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- (1938-) 1945-1958 (Creation)
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97 Aufbewahrungseinheiten
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Archival history
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Restverwaltung des ehemaligen Reichsfinanzministeriums, 1946-1958
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History of the Inventory Designer: The "Restverwaltung" (Residual Administration) was created in Berlin as an immediate post-war institution from a small group of former members of the Reich Ministry of Finance to compile overviews and compilations from preserved files of the RFM on behalf of the Allies. The "Restverwaltung" was elevated to the status of an office with its affiliation to the General Tax Directorate and the provision of the necessary funds by the order of the Finance Department of the Magistrate of the City of Berlin of 31 Jan. 1946. On 4 Dec. 1946, the Allied Commandant's Office ordered the closure of the Restverwaltung and the Magistrate of Berlin was instructed to "establish an office for the security and classification of the archives of the former Reich Finance Ministry ... to set up". The activities of the "Archive of the former Reich Ministry of Finance", which was established as a result, were initially limited to "providing information to the four occupying powers" (see: R 2 ANH./1). Later, the provision of information to German offices as well as to companies and private individuals was added. On the basis of an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Senator for Finance of the State and the City of Berlin dated 2 June and 6 July 1951, the 'Archive' was incorporated into the Federal Ministry of Finance with effect from 1 April 1951 and, until its dissolution at the end of 1957/beginning of 1958, was referred to as the 'Archive of the Federal Ministry of Finance'. Inventory description: Inventory history In the 1960s, the files of the former Reich Ministry of Finance kept by the Restverwaltung and the archives of the Federal Ministry of Finance, as well as the documents resulting from their own activities, were partly transferred to the Federal Archives via the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Geheime Staatsarchiv. In addition, the holdings have been supplemented by those elaborations, especially statistical compilations, which have been compiled by the German working groups of the former Ministerial Collecting Center, Economic Division, from files of the former Reich Ministry of Finance and which have entered the Federal Archives. Characterisation of the contents: Based on the tasks of the authority, apart from a few files on the organisation and information on periods of employment, there are mainly documents and information for the four occupying authorities on the Reich budget and on financial matters of the Reich, on armaments financing, on German property abroad as well as on enemy and foreign property in Germany, including 12 volumes on the Aryanisation and smashing of the Petschek group. Citation style: BArch, R 2-ANH./...
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Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Finance, Building and Regional Planning
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Rechteinformation beim Datenlieferanten zu klären.
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- German
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Schriftgut
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Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek