Inventory description: Inventory history Files from the settlement office of the Police Regiment 14 in Stuttgart, in particular those of the regiment staff and the First Battalion, reached the Federal Archives via the Württemberg Main State Archives in March 1953. This includes files from the time before the regiment was established, but also from the time after the dissolution of the regiment. In the course of administrative work, about a quarter of the stock, mainly administrative files of the Reserve Police Battalion 51, was collected. In 1962, a large part of the personal documents was lent to the Federal Administration Office in Cologne for current processing purposes, but later returned to the inventory. The files of the police schools originate mainly from returns of archival material transferred by the National Archives of the United States of America to the Federal Archives as a result of the war. Archive evaluation and processing From the former NS archive of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR, 12 files - especially those of the SS Police Regiment 20 - were incorporated (R 20/227-238). The present finding aid book was created during an internship in August and September 2006. Content characterization: Police Regiment 14, 1941-1945 (75), SS Police Regiment 19, 1941-1944 (58), II. Battalion/Police Regiment 5, 1942-1944 (3), Police Battalion 63, 1940-1941 (2), Police Battalion 121, 1941-1942 (2), Police Battalion 322, 1941-1942 (5), SS Police Division 1939-1941 (3), other units of the Ordnungspolizei 1939-1945, 1962 (50), Polizei-Offiziersschule Fürstenfeldbruck 1938-1945 (4), police schools and institutes in Berlin 1935-1945 (3), Police school for high mountain training Innsbruck 1939-1945 (4), other police schools, training battalions and units 1931-1945 (16), chief of the gang combat units 1941-1945 (7) The stock R 20 comprises the splintered tradition of individual troops and schools of the order police as well as the chief of the gang combat units. With regard to the police forces, there are mainly files of the police regiment 14 (especially the regiment staff and the 1st Battalion), the police regiment 19 (here especially files of the 3rd and 6th Company) and the police battalion 322 (copies of files) in the inventory. In addition, numerous fragmented records of individual police units can be found. The police schools include documents from the police officer school of the Fürstenfeldbruck police force and the Innsbruck police school for high mountain training. In addition, a few documents of the chief of the gang fighting federations have been handed down. Particularly worth mentioning is the diary of the SS-Obergruppenführer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski for the period from 25 June 1941 to 22 January 1945, in which he recorded his personal war experiences, especially in his function as chief of the gang combat units. In the inventory, the basic tasks of the police forces in the occupied territories are vividly expressed. The task of fighting partisans was of great importance. The reports reflect the ruthless use against partisans and their sympathizers. In addition, searches of the homes of Jews and Jewish ghettos, resettlement actions and other measures against Jews, including "cleansing actions" and mass executions, are documented. The files of the police schools show how training courses, especially for officers or officer candidates, were organised and carried out. You will find curricula, training schedules and weekly duty schedules, examination assignments and assessments as well as experience and final reports on the courses held. In addition, teaching materials and fact sheets have been handed down which give an impression of the content and practical design of weapons and combat training as well as training in police tactics. State of development: Online-Findbuch (2006) Citation method: BArch, R 20/...
