They already held important positions in bourgeois associations in the pre-March period, including the Schützengesellschaft, the gymnastics community of 1846 Worms and the fire brigade. Both siblings remained unmarried throughout their lives, their sister Anna Maria (1854) was the wife of the museum director and since 1898 city archivist August Weckerling. The material of the 'Stiftung Freed' includes personal letters, postcards and papers, diaries, documents as well as artisan, artistic and family history documents in a large variety (especially about 1850 to 1935), without any documents obviously being collected after the death of the siblings. A large part of the estate is occupied by the actual architect Freed (numerous sketches, drawings, maps, plans, newspapers, etc.), whose temporal focus lies in his Mannheim years between 1889/93 and 1914. In addition, there are association documents from the entire Protestant-national-liberal milieu, including militaria and national teams or academic associations of the TH Darmstadt. In addition to the documents of his father Georg Fr. Freed from the time since approx. 1840, the closed file tradition of the house Wollstr. 28, which has been inhabited since 1800 and bequeathed to the city of Worms in 1941/42 and later sold privately by the latter (house preserved, part of a monument zone) is also relevant. Family grandfather of G. Freed: Johann Ph. Freed 1794-1845 married with Johanna Friederika Uswald 1798-1823 (daughter of:) Carl Ernst Ußwald from Oelsnitz/Vogtland 1754, from 1796 in Worms, 1818 (= great-grandfather of G. Freed), married Anna Katharina Köhler née. Völcker (1776-1846), was a painter and master draughtsman (family book: no. 87, description Reuter 1968, p. 204 no. 3), three other family books described on p. 212. Elisabeth Margareta Freed, Stiefenkelin of C.E. U.., born 1826 sister: Katharina Anna, 1825-1912 disproportionate stepbrother: Georg Friedrich F., born 1823 Worms (= grandson of C. E. Uswald) learned the painting and whitewashing trade, journeyman years Wiesbaden 1843/44, Dresden 1844, Vienna 1845; in Worms marriage 1851 with Elisabeth Müller (1825-1899), ev, City councillor 1874-1892; 1837-1851 pedigree book (description Reuter 1968 p. 212); died 1896 = father of Georg, Babette and Anna Maria Freed (Anna M. Freed (*1854) married with August Weckerling, who was thus the brother-in-law of the two Freeds, this certainly justified the willingness to donate the collection to the museum run by Weckerling, whose successor Illert acted as executor of the will after Barbara's death in 1941), Son of the pensioner, master whitewasher and town councillor Georg Friedrich Freed (1823-1896, married to Elisabeth Freed née. Müller), 1865-1869 attends preschool, 1869-1875 secondary school in Worms; takes private lessons in higher mathematics and languages in 1875, passed entrance examination, eight semesters as a regular student of the building school enrolled at the TH Darmstadt; also occupies the subjects prescribed for civil service, final examination in autumn 1879 together with the civil service aspirants, participation in study trips and excursions, etc.a. 1878 World Exhibition Paris, 1.4.1880 One-year volunteer reg. 118 Worms, from summer 1881 to summer 1885 for further mainly artistic education in Munich in the studio of Prof. Hauberrisser, there collaboration on large building projects, 1885-1887 active in Berlin in studios of architect Kayser u. v. Großheim, Erdmann

1. About Weizsäcker: Life data and career: 1853 February 25Born as son of the court chaplain Karl Weizsäcker (1822 - 1899) in Stuttgart1861Father Karl Weizsäcker Professor of Theology at the University of Tübingen (1889) Chancellor)1870/71Participated in the campaign against France1876First higher service examination for the judicial service1877Second higher service examination for the judicial service1877 November 15Auxiliary judge at the Stuttgart City Court1879 January 24Justizassessor at the Calw Higher Administrative Court (remaining in his previous position)1879 March 18Dr. jur.1879 July 8Marriage with Paula von Meibom, daughter of the later Reichsgerichtrat Victor von Meibom1879 October 1Judge at the Amtsgericht für den Stadtdirektionsbezirk Stuttgart1882 November 1Auxiliary Judge at the Landgericht Stuttgart1883 July 19Ministerial Secretary of Justice with the title and rank of Land Judge1885 November 6Land Judge in Ulm, Labourer at the Ministry of Justice1886 September 27Functioning Chancellery Director of the Ministry of Justice1887 March 3Titles and Rank of a Regional Court Council1889 December 27County Court Council in Hall, Lecturer Council of the Ministry of Justice1892 May 13Lecturer Council at the Ministry of Justice with the title "Ministerialrat "1896 February 24 Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crowns1897 February 24Titles and Rank of a Ministerial Director. As such he belonged to the 4th rank, with which the personnel needle was connected.1899 February 24Honour Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown1899 July 31Ministerialdirektor beim Justizministerium1900 April 19Wirklicher Staatsrat und Chef des Departements des Kirchen- und Schulwesens1901 February 25Staatsminister des Kirchen- und Schulwesens1906 February 25Großkreuz des Ordens der Württembergischen Krone1906 June 20Leitung der Geschäfte des Ministeriums der Auswärtigen Angelegenheiten1906 June 27Enthebung von der Verwaltung des Ministries des Kirchen- und Schulwesens. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Family Affairs of the Royal House, Chancellor of the Order1906 December 3Chairman of the Ministry of State (Prime Minister)1916 October 5Rise to the hereditary baronage of the Kingdom of Württemberg1918 November 6Resignation of the Weizsäcker government1918 November 8Dismissal as President of the Ministry of State and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs1926 February 2Decease in Stuttgart; burial at the Prague Cemetery 2. The history and content of the collection: After Weiszäcker's death in 1926, the estate initially remained in the widow's apartment in Stuttgart, where it was moved to the house acquired in 1931 on the Moozacher Halde near Lindau. On 21 June 1975, Baroness Marianne von Weizsäcker transferred the estate to the Main State Archives in Stuttgart. After its reorganization, it is available for scientific research. Usage for publications which deal in particular with the work of the Prime Minister Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker and which do not only contain occasional references to his activities require the consent of Professor Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker.The estate consists mainly of Weizsäcker's handfiles from his term as Minister of Culture, President of the Ministry of State (Prime Minister), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Family Affairs of the Royal House, mixed with individual registry files of the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as official, semi-official and private correspondence and numerous newspaper clippings. In addition, there are correspondence, notes, documents relating to publications and newspaper clippings from his retirement. Some few documents from the estate of his father, Professor Karl v. Weizsäcker, have been included in the inventory (Bü 4)The estate of the Minister President v. Breitling (Bü 31) contains files of foreign provenances, letters to the Minister of State v. Fleischhauer (Bü 80, 86 and 93), correspondence of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Freiherr Julius v. Soden (Bü 151) and letters of Weizsäcker to General Fritz von Graevenitz (Bü 146).Parallel tradition is mainly found in the files of the Royal Cabinet (E 14), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (E 46 - E 75), the Ministry of State (E 130) and the Ministry of War (M 1/2) lying in the Main State Archives, in particular the following files should be pointed out:E 14: Royal Cabinet IIBü 487: Weizsäcker's application for release from office from 5. November 1918E 46: Ministry of Foreign Affairs IIIBü 1285 - 1300: Handakten von Weizsäcker: Bü 1291: Acceptance of the command of a Prussian army corps by Duke Albrecht von Württemberg (1905/06)Bü 1292: Records of an interview with the State Secretary of the Interior Delbrück in Berlin concerning the Alsace-Lorraine question (1910)Bü 1294: Russische Politik (1910)Bü 1295: Succession to the throne in Monaco (Duke Wilhelm von Urach) (1910/12)Bü 1296: Bundesfinanzen, Deckung der Kosten der Wehrvorlage (1912)Bü 1297: Berichte des Württembergischen Militärbevolltigten in Berlin betreffend Wehrvorlagen (1912)Bü 1298: Albanian succession to the throne (1912/13)Bü 1299: Report by Weizsäckers to the King on Berlin Financial Conferences (1916)E 73: Gesandschaftsakten Verzeichnis 61Bü 12 e - 12 i: Reports of the Federal Council Plenipotentiaries (1897-1918); Bü 12 g also contains reports of the Military Plenipotentiary in Berlin (July - August 1914)Bür 42 d - 42 e: Berichte der Gesandtschaft MünchenE 74 I: Württembergische Gesandtschaft in BerlinBü 164 - 168: Political Reports 1914 - 1918E 75: Württemberg Embassy in MunichBü 154 - 156: Reports of the Württemberg Ambassador in MunichE 130b: State MinistryBü 5860: Weizsäcker's files on the draft law concerning amendments to the Civil Servants' Act of 28 April 1949 June 1876 (1906/07)M 1/2: Special files of the Minister of War and his AdjutantM 660: Estate of Fritz von Graevenitz Significance of the estate: The personal-private and confidential character of numerous documents of this estate contributes nuances to the picture of this time which are naturally missing in the official papers. This is true of Weizsäcker's term as cult minister, during which he campaigned for the abolition of spiritual supervision of schools and for constitutional reform, and it is even more true of the period from 1906 to 1918, during which, as President of the State Ministry, he headed the affairs of government and was also State Minister of Foreign Affairs. The question of Württemberg's relationship to the Reich and, in general, of federal cooperation, as well as the views of the Württemberg government on German foreign policy before the First World War and, above all, the Württemberg attitude to German politics during the war, are given sharper contours by the documents of this estate. During this time, the correspondence with his friend Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, the reports of the Württemberg envoys from Berlin (v. Varnbüler) and Munich (v. Moser) as well as the reports of the Württemberg military representative in Berlin and in the Great Headquarters (v. Graevenitz) are of particular importance. Since the tradition of the two legations and the reports of the military representative in the official files are incomplete - most of the documents of the military representative in Berlin have been destroyed - the reports from the estate are able to close some gaps. In terms of content, these semi-official reports, written in personal-private form - v. Graevenitz was Weizsäcker's counter-sister and also v. Varnbüler was personally close to him - say much more than the official reports of these Württemberg diplomats. 3. on the organisation of the stock: Weizsäcker arranged his documents according to subject matter or persons without a systematic structure. After his death, some connections were lost during relocations and probably also during uses of the estate. In the course of time, various smaller attempts at order were made, but these only extended to individual documents. For example, evaluation notes were added to some files, such as 'less valuable except for letters' or 'worthless except for any individual letters'. Further on there was an order which contained at least 18 tufts or individual pieces and which can still be reconstructed with the following numbers:1 Memories23 Letter from Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden, 19234 Bethmann Hollweg5 Fritz von Graevenitz (Letter to Weizsäcker, 1911-1918)6 Kiderlen-Waechter7 Letters from Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein, (1906) 19088 Letters from Moser von Filseck, 1906-19139 Letter from Ritter, Königiglich Bayerischer Gesandter in Stuttgart, 190910 correspondence with Wilhelm Herzog von Urach, 1906-192411 correspondence with Queen Charlotte von Württemberg, 1922-192512 Philipp Albrecht Herzog von Württemberg, 1914-192413 motivation of the dismissal of the Reich Chancellor Prince Bülow by Emperor Wilhelm II.14 Warschuldfrage 1925-192615161718a Varnbülerberichte vom 14. Juli 1909 (Daily Telegraph-Affäre)Parts of the estate were filmed by the Federal Archives in 1965, and after the estate had been transferred to the Main State Archives, it was systematically arranged and recorded by the Director of the State Archives, Dr. Eberhard Gönner, between 1975 and 1979. The 18 tufts mentioned above could not remain in their previous composition. The temporal classification of Weizsäcker's notes caused certain difficulties, because they could not always be clearly identified as contemporary notes or later notes for planned publications. The title recordings were revised by Eberhard Gönner from November 1985 to March 1986, whereby the correspondences were further broken down and indices created. For reasons of clarity, the "Contained" and "Darin" notes as well as the "Subjects" have generally been numbered consecutively. The "Contains" and "Darin" notes generally correspond to archival units (documents or subfascicles), the "Concern" only exceptionally.177 tufts of files with a total of 2.6 m. Stuttgart, in March 1986Eberhard Gönner

Preliminary remark: Karl Hein was born on 20 February 1901 in Frankfurt/Main. After passing the one-year voluntary examination, he joined the Royal Prussian Railway Administration in Frankfurt in 1916, where he was initially employed in field service at railway stations and offices as well as in telegraph and radio service. In 1927 he won a prize at the 4th International Telegraph Competition in Como and obtained the Funkpatent I in Berlin. Great. From 1934 to 1941, he was responsible for drawing up express train timetables and bus traffic on Reichsautobahnen in the timetable department of the Reichsbahn Directorate in Frankfurt. Between 1941 and 1945 he organized the Wehrmacht vacation traffic and courier services at the Reich Ministry of Transport in Berlin. Immediately after World War II, Karl Hein was employed as a travel official at the Frankfurt regional office of the United States Zone in connection with U.S. Railway stations (Railway Grand Divisions and Second Military Railway Service), where he was responsible for rebuilding rail traffic. From 1947 until his retirement in 1964, he was employed in the operations department of the Head Office of the Railways (HVE), later the Head Office of the German Federal Railways (HVB), from 1947 until his retirement in 1964, and from 1948 as head of their travel agency. In this function, Karl Hein had the task of organising and supervising train journeys for high-ranking personalities, in particular heads of state and members of government, at home and abroad. Since he took part in these special train journeys himself, he came into personal contact with almost everything that had rank and name in the Federal Republic of the 50s. Among others he accompanied Theodor Heuss, Heinrich Lübke, Konrad Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard, Charles de Gaulle, Schah Reza Pahlevi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Alcide de Gasperi, Emperor Haile Selassie I. of Ethiopia, King Paul I. of Greece, Archbishop Makarios, etc.The highlight of his career was undoubtedly his participation in Adenauer's trip to Moscow in 1955, which resulted in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bonn and Moscow and the release of the German prisoners of war. For his work he received numerous awards, such as the Federal Cross of Merit and Officer's Crosses of Orders in Italy, Greece, Madagascar and Liberia. Karl Hein collected numerous memorabilia on his travels, especially postcards and photos, but also file material, invitation cards, travel programs etc. and kept them carefully, partly glued on photo cardboard and inscribed. This collection was donated by his daughter Lydia von Prondzynski, Bad Oberdorf, to the Ludwigsburg State Archives in 1991. It documents not only a special piece of railway history at a time when trains were still travelling as "rolling embassies" of statesmen through documents about technical details of the trains looked after by Karl Hein and about the condition of the routes travelled, but also allows a charming look behind the scenes of major state visits.The present stock PL 718, which comprises 0.4 linear m = 15 archive units, was ordered and indexed by the undersigned in February 1991. The computer-aided fair copy of the repertory was obtained by Hildegard Aufderklamm.Ludwigsburg, March 1991Leuchweis

1 On the biography of Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Hereditary Prince Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Maximilian of Hohenlohe-Langenburg - hereinafter called "Ernst II" in distinction to his grandfather Ernst - was born on 13 September 1863 in Langenburg as the son of Princess Leopoldine, born Princess of Baden, and Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He spent his school time in Karlsruhe, his mother's home town, at the Grand Ducal Gymnasium, which he left after graduating from high school in 1881. He then studied law as part of a contemporary university tour which took him to Paris, Bonn, Tübingen and Leipzig between 1881 and 1884. In 1885 Ernst II took his first legal exam at the Higher Regional Court in Naumburg a. d. Saale and during his military officer training at the 2nd Garde-Dragonerregiment in Berlin-Lichterfelde in the years 1886-1889 he also used the available time for extensive social activities at the courts of Emperor Wilhelm I and his son Friedrich. After completing his training, Ernst II advanced in the military hierarchy to lieutenant-colonel á la suite of the army (1914). The hereditary prince then aspired to a career in the Foreign Office, for which he first used one of his frequent stays in London in 1889 as a kind of private 'apprenticeship' at the German embassy. Queen Victoria was a great-aunt of Ernst II, so that he could always move at the highest social level. In 1890-1891 he passed his diplomatic exam and then took up a position as 3rd secretary in the embassy in St. Petersburg. Already in 1892 Ernst II achieved his transfer to London with the help of his father, who had enough influence as governor of Alsace-Lorraine, where he served as 3rd embassy secretary until 1894. In this year the hereditary prince Prince Hermann followed to Strasbourg to work as legation secretary of the ministry for the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine. In 1896 Ernst II married his cousin of the 3rd degree Alexandra (1878-1942), a princess from the British royal family, whose father Duke Alfred of Edinburgh had taken over the Thuringian Duchy of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha three years earlier. Together with his wife and the offspring who soon followed - Gottfried, Marie Melita, Alexandra, Irma and Alfred, who died shortly after his birth - Gottfried, Marie Melita, Alexandra and Irma moved his centre of life to Langenburg and finally left the diplomatic corps in 1897. He had begun to establish himself in his role as heir when, after the unexpected death of Alexandra's brother Alfred (1899), the open question of succession in Saxony-Coburg and Gotha required a settlement. Ernst II was assigned as regent and guardian for the new, still youthful Duke Carl Eduard, a task he took over in 1900 after the death of his father-in-law, so that he now stood for 5 years at the head of a German principality. After the end of the regency, during which he had acquired the goodwill of his Thuringian subjects through a liberal attitude, Emperor Wilhelm II, his 3rd cousin, gave him the prospect of a position as State Secretary and appointed him in 1905 provisional head of the Colonial Department in the A u s w ä r t i g e s A m t , which was to be upgraded to his own R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t . But because of internal quarrels and the resistance in the Reichstag against the financing of the new authority, the hereditary prince had to take his hat off again in 1906. The following year Ernst II returned to the political stage as a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Gotha, in which he had run as a representative of the bourgeois parties against the SPD. As a guest student of the parliamentary group of the German Reich Party, he sometimes appeared with speeches in the plenum, but everyday parliamentary work remained largely alien to him. As a result of a special political constellation in the Reichstag, Ernst II nevertheless managed to be elected vice-president of parliament in 1909 as a compromise candidate for the right-wing conservative camp. But he was not able to carry out this task for long either, because he did not want to come to terms with the conventions of parliamentary debates. As early as 1910 he used the anti-Protestant "Borromeo encyclical" of Pope Pius X to resign from his office in protest, albeit at the price of no longer being able to play a political role at the national level in the future. In 1913 Prince Hermann zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg died and his son took over the noble inheritance, which also included the county of Gleichen in Thuringia. Ernst II successfully compensated for the loss of leading political offices through his increased commitment to social forces, which rather worked in the background: first and foremost the Protestant Church, the Order of St John and the Red Cross. Within these institutions he held important and influential positions at local and state level, through which - in conjunction with his memberships in numerous associations and federations - he was able to cultivate a broad network of correspondents from noble, political, scientific, ecclesiastical and cultural circles.As commentator of the Württembergisch-Badenschen Genossenschaft des Johanniterordens and honorary president of the Württembergischer Landesverbandes vom Roten Kreuz it was obvious for Ernst II not to strive for a position with the fighting troops, but in the organization of voluntary nursing at the outbreak of the First World War. After a short period as a delegate for each stage in Berlin and on the western front, he was appointed at the end of 1914 as the general delegate for voluntary nursing care for the eastern theater of war, so that he spent the longest period of the war in the eastern headquarters - among others in the vicinity of Field Marshal von Hindenburg. In 1918 he was finally promoted to the highest representative of his organization, the Imperial Commissioner and Military Inspector, and in this function he led, among other things, the German delegation to prisoner of war exchange negotiations with the USA in Bern. Here he benefited from his diplomatic experience, which the emperor had already drawn on in 1915, when he sent the prince to Constantinople and the Balkans as a special ambassador. After the end of the war, Ernst II resigned his high office in nursing and devoted himself again to his church and association activities. He paid special attention to the Protestant Commission for Württemberg, for which he acted as chairman of the Gerabronn district and the Langenburg local group as well as delegate in the regional committee. While the unification of the Protestant regional churches in the German Reich had already been of great concern to him as a Thuringian regent, in the 1920s and 30s he continued to campaign for the Protestant cause at church congresses and church assemblies in Württemberg and at Reich level. In 1926 the Langenburg prince was also appointed senior citizen of the Hohenlohe House, and in the same year he was elected governor of the Balley Brandenburg, i.e. the second man of the Order of St John in the Empire. During National Socialism, Ernst II, as in republican times, stayed away from political offices, especially as he was of an advanced age. From 1936 he invested a large part of his energy in the endeavour to have the Langenburg ancestral estate recognised as an inheritance court and also took care of the publication of his correspondence with the widow composer Cosima Wagner. 11 December 1950 Prince Ernst II died very old in Langenburg, where he was also buried. 2. inventory history, inventory structure and distortion: Before distortion, the estate was in a relatively heterogeneous state, which was due to an inconsistent way of transmission and multiple processing approaches. During the fire at Langenburg Castle in 1963 and the associated temporary relocation of documents within the building complex, the original order probably suffered its first damage, which was intensified in the subsequent period in the course of the transfer of Langenburg archives to Neuenstein. Probably the estate was torn apart and transferred to the central archive in several parts that could no longer be reconstructed in detail. At the latest during the administrative work carried out there in the 1960s under Karl Schumm, the written remains of Ernst II were mixed with other files from Langenburg. Further parts of the estate may also have arrived in Neuenstein in the following decade. Building on the gradually implemented provenance delimitation of the Langenburg archival records, a rough pre-drawing of the estate could be tackled in the early 1980s, but this was not completed. A last addition from the family archives was made to the now formed holdings in 1992 by the delivery of Ernst-related files, most of which had originated in the Langenburg authorities, in particular the domain chancellery.Ernst II regulated his correspondence with the help of registrar-like notes, which he usually affixed directly to the incoming documents. It contained information on the date, recipients and content of the replies and other written reactions. He also noted instructions to his administration and often complete drafts of letters on the incoming mail. In addition, the testator himself already arranged and sorted his documents further by forming units oriented to factual topics and correspondence partners and providing them with notes in the sense of a file title along with its running time. In general, he attached the notes to envelopes of different sizes, most of them used, which served as packaging or were enclosed with the files. Over the decades, Ernst seems to have repeatedly tackled such disciplinary measures, which had a long tradition in the family, without, however, being able to recognize a stringently maintained pattern. Only the rough distinction between factual and correspondence files formed a perceptible red thread, which was also observed in the current distortion. However, it must be taken into account that even in the fascicles formed according to subject criteria, parts of correspondence are often found, only compiled on a specific topic. Although this leads to overlaps with the correspondence series, the fact files were largely left as such and only slightly thinned out with regard to the correspondence partners, since they are mostly units that are comprehensible in terms of content and partly rich in content. While the 'file titles' created by Ernst II normally largely corresponded with the content of the fascicles, it must be noted for the following indexing approaches, also and especially for the preliminary indexing in the 1980s, that the names, dates and subjects noted on archive covers often deviated from the actual content and could hardly be used for the current indexing. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the mixing with files of foreign provenance - including the estates of Ernst's father Hermann and his wife Alexandra as well as the domain chancellery and court administration - could never be completely eliminated and therefore numerous individual files had to be sorted out in the course of the current processing. However, this separation of provenances was not implemented consistently in every respect, but in particular files from the Langenburg and Coburg-Gotha administration, which refer directly to Ernst II, were left in existence; the official records usually differ from the actual estate in the outward appearance in the form of differently coloured folders with file titles, running times and file numbers. Furthermore 2 fascicles on the death of Ernst II and at the end of his reign in Saxony-Coburg and Gotha come from the estates of Ernst's children Gottfried and Alexandra. A special case is Ernst's correspondence with Cosima Wagner, which is kept entirely in Neuenstein, so that not only the letters received from the deceased, but also the letters to the composer's wife (Ernst, his mother Leopoldine and his cousin Max von Baden), stored in bound folders, were recorded as part of the princely estate (see 4.).Thus, the newly registered estate represents an inventory enriched with personal material. In addition, it is to be expected that there will still be isolated files from the estates of relatives whose origin could no longer be clearly clarified (e.g. loose individual pages or fascicles which refer to festive events without naming an addressee or previous owner), apart from the principle of retaining the original separation of factual and correspondence files, massive interventions had to be made in the formation and titling of the fascicles. In many cases, due to later order work, mixing within the fascicles and unclear new file formations had occurred, otherwise about a quarter of the holdings proved to be largely unordered. Even the rather ad hoc sorting carried out by Ernst II himself did not follow any kind of 'file plan', so that content overlaps and repetitions were the order of the day. Therefore, in the course of the current distortion, fascicles were repeatedly reshaped or newly formed under consideration of either thematic or corresponding criteria. The extraction of individual documents for assignment to other fascicles was generally documented by enclosed notes. Individual photographs and photo series with illustrations of Ernst II. were separated and formed into a separate 'photo collection' (see 5.), and in order to provide a better orientation for the user, the find book of most of Ernst II.'s relatives shows the degree of kinship to the deceased in square brackets in the appropriate places.The collection La 142, Nachlass Fürst Ernst II., was arranged and recorded from June to December 2004 by archivist Thomas Kreutzer within the framework of a project sponsored by the Kulturstiftung Baden-Württemberg. It covers 19.4 running meters. Files and volumes in 927 units with a running time of (1845-) 1868-1951 (1959).Neuenstein, in April 2005Thomas Kreutzer 3. Note for use:: During the distortion, cross-references were made in the files that refer to the former bundle number - not to today's order number. To find the corresponding fascicles, the concordance has to be used.Concordance earlier - today's tuft number: 4. Literature:: Heinz Gollwitzer, The Lords of Stand. Die politische und gesellschaftliche Stellung der Mediatisierten 1815-1918. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Sozialgeschichte, Göttingen 1964, bes. S. 244-253.Maria Keipert/Peter Grupp (Ed.), Biographisches Handbuch des deutschen Auswärtigen Dienstes 1871-1945, Vol. 2, Paderborn et al. 2005, S. 344f.Thomas Kreutzer, Protestantische Adligkeit nach dem Kollbruch - Die kirchliche, karitative und politische Verbandstätigkeit von Ernst II. Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg between 1918 and 1945, in: Nobility and National Socialism in the German Southwest. Edited by Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg in conjunction with the State Capital Stuttgart (Stuttgart Symposium, Series 11), Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2007, pp. 42-82 Thomas Nicklas, Ernst II. Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Standesherr, Regent, Diplomat im Kaiserreich (1863-1950), in: Gerhard Taddey (ed.), Lebensbilder aus Baden-Württemberg, Vol. 21, Stuttgart 2005, pp. 362-383.Frank Raberg (ed.), Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815-1933 (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für geschichtliche Landeskunde in Baden-Württemberg), Stuttgart 2001, pp. 381f.Karina Urbach, Diplomat, Höfling, Verbandsfunktionär. Süddeutsche Standesherren 1880-1945, in: Günther Schulz/ Markus A. Denzel (ed.), German nobility in the 19th and 20th centuries, St. Katharinen 2004, pp. 354-375 Karina Urbach, Zwischen Aktion und Reaktion. The Southern German Class Lords and the First World War, in: Eckart Conze/ Monika Wienfort (ed.), Adel und Moderne. Germany in European Comparison in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Cologne 2004, pp. 323-351.Freie Deutsche Presse Coburg, 30.12.1950 (obituary).Hohenloher Zeitung, [after 11.12.]1950 (obituary).further materials:La 95 Domänenkanzlei LangenburgLa 102 Fürstliche HofverwaltungLa 143 Nachlass Fürstin Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg

1 On the biography of Princess Alexandra zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg: Princess Alexandra Luise Olga Viktoria zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg was born on 1 September 1878 as the fourth child of Duchess Marie (daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia) and Duke Alfred (son of Queen Victoria of Great Britain) of Edinburgh in Coburg. She spent most of her childhood and youth in England and Malta, where her father was stationed from 1886 to 1889 as commander of the British Navy, and in the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, which Alfred ruled from 1893 onwards. Alexandra met her cousin of the 3rd degree and later husband, Hereditary Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863-1950) at an early age on the occasion of his many journeys to England. At the age of 15, she caught his eye especially, and after a fierce advertising campaign with her mother Marie, Ernst received permission to become engaged in 1895. In 1896 the wedding finally took place in Coburg. Alexandra moved with her husband to Langenburg, where he began to prepare for his role as heir to the family estate. Soon the first son Gottfried was born, followed by Marie Melita, Alexandra and Irma and Alfred, who died shortly after his birth. But the plans of the young family changed when in 1899 and 1900 Alexandra's brother Alfred and her father died shortly after each other. Ernst took over the regency in the duchy Saxony-Coburg-Gotha for the still minor heir to the throne Duke Eduard von Albany, so that the new centre of life lay for some years in the Thuringian residences. even after the end of the regency 1905 the hereditary princess stayed with her children except in Langenburg from time to time in Coburg at the court of her mother, while Ernst was often absent because of his political ambitions. Alexandra also undertook numerous journeys, above all to southern France, where her mother owned a country estate near Nice, as well as to Romania, to her sister Queen Mary and to Switzerland. In 1913 at the latest, when Ernst II inherited his father as prince, Langenburg Castle finally became the main residence of the family. Nevertheless, during the First World War, the new prince was again absent for a longer period of time. Due to his leading functions in voluntary nursing, he spent most of his time on the Eastern Front. Alexandra took advantage of this time by also being involved in war care and from 1914 to (at least) 1917 she worked as an assistant nurse in the war hospital in Coburg herself.After the war and the political upheavals in Germany, Ernst withdrew largely into private life, so that his wife was now also able to fully fulfil her role as Princess on the Langburg estates, only interrupted by occasional journeys. Princess Alexandra died on 16 April 1942 in the Deaconess Hospital in Schwäbisch Hall and was buried in Langenburg. 2 On the estate and its treatment: The estate of Princess Alexandra consists mainly of correspondence and contains only very few 'fact files', which largely corresponds to her rather withdrawn role at the side of her husband, who is much more active publicly and organizationally. The documents were probably handed over to the Hohenlohe Central Archives in the 1960s and 70s and roughly sorted there. In the process, it was possible to fall back on Alexandra's own disciplinary measures, which enclosed old envelopes with inscriptions in the sense of a file title with part of the written material. The current distortion was also based on these original file titles, but the depth of development went far beyond this. Hardly any transformations had to be carried out, and only a slight mixing with files of other provenance was found, so that few documents were to be removed. However, numerous fascicles were added to the collection, which were found during the processing of other langenburg estates - in particular those of the husband Ernst II and the daughters Alexandra and Irma - and La 143 Nachlass Fürstin Alexandra, which was arranged and recorded in December 2004 by archivist Thomas Kreutzer as part of a project sponsored by the Kulturstiftung Baden-Württemberg. It comprises 2.4 linear metres. Files and volumes in 107 units with a running time of [ca. 1880]-1942.Neuenstein, in April 2005Thomas Kreutzer 3. further materials:: La 102 Fürstliche HofverwaltungLa 95 Domänenkanzlei LangenburgLa 142 Nachlass Fürst Ernst II. 4. Note: This online finding aid lacks some title records of archival records from the 20th century which are not yet fully accessible. In the Hohenlohe Central Archives there is a complete finding aid book, which also contains the not yet freely accessible archive units.Neuenstein, September 2005Dr. Schiffer

Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,1 X 8,4. Description: Group picture in front of a house, 14 persons, among them Mrs. Blumer and the 3 children Blumers.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 12,4 X 17,7. Description: standing on the way to the front door Mrs. Blumer.

Also includes: Emperor Charles V and Philip II of Spain. Overview "Friedrich Meinecke: Weltbürgertum und Nationstaat". Summary Handwritten notes (including raison d'état, colonial history of Germany and France) Excerpt from party history in Germany up to 1914

Correspondence (only a few pieces); Report on the Fate of H. Schnellers in Jerusalem, Dr., 1940

Excerpts on the psychology of peoples, especially on the law in antiquity and with different primitive peoples. Excerpted treatises in detail:1.) Malinowski: The family among the Australian aborigines. London, 1913 [p. 1-41];2.) Stuhlmann: With Emin Pasha into the heart of Africa. Berlin: Reimer, 1894 [p. 43-96];3.) several essays by Kohlers in the Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft on Burmese, ancient, Celtic, Togolese and Melanesian law [p. 97-127];4.) Bernhöft: Marriage and inheritance law of the Greek heroic period. An article on the prehistory of European family law, in: Zeitschrift für vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft 11 (1896), p. 321-364 [p. 128-138].at the end of the notebook [p. 144-145] is a table of contents of the preceding excerpts.parts of the records are processed in later works of Wundts, e.g. possibly in:Wilhelm Wundt: Völkerpsychologie: eine Untersuchung der Entwicklungsgesetze von Sprache, Mythus und Sitte. Volume 9: The Law. Leipzig: Kröner, 1918.

Contains among other things: Jean Hannez: "The industrial and economic, maritime and colonial expansion of Belgium" (print), 1906; Belgian enterprises abroad (print), 1908