I. Pact of Four Powers, disarmament, colonial question, cooperation Germany-Italy, April-May 1933 [676 002-676 205], therein:1. telegram ambassador Paris, 08. April 1933: government declaration Daladier concerning Revision questions, Bégery for controlled disarmament with subsequent arms equality, doubts of the French voters about security solely through alliance with the small Entente and Poland, concern about possible isolation;2. Note and Correspondence Foreign Office, Embassy London, 07-10. April 1933: Discussion of Ambassador Hoesch with John Simon and Vansittart on the Four-Power Pact, no fundamental reservations of England against revision ideas despite rejection by Vansittart, British (British) efforts for compromise formula because of presumed resistance France, German (German) negotiations with France only after knowledge of the French memo and Italy's further course of action;3. telegram Embassy Moscow, 08 April 1933: Announcement Litvinow on early conclusion of the Four-Pact and benevolent statement USA;4. Note from the Federal Foreign Office (Bülow) on the report of Italian (Italian) ambassadors, 10 April 1933: Inquiries by Norman Davis concerning the failure of the USA to invite him to participate in the Four-Power Pact, statements by Mussolini about possible American accession after the unification of the European powers;5. Records from Bülow, Correspondence from the Reich Foreign Ministry, Embassy in Rome, 12 April 1933.April 18, 1933: Statement by Mussolini on the French Four-Power Pact draft and suggestion to postpone the disarmament conference until after the conclusion of the Pact; discussion by Mussolini, Papen, Hassell, German concerns and proposals for change, instructions to the embassies of Rome and London, with French version of the draft Four-Power Pact. with cover letter from the German Embassy in Brussels, 14 April 1933;8. Notes by Bülow on a meeting with the French and Italian ambassadors, 19 April 1933: Statement by France and German statement on Mussolini proposals concerning the Four-Power Pact; ignorance of Hitler concerning the French proposal for the German-French assistance pact and its rejection by Blomberg; Italian concern about possible military understanding between Germany and France and the German-Russian (German-Russian) ambassador to Germany; 8. notes by Bülow on the meeting with the French and Italian ambassadors, 19 April 1933: Statement by France and German statement on Mussolini proposals concerning the Four-Power Pact; ignorance of Hitler concerning the French proposal for the German-French assistance pact and its rejection by Blomberg; Italian concern about possible military understanding between Germany and France and the German-Russian (German-Russian) ambassadors of the German-Russian ambassadors; 8.Russian) Relations;9. telegrams Embassy in Rome, Foreign Office, 19 April 1933: Italian insistence on Hitler's decision concerning further negotiations between Italy and France and England on the Four Pact at a meeting with Papen, Hassell, Suvich, Aloisi; recommendation for an accelerated conclusion due to the isolation of Germany; German colonial wishes; points from the German minimum demand;10. telegrams to the Embassy in Rome, Federal Foreign Office, 19 April 1933: Italian pressure for a decision by Hitler on the Four Pact; recommendation for an accelerated conclusion due to the isolation of Germany; German colonial wishes; points from the German minimum demand;10. Federal Foreign Office, Telegram Bülow, 20-21 April 1933: Discussion Papen, Bülow, Gaus on negotiations in Rome; formulations and draft pacts; intention of Hitler to consult Papen and Blomberg; approval of the drafts with minor changes;11. Correspondence, Embassy London, Foreign Office, 20-25 April 1933: Instructions to the English Embassy Berlin for discussion with the Foreign Ministry on Art. 19 of the League of Nations Statute in relation to the Four-Party Pact; clarification of German wishes regarding the handling of revision issues by four powers, also outside the League of Nations; 12th Circular, Foreign Office, to embassies and missions, 20 April 1933: Development of negotiations on the Four-Power Pact; assessment of draft texts, with development and memos, partly in French, German, English, French and Italian, English, and German counterproposals;13. telegram Embassy Rome, April 20, 1933: Statements by Mussolini on the German-Italian. Cooperation in the Danube Region, Colonial Question, League of Nations Policy, Relations with Austria; Advice from Mussolini to Dollfuss and Billigg, no official approval of the position by Hitler yet;14. Federal Foreign Office (Bülow) to Embassy London, 28. April 1933: Information and instructions on the new version of the Four-Power Pact; state of negotiations; Hitler's approval of the German position; instructions to the German Embassy in Paris, with annexes; 15th telegram from the Embassy in Rome, Foreign Office, 21-22 April 1933: Preparation of a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Italian Embassy in Paris, with annexes; 15th telegram from the Embassy in Rome, Foreign Office, 21-22 April 1933: Preparation of a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Italian Embassy in Paris, with annexes to the "Agreement". Government concerning colonies; Aliosi statement on German requests for change, in particular dates of rearmament;16. Records Foreign Office, telegram Embassy Paris, 24-27 April 1933: German proposals handed over to Daladier; no French presumption yet concerning German intention to create an institution of signatories outside the League of Nations, discussion with Francois-Poncet on draft pacts, interest Foreign Office for German rearmamentFrench Assistance Pact;17. telegrams German delegation Geneva, Foreign Office, 27 April 1933: False report Reichswehr Ministry on final rejection of German equality in arms matters by France and England; concerns Francois-Poncet against German disarmament proposals;18. Telegramme Embassy London, 27 April 1933 and 01 May 1933: Statement by John Simon on German amendments to the Four Pact and the French position; concerns about German armament after 5 years; discussion with Ambassador Grandi, Hoesch on the inclusion of the French draft in Rome and Italian. Negotiations with France and Germany;19. telegram Embassy Rome, Foreign Office, 02.-05. May 1933: Communication Suvich concerning negotiations with British and French ambassadors on the Four Pact; most important changes compared to French text; compromise proposal Reich Foreign Ministry on arms claim and general observations Neurath on the Pact;20. telegram Embassy Paris, 05. May 1933: Communication Suvich concerning negotiations with British and French ambassadors on the Four Pact; most important changes compared to French text; compromise proposal Reich Foreign Ministry on arms claim and general observations Neurath on the Pact;20. telegram Embassy Paris, 05. May 1933: Communication Suvich on the Pact. May 1933: Quotes from Senate Speech by Foreign Minister Paul-Boncourt; concern about the Austrian loan because of uncertainty about the political situation; prevention of a block formation in Europe through cooperation with Italy and the Four Pact within the framework of the League of Nations; statement on secret armament in Germany; II. Foreign Office: Mussolini Pact, May-September 1933; original version of the Four-Power Pact Mussolini, London and Paris versions; memo of the French government, German proposals; reports, in part English, french [Original file vol. 2] [676 206-676 644]; therein:1. German Embassy Ankara, 06. May 1933: no striving of Italy for alliance with Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria; cooling of the Turkish-Italian relations because of four power pact and debt question;2. Note from the Federal Foreign Office (Bülow), Telegrams from the embassies in Rome and London, 10-13 May 1933: Mussolini's negotiations with France and England on the basis of German proposals on the Four Pact; Mussolini's remarks on revision, corridor question, German version of the text.russian Treaty; Suvich's doubts about armament; Vansittart's appreciation of German concessions; negotiations discontinued on Italian agreement. Wunsch, mit Pakten dra drafts;3. telegram message London, 16. May 1933: consternation about Papen speech; tense expectation of the rally Hitler; no official British statement about sanctions, aversion of England against involvement in possibly continental war;4. note and note Reichsaußenministerium, Auswärtiges Amt an Blomberg u.a., 16.-20. May 1933: statement to ital. Compromise proposals for four pacts, especially arms issues; Göring inquires from Rome about pact negotiations; Neurath approves limitation of pact to five years; 5. notes by Reich Foreign Minister and Bülow, telegram from Embassy in Rome, 21-22. May 1933: Fundamental agreement Göring-Mussolini on new version of the Four-Party Pact, discussion of contentious points by Hassell and Suvich, reservations of the Federal Foreign Office against new draft, discussion Neurath, Göring on Roman negotiations, including Austrian question;6. Aufzeichnungen Auswärtiges Amt (Neurath, Bülow), May 24, 1933: Discussion with Hitler, Papen, and others, on the Four-Power Pact, Hitler advocates approval after the Abandonment Conference, Bülow's statement on British allegations concerning Mussolini's relationship to the Pact and enquiry about the German Pact for the Promotion of the Rights of the Child, and the German Pact for the Promotion of the Rights of the Child.Austrian tensions;7. telegram message Paris to Federal Foreign Office, press department, 24. May 1933: press reports about planned England journey Göring, Viermächtepakt and German emigrants;8. records Federal Foreign Office, telegrams legation Athens, message Rome among other things, 25.-28. May 1933: Resistance of the small Entente and Poland against Viermächtepakt, attitude France, England, Greece to the pact conclusion, German - Italian. Disagreement over time of initialling, with ital. Draft;9th WTB report, telegrams from the Federal Foreign Office to embassies in Rome, London, Paris, 28-29 May 1933: 'Matin' report on planned French guarantee concerning maintenance of contracts with allies and French politics after conclusion of the Four Power Pact, statement by the Reich Foreign Ministry;10th records from the Federal Foreign Office (Neurath, Bülow) about meetings with Hitler, Blomberg and others, 29 May-01 June 1933: Hitler's approval of the Quad Pact subject to Mussolini's declaration concerning the tragweite of part of the Equality Clause; approval of initialling of the Pact;11 May-01 June 1933: WTB Message, telegrams German delegation Geneva, embassies Paris, Rome, 29-31 May 1933: Hitler's approval of the Quad Pact subject to Mussolini's declaration concerning the tragweite of part of the Equality Clause; consent to initialling of the Pact;11 May-01 June 1933: Hitler's approval of the Quad Pact; 11 May 1933: Hitler's approval of the Pact; 11 May 1933: Hitler's approval of the Pact; 11 May 1933: Hitler's approval of the Pact; 11 May 1933: Hitler's approval of the Pact. May 1933: Initialling; statement of the French press, Mussolini doubts special French guarantee for allies, distribution of the alleged wording of the pact by British United Press;12. Bülow submissions, Federal Foreign Office records, telegrams to embassies in Rome, Paris, etc.., 31 May-07 June 1933: Tug-of-war over final editing of the Four Power Pact, Daladier declaration on agreement, fears of possible Polish attempts to form an Eastern bloc, Leger denial of a special French guarantee to allies, with drafts, reports on Times articles concerning Anschluss Austria;13. Secret submission from the Foreign Office (Bülow) about the content of the Mussolini message to Hitler, 01 June 1933: Endangerment of the Four Powers Pact by German resistance against Article 2 and German desire concerning disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, appeal to confidence in Hitler in support by Italy, speculation about French disarmament, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament talks at an earlier point in time, German disarmament at an earlier point in time, German disarmament at an earlier point in time, German disarmament at an earlier point in time, French disarmament. Statements to allies, instructions Mussolini to Ambassador Cerruti concerning lecture at Hitler;14. Records Foreign Office (Köpke) about long-distance call with Göring, 03. June 1933: Information about announced conference Daladier, Davis, Londonderry in Paris, brit. Attempts to influence France for concessions to Germany in disarmament matter;15. handwritten note Reichsaußenministerium, 07 June 1933: Adoption of the Four Powers Pact by Hitler, order by Hitler to authorize Ambassador Hassell to sign, information of the Italian Foreign Ministry, and the German Foreign Ministry's decision to accept the Pact. Ambassador and Instructions Hassell;16. Awards Federal Foreign Office (Hassell), Telegram Embassy Rome, 08 June 1933: Announcement of the conclusion of the Four Pact by Mussolini with emphasis on the question of revision and German equality of armament, Reactions of the Italian Federal Foreign Office (Hassell), Telegram Embassy Rome, 08 June 1933: Announcement of the Four Pact Agreement by Mussolini with emphasis on the question of revision and German equality of armaments, Reactions of the Italian Federal Foreign Office (Hassell), 16. Senate, Romania's satisfaction with German recognition of the League of Nations, Locarno Pact;17. Records Federal Foreign Office (Bülow), Telegram Reich Foreign Ministry, Embassies of Rome, Paris, 09-15 June 1933: Exchange of Notes Paul-Boncourt, Ambassador Osusky on the interpretation of the Four-Party Pact in matters of revision and maintenance of the closest French- German law; 17.Czechoslovak cooperation, similar notes to Poland and others, statement by Mussolini, Neurath and others, no signing of the pact before clarification of the French position;18. Telegrams Embassies Rome, Paris, 09-11 June 1933: Meeting Mussolini, Hassell concerning the settlement of disarmament issues or freedom of rearmament for Germany after signing of the Four-Party Pact; Italian: "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union and the European Union"; "The European Union; "The European Union and the European Union". Press; Chamber Speech Daladier, Background;19. Telegram Embassy Washington, 12. and 15. June 1933: Reactions of the USA to the Four Power Pact, Philipp's Statement on the French Interpretation of the Pact, Formal American Objections to French Proceedings;20. Vorlagen Auswärtiges Amt (Bülow), Embassy Rome, 13.-26. June 1933: Recommendations and Negotiations Mussolini, Neurath et al. concerning Response to the French Pact, 12. and 15. June 1933: The USA's Reactions to the Four Power Pact, Philipp's Statement on the French Interpretation of the Pact, Formal American Objections to French Proceedings;20. Note to small Entente and Poland, Neurath order on further action, instructions to Ambassador Hassell on handing over protocol and oral statement to Mussolini, with text of note;21. Telegrams Foreign Ministry, Embassy Paris, 16 Juni-05. July 1933: Suvich about meeting Hitler-Mussolini and plans Mussolini, reports of the french press and statement french government about possible pronunciation Daladier-Mussolini, thought french government circles about personal contact Daladier-Hitler;22. records Reich Foreign Ministry about meeting with ital. Ambassador, 30 June 1933: Hope Mussolini for early signing of the Four Pact and meeting of heads of government to discuss arms issues, proposal Neurath to the German-Italian. Feelings concerning subjects of consultation;23. Telegrams Papen, Embassy Rome, 30 June and 04 July 1933: Assurance to Mussolini on behalf of Hitler about disinterest in annexation of Austria because of German-Italian border. Relations, statements by Mussolini about alleged reorganization of the Danube region, economic cooperation with Germany in Southeastern Europe and Italian-French understanding, insistence on conclusion of Concordat;24. Records from the Foreign Office, WTB report, telegrams from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies in Rome, Paris, 11-17 July 1933: Approval of Italian agreement. Note verbale to England and France concerning protest against French guarantee for allies, signature of Four Power Pact, Paul-Boncourt meeting with Ambassador Jouvenel and interview on Pact, with congratulatory messages from heads of government;25. Records Foreign Office, Telegrams Embassy Rome, 11 July-08 September 1933: Statement ital. Government to treaty negotiations with USSR, Russian disgruntlement because of German action against Jews and Communists, statement by Foreign Minister Tewfik Ruschdy on Turkish Ostpolitik, benevolent assessment Russian-Italian. Agreement by Bülow;III. Foreign Office, Office of the Reich Minister: Federalism, September 1920-October 1923 [Original file volume 2] [676 645-676 810], therein:1. record Simon [excerpt], 20. September 1920: reference Greek legation to attempts emanating from Bavaria to found a monarchistic triple alliance Bavaria-Austria-Hungary, trust Simon in Kahr's adherence to Reich unity, surveillance of separatist efforts;2. Foreign Office memo on meeting with English chargé d'affaires, 23 September 1920: Expectation of a monarchist coup in Bavaria, Landesschießen 25 September 1920, attempts by Lincoln Trebitsch to reconcile with England;3. Foreign Office memo on conversation with Gesandtem Naumann, 29 January [September?] 1920: The situation in Poland worsens, Russian troops march up. Troops at the Lithuanian border, monarchist agitation in Bavaria with connections to Austria, Hungary, France, Belgium, unclear role of Erzbergers, Naumann report on Reichstreue Kahr;4. Correspondence Simon, German Embassy Bern (Müller), 17th and 29th century, German Embassy Bern (Müller), 17th and 29th century, German Embassy Bern (Müller), 17th and 29th century, German Embassy Bern (Müller), 17th century, 17th century, 17th century. September 1920: Application of the Hungarian imperial crown to Karl von Habsburg by former minister Benitzky on behalf of Horthy; conditions of Hungary and Habsburg, preparation of Karl von Habsburg's illegal journey through Austria, risk due to Wissen Renner, refusal of restoration by small Entente;5th Reich Chancellery Fehrenbach to Reich Foreign Minister Simons, 29. September 1920: Kahr's energetic position against the dissolution of the local defence forces at a meeting in Munich; wishes of the Bavarian government regarding diplomatic representation of the Reich; endorsement of the appointment of Zech as envoy in Munich by Reich Minister of the Interior Koch (with attached letter Koch to Fehrenbach of 28 September 1920). September);6th Report, [without author], 08 October 1920: Strength and Armament of the Resident Armed Forces in Munich and Bavaria; Relationship between the Resident Armed Forces and Jews; Cessation of the Resident Armed Forces to Prussia, Echerich, and Epp;7th Report German Embassy Rome, 11 October 1920, [without author]. October 1920: Alleged intention of the Bavarian government to send an envoy to Naples;8. Aufzeichnungen Auswärtiges Amt, 16. October 1920: Discussion with Bavarian envoy Preger concerning inhabitant questions and representatives of the Reich government in Munich;9. report, [without author], [1920]: Monarchistic and separatist efforts of the organization Escherich; anchoring of the organization Escherich in Carinthia, Tyrol, and Styria with connection to Hungary; proposal for listening posts in Munich to monitor these efforts;10. Report, [without author], [1920]: Influence of Police President Pöhner and Peasant Leader Heim on Kahr; Cooperation of Pöhner with Escherich and Ludendorff Group; Anti-Semitic agitation and riots of the NSDAP presumably under Aegide Pöhner;11. Report Prussian Legation in Munich, 01. November 1920: Statement on the record [Naumann] of "Bavarian personalities", including Kahr, Escherich, Pöhner, Heim, Faulhaber, member of the royal family, recommendations for the defence against French and separatist efforts by setting up envoys of the Reich government with South German governments; 12th report Künzelmann, correspondence C. Bosch, Reich Foreign Ministry, 25-27 October 1920: The French envoy in Bavaria is misled by Wittelsbach agents; the former royal family's hopes for restoration and acquisition of Tyrol and Salzburg with France's help; the French attitude towards Bavaria is changed; the House of Habsburg is supported by France;13. Mitteilungen aus München, [ohne Verfasser], Korrespondenz Stresemann, Simons, 27. October-09 November 1920: Wishes of the Bayerische Volkspartei (BVP) concerning the form of government, the establishment of envoys and the annexation of Austria; Kahr's accession to the BVP; particularist tendencies; aims and equipment of the local defence forces; warning of the dissolution of the EWW and a left-wing Reich government; statement by Simon; 14th Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 10th issue of the German Allgemeine Zeitung. November 1920: Transmission of a report by the Württemberg central organ "Deutsches Volksblatt" on the decision of the Entente to carry out the occupation of the Ruhr in the event of further non-delivery of military weapons and maintenance of the local defence forces in Bavaria;15th Bavarian Minister President Kahr to Simons, 22 November 1920: Preparation of Kahr's trip to Berlin to discuss questions from the local defence forces (with note from the Foreign Office);16th Confidential Correspondence Stockhammern, Simons, 07. and December 15, 1920: Discussion of Nuntius Pacelli, Italian Ambassador de Martino and Stockhammer in Munich on Bavaria's separatist efforts; wishes of the Italian government to maintain German unity; Nuntius's evasive statement on Martino's questions regarding the curia's attitude to separatism; 17th submission of Nuremberg City Council to Reich President, Correspondence Office of the Reich President, Board of Nuremberg City Council, December 30, 1920-07. January 1921: Appeal against the new order of the State Commissioners concerning the obligation to approve assemblies and against the continued existence of the 1919 Ordinance on the Restriction of Freedom of Assembly; recognition of the unconstitutionality of the Ordinance by the President of the Reich;18. Rechberg an Stresemann [excerpt], [28. December 1920]: Urgent warning against French proposals to maintain the Resident's Defences after Bavarian annexation of France; determination of Bavaria to take an uncompromising stance on questions of the Resident's Defences and disappointment at insufficient support by the Reich government;19. December 1921 on the establishment of this legation;21. report representative of the Reich government in Munich, letter Zech to the Foreign Office, 30 January-31 March 1922: statement on reports on relations between Bavaria and Austrian Alpine countries; no promise Kahr regarding the deployment of auxiliary troops to Salzburg; local support in political unrest in the border region; reference to statements of the BVP organ "Regensburger Anzeiger" on Mauracher;22. report by Zech to the Foreign Office, 30 January-31 March 1922: statement on relations between Bavaria and Austrian Alpine countries; no promise Kahr regarding the deployment of auxiliary troops to Salzburg; reference to statements of the BVP organ "Regensburger Anzeiger" on Mauracher;23. Comment [Minister Zech] to report to the Passport Office Salzburg an Auswärtiges Amt, [1922]: Practices, reasons and aims of Bavarian particularism; hope for the annexation especially of Tyrol and Salzburg; acute danger of separatism only in case of possible revolution in Berlin, occupation of the Ruhr and the like; financing of the separatists presumably by France; distrust of the legal circles against "Bund Oberland" because of its loyalty to the Reich;23. Note Auswärtiges Amt on WTB report no. 1402 of 20 July 1922: Attitude of the Reich representative in Munich in high treason matter Count Leoprechting; vote of no confidence and Bavarian desire for recall Zech;24th report German Embassy Paris, 02 August 1922: Statement [Peretti] on the German declaration concerning exclusion of the public in the high treason trial Leoprechting in Munich and witness statements on support for Leoprechting by French envoy Dard;25th secret report German Embassy Paris, 10th report August 1922: Rumours concerning Paris negotiations with Crown Prince Rupprecht about restoration of the Wittelsbach dynasty, separation of Bavaria from the Reich and merger with Austrian disclosure of information through correspondence in the Chicago Daily News about France's presumed interest in Rupprecht's proposals;26. Note from the Federal Foreign Office, [without date]: Programme speech by the Bavarian Prime Minister Knilling on 9 November 1922 (Frankfurter Zeitung No. 805 of 10 November 1922);27. Confidential notes [Rosenberg], ]9 January 1923]: Statements by the Austrian envoy on Bavarian loyalty to the Reich from "Kahr to Knilling"; danger to the unity of the Reich in the event of possible weakness against French influences;28. Reports Reichsvertreter in Munich, [16.]-17. January 1923: Concern of Bavarian party circles about a possible NSDAP coup on the occasion of the consecration of the flag on 20 January; Kahr's belief in Hitler's rejection of such actions; statement by the Bavarian envoy Preger and his intention to warn Kahr of the consequences of a Nazi coup;29. Report German Embassy London, January 18, 1923: Berlin warning to secretary of the Anglo-Jewish Association against a planned pogrom in Bavaria, taking advantage of the excitement about the occupation of the Ruhr; support of the movement with French money; request for energetic intervention by the Reich government and warnings from the German press for prudence;30. Records and telegram from the Federal Foreign Office, Reichsvertreter reports in Munich, 21 January 1923: Bavarian envoy Preger reports on steps taken by the Reich government to recall the French envoy in Munich and on the trip of the Bavarian Minister of the Interior to Berlin; no mobilization of the press against envoy Dard; Kahr doubts NS program plans in Munich;31. Rundtelegramm Auswärtiges Amt an diplomatische Vertreter, 21. January 1923: Protests against the Ruhr occupation in Munich; mass meetings of the SPD; resolution of the Reich government to maintain German unity; press reports on dwindling influence of Hitler because of disapproval of his overthrow propaganda;32. WTB-Meldung Nr. 194 vom 24. January 1923: Protection of the French envoy in Munich by the Bavarian government while refusing responsibility for his security; Renewed demand for Dard's dismissal;33. Reports by the German Embassy in Paris and Reichsvertreter in Munich, Telegramm Auswärtiges Amt, 26 January-03 February 1923: International law concerns of Ambassador Hoesch against the conduct of the Bavarian government and France's action in the case of Ambassador Dard; note by the Reich government regarding the renewed demand for Dard's recall and possible threat of delivery of the passports to Dard; statement by France and protest against the boycott of the French embassy personnel in Munich;34. Report by representatives of the Reich government in Munich, January 27, 1923: Concern Kahr about the mass march of the legal associations and presumed counter-demonstrations; ban on assembly and proclamation of the state of emergency; threats by Hitler; uncertainty about the conduct of the Reich Armed Forces; confession of Reich unity by Münchner Neuester Nachrichten and "Münchner-Augsburger Abendzeitung"; 35th note by the Foreign Office concerning the telegram [Haniel], January 05, 1923. February 1923: Rumors in Munich about alleged agreements between Bavaria and East Prussia against simultaneous defeat under Bavarian leadership; warning against "warlike tones" in planned Reich Chancellor speech;26th Report German Embassy Washington, 20. February 1923: Introduction of Count Lerchenfeld by President Harding; disapproval of the French occupation of the Ruhr by the US government; disappointment in the State Department at the low echo of the Hitler movement because of the possible development of Hitler into a "kind of Mussolini" and the elimination of socialism in Germany;37. Report by representatives of the Reich government in Munich, 13 April 1923: No confirmation of the rumours of an imminent coup by the national associations; slight danger due to disagreement between the associations and general mood; possible change of direction in the event of a left-wing Reich government or concessions in the Ruhr question;38. Haniel an Rosenberg, May 7, 1923: Statement of the Bavarian Prime Minister von Knilling on the possible entry of the Social Democrats into the Reich government; impossibility of the two-front struggle against Hitler and the Socialist government; dismissal of the Bavarian envoy in Berlin if Breitscheid is appointed Reich Foreign Minister;39. Note from the Federal Foreign Office, [06] June 1923: Mitteilungen [Iversen] aus Füssen concerning the occupation of the Ruhr, use of the Ruhr donation, forthcoming appointment of Kahr as president of Bavaria and Kahr's advance against the state court; 40th report from the German Embassy in Paris, 13 July 1923: passing on a Havas report on the high treason trial against Fuchs and Others, and the role of the French commander Richler; 41st report from the German Embassy in Paris, [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Mitteilungen [06] June 1923: [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Report from the German Embassy in Paris, [06] July 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06] June 1923: Iversen, [06]. Report Representative of the Reich Government in Munich, July 16, 1923: Demarche of the French businessman Pozzi because of inscriptions on pubs concerning prohibition of access for French and Belgians; no legal means for the government to intervene; threats Pozzi with reprisals and other French complaints;42. Report by the German Embassy in Bern, 31 July 1923: Belgian royal couple approves the latest plan for the restoration of the Wittelsbach family; Brüske rejection by Poincaré; French-Belgian differences on the question of reparations;43. Exchange of Notes Bayerischer Gesandter Berlin, Reichskanzlei, 14-19 September 1923: Statement by Bavaria on Statements by the Reich Chancellor in the Foreign Affairs Committee; Warning of Negotiations on the Rhineland and Ruhr because of French Intentions; No Surrender of German Territories by the Reich Government; Proposals to France, England and Others concerning the Solution of the Ruhr Question; Determination of the Reich Government to Proceed Against Unconstitutional Currents;44. von Schubert to former Reichsminister Schiffe, 22 September 1923: Letter Vietinghoff of 12 September 1923 on German success in The Hague concerning the Polish colonist question and Bavaria's attitude in the event of the Reich's government yielding to the Allies;45. Records [Reich Foreign Ministry] of a meeting with French embassy on 27 September 1923 September 1923: The Reich government abandons passive resistance; no authorization from the Margerie to make statements about French compensations; demonstrations in Bavaria because of German "capitulation"; nationalist tendencies of the communists; intransigence of the French press;46. Report German Embassy Washington, September 29, 1923: "Washington Post" on the advantages of a Bavarian monarchy and the smashing of Germany (quotation, English);47th note from the Foreign Office on the intercession of Haniel from Munich on September 29, 1923: Instruction Kahr to public prosecutors and police to suspend the enforcement of the Republic Protection Act; consequences of the high treason proceedings against the executive committee of the Bavarian Federation of Transport Officials and prohibition of the "Ethnic Observer"; warning Haniel against a test of strength with Bavaria;48. Motion by Koenen and his comrades in the Reichstag, 02 October 1923: Immediate repeal of the so-called strike regulation in Bavaria because it favored a monarchist overthrow and Bavaria's separation from the Reich;49th report by the German Embassy in Rome, 04 October 1923: Tendentious reports by the Italian press and the Havas agency on the powerlessness of the Reich government against Bavaria; disloyalty to Kahr, proposals for better information from abroad;50th report by the German Embassy in Rome, 04 October 1923: Tendentious reports by the Italian press and the Havas agency on the powerlessness of the Reich government against Bavaria; disloyalty to Kahr, proposals for better information from abroad. Report German Embassy Paris, October 4, 1923: Meeting with French politician Rey; France's thoughts on the creation of an independent Rhine republic promoted by the strengthening of the separatist movement; Poincaré's presumed intention to delay the reparations problem until after the French elections; recognition of the British demands by France; including:Supplementary information on the site of the find:Albert (see above structure: III.3, 6649-6652), (III.42, 6793); Allizé (III.11, 6675-6688; 6693-6697); Aloisi (I.5), (I.17, 6169-6172); (II.1, 6267, (II.8, 6350-6379), (II.7), (II.20)Bensch (II.2); Blomberg (II.6, 6340-6342), (II.12); Borah (I.4, 6019-6020); Bothmer (III.3, 6649-6652); Bülow (I.17, 6169-6172), (II.8, 6350-6379), (II.14, 6446-6447)Cerruti (I.8, (6075-6082), (II.5, 6329-6339), (II.8, 6350-6379), (II.10, 6390, 6401-6402), (II.20), (II.22, 6611), (II.25, 6628-6632, 6644); Cuno (III.37, 6784-6785)Daladier (II.2), (II.24, 6623-6627); Dard (III.12, 6689-6692), (III.11, 6675-688, 6693-6697), (III.18, 6729-6730); Davis (I.3, 6017), (I.8, 60075-6082), (II.3, 6311-6313); Dollfuss (II.12)Ebert (III.17, 6725-6728); Escherich (III.3, 6649-6652), (III.13, 6701-6708), (III.11, 6675-6688, 6693-6697)Other provenances:National Archives Washington DC, Guide 0, S.26, T 120, roll 1605.
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.
The history of traditionThe history of tradition as well as the original structure of the estate of Herbert Frank could be derived from the isolated traces of this structure, be it references in Frank's correspondence, portfolio inscriptions and contents or also archive directories, and on the other hand from information provided by Frank's daughters, by Hermann Weiß, staff member of the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ), and by the German historian Herbert Frank. By 1929, Herbert Frank's political and private activities had accumulated a small, unsystematically selected basic stock of documents. Correspondence, as in the following years, formed the largest part of Frank's work, since Frank sought contact almost daily with his father, Fritz Frank, and acquaintances from the respective political environment, later also with Ludendorff. In 1929, Frank took over small parts of the files of his office in his private archives as head of the West German Tannenberg Association, in order to familiarize himself with his management activities. In the following years, he successively collected correspondence, propaganda materials, excerpts and general administrative documents from his official activities as well as newspaper articles and materials on specific topics from politics, business and culture in his own collection, which is to be called the "newspaper collection" in the following. This collection was predominantly based on an unsystematic and sporadic newspaper evaluation during the years 1930-1932.1932 Frank transferred parts of the documents of his editor activity at the Tecklenburger "Landboten" and as Gauleiter of the Osnabrück "Tannenbergbund" to his archive. Similarly, between 1933 and 1936 he also took over a selection of documents from the Ludendorff publishing house's literary agency. From the beginning of 1933, at the latest, Frank oriented his newspaper collection to the corresponding archive structure of the northern state management of the "Tannenbergbund". This is documented by the original inscriptions of a smaller part of the collection (cf. the corresponding register "Gliederung des Kampfstoffes für die Kartotheken und Sammelmappen" of the Landesleitung Nord, vol. 54). In addition, the estate contains a small, highly fragmented collection of administrative files from the years 1932/33, which Frank had either partly taken over in 1933, presumably to prevent confiscation by the Gestapo, or he had only oriented himself to the Gestapo's archive structure in general and received the above-mentioned administrative documents in connection with his work as a speaker for the Northern Regional Government. Only a few folders were filled until 1934, at most until late autumn 1937. One can only speculate about Frank's motives for this demolition. On the one hand the state pressure on the "Tannenbergbund" grew from spring 1933 [see below]. On the other hand, Frank returned in 1936 due to his financial situation (the "Ludendorffsche Volkswarte-Verlag" (LVV) had reduced his income as a writer [see NL Frank, vol. 73: Frank an Fritz Hugo Hoffmann v. 7.5.1937]) and a certain disappointment about Ludendorff's internal style of leadership [see NL Frank, vol. 72: Frank an Gerstenberg v. 20.10.].At some point between 1933 and 1945, Frank removed almost all of his correspondence with Ludendorff and with the LVV, as well as some other documents from his work for the "Tannenbergbund" 1933-1945 from his documents; he presumably sought to protect himself and the documents from access by the Gestapo. It was a photo album on the occasion of the unveiling of the commemorative plaque on the former residence of General Ludendorff in Düsseldorf on 9 July 1939, the three volumes of Franks handwritten memoirs, 11 folders with "Tannenbergbund"-internal correspondence 1932-1940, a folder with lecture documents for "Lebenskundeunterricht" 1941/42 and three brochures. These documents, in the following supplement to the estate Frank called, wandered later on the Frank'sche memory and were sighted for the first time again in 1999 by the descendants. Since no personal documents were found in the supplement, Frank had probably removed these documents not only at the time when he handed over his archive to third parties, for the sake of their special memorial value, but actually in view of the Gestapo threat.1945 Frank restructured his newspaper article collection a second time after the end of the war, expanded it by new subject areas (see also "Table of Contents Ludendorff Archive", vol. 97) and began again with the sporadic press evaluation. This finally ended with the year 1957, but already in 1950 it lost a lot of intensity. At the same time Frank took over parts of the respective correspondence and administrative documents in his private archive during his work for various regional Tannenbergbund successor organisations. either after the termination of Frank's collection activities or indefinitely after his death in 1972, part of the files, with the exception of the supplement, were disturbed in their original context by unknown parties, many documents were taken out of their original order and re-sorted into folders with inappropriate inscriptions. Possibly this happened when the estate was handed over to the Institute of Newspaper Sciences, today's IKW, at an unknown time during Karl's term of office at d´Esters . The Institute initially transferred the newspaper collection to hanging files. Although the inscriptions of the original folders were taken over, the remains of Frank's archive structure were dissolved and the folders were assigned to newly selected thematic terms such as culture, personalities, political groups, Judaism, churches. When the first tenth of the files of the official activity had also been distributed in hanging files, this process was stopped. The reconstruction of the original structure of the estate probably appeared too time-consuming and in no relation to the actual use and interests of the users of the Institute's archives due to the frequent differences between the content and title or inscription of the portfolios. The estate now remained in its "semi-sorted" state. In the mid-1960s, a part of it was used for the first time by research and served as an essential basis for Gert Borst's work in communication science [Gert Borst, Die Ludendorff-Bewegung 1919-1961. An Analysis of Monologue Forms of Communication in Social Time Communication, Diss. In April and July 1994, the IKW transferred to the IfZ most of the estate, which was at the time called the "Ludendorff Collection". Some contemporary writings and monographs remained at the IKW. Another folder with the correspondence between "Ludendorff's Volkswarte" (LVW) and the Reichspropagandaministerium was bequeathed from an unknown source in 1938/39. The origin of this portfolio remains unclear, but it probably does not belong to the Frank estate. The IfZ began the processing of the estate in the summer of 1998 and finished it in December 1999 with the reconstruction of the original structure of the Frank's Archives according to the state of the years 1945-1950. In the summer of 1999 the IfZ contacted the daughters of Herbert Frank and received the above-mentioned documents from them. The estate comprised six linear metres, or 266 portfolios of the newspaper collection and around 110 portfolios (or files) of Herbert Frank's political and private activities prior to processing by the IfZ, including the supplement. The latter are clearly identified by documents, correspondence and handwritten notes as handsets or private documents Franks. This also applies to the newspaper collection, which the descendants of Frank also remembered, as the majority of the newspapers and writings carried Frank's postal address, handwritten notes and his two-colour text underlines. The IKW already considered the estate to be a closed, related collection. Therefore, all documents given to the IfZ, with the exception of the aforementioned folder, undoubtedly belong to the Frank estate and not to a "Ludendorff" collection of other origin, such as the archive of the Ludendorff publishing house [This archive was at least still intact in May 1934: Cf. NL Frank, vol. 55: Frank an Archiv des Ludendorff-Verlag v. 27.5.1934]. Larger gaps result from the lack of private correspondence for 1935, the materials on Frank's NSDAP activities 1923-1925 and the political documents after 1950. Within the newspaper collection, the three folders listed under the keywords "Freimaurer/Ausländische Logen", "Marx Karl" and "Wiking" in Frank's Index are missing. The BdW had emerged in May 1923 from the "Organisation Consul" (OC) and was led by officers of the former "Brigade Ehrhardt" [see below]: Kurt Finker, Tannenberg Federation. Working group of national front warriors and youth associations 1925-1933, in: Lexikon zur Parteiengeschichte. Die bürgerlichen und kleinbürgerlichen Parteien und Verbände in Deutschland (1789-1945), ed. Dieter Fricke et al., vol. 4, Leipzig 1986, p. 180-183; ders., Bund Wiking 1923-1928, in: Ebd., p. 368-373]. The OC had already played a major role in terrorist assassinations of high-ranking politicians of the Weimar Republic, including Rathenau and Erzberger. The same radicalism also shaped the elitist anti-Semitic BdW defense organization. Under his leader, the former naval officer and Freikorps leader Hermann Ehrhardt, the latter set himself the goal of radically fighting the workers' movement, eliminating the parliamentary republic through an authoritarian right-wing dictatorship and preparing a revenge for the lost First World War. Accordingly, in 1923 the federal government became involved in the Bavarian government's plans to abolish the state of Kahr. The plans to overthrow the state, which were reactivated in 1925, finally led to the federal government being banned in May and October 1926 in Prussia and Hesse, respectively, and from May 1927 also in Saxony. In these countries, the Federation continued to act illegally until it was officially dissolved throughout the Reich in April 1928, following renewed police investigations by Ehrhardt. The aggressively anti-Semitic and anti-church TBB was founded in September 1925 by General Ludendorff, former head of the German Supreme Army Command in the First World War. The Federal Government pursued similar goals as the BdW and aimed at systematically preparing the German population for a far-reaching war of spatial conquest. The TBB only initially bore the features of a military unit and its characteristic three-pole view of the enemy and the world differed from all other extreme right-wing organizations. Judaism", the Catholic Church, in particular the Vatican and the Jesuit orders, as well as Freemasonry were summarily interpreted as subversive "supranational" entities which strived both nationally and internationally for the "seizure of power". The Bund was under the patronage of Ludendorff and a federal leader appointed by him [see below]: Borst, p. 133f., 186; NL Frank, vol. 27-71: Correspondences and administrative documents Franks 1929-1933]. The territory of the Reich and Austria were divided into eleven to twelve provincial leaders, each of whom was subordinate to a different leader. Each district was in turn subdivided into circles, each circle into battle groups or shop stewards for individual local groups. In addition, various suborganizations of the TBB for students, teachers and doctors, as well as the "Kulturbund" and the "Deutsche Jugend im Tannenbergbund" (German Youth in the Tannenberg Federation) worked regionally unevenly scattered. The association "Deutschvolk", founded in 1930, collected those TBB members who had left the church and who officially confessed to Mathilde Ludendorff's "German Knowledge of God". After Konstantin Hierl had dominated the federal leadership until 1926, the TBB lived in the following years above all from the occasional almost half-religious veneration of the integration and motivation figure Ludendorff. The central organs were the "Deutsche Wochenschau" from 1925 to 1929 and then the "Ludendorffs Volkswarte" (LVW) until 1933. The LVW included the Kampfblatt "Vorm Volksgericht" as a supplement and, since August 1929, "Am Heiligen Quell"; the latter appeared as an independent monthly from 1932. The "Ludendorffsche Volkswarte-Verlag" (LVV), which published the writings of Ludendorff and his wife as well as of the TBB environment, was housed until November 1929 on the ground floor of Promenadenplatz 16 and afterwards on the second floor of Karlstraße 10 in Munich [see the correspondence addresses in the NL Frank 1928-1932]. After the Nazi seizure of power, the corresponding TBB attacks finally led to the growing state fight against the Federation, although the latter, for tactical reasons, renounced in public from 1933 on almost all topics that could be understood as a front position against the Nazi [cf. NL Frank, vol. 55-62: Korrespondenz Franks 1933-1936]. First, prohibitions hit the LVW and "Vorm Volksgericht" in June 1933 and the TBB itself in September 1933. Time and again, TBB officials were imprisoned and meetings were prevented. 1936 followed the ban on publication for the former LVV, renamed "Ludendorff-Verlag" in July 1933, and the ban on speaking for the representatives of the publishing house's writings. The latter unofficially kept the TBB structures alive since 1933. Six officially only commercially active "General Representatives" coordinated in their areas the scriptural representatives for the individual districts and cities and thus at the same time the recruitment of members and propaganda work. The role of the LVW as the central organ was finally assumed by the scripture "Am Heiligen Quell". In June 1937 Ludendorff founded the reception organization disguised as a religious association for his followers "Bund für Gotterkenntnis" [on the TBB in the "Third Reich" see also Borst, pp. 238-251]. When in 1936/37 the majority of the LVV representatives gave up their offices and died in December of the following year Ludendorff, the TBB activities were drastically reduced.BdW and TBB understood themselves as collection movements and tried to force as many other right-wing radical associations as possible under their influence in order to win a power political basis for their goals. The BdW acted accordingly, especially within the "steel helmet". But both organizations were denied success or mass effectiveness. The ideology of the former general and his wife Mathilde, which was perceived by many contemporaries as too detached and theoretically registered and, moreover, extremely aggressive and hostile to the Church, had a deterrent effect and rather gave the public the impression of a small political sect. Ludendorff's concept of rigorously demanding submission to his leadership and to the TBB ideology shaped by him and his wife on the one hand and leaving the affiliated associations their own structure and leadership on the other failed. The number of the affiliated organizations [Borst, p. 124], but also the membership, which originated in the periphery of Herbert Frank predominantly from the upper middle classes, never became very numerous. The total number of members of the TBB cannot be reconstructed, it probably oscillated between 20,000 and 90,000 during the years 1929 to 1933 [see Borst, p. 188].Herbert Frank held a leading position in the BdW from 1925 to 1928 and subsequently in the TBB until 1936 in the territory of today's North Rhine-Westphalia, which belonged to the Prussian provinces of Westphalia and Rhine Province in the Weimar Republic. In the TBB he took over the offices of a state director, district director, press director and nationally active speaker and finally the general agency of the font distribution in Lower Saxony. This position was filled by Frank through his close ties to his predecessor as Country Director West, later LVW Managing Director Helmuth Pfeiffer, and to Ludendorff. In the Tecklenburg "Landboten", which was primarily oriented towards the interests of the Protestant rural population, Frank, with the agreement of the editors and Ludendorffs, unobtrusively sought to popularize the TBB ideology [see NL Frank, vol. 31: Frank an LVV/Pfeiffer v. 14.4.1931]. Frank's lecture tours in the summer of 1933 as well as his activities as general representative until 1936 always included not only the actual tasks but also the inspection and motivation of the TBB's regional divisions, which had been beset by National Socialism, as well as general propaganda for the Federation.After 1945, Frank participated in the reorganization of the Central German TBB structures in a new guise, i.e. in the "Unabhängigen Gesellschaft zur Pflege junger Wissenschaft und Kunst" (UG), in the "Tatgemeinschaft freier Deutscher" (TG) and in the "Gesellschaft für Lebenskunde" (GfLK). The GfLK, from September 1950 renamed "Gesellschaft für Geistesfreiheit und Lebenskunde e.V.", belonged to the "Deutscher Volksbund für Geistesfreiheit", collected former TBB supporters and represented the former TBB ideology in the broadest context. The former TBB in turn reorganized itself in West Germany in 1946 within the resurgent "Bund für Gotterkenntnis". The publications of the TBB environment appeared after 1945 in the publishing house "Hohe Warte", while the LVV was transferred to the Mondial publishing house in 1953. In the autumn of 1949, the earlier publication "Am Heiligen Quell" appeared under the simplified title "Der Quell". The driving forces were Mathilde von Ludendorff and her son-in-law Martini. Borst, pp. 268-294; "Capital of the Movement". Catalogue for the exhibition in the Munich City Museum October 1993 - March 1994, edited by Stadtmuseum München, Munich 1993, p. 152]. In order to attract non-Allied or Federal Republican bans and to increase the social acceptance of their ideology, the GfLK, like the Federation, abstained, at least in public, from anti-Semitism and all aggression against the new constitution. The organizations dressed their activities in a general religious-cultural-social-critical mantle and hidden their objectives in lectures on philosophy and religion. Nevertheless, the racist and anti-constitutional efforts of the "Bund für Gotterkenntnis" finally led to its final ban in May 1961 [see Borst, p. 293f.]. After Frank first worked with all his energy for the success of the organizations and added the new enemy images of "Bolshevism" and "American capitalism" to the schema of Ludendorff's "supranational powers" [see NL Frank, vol. 101: Frank an Beinhauer v. 18.7.1950], a fundamental personal turn began in summer/autumn 1949 at the latest. Frank gradually began to detach himself from Mathilde Ludendorff and partially also from the TBB ideology [s. NL Frank, vol. 101: Frank an Gerstenberg v. 31.10.1949; ibid.: Frank an seine Vater v. 28.11.1949; ibid.: Frank an Beinhauer v. 18.7.1950]. In the Frank estate, BdW and TBB developed their regional development, legal and illegal organization, propaganda, ideology, financing, social structures, connection networks to politics and other associations, recruiting methods, dealing with internal conflicts, infiltrating other associations and their actual influence. As far as the BdW is concerned, only excerpts are available, whereas the estate allows exceptionally intensive observation of the TBB, whose documents make up the largest part of the estate. The numerous internal writings and press products of the association are also of importance here. In the correspondence, the motivation and ideological and ideological development of simple members as well as of individual high-ranking association leaders becomes particularly visible, especially that of Ludendorff, who had daily letter contact with Frank at times. Frank's own development is reflected particularly impressively in the multitude of documents, be it his school essays, the memoirs, the correspondence with his father or his speeches and essays. Interesting to follow are the different motifs of his move to the TBB in autumn 1928 and his departure from Mathilde Ludendorff in 1949. The estate reveals all varieties of the intense admiration Ludendorff enjoyed among his followers. The efforts to define these boundaries, as well as the links with other right-wing radical organisations, also bring their development into focus. In this context, the correspondence in particular documents the association's internal and private confrontation with National Socialism between 1928 and 1950. It is precisely through the specific quality and quantity of Frank's correspondence that the estate acquires its special significance. Frank's own letters have also been received in a large number of carbon copies. The constant interweaving of political themes and the coping with everyday life locates Frank's commitment. The multitude of writings and newspapers reflect the orientation within the TBB milieu, be it the TBB organs "Deutsche Wacht" and "Ludendorffs Volkswarte" or the Sunday paper "Drehscheibe. Das Blatt der denkenden Menschen", the Otto Strasser publications "Der Nationalsozialist" and "Deutsche Revolution. The organ of the Revolutionary National Socialists", the Silesian-Moravian "German Wehr. Alldeutsches Kampfblatt", the "Flame signs. Non-party newspapers for German popular consciousness and national independence, against ultramontane greed for power and all foreign spirits", the weekly "Das Neue Recht", the national-religious "Das Neue Reich", as well as the "Tägliche Rundschau. Independent newspaper for objective politics, Christian culture and German folklore". However, it is astonishing that the newspaper collection on the topics "Judaism" and "Freemasonry", actually the core topics of the TBB, is much shorter than on the topics "Economy" or "Mussolini" etc. A larger scientific publication on the development of the TBB between 1923 and 1945 as well as on the reorganization attempts after 1945 is still missing. Borst's work [see above], which is essentially based on the Frank estate, mainly analyses the propaganda content and forms of communication of the federal government. Bruno Thoss and Kurt Gossweiler, on the other hand, concentrate on the prehistory of the Federation in the years 1919 to 1923 [Bruno Thoss, Der Ludendorff-Kreis 1919-1923. Munich as the centre of the Central European Counterrevolution between Revolution and Hitler Putsch, Munich 1978; Kurt Gossweiler, Kapital, Reichswehr and NSDAP 1919-1924, Berlin (East) 1982]. The IfZ report on the TBB written by Hans Buchheim provides only a general overview [Hans Buchheim, Die organisatorische Entwicklung der Ludendorff-Bewegung und ihre Verhältnis zum Nationalsozialismus, in: Gutachten des IfZ München 1958]. The Frank estate offers an excellent supplement to the Tannenbergbund holdings of the IfZ (before the inheritance was taken over) and the Bavarian State Archives, both in Munich, as well as to those of the Federal Archives in Berlin, with its detailed insight into the development of the association. One part, the documents of private and political activities, received a new structure. Frank himself had left no evidence of his own order for this. The folders were assigned to this new structure according to their inscription; if the inscription deviated seriously from the folder content, the assignment was based on the content. This first part is divided into the private documents and the political documents, which were chronologically assigned to the respective political offices of Frank, as well as the subdivision into correspondence, administrative documents, essays, lectures and material collection. Administrative documents, such as circulars, membership lists or flyer drafts, were directly necessary for the performance of the office and thus differ from the collection of material, which includes general excerpts, newspaper articles, brochures and the like. This collection of material consists of folders, which in individual cases belonged to the respective official activity after dating, but as a rule according to their original inscription without doubt and could not be distributed to the newspaper collection. Political correspondence differs from the private correspondence of the first part of the estate in that Frank acted as a political functionary here. The second part, the newspaper collection, was rearranged according to the list found in the estate of the "Ludendorff Archive", which corresponds to the original inscriptions of most folders (or suspension files). In the process, folders containing only very few articles were basically joined together to form a single volume. This also applies in the case of folders that contain different topics. Within these IfZ archive volumes, the original Frank folders are separated by orange insert sheets. The table of contents of the newspaper collection in the index corresponds to the original index mentioned above. The respective volumes adapt to this arrangement, but additionally carry independent, newly selected titles which occasionally characterize the contents of the volume more precisely than Frank's keywords. In each volume all Frank's folders are listed one after the other according to the following scheme: The first line contains the original title of the respective Franks folder. In the following paragraphs first the contents of the folder, e.g. newspaper articles or brochures, then the topics of these sources and finally their running time are shown. The supplement, i.e. the parts of the estate, which the descendants of Frank had handed over to the IfZ in 1999, were in principle mentioned separately within the volumes of the find book and kept as far as possible in own volumes. In exceptional cases, smaller parts of the supplement, such as correspondence, were inserted into other volumes, but always delimited by orange insert sheets. The photographs contained in the supplement were scanned or copied and assigned to volumes 2 and 19. private documents included, in particular, materials on genealogy in their original context. The correspondence of Frank during his engagement for the "Bund Wiking" 1925-1928 is combined into one volume, since his activity as Gauführer Duisburg officially ended by the BdW ban in May 1926, but probably continued illegally until 1927.
Sehr vereinzelt Unterlagen, zumeist publiziertes Material, in Ausnahmefällen Manuskripte.
Feldwirtschaftsamt, Department Abroad, Collective Reports on Africa, Monthly Reports, Colonial Lessons from Office OKW Abroad, Military Situation Abroad 1940-1942, War Diary No. 7 of the Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsstab (Abroad) 01. October 1944-31. March 1944;Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)/ Wehrwirtschaftsstab bzw. OKW/ Wehrwirtschaftsstab (Military Economic Staff Group) or ...: "3 i 50 C, Kommissionen und Abordnungen, D Sammelberichte über Afrika, E Monatsberichte: Koloniale Unterrichtung von (AMT OKW) Ausland; Wehrwirtschaftliche Lage des Auslandes", 1940-1942 [Wi/VI. 6b, P. 1838593].Further provenance data:National Archives Washington DC, Guide 17, p. 136, T 77, roll 643
The author describes the life of his parents and grandparents in German Southwest Africa, his childhood and youth there as well as in Germany (Bad Wildungen) until the beginning of his education in Rendsburg; (1897-1936)Mschr., Durchschlag.
Brief description of the holdings:NL Herbert Frank, with documents of the Wiking- und Tannenberg-Bund in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1909-1961; Orig., Kop., 242 Bde.; s. Rep. Frank, HerbertEhem. portfolio "Kleinkrieg":newspaper cuttings, newspapers (among them Ludendorffsche Volkswarte (LVW)), excerpts, printed circular of the Landvolkbewegung, copy of the "Landwacht. Blätter für ländliche Kultur, Arbeit und Siedlung" ("Leaves for Rural Culture, Labour and Settlement") of the "Bund Artaman", November 1931; Topics: Political engagement of the rural people's movement; engagement against austerity measures in the cultural sector; activities of various political sects (G. Winters "Wahrheit und Recht", "Wära-Tausch-Gesellschaft"); duration: 1931-1932, former portfolio "Kleinstaaten: Portugal, Albania, Holland, Netherlands, Spain (LV)":newspaper clippings, newspapers (including LVW and "Deutsche Kurzpost");topics: Domestic politics, power struggles, fascism in the above mentioned countries;Duration: 1932-1937,Ehem. Folder "Kolonien":newspaper clippings, newspapers, excerpts, 1 picture postcard;Topics: German Colonial Society etc. Commitment to German colonies;Duration: 1931-1937;Former portfolio "Konzerne": newspaper clippings, newspapers (including LVW, "Fridericus", "Deutsche Kurzpost", "Die Schwarze Front"), various brochures (including "Das Goldene Zeitalter");Topics: Economic activities, politics and influence of wholesale trade and industry; reactions to the world economic crisis; duration: 1929-April 1933.
Manuscript "Wenckstern, Mein Leben "Contains among other things reports from his time with the Schutztruppe in Cameroon.
1) Carl Wölfel's lecture of 25 May 1934: Where do we stand? Strategic upper sentences on the German economic battle; pp. 9398-9429; HC 763:2) Memorandum Otto Kurz, Head of the Office of Technology, NSDAP, Gau Schwaben, November 1936: A German Canal Cross as the Core of a Central European Waterway; pp. 9430-9445;HC 767:3) Report by Erich Obst, Professor of Geography at TH-Hannover (1934-1935), compiled at the request of Goebbels: The Germanism in Southwest and South Africa; Thoughts on the Care of the Germanism and the Propaganda Activities in this Country Area; Bl. 9446-9581;HC 783:4) Index of Karl Haushofer's book reviews in the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik, 1936-1939; pp. 9573-9581;5) Diary, literary works by Max Haushofer [father of Karl Haushofer]; Chronological index of Max Haushofer's literary works that probably appeared between 1856-1906; pp. 9582-9612;HC 815:6) Mitteilungen des China-Institut, Jahrgang 1941, Nr. 1-6: Würdigung von Hermann Kriebel (former German consul in Shanghai); Bl. 9613-9626;HC 829:7) Manuscript Karl Haushofer "Geopolitica", without date: Geopolitische Kernräume, Zellen, Schwellen und Übergang; Bl. 9627-9683:a) Geopolitical foundations of today's military system; The concept of geographic military science; military geography empiricism; classification; definition of terms and technical language; 4 S;b) From sins of omission; geography and German spatial policy before the upswing to the space-expanding act; Essence from the memory of a German soldier on 25. July 1935 to the German Erzieher-Akademie in Munich; 46 p.; Contains geopolitical considerations about Poland, Norway and France campaign; HC 831: [= F 94, see also there]8) Memorandum "Southeast", May 1934 [Von Albrecht Haushofer?]; photocopies, pp. 9708-9802; 93 sheets:Table of contents: I. Czechoslovakia; Fundamental Information on the Political Situation, the Catastrophe of the DNSAP (German National Socialist Workers' Party); Henlein and the Homeland Front; Political Tasks and Possibilities of the Germans in Czechoslovakia; The Sudeten German Emigrants; Sudeten German Homeland Association; The Case of Cancer; The Positive Remains of the DNSAP; The Causes of the DNSAP Catastrophe; Disappointed Supporters and Dangers of Disturbance; Cancer and People's German Leadership Positions in the Reich; The Concept of Kreissl, Again Sudeten German Homeland League; The Foreign German Leadership Position; The Reich and Czechoslovakia; Passive Foreign Policy of the Reich and Czechoslovak Domestic Policy;II. The Curia and Roman Catholicism;III. The People's German Work and Organization Area; Its Natural Reason; The People's German Work Area and Foreign Policy; The People's German Crisis; The Genuine People's German; The People's German Starting Point of the Leader; The People's Germans and the NSDAP; Hans Steinacher; The Party-Free Sector; VDA (Volksbund für das Deutschtum im Ausland)-Work, Abroad and Foreign Office; The Forms of VDA Work; Unresolved Problems and Dangers; The People's German Council as a Point of Attraction; IV. Practical conclusions and suggestions;HC 832:9) Correspondence Heinz Haushofer, Heinrichsbauer, Southeast Europe Society, June 1940: Lecture date for N. D. Cornatenu, former Minister of Agriculture; pp. 9803ff;10) Hanns Johst to A. Haushofer of 10 February 1936: Thanks for the transmission of Haushofer's drama "Scipio"; p. 9819; 11) Hans-Fr. Blunck to Haushofer of 8 January 1934: Return of the Scipio manuscript; p. 9821; 12) Albrecht Haushofer to Karl Haushofer of 03 January 1936. June 1935: Preparations for a speech by Karl Haushofer in Königsberg; pp. 9826;13) Albrecht Haushofer to Ernst von Weizsäcker of April 2, 1938: Congratulations on his appointment as State Secretary; pp. 9829;14) Albrecht Haushofer to Karl Haushofer of April 16, 1938; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 16; pp. 17; pp. 17. March 1937: Reception of the Japanese politician and university lecturer Kawakami; pp. 9835-9836;15) Roland Freisler to Albrecht Haushofer of 22 May 1937: Lecture by Karl Haushofer in Jüterbog; pp. 9853;16) Memorandum of [27 January 1939, without author, with handwritten comment A. Haushofer]: Der Nachwuchs der Wissenschaft; pp. 9859-9862; 17) Distribution of seats for the evening table on 26 March 1935 on the occasion of the visit of the British Foreign Minister Sir John Simon and the Lord Seal Keeper Sir A. Eden to Berlin; pp. 9865;18) Albrecht Haushofer to Hanns Johst of 28 January 1936: Transmission of A. Haushofer's historical-political drama [probably Scipio]; p. 0869;19) Memorandum (without author, without date): Die deutsch-jugoslawische Grenze; p. 9873-9874;29) Strictly confidential memorandum: Border problems in the Swiss Alpine region (in the event that the Swiss problems become acute); sheet no. 9875-9878: a) Graubünden and the Rhaeto-Romans; b) Italian areas; c) Irregularities of the state border between Gotthard and Stilfser Joch; d) Gotthardpass; e) Wallis and Lake Geneva area; f) Savoy zones; g) Special features of the border between Gotthard and Mont Blanc; 21) Memorandum (without author, without date): Die deutsch-ungarische Grenze; Bl. 9881;22) Draft Albrecht Haushofer (without date, partly handwritten): Thoughts on peace order; Memorandum to be presented to the Reich Marshal and the State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office with the request to examine at a convenient time whether it can be presented to Hitler; Prerequisites for future world peace; the federal peace order of continental Europe; Europe's relationship to the British-American naval power; German goals in peace order; German supremacy in continental Europe; p. 1; p. 1; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the sea; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law; German law of the land; German law; German law of the land; German law of the land; German law; German law of the land; German law; German law; Bl. 9883-9897;HC 833:23) The same, from November 1941; sheets 9902-9920;24) Strictly secret transcript Albrecht Haushofer of 8 September 1940 after a conversation with Rudolf Heß: Are there still possibilities for a German-English peace?; possibilities for a transmission of Hitler's wish for peace to leading personalities in England; attitude of the English to Hitler and Ribbentrop; English personalities suitable for establishing contact; pp. 9922-9925;25) Note of 7 October 1945 on the arrest of Hans Hinkel in Mittenwald on 8 May 1945 [marked Fritz Karge]; pp. 7922-9925; pp. 7 October 1945 on the arrest of Hans Hinkel in Mittenwald on 8 May 1945 [marked Fritz Karge]; pp. 7 October 1945 on the arrest of Hans Hinkel in Mittenwald [marked Fritz Karge]; pp. 9922-9925. 9926;26) Hinkel to Bormann of 15 April 1943: Criticism of the National Socialist regime and so-called leading men in party and state; pp. 9927-9933;27) Hinkel to SS-Obersturmführer Julius Schaub of 10 April 1943; Hinkel to SS-Obersturmführer Julius Schaub of 10 April 1943; pp. 9927-9933;10) Hinkel to SS-Obersturmführer Julius Schaub of 10 April 1943. January 1945: Hinkel's lecture on "The state of our art" in 1937 in front of the Postsportgemeinschaft Berlin-Zeesen, and the confrontation with Göring in this context; pp. 9934-9937;28) Hitler's Adjutant's Office of May 12, 1941: Passport for a Flight A. Haushofer on 12 May 1941 with courier to the Führer's headquarters; pp. 9939;29) Memorandum Denkschrift [A. Haushofer] für das Auswärtige Amt [Rahn] from April 1937: Germany and the Colonies; Criticism of the Current Distribution of Colonial Property; The Colonization Capacity of the Colonial Powers; The Raw Materials Situation in the Former German Colonies; pp. 9940-9957;30) Report Albrecht Haushofer of May 12, 1941 for Hitler: English relations and the possibilities of their deployment; Haushofer personal relations with English conservative circles; contacting the Duke of Hamilton through Rudolf Heß and Carl Burckhardt; debate Burckhardt, Haushofer on May 28, 1941. April 1941 in Geneva; wish of conservative English circles to examine the possibilities of peace with Germany; English interest in Eastern and Southeastern European states; restoration of Western European states; colonial problems; attitude of the English people to war against Hitler's Germany; peace efforts of the English upper class; Bl. 9959-9970;31) Minutes Albrecht Haushofer for Rudolf Heß of Spring 1934: Thoughts on a Differentiated Solution of the Non-Aryan Question; pp. 9972-9974;32) [Albrecht Haushofer] to Rudolf Heß of 19. September 1940: Technical difficulties in the transmission of a letter to England for the purpose of taking up equalisation efforts; pp. 9976-9979;33) Report Franz Springer of 04 May 1940 on his journey to Budapest and the observations made in the process on the political developments in Hungary which were favourable for Germany (with cover letter of 06 May 1940). May 1940); pp. 9981-9988;34) Note Hasselblatt (without date) on Finland's attitude to the German Reich (with cover letter A. Haushofer to Rudolf Heß of 16 October 1939); pp. 1500003-1500005;35) Albrecht Haushofer to Karl Haushofer of 10 February 1938: Statement on the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis and the associated changes in the Foreign Office; pp. 500006-500011;36) Secret lecture by Karl Goerdeler given to the Krupp Board of Directors around 1937: Limits of economic activity and the dangers of the state economy from 1933-1936; building and road construction, army and armament, beginnings of the substitute materials economy; shortage of raw materials; import and export; consolidation of German foreign debt (with handwritten remarks A. Haushofer); pp. 500013-500021;37) [see no. 16)] with handwritten remarks Albrecht Haushofer; pp. 500023-500026;38) Proposal [A. Haushofer] of November, December 1941 for the new division of the Reichsländer: A Reichsländer - B Reichsstädte; pp. 500028-500054;39) Memorandum A. Haushofer of 25 January 1938: The Personnel Policy of the Foreign Office under the Influence of the Foreign Organization of the NSDAP; p. 500056-500057; 40) Memorandum, strictly confidential, only at the personal disposal of the Reich Minister of 2 March 1938 (with a letter from Haushofer to Rudolf Heß): Staffing levels of the Foreign Office; Brief Characteristics of the Senior Staff of the Internal and External Services; p. 500056-500057; 40). 500059-500064;41) History miniatures, anecdotes about the former French ambassador in Berlin, Francois-Poncet; pp. 500069-500074;42) Proposals of March 02, 1938 for the Revirement (with handwritten remarks by A. Haushofer); pp. 500076;43) A. Haushofer to Herbert von Dirksen of 02 April 1938: Congratulations on taking over the German Embassy in London; pp. 500078;44) A. Haushofer to Rudolf Heß of 24 August 1933: Report on a conversation Haushofer had with the US Ambassador Dodd, especially on his non-participation in the Reich Party Congress; request for Heß' participation in the conference of the ethnic groups; pp. 500086;45) Albrecht Haushofer to Rudolf Heß of 07. August 1933; Report on a conversation Haushofer had with the US Ambassador Dodd, especially on his non-participation in the Reich Party Congress; pp. 500086;45). September 1933: Participation of foreign diplomats in the Reich Party Congress; pp. 500087-500088;46) Notes [A. Haushofer] to the lecture by R. H. [Rudolf Heß] on 12 and 16 May 1938: VoMi (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle), Anglo-Czech Report, South Tyrol, Austria, Holiday Work of Older Semesters; pp. 500090;47) A. Haushofer to Rudolf Heß from September 7, 1935: Thanks for the support in the effort for a lectureship at the Hochschule für Politik Berlin and for the protection which the Haushofer brothers experienced as "quarter Jews" through Heß; Bl. 500092;48) Rudolf Heß to A. Haushofer from October 18, 1930: Instructions for Haushofer on the occasion of his trip to England; pp. 500094-500095;49) Information about A. Haushofer and the ancestry of his family (it appears that Haushofer's mother was a "half-Jew"); pp. 500097;50) Albrecht Haushofer to Goebbels of 9 August 1933: Request for approval of his application for the chairmanship of the Department of Geopolitics at the Hochschule für Politik; pp. 500098;51) The Head of the German Information Office I [Berber] to A. Haushofer of 28 May 1941 (with cover letter): Order of the Reich Foreign Ministry of 28 May 1941 to terminate A. Haushofer's collaboration with the German Information Office; pp. 500100-500101;52) Draft [Society for Geography] to Reich Minister [R. Heß], without date: Membership of nonarians in the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde; pp. 500106-500107;53) Correspondence Ministerialdirektor Hans Wagner with Ley and Bormann of January 1944: Task and Organization of Housing; pp. 500109-500124;54) File No. 3 of September 18, 1940: Ehrenangelegenheit Minke (Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, VoMi); pp. 500129-500130;55) Albrecht Haushofer to Karl Haushofer of September 03, 1944; pp. 500106-500107; pp. 500109-500130; pp. 500109-500124. February 1938: Personnel problems in the VoMi; Mesalliance Blomberg; pp. 500132-500135;56) Karl Haushofer to Ribbentrop from 09 October 1936: Sending a letter to Rudolf Heß with the request for thorough treatment (no attachment); pp. 500139;57) (Albrecht Haushofer to the board of the ) Ortsverein München der DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei): Withdrawal from the DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei) of 21 October 1936; pp. 500139;57) (Albrecht Haushofer to the board of the ) Ortsverein München der DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei): Withdrawal from the DVP (Deutsche Volkspartei). March 1922 for Karl and Martha Haushofer; pp. 500141;58) [Albrecht Haushofer] to the executive committee of the Landesjugendausschuss (der DVP) of 20 March 1923: resignation of the chairmanship of the Landesjugendausschuss; pp. 500142-500143;59) Correspondence between Haushofer and Stresemann of May-July 1922: mediation of a meeting between Lord Robert Cecil and Stresemann to discuss questions of the League of Nations; pp. 500141;58) [Albrecht Haushofer] to the executive committee of the Landesjugendausschuss (der DVP) of 20 March 1923: resignation of the chairmanship of the Landesjugendausschuss; pp. 500142-500143;59) Correspondence between Haushofer and Stresemann of May-July 1922: mediation of a meeting between Lord Robert Cecil and Stresemann to discuss questions of the League of Nations; pp. 500145-500150;60) General Dufour to A. Haushofer of 27 April 1922: Dank Dufour für die Vermittlung einer Unterredung mit Stresemann; Bl. 500146;61) [Albrecht] Haushofer to Brüser, DVP, of 01 June 1922: Status of the youth and student group of the DVP in the Munich constituencies 27 and 28; Statement on the holding of a Reichsjugendtag; Bl. 500149-500152;62) Mac Cown an [Albrecht] Haushofer vom 29. Mai 1922: Contact Lord Robert Cecil - Stresemann; Bl. 500153;63) Handwritten note Albrecht Haushofer, respectively draft of a letter (to Rudolf Heß): Membership in the NS-Dozentenbund und Lozentur an der Hochschule für Politik; Bl. 500156;64) Correspondence A. Haushofer with Hans-Fr. Blunck vom 15.16 December 1933: Records in the Reichsschrifttumskammer and transmission of three manuscripts, including "Richtfeuer" and "Scipio"; pp. 500160-500161; HC 834:65) Folder "Geopolitics", 1924-1929: Correspondence, Reviews, Manuscripts and Manuscripts of Radio Lectures Karl Haushofer; pp. 500163-500173, 500177-500198:a) What is Geopolitics? Rundfunk II/31; b) How to apply geopolitical principles in practice? Rundfunk II/31; c) What is geopolitics? Handwritten for "Deutsche Welle", 28 May 1929;66) Copy of Rudolf Heß's expert opinion of 14 November 1938: Aryan descent of Karl and Martha Haushofer; p. 500171;67) Lists of helpful personalities in Germany, abroad and NSDAP (without date); p. 500172-500176;68) Brochure: Links from the chain of truth of the Servant of Light, Booklet 1; Content: The Search for Christ; The Black Cross Teaching and the White Cross Light; Prayer Life; God's Will and our Free Will; Spiritual and Church; Images from Lucifer's World; Christ's Redemption Value[k?Religious and ideological treatises [author probably Karl Haushofer, without date]: Preface; Open letter; Charity; Knight's honour; Clear look; For the Lord will not leave unpunished those who misuse His name; Bl. 500217-500237;69) Correspondence publisher Kurt Vowickel, Obst, Karl Haushofer, Lautensach of August-September 1927: Difficulties with the planned publication of the journal "Bausteine der Geopolitik"; Bl. 500245-500262;70) Correspondence Karl Haushofer with publishers and authors; correspondence with Erich Obst; reviews; contributions by authors of the Zeitschrift für Geopolitik 1924-1929; pp. 500126-500695. Further provenance data:National Archives Washington DC, Guide 9, p. 11 ff.., T 253, roll 46