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'Mutation des Soldats Haoussa du Togo à Yaoundé afin d'y établir un contact avec les caravanes de marchands Haoussa de l'Adamaoua et leur redirection vers la côte du Protectorat du Cameroun. - Arrêté du Ministère des Affaires étrangères

orders of the Western Division

Dienststellen der Lokalverwaltung. - Banjo. - Appointment of Lieutenant Sandrock as deputy station master, 13 Feb. 1902 [fol. 2] Trade of the locals in country produce. - Report by Lieutenant Sandrock, Banjo, April 1902 [fol. 8 - 10] General political, military and economic conditions. - Adamaoua. - In Tibati. - Report by Lieutenant Sandrock, 4 April 1902 [fol. 11 - 12] Expedition of the station chiefs from Banjo (Lieutenant Sandrock, Lieutenant Houben). - Galim expedition (14-26 March 1902), 1902 [fol. 21 - 28] General political, military and economic conditions. - Adamaua. - Banjo area - report by Lieutenant Sandrock, 15 May 1902 [fol. 31 - 32] Local government offices. - Banjo. - Takeover of the station by First Lieutenant Houben, 18 June 1902 [fol. 33] Expedition of the station commanders of Banjo (Lieutenant Sandrock, First Lieutenant Houben). - Battle at Kumbo on 4 June 1902 and attack by the Bansso (Bascho) on 7 June 1902, 1902 [fol. 34 - 35] Expedition of the Banjo station commanders (Lieutenant Sandrock, First Lieutenant Houben). - Bafut Expedition (June-July 1902), 1902 [fol. 36 - 46] Njoya, Chief of Bamum (Fumban). - Presentation of a flag and a revolver by the Banjo station, September 1902 [fol. 48 - 51] Lake Chad expedition (Lieutenant-Colonel Pavel). - Expedition Bali Banjo (8 Jan. - 7 Feb. 1902) herein also: Murder of First Lieutenant Nolte on 1 Feb. 1902 in Banjo, 1902 [fol. 53 - 57] Individual cases. - Nolte, First Lieutenant. - Murder in the castle of Lamidos Omaru in Banjo on 1 February 1902, 1902 [fol. 58] Merima Issa (brother of Lamidos Omaru von Banjo, shot on 1 February 1902 on the occasion of the murder of Lieutenant Nolte). - Transport to the coast and shooting on the run together with Sariki-n-zaggi and the Kaigama Adamau by the escort detachment under Lieutenant Sandrock on 25 February 1902, 1902 [fol. 68] General political, military and economic circumstances. - Adamaua. - Banjo area. - Report of Lieutenant von Madai, August-October 1902 [fol. 69 - 112] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Banjo June - September 1902, 1902 [fol. 121 - 140] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Banjo 24 January - 12 June 1902, 1902 [fol. 130 - 141] Reports of the general administration departments. - Banjo December 1903, 1903 [fol. 155 - 156] General political, military and economic conditions. - Banjo, Bamun (Fumban) Tikar area. - Report by Lieutenant Müller, (1 Feb. 1904) [fol. 160 - 165] Lake Chad journey of 6 Aug. 1904 (Governor von Puttkamer). - Galim expedition from 15 October to 15 November 1904 (Lieutenant Achenbach), 1904 [fol. 178 - 201] Reports of the departments of the general administration. - Banjo July 1904, 1904 [fol. 184 - 187] Reports of the general administration departments. - Banjo August - September 1904, 1904 [fols. 198 - 199] Location sketch of Banjo station (with ground plan sketch) without scale. Pen and ink drawing with coloured inscriptions, Sandrock, Leutnant, 31.3.1902 New establishment of the station by Leutnant Sandrock after the murder of Oberleutnant Nolte on 1.2.1902, 20.4.1902

Schutztruppe für Kamerun. - 1st Company. - Formed by conversion of the Garua Expedition by the command of the Schutztruppe für Kamerun without authorisation by Governor von Puttkamer, 1902 [fol. 4] Personalwesen der Schutztruppe für Kamerun. - Regular company of the Schutztruppe für Kamerun. - Strength report, 7 Dec. 1902 [fol. 19] Expedition to the area north of the Benue from 13 Jan. to 18 Aug. 1902 - Alleged border crossing by the Garua expedition. - Investigations into a British protest, 4 April 1902 [fol. 27 - 31] Garua. - Takeover or handover of the Residentur by First Lieutenant von Bülow (successor to First Lieutenant Count Fugger von Glött, murdered on 5 February 1903), 8 March 1903 [fol. 49] Establishment of a factories in Garua. - Unsuccessful endeavours with German and British companies, 1902 - 1904 [fol. 54] Reports of the general administration departments. - Garua. 1 Company of the Schutztruppe für Kamerun April - December 1903, 1903 [fol. 67 - 108] Companies. - Randad & Stein, Hamburg. - Establishment of a factory in Ngaundere for the purpose of exploiting the wild rubber deposits in the border region of Kunde. - Commitment to the governorate, 1904 [fol. 92 - 213] Garua. - Establishment of the Residentur, competences of the Resident and provisional takeover of the business by Captain Thierry. - Order by Governor von Puttkamer (draft), 20 September 1903 [fol. 103 - 104] Garua. - Takeover and handover of the Residentur, 8 March 1903 [fol. 105 - 106] Preparation for the introduction of cash transactions at Garua station, September 1903 [fol. 109] Garua. - Delivery of a house made of asbestos manufacturing parts from the company Asbest- und Gummiwerke Alfred Calmon AG, Hamburg, 1903 [fol. 128 - 143] Garua. - Handover of the station by the 1st Company to the Resident. - Order by Governor von Puttkamer (draft), 20 Nov. 1903 [fol. 145 - 159] Lake Chad voyage of 6 Aug. 1904 (Governor von Puttkamer). - Alleged encroachments by the Sultan of Tibati against the Wute. - Extract from the monthly report of the Joko station, January 1904 [fol. 150] Tibati-Ngaundere expedition of 27 February - 12 July 1904 (Captain Thierry), 1904 [fol. 152 - 252] Establishment of a police force of the Garua Residentur. - Preparations, September 1903, May 1904 [fol. 159 - 199] Offices of the local administration. - Dikoa. - Service instructions for the garrison commander in accordance with the instructions of the Foreign Office, 14 April 1903 [fol. 164 - 165] Garua. - Budget - applications for the 1905/06 budget, 1904 [fol. 176 - 189] Assassination of the Deputy Resident in Garua, Captain Thierry, on 16 September 1904 near Mubi. - Reports by Deputy Governor Dr Ebermaier to the Foreign Office, October 1904 [fol. 226 - 277] Personnel changes in the administration after the death of Captain Thierry on 16.9.1904 - Planning, 1904 [fol. 226 - 277] Livestock farming by the natives in Adamaua. - Report by Captain Thierry, 1904 [fol. 253 - 254] Services of the local administration. - Garua. - Service instructions, 15 July 1904 [fol. 260 - 263] Implementation of military measures in the Garua Resident District. - Complaint by Captain Thierry about Lieutenant Strümpell, August 1904 [fol. 264 - 270] Battle at Duhu on the Dikwa (Dikoa) Garua road on 3-4 July 1904 (Lieutenant Schipper), 1904 [fol. 258 - 259] Distribution of European members of the Schutztruppe for Cameroon. - Lists, some with names Garua - plans, 1902

The first German airplane and the first German car in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

A Schutztruppe aircraft is brought to a tarmac / Photographer: Scherl

Call by the commander-in-chief of the South African Union troops, General Louis Botha, announces that in German Southwest Africa the means of payment will become invalid. / Photographer: Scherl

Announcement of the prohibition to leave the residence of the civilian population / Photographer: Scherl

Announcement by Governor Seitz to the Boers in the colony of German South-West Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Artillery department of the Schutztruppe with ox team / Photographer: Scherl

Askari soldiers at a shooting range in German East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

Coloured soldiers of a company of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askari, marching out in the first days of the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a . Scene from the African Anabasis / Photographer: Scherl

Native auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a march with a trained rifle / Photographer: Scherl

Two warriors from the Ruga Ruga tribe are employed as local auxiliary soldiers (so-called Askaris) of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a . / Photographer: Scherl

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Group of local soldiers on the march. The Askaris supported the German Schutztruppe under General Lettow-Vorbeck until the end of the war in 1918. / Photographer: Scherl

Bataille près de Nasanakang le 6.9.1914 (Liste des pertes), 1915nnnBataille près de la ferme Harmann le long de la route Baré - Melong - Dschang le 3.2.1915 (Rapport de bataille), 1915nnn

Two soldiers, who served under the command of Lettow-Vorbecks, on deck chairs in an improvised camp from the first war time / Photographer: Scherl

Contains among other things: participants in combat operations

Contains: information on participants, losses, ammunition consumption, location and type of combat

Theatre of war in Cameroon: For lack of barbed wire, German soldiers made hindquarters from tree trunks. / Photographer: Scherl

Contains above all: Battle of Jassin on 18-25 Jan 1915 under von Lettow-Vorbeck

Camel rider patrol of the Schutztruppe at the rest / Photographer: Scherl

Captured English march through the streets of Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl

Soldier of the cavalry on a horse in the steppe in German-Southwest-Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Find aids: Findbuch von 1992 (online searchable) Registraturbildner: The Verein für den Halleschen Handel, which was originally founded in 1833 to build a packing yard, is to be regarded as the forerunner of the later Halle Chamber of Commerce. On the basis of proposals made by this association and its president Ludwig Wucherer, a chamber of commerce "for the city of Halle and the Saale-Örter" was established by edict of 18 October 1844. Its district initially comprised the cities of Halle, Wettin and Alsleben as well as the rural communities of Kröllwitz, Rothenburg (Saale) and Salzmünde. In 1856 Eilenburg was added, in 1873 the districts of Bitterfeld, Delitzsch (without the city of Delitzsch), Querfurt, Merseburg, Naumburg, Weißenfels, Zeitz, the Saalkreis, the Mansfelder See- und Gebirgskreis (without the former court commission Ermsleben) joined. In 1881 the city of Delitzsch followed, in 1894 the district Eckartsberga, in 1895 the districts Liebenwerda and Torgau, finally in 1920 the district Schweinitz. The Halle Chamber of Industry and Commerce thus comprised the entire administrative district of Merseburg without the district of Sangerhausen, which belonged to the Nordhausen chamber district, and the former Ermsleben court commission (Mansfelder Gebirgskreis) with the town of Ermsleben and the rural communities of Endorf, Meisdorf, Neuplatendorf, Pansfelde, Sinsleben and Wieserode, which were assigned to the Halberstadt chamber district. When it was founded, the Chamber of Commerce consisted of 9 members, and since 1897 it had 54 members elected in 7 constituencies in the Industry, Mining, Wholesale and Retailing sections. In 1936, the Mittelelbe Chamber of Commerce was created for the area of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Halle, Halberstadt, Magdeburg and Dessau, i.e. for the Free State of Anhalt, the administrative districts of Magdeburg and Merseburg, and the Braunschweig district of Calvörde. The Mittelelbe Chamber of Commerce was created, which combined the chambers mentioned for its district and corresponded to the middle level of the Reich Economic Chamber. After the order of 16 December 1942 had determined the establishment of the Gauwirtschaftskammer Halle-Merseburg, the Industrie- und Handelskammer Halle and the Wirtschaftskammer Mittelelbe were dissolved with effect from 31 December 1942. Also the rights and duties of the Wirtschaftskammer Mittelelbe were transferred to the Gauwirtschaftskammer Halle-Merseburg on January 1, 1943 - as far as they concerned the district of the former Industrie- und Handelskammer Halle. After the end of the war, the competence of the Halle Chamber of Industry and Commerce was extended to the newly founded province of Saxony, until the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the province of Saxony (from 3 December 1946: Saxony-Anhalt) was formed by decree of the Presidium of the Province of Saxony of 20 April 1946. Inventory information: The files grown up at the Halle Chamber of Industry and Commerce were probably subjected to an extensive cassation at the end of the 19th century, from which only those volumes of files were spared that were still needed for the current management at that time. Between 1953 and 1958, this older part of the collection, together with the later files, was delivered in three deliveries to the Merseburg branch of the State Archives. In 1968, this part of the collection was transferred to Magdeburg and supplemented with regard to the index data; in 1969, the remainder of the collection was finally taken over by the Magdeburg State Archives, listed and integrated into the existing collection. During the processing of documents of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of the Halle district in the 1990s, further documents from the period before 1945 could be identified and assigned to the holdings. Additional information: A typewritten index is available for the examination documents of the individual trades (8.6.). Literature: The Chamber of Commerce building in Halle a. d. Saale. Memorandum on the inauguration on 12 May 1902 - W. Hoffmann, the Halle Chamber of Commerce. Memorandum on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce, Halle 1902 - The Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Halle, edited by the management, Leipzig 1937 - Dalchow, Irmtraud, Die Industrie- und Handelskammer Halle-Dessau: 150 Jahre Kammergeschichte in Mitteldeutschland 1844 - 1994 Festschrift der IHK Halle-Dessau zum 150jährigen Jubiläum, Halle 1995.

Description of the holdings: The head of the army archives was the head of archives for the Wehrmacht part of the army with its official seat in Potsdam. The chief of the army archives was in charge of the army archives in Potsdam, Vienna, Munich, Dresden and Stuttgart, the army archives branches in Prague and Gdansk, as well as the representatives in the occupied territories and the Wehrmacht sighting station for prey files. The Chief of the Army Archives was responsible for the recording of files of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, of the High Command of the Army with subordinate offices, of the command authorities, troops, administrative authorities and other institutions of the army (cf. HDv. 30 Correspondence and Business Transactions of the Wehrmacht, Appendix 2). The User Regulations regulated the lending and use of the Army Archives (cf. BArch RH 18/437). After three years of negotiations, the Reich and Prussian Minister of the Interior and the Reich War Minister agreed in September 1936 that the military files should be taken over by the High Command of the Army. On April 1, 1937, the chief of the army archives and the army archives under his command took over the military archives, which since 1919 had been administered by the Reichsarchiv, its branches in Dresden and Stuttgart, and the war archives in Munich. The Chief of the Army Archives was subordinate to the Chief Quartermaster V in the General Staff of the Army until 1942. With the reorientation of the writing of war history, Hitler subordinated the Chief of the Army Archives to the Commissioner of the Führer for Military History, Colonel Scherff, with effect from 1 July 1942. From 1937 to 1942 Friedrich von Rabenau was the chief of the army archives, from 1942 until the end of the war Karl Ruppert, who had been in charge of the Potsdam army archives since 1937. The management of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam and the office of Chief of Army Archives were merged in 1943. Heeresarchiv Potsdam The Heeresarchiv Potsdam was divided into three departments. Department A administered the Brandenburg-Prussian Army Archives, the archives of which ran from the 17th century until the dissolution of the Prussian army in 1920. Department B kept the files of the volunteer formations formed after World War I and of the Reichswehr. Section C was intended for the recording of Wehrmacht files, i.e. from 1935 with the re-establishment of military sovereignty. The departments of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam were divided into subject areas. Other organisational units included the collections, estates, maps and the picture collection. In 1935, the Berlin Department of the Reichsarchiv (especially the Prussian War Ministry after 1867) and the Central Office of Records for War Losses and War Graves were also subordinated to the Heeresarchiv Potsdam. The Heeresarchiv Potsdam continuously took over the war diaries of all command authorities and troops as well as the court files of the field and war courts in the court file collection centre. The file collection centre West in Berlin-Wannsee mainly recorded loot files from various military offices in France. The organisational structure of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam was not uniform and changed several times until 1945. In territorial matters, the Heeresarchiv Potsdam was bound by the instructions of the commander in Wehrkreis III (Berlin). A British air raid on Potsdam on 14 April 1945 hit the service and magazine building of the chief of the army archives and the army archive Potsdam hard. The holdings of the Brandenburg-Prussian Army Archives were almost destroyed. This concerned, among other things, the files of the Prussian military cabinet, the files of the Prussian Ministry of War, the war files of the unification wars and the most important war diaries with attachments from the First World War. The personal records of the Prussian army and the Reichswehr are considered almost completely destroyed. In 1943 the Heeresarchiv Potsdam outsourced the department for the recording of war diaries to Liegnitz in Silesia. At the end of 1944 this branch was moved back to Potsdam. Later, the Heeresarchiv Potsdam outsourced large quantities of its archives. Shortly before the enclosure of Berlin, the war diaries of the Second World War and a few particularly valuable older files were transferred to Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains and to Bad Reichenhall or Kufstein in "two transports of 4-6 railway wagons each" (Poll). The archives in Blankenburg were confiscated by the Western Allies. These were the war diaries of the Army High Commands, the General Commands, the divisions and other army departments as well as parts of older files. The war diaries of top army authorities were burned in Reichenhall and Kufstein on the orders of Scherff, the Führer's representative for military historiography. The destruction of older files, estates and collections in Reichenhall could be prevented by the responsible official. Heeresarchiv Wien The Chief of the Army Archives took over the War Archive Vienna after the integration of Austria in 1938. It was the central military archive of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy until 1918 and of the Republic of Austria until 1938. After the beginning of World War II, the Army Archives Vienna was assigned the Southeast Files Collection Point for the collection of loot files from the Southeast region. In territorial matters the Army Archives Vienna was bound to the instructions of the commander in the military district XVII (Vienna). Today the War Archives are under the control of the Austrian State Archives. Heeresarchiv München After the foundation of the Reichsarchiv in 1919, the Kriegsarchiv München was able to maintain its status as an independent Bavarian archive and was not subordinated to the Reichsarchiv as a branch of the Reichsarchiv, as were the archives in Dresden and Stuttgart. In 1937, the head of the Heeresarchiv took over the Kriegsarchiv München as the Heeresarchiv München. The Army Archives Munich covered the entire Bavarian military tradition from about 1650 to 1920. After the beginning of World War II, the Army Archives Munich was assigned the file collection point South, in particular for the recording of Italian booty files. In territorial matters, the Heeresarchiv München was bound by the instructions of the commander in Wehrkreis VII (Munich). After the Second World War, the Kriegsarchiv München was subordinated to the Bavarian Hauptstaatsarchiv. Despite losses during the war, the majority of the holdings have been preserved and enable source research into military history before 1919 as a replacement for the lost archive of the Potsdam Army Archives. Army Archives Dresden In 1937, the head of the army archives took over the Dresden branch of the Reichsarchiv from the Reichsarchiv as the Dresden Army Archives. This service was responsible for the stocks of the Saxon Army (XII. (I. Royal Saxon) Army Corps and XIX. (II. Royal Saxon Army Corps). The holdings of the Army Archives Dresden covered a period from 1830 - 1919 without a clear demarcation between the holdings and the Main State Archives Dresden. In territorial matters the Army Archives Dresden was bound to the instructions of the commander in the Military District IV (Dresden). During the Anglo-American air raid on Dresden on 13 February 1945, the personal documents of the Saxon army suffered losses. Despite losses during the war, the majority of the holdings have been preserved and enable source research for military history before 1919 as a replacement for the lost archive of the Potsdam Army Archives. The government of the USSR returned the preserved holdings of the Dresden Army Archives to the government of the GDR after the war. Until reunification they were administered in the military archives of the GDR in Potsdam. The Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv transferred the holdings to the Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden in 1991. Heeresarchiv Stuttgart The head of the army archives took over the Reichsarchiv branch Stuttgart from the Reichsarchiv in 1937 as Heeresarchiv Stuttgart. This office was responsible for the holdings of the Württemberg Army Corps (XIII (Royal Württemberg Army Corps) and the XIV (Grand Ducal Baden Army Corps). In territorial matters the Heeresarchiv Stuttgart was bound to the instructions of the commander in the Wehrkreis V (Stuttgart). The Heeresarchiv Stuttgart has been preserved without war losses and, as a replacement for the lost records of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam, enables source research for military history before 1919. Today the Heeresarchiv Stuttgart is subordinated to the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart. The archives of the XIV (Grand Ducal Baden) Army Corps are stored in the General State Archive in Karlsruhe, although the Grand Duchy of Baden from 1871-1919, in contrast to Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg, did not have a military reserve right. Army Archives Prague Branch The Army Archives Prague branch administered the former Czech army archives and recorded archival material of the Austro-Hungarian army in Bohemia and Moravia. It was in charge of supplementing the official archival material with collections, making the holdings available for use by Wehrmacht offices, and providing information. In territorial matters, the Army Archives Prague branch was bound to the instructions of the Wehrmacht Plenipotentiary at the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia (Wehrkreisbefehlshaber in Böhmen und Mähren). The Gdansk Army Archives Branch The Gdansk Army Archives Branch captured the military archives captured during the Eastern campaigns, in particular the Polish Army Archives. It had to record this material, make it usable and provide information from the files. In territorial matters, the Gdansk Army Archives Branch was bound by the instructions of the Commander of Military District XX (Gdansk). The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Military Commander in France The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Military Commander in France in Paris had to supervise and evaluate the French army archives. He was to inventory sources on German history, copy documents and collect contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives at the Military Commander in Belgium and Northern France The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives at the Military Commander in Belgium and Northern France in Brussels was to evaluate the Belgian Army Archives, enable their use by German agencies, inventorise sources on German history, copy documents and collect material on contemporary history. The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives in Alsace-Lorraine The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives in Alsace-Lorraine in Metz was concerned with the re-registration of German army files, the sighting of French prey files, in particular the Maginot Line, and the provision of files for Wehrmacht offices. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in the Netherlands The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in the Netherlands, based in The Hague, was responsible for overseeing and evaluating the Dutch army archives. He was to inventory sources on German history, copy documents and collect contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commander of the German Forces in Denmark The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commander of the German Forces in Denmark, based in Copenhagen, was to evaluate the Danish Army Archives and collect material on contemporary history. The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Norway The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Norway in Oslo took over the management of the Norwegian Army Archives, gave information to German offices and collected contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives in Italy The Commissioner of the Chief of the Army Archives in Italy was commissioned, after the fall of Italy and the invasion of the Wehrmacht in Italy in 1943, to secure the files of the Italian army for the writing of war history and for evaluation by Wehrmacht offices. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in Athens After the occupation of Greece, the Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in Athens was responsible for the inspection and safeguarding of the Greek Army records as well as an archival-military inventory. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in Belgrade The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives in Belgrade evaluated the Yugoslavian Army files, provided military replacement services, pension offices and information on resettlement issues. Furthermore, he should collect contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Ostland The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Ostland in Riga administered and evaluated the military archives and holdings in Riga, Kaunas, Vilnius. He provided information for the military replacement services and recorded German and Polish army files. Furthermore, he should collect contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Ukraine The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Wehrmacht Commander Ukraine in Kiev had to evaluate the military archives in Kiev and Kharkov and to record Austrian and Polish military files. He was involved with the collection of contemporary historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commanding General of the Security Forces and Commander in the Army Area North The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commanding General of the Security Forces and Commander in the Army Area North had to evaluate the seized military archives and collect historical material. The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commander of the Rear Army Area Center The Commissioner of the Chief of Army Archives at the Commander of the Rear Army Area Center had to evaluate the seized military archives and collect historical material. Wehrmacht-Sichtungsstelle für Beuteakten The Wehrmacht-Sichtungsstelle für Beuteakten checked the loot files arriving from the front for their salary and forwarded them to Wehrmacht offices, as far as the files seemed important to them for further warfare. In territorial matters, the Wehrmacht sighting post for loot files was bound to the instructions of the commander in Wehrkreis III (Berlin). Preprovenience: Reichsarchiv Content characterization: The files of the RH 18 holdings Chief of Army Archives contain personal and material files of the "Chief of Army Archives" and almost all offices subordinated to him. In addition, the inventory contains regulations and announcements of the respective territorially competent command authority, e.g. of the military commander in France or of the commander in Wehrkreis VII (Munich). The records of the holdings of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam are assigned to the holdings. This includes finding aids of the registries, delivery directories and finding aids of the army archives. These records provide an overview of the numbers and contents of the former holdings and supplement the lost holdings of the Prussian army with organisational documents. The lists of estates contain biographical information. A special feature of the RH 18 collection are its personnel files, which, in contrast to most other personal documents of the Wehrmacht, have not been removed from the collection. The personnel files were classified by the respective services. The permanent exhibition of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam is virtually reconstructed in the online find book for RH 18, arranged according to display cases or themes. War diaries, orders, military conventions, correspondence between well-known generals and contemporary collection material from 1679 until after the end of the First World War were included in the Archivalienschau by the staff of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam. The documents have been filed thematically in display cases. On the reverse side of the documents the responsible subject area of the Heeresarchiv Potsdam, the holdings and the serial number are indicated. The Federal Archives and Military Archives do not present these archival records in their original form, but in microfiches. A large part of the documents was in stock MSg 101, which was completely re-signed to RH 18. State of development: Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 2482 AE Citation method: BArch, RH 18/...