Fonds BArch, RM 17 - Naval Personnel Office of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine (inventory)

Identity area

Reference code

BArch, RM 17

Title

Naval Personnel Office of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine (inventory)

Date(s)

  • 1919-1945 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

82 Aufbewahrungseinheiten; 3,4 laufende Meter

Context area

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Marinepersonalamt (MPA), 1919-1945

Content and structure area

Scope and content

History of the Inventory Designer: On 13 December 1918, the Navy Cabinet became the Personnel Office in the Reichsmarineamt. The personnel office was renamed the Marine Officers Personnel Department on 17 April 1919. On 1 October 1936, this was extended to the Naval Personnel Office (MPA), which was directly subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Naval Personnel Office was divided into two departments in 1936; the third was added in 1939: General and Maritime Officers' Affairs Department (MPA I) Naval Engineering Officers' Affairs Department (MPA II) Officers' Affairs Department d.B., z.V., a.D. and Special Leader Department (MPA VI) In addition, three departments were directly subordinate to the Head of the Office: Department for Naval Affairs (MPA III) Department for Naval Affairs (MPA IV) Department for Naval Affairs (MPA V) The Naval Personnel Office was dissolved on 14 July 1945. Processing note: An (incomplete) archive list of the holdings from earlier years is available. In addition, there is a finding aid book for the naval officers' card index by Mrs. Katharina Toth from 1990. The inventory, with the exception of the usage file, was indexed in 2012 by Mr. Frank Anton with database support. The official RMD 12 (Marine Personnel Office) holdings of printed matter were dissolved and its archives transferred to the holdings. Description of the holdings: The existing archives of the holdings were partly returned from London to the Military Historical Research Office (MGFA) during the period from 1959 to 1965. Other documents were issued in the 1960s and 1970s by individual citizens of the Federal Republic. The most recent parts of the collection were transferred from the Military Interim Archive in Potsdam in 1993. Content characterization: Numerous documents were destroyed at the end of the war in 1945. The collection comprises only a few files of the Reichsmarine from the years 1919 to 1935 and also not very many general documents from the time of the Kriegsmarine from 1935 to 1945. The largest part of the collection consists of officer records from the years 1940 to 1943. In addition, there is an extensive use index of the naval officers. State of indexing: Index of archival records Findbuch zur Verwendungskartei für Offiziere Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: Stock without increment 82 AE and 42000 index cards Citation method: BArch, RM 17/...

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Reichsmarine und Kriegsmarine >> Spitzenbehörden

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Rechteinformation beim Datenlieferanten zu klären.

Language of material

  • German

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    This description was automatically translated with the help of www.DeepL.com. Translation errors are possible. Please note that the document itself has not been translated.

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Schriftgut

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Verwandtes Archivgut im Bundesarchiv: <br />
    Pers 6 (Personalunterlagen von Angehörigen der Wehrmacht und ihrer Vorläufer)<br />
    Pers 8 (Personalunterlagen von Angehörigen der Kaiserlichen Marine, der Schutztruppen und sonstiger Einrichtungen unter dem Befehl des Kaisers)
    <br /><br />
    Amtliche Druckschriften: <br />
    RMD 1 (Marineverordnungsblatt)<br />
    RMD 2 (Ranglisten)<br />
    RMD 4 (Marine-Druckvorschriften)
    <br /><br />
    Literatur: <br />
    Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine (Marinepersonalamt). Rangliste der Deutschen Kriegsmarine, Berlin 1935-1944.<br />
    Absolon, Rudolf: Wehrgesetz und Wehrdienst 1935-1945. Das Personalwesen in der Wehrmacht. Schriften des Bundesarchivs 5. Boppard a.Rh. 1960.<br />
    Hildebrand, Hans H.: Die organisatorische Entwicklung der Marine nebst Stellenbesetzung 1848 bis 1945, Osnabrück 2000.

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

    Note

    Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

    Alternative identifier(s)

    Access points

    Name access points

    Genre access points

    Description control area

    Description identifier

    DE-1958_788fb526-4001-4b5f-a6c5-24305831c1e3

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Status

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Accession area