Fonds BArch, RW 19 - OKW / Office of Defense Economics and Armament (inventory)

7424 Aufbewahrungseinheiten; 133,5 laufende Meter

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt, 1936-1945

Inventory Description: On November 1, 1934, the Economics Department of the Heereswaffenamt was transferred to the Wehrmacht Office of the Reich Ministry of Armed Forces as the Economic and Weapons Department and renamed Wehrwirtschaftsstab (WStb) in October 1935 and Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt (WiRüAmt) on November 22, 1939. On May 7, 1942, the Armaments Department of the Weereswaffenamt was incorporated into the Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production as the Armaments Office. The Wehrwirtschaftsamt (WiAmt), which remained in the OKW, received the designation Wehrwirtschaftsstab again on 15 February 1943 and was renamed Feldwirtschaftsamt on 28 March 1944. The organizational plan of the WiRüAmt (status 1 February 1942) and an overview of its subordinate offices (status 15 July 1941) can be found on pages 3 and 4 of this description (from: Georg Thomas: Geschichte der deutschen Wehr- und Rüstungswirtschaft.). The tasks of the WiRüAmtes consisted in the procurement of weapons and equipment for the Wehrmacht. It was also responsible for the provision of raw materials, labour and transport space, as well as for exploring and exploiting the economic and armament potential of the occupied territories. The Wehrwirtschaftsamt was limited to the direct management of military interests. Preproveniences: Economic Department of the Army Weapons Office, Office of Economics and Weapons in the Wehrmacht Office Content Characterization: As a result of the submission of the documents of the Wehrmacht Office from the period up to 1942 to the "Archive of the Wehrwirtschaftsdienststellen", the last office of which was in Muskau/Oberlausitz, they remained extensively preserved. But also the documents of the Wehrwirtschaftsamt from 1942 are relatively densely handed down. In addition to documents on organisational, budgetary and personnel matters, there are, among others on the following topics: Economic policy issues of principle, military economic and armaments organization, both at home and abroad, research assignments and results, management of the war economy, goods and payment transactions in occupied territories, cooperation with military and civilian agencies, industry and the NSDAP, Material armament (armament programs and production plans, including air war damage), Reich defence and domestic affairs, economic reporting, regional planning and land use planning, construction measures, expansion and exploration of underground facilities, supply of raw materials and commodities as well as energy (anda. Mineral oils, operating materials, ores, iron and steel, but also food and feed), mobilization of the armaments industry and parts of the Wehrmacht, economic exploitation of the occupied territories, troop equipment, price formation and testing, technical delivery conditions and contracts, inventions, personnel armament (personnel management and labour deployment), transportation and transportation, prisoner of war, air war and air raid protection, training, military war games, collection and utilization of used materials. Also available are the monthly reports of the Wehrwirtschaftsinspektionen for the years 1935 to 1939 (from 1939 they are in the inventory RW 20), the war diaries of the WiRüAmtes and the Wehrwirtschaftsamt until autumn 1944, but also the war diary of the outsourced Rüstungsamt until November 1942 (war diaries with a total of 289 no.), as well as numerous reports and decrees of various departments and office groups. The collection also includes extensive series of so-called country files with material on the economy of almost all parts of the world (approx. 1600 nos.) as well as a large number of elaborations by economic institutes (approx. 1620 nos.). State of development: As of 2013: Some of the files are recorded in the database. Some of the files still have to be searched via a search index, as the indexing in the database is not yet complete. Scope, explanation: 3404 AU (approx. 5000 AU with appendix) Citation method: BArch, RW 19/...

Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Central Facilities of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht >> Military economy and armaments services

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Verwandtes Archivgut im Bundesarchiv: <br />
RW 20 - RW 32 Rüstungsdienststellen im Reichsgebiet und in den besetzten Gebieten<br />
RW 45 Nachgeordnete Dienststellen des WiRüAmtes mit zentraler Zuständigkeit<br />
RW 46 Nachgeordnete Dienststellen des WiRüAmtes bei Stäben des Heeres und für besondere Aufgaben<br />
RH 8 OKH/Heereswaffenamt, hier: Wirtschaftsabteilung (WaWi)<br />
R 3 Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion (im BA, Abt. R)<br />
R 3101 Reichswirtschaftsministerium (im BA, Abt. R)
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Amtliche Druckschriften: <br />
RWD 16
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Literatur: <br />
Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria/Va. Washington 1958ff<br />
Eichholtz, Dietrich (Hsg): Geschichte der deutschen Kriegswirtschaft. 3 Bde. Berlin, 1971, 1985, 1991<br />
Ders: Krieg und Wirtschaft, Studien zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1939-1945. Berlin 1999<br />
Thomas, Georg: Geschichte der deutschen Wehr- und Rüstungswirtschaft (1918-1943/45). Bearb. von Wolfgang, Birkenfeld. Boppard 1966<br />
Forstmeier Friedrich und Volkmann Hans-Erich: Wirtschaft und Rüstung am Vorabend des 2. Weltkrieges. Düsseldorf 1975<br />
dsb.: Forstmeier und Volkmann: Kriegswirtschaft und Rüstung 1939-1945. Düsseldorf 1977<br />
Lübbers, Gert: Wehrmacht- und Wirtschaftsplanung für das Unternehmen "Barbarossa". Deutsche Ausbeutungspolitik in den besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion während des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Dissertation 2008.<br />
Pfahlmann, Hans: Fremdarbeiter und Kriegsgefangene in der deutschen Kriegswirtschaft 1939-1945, Darmstadt 1968<br />
Herbert, Ulrich: Fremdarbeiter. Politik und Praxis des "Ausländer-Einsatzes" in der Kriegswirtschaft der Dritten Reiches. Berlin/Bonn 1985<br />
Boelcke, Willi A.: Deutschlands Rüstung im 2. Weltkrieg. Hitlers Konferenzen mit Alfred Speer 1942-1945. Frankfurt a.M. 1969<br />
Peter, Roland: General der Infanterie Georg Thomas. In: Hitlers militärische Elite. 2 Bde. (Hrsg.) v. Gerd R. Ueberschär. Bd. 1. Darmstadt 1998, S. 248-257<br />
Heine, J.U.: Namen und Herkunft der Wehrwirtschaftsführer des Deutschen Reiches am 1. Januar 1942, 1976

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