History of the Inventor: In January 1915, the Hamburgische Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz and the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz joined forces through the Prussian Ministry of War with the aim of bringing about a unified working group of all those involved in the investigation of missing persons and the care of prisoners. For the investigation of missing persons the name "Ausschuss für deutsche Kriegsgefangene" was chosen and for the care of prisoners the name "Hilfe für kriegsgefangene Deutsche". By May 1915 it had been possible to combine all the major Red Cross associations in Germany into a single working group. In September 1915, the Working Group and the Central Committee of the German Red Cross Associations in Berlin agreed on the principles of their respective responsibilities in the areas of missing persons investigation and prisoner welfare. The two headquarters in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main became official information centres in the sense of the Hague Land Warfare Ordinance; at the same time they were attached to the Central Evidence Bureau of the Prussian War Ministry. Their tasks included the search for missing soldiers, the procurement of official death certificates and the improvement of postal traffic with prisoners of war. In addition, the Committee for German Prisoners of War of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross endeavored to provide information in the occupied territories of France, Russia, and Romania and to improve the situation of foreign prisoners of war in Germany. In July 1916, Rudolf Lismann, a senior member of the Committee for German POWs of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross, founded the Archive of the Committee for German POWs, later the Archive for POW Research. His aim was to produce a comprehensive documentation of the prisoners of war of the First World War from a uniform point of view. The collection areas included the relief organizations of the Red Cross associations, missing persons, prisoners of war and civilians, the position of prisoners under international law, refugees, hostages and refugees. Status: December 2003 Inventory description: In January 1915, the Hamburgische Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz and the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz joined forces through the mediation of the Prussian Ministry of War, with the aim of bringing about a unified working group of all the offices concerned with the investigation of missing persons and the care of prisoners. For the investigation of missing persons the name "Ausschuss für deutsche Kriegsgefangene" was chosen and for the care of prisoners the name "Hilfe für kriegsgefangene Deutsche". By May 1915 it had been possible to combine all the major Red Cross associations in Germany into a single working group. In September 1915, the Working Group and the Central Committee of the German Red Cross Associations in Berlin agreed on the principles of their respective responsibilities in the areas of missing persons investigation and prisoner welfare. The two headquarters in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main became official information centres in the sense of the Hague Land Warfare Ordinance; at the same time they were attached to the Central Evidence Bureau of the Prussian War Ministry. Their tasks included the search for missing soldiers, the procurement of official death certificates and the improvement of postal traffic with prisoners of war. In addition, the Committee for German Prisoners of War of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross endeavored to provide information in the occupied territories of France, Russia, and Romania and to improve the situation of foreign prisoners of war in Germany. In July 1916, Rudolf Lismann, a senior member of the Committee for German POWs of the Frankfurt Association of the Red Cross, founded the Archive of the Committee for German POWs, later the Archive for POW Research. His aim was to produce a comprehensive documentation of the prisoners of war of the First World War from a uniform point of view. The collection areas included the relief organizations of the Red Cross associations, missing persons, prisoners of war and civilians, the position of prisoners under international law, refugees, hostages and refugees. State of development: Findbuch (1984) Citation method: BArch, R 67/...

Contains among other things: Reichskolonialamt: "The Colonial Germans from D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in Belgian Captivity". Print, 1918 "Kriegs-Zeitschrift der Hamburg-Amerika-Linie Nr. 31". Pressure, 10.8.1918 American law against espionage and other political crimes. Print, 15.6.1917 British parliamentary printed matter concerning trade with the enemy, 16.4.1918 "Report of the chief machinist Lehmann about his experiences in Russian-Siberian and English war captivity", without date.

Inventory description: In 1920 a counterespionage group with two departments for espionage and sabotage defense in the east and west was formed in the army statistics department of the troop office. In 1935 it was used as the starting point for the defence department of the Reichswehr and Reichskriegsministerium. In 1938 it was renamed into the Foreign Intelligence and Defense Office Group of the OKW, and in October 1939 it was finally renamed into the Foreign Department/Defense Office. The Office was divided into five departments: Central department (task: organization and administration) with groups: Z O- Officer's personal data Z K- Central file and ZKV-Zentral file of V-people Z B- Foreign policy reporting Z R- Legal affairs Z F- Finances, connection with the foreign exchange protection commands Z Reg and Z Arch- Registratur und Materialverwaltung sowie Archiv Abteilungung/Amtsgruppe Ausland (auslands- und Wehrpolitischer Nachrichtendienst); Evaluation of the press, literature and radio; connection to the German military attachés abroad and the foreign ones in Berlin as well as the German military missions; questions of warfare under international law; situation reports) with groups: Abroad I- Military policy information for Wehrmacht leadership Abroad II- Foreign policy issues, press reports Abroad III- International law issues Abroad IV- Supply of warships and blockade breakers Chief group adjutant, personnel, accommodation, defence vehicles I (procurement of military, armaments and war-related news in the foreign country; development of a reporting organisation and an agency network with control and contact points, letter boxes, radio and courier connections abroad), divided into groups: I Z- Central and Chief Office I H(eer)- Espionage against foreign armies with subgroups I H West and I H East - Explorations in the West and East I M(arine)- Espionage against foreign navies I L(uftwaffe)- Espionage against foreign air forces I T(echnik) L(uft)w(monkey)- Espionage against foreign air transport technology I Wi(rtschaft)- Espionage against foreign economy I G- Laboratories, u.a. false documents, secret inks, photo laboratory I i- radio, esp. transmission, agent radio network, traffic I T(echnik)- espionage against foreign technology I C(riegs)O(rganisations)-connection to the war organ. in the neutral countries) defence II (sabotage; active sabotage protection; training for and preparation of command enterprises) with groups: II A- Executive Office II West (further divided into North and South) II East (also divided into North and South) II Southeast II Overseas II Technology subject to factual subordination: Front reconnaissance commandos and troops as well as units and formations of the "Brandenburger" defence III (above all Defense protection in the Wehrmacht, but also in civilian areas; combating espionage and treason; infiltration of enemy intelligence services) with III A/Chefgruppe-Adjutantur III C- Military secrecy and defense protection; security of the civilian authorities with which the Wehrmacht is in contact; connection to the RSHA; OKW-Paßstelle III C 1- Behörden III C 2- remaining civilian sector, without economy III D- misleading the enemy, double agents (so-called Spielmaterial) III F- Counter-espionage against foreign intelligence services, especially abroad (KO) III F fu- Fahndungsfunk III G- Expert opinion on treason III K- Radio defence (at the beginning of the war passed to Wehrmacht command staff) III Kgf- defence in the prisoner of war camps III N- connection to the press; Protection of own radio, telephone and telegate network III U- Internal evaluation, results of counter-espionage; defence instruction III W- Wehrmacht command group with subgroups III H- Wehrmacht defence in the army, esp. Secret protection and preservation of the moral III L- defense in the air force III M- defense in the navy with the front troop the defense officers were settled in the department Ic III Wi/Rü- counter espionage in the own economy and armament the "secret field police" belonging to the army in the area of the military commanders was subordinate to the defense department III until beginning of 1942. Then their members were integrated to a large extent into the security police. In addition, foreign letter and telegram inspection offices existed; they were affiliated to the locally responsible defensive offices. After individual areas of responsibility and parts of the office had already been assigned to the Reichsführer-SS with the Führer's order of 12.2.1944 (Amt MIL. of the RSHA), the defense departments were subordinated after the 20th century. In July 1944 the chief of the Security Police and the SD was finally assigned to the Wehrmacht leadership staff (OKW/WFSt/Ag.Ausl.), only the foreign department and the troop defense (including the defense officers deployed at the deputy general commandos, the military and Wehrmacht commanders in the still occupied territories) were assigned to the Wehrmacht leadership staff (OKW/WFSt/Ag.Ausl.) Vorprovenienzen: Defense department in the Reich Ministry of Defence or Reich Ministry of War Content characterization: Central department: business distribution plans, including organizational documents, also for subordinate and Defence services (1935-1944); salary and career regulations; identification mark directories; individual personnel documents, in particular of V-people (1939-1945); files with personnel, training and budget matters; provision of foreign exchange for assignments abroad (1935-1944); other services administration (e.g. management and procurement matters); a total of approx. 100 vol. Foreign Office Group: series of files on foreign, economic and military policy of individual countries and groups of countries (ca. 170 Bde, 1934-1944); reports of the Enlightenment Committee Hamburg-Bremen on individual countries (ca. 60 Bde, 1939-1945); news and overviews from and to the Department (ca. 40 Bde, 1939-1945); reports "Fremde Handelsschif-fahrt" (1940-1942); files on the treatment of German prisoners of war and internees (1939-1943); international law and violations (1939-1944); cooperation with the Red Cross 1939-1942); Naval war (1939-1942); gas war preparation abroad and gas defense 1933-1943); disarmament issues (1934-1935); press reports on German violations of the Treaty of Versailles (1933-1935). For the lost files of the Administrative Group Abw. I The few documents of defence stations alone offer a substitute (inventory: RW 49). Defense Section II: War diary of the group leader GM E. Lahousen (3 volumes, 1939-1943, with records of individual actions); elaboration of the "Secret Intelligence Service and Defense Against Espionage of the Army" for the period 1866-1917 (15 volumes); training documents (1939-1944); correspondence with defense units in defense districts I, IV, and VIII (1934-1939, v.a. Personnel documents); processes about V-people and individual companies (1940-1944); altogether approx. 50 vol. Defense III: Collection of secret decrees, decrees and circulars (1935-1940); instructions for defensive instruction (1937-1942); internal security, including individual cases (1940-1943); search lists (1940); secret protection; surveillance of the economy (1933-1945); surveillance of foreigners, including prisoners of war; documents on enemy agent schools (1943/44); individual companies (1941-1943); total of all documents on enemy agent schools (1941-1943). 60 vol. 32 volumes contain deciphering reports of the cipher centre (1925-1933). State of development: Word-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 570 AE Citation method: BArch, RW 5/...

History of the Inventor: After the unification of the court organization and the procedural law of the federal states on January 1, 1877, the legal department of the Reich Chancellery became independent as Reichsju‧stizamt (since 1919 Reich Ministry of Justice); October 22, 1934, unification with the Prussian Ministry of Justice; 1934/35, takeover of the state justice administrations.01): Old registry (alphabetically sorted by keywords) 1877-1934: Civil servants 1872-1937 (250), civil service law 1872-1933 (229), public authorities 1875-1932 (36), Berg‧recht 1882-1934 (7), relations with foreign countries 1872-1933 (23), land law 1875-1934 (80), civil law 1869-1934 (931), Alsace-Lorraine 1875-1920 (42), financial law 1876-1934 (329), business 1873-1936 (185), industrial law 1867-1934 (178), finance law 1876-1934 (329), business 1873-1936 (185), trade law 1867-1934 (178), Berg‧recht - Criminal cases 1869-1934 (914), special law 1876-1920 (10), citizenship 1876-1934 (68), Heads of State 1875-1934 (103), constitutional law 1885-1929 (45), criminal procedure and code of criminal procedure 1871-1934 (481), criminal law and criminal law commission 1867-1935 (598), copyright 1875-1934 (215), Association Law 1878-1934 (23), Constitution 1868-1934 (279), Traffic Law 1875-1934 (188), Administrative Law 1908-1934 (49), International Law 1868-1934 (793), Commercial Law 1884-1934 (178), Civil Procedure and Code of Civil Procedure 1874-1934 (222) New Registry 1934-1945: Loss of German citizenship 1934-1938 (57), staff and Organisationsan‧gelegenheiten 1934-1945 (120), occupation of the district courts and the district attorneys 1900-1943 (1.050), occupation of regional courts and public prosecutor's offices 1903-1945 (134), lawyers and notaries 1940-1945 (78), criminal legislation and youth law 1935-1944 (63), individual criminal cases 1934-1945 (ca. 800.000), criminal justice 1929-1944 (30), penal system 1930-1945 (291), civil law, peasant law and administration of justice 1934-1944 (130), commercial law 1934-1943 (12), public limited companies and stock corporation law 1933-1945 (191), conversion of corporations 1934-1943 (220), Traffic and Genos‧senschaftsrecht 1933-1943 (39), commercial law 1934-1942 (42), banks and savings banks 1934-1942 (72), stock exchange 1934-1943 (6), insurance law 1934-1943 (17), Gewer‧bewesen 1934-1944 (23), air raid 1935-1940 (5), colonial activity of Germany 1936-1943 (2), Absences care 1939-1944 (51), foreign affairs 1934-1942 (29), budget and administration 1934-1943 (220), justice budget 1917-1938 (8), state and economy, four-year plan 1936-1943 (15), Reichsgrundbesitzverzeichnisse der Reichsjustizverwaltung 1935-1939 (41), Buildings in individual Higher Regional Court districts 1879-1941 (85), accommodation of the court prisons 1934-1937 (93), accommodation of the Local Courts 1935-1938 (122), accommodation of the Regional Courts 1936-1937 (10), verschie‧dene Office building of the Reichsjustizverwaltung 1936-1937 (3) Part 2 (formerly: BArch, R 22) (1877-1933) 1933-1945: Main office.- Circular decrees 1936-1945 (23), Office of the Minister Gürtner: Service diary with personal and material registers 1933-1935 (18), private correspondence 1932-1941 (67), submissions and notes on individual criminal proceedings 1940-1941 (1), Office of the Minister Thierack: Correspondence with the Reichsführer SS and the Reichssicherheitshauptamt 1942-1944 (1), speeches, lectures and essays 1943-1945 (2), office of the State Secretaries Schlegelberger, Freisler, Rothenberger and Klemm: Lectures and essays 1942-1943 (1), legal treatment of Poles and Jews as well as matters of Oberreichsanwalt‧schaft at the People's Court 1941-1942 (1), correspondence with the head of Sicherheits‧polizei and the SD Kaltenbrunner 1944 (1) Constitution and Administration: Circular orders 1936-1945 (1), Constitution in general 1933-1944 (4), Sudetenland 1938-1942 (1), Großhamburggesetz 1937-1944 (1), Staats‧oberhaupt 1936-1944 (2), Austrian affairs 1938-1939 (1), Legislation in general 1934-1945 (8), constitutional treatment of international treaties 1936-1943 (1), Reichstag, Reichsrat, Preußischer Landtag and Staatsrat 1931-1938 (1), Volksab‧stimmung from 10. April 1938, 1938 (1), legal status of the NSDAP, its branches and affiliated associations 1934-1945 (4), NS-Rechtswahrerbund 1942-1945 (2), Deut‧sche Arbeitsfront, Deutsches Frauenwerk und Hitlerjugend 1935-1945 (3), Parteigerichtsbar‧keit of the NSDAP as well as SS and police jurisdiction 1938-1945 (2), Simplification of Ju‧stizverwaltung on the occasion of the Second World War 1939-1945 (2), Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1938-1944 (10), economic disputes between parts of the former Tsche‧choslowakei 1939-1941 (1), Generalgouvernement 1942-1945 (1), Reich citizenship and citizenship 1935-1944 (2), resettlement of Reich and ethnic Germans 1939-1944 (2), name changes and management of titles of nobility, orders and decorations, Berufsbe‧zeichnungen 1934-1944 (8), replacement of aristocratic pensions 1838 (1), blood protection legislation, Treatment of Jews and Minorities 1935-1945 (5), Supreme Reich and Landesbehör‧den, History of the Administration of Justice 1801-1944 (4), Distribution of Responsibilities in Reichsjustizmi‧nisterium 1935-1945 (17), Distribution of Responsibilities of Other Supreme Reich Authorities and the Offices of the NSDAP 1934-1944 (3), Press and Publications, v.a. "German Justice" 1935-1945 (3), other Reich and state authorities, corporations and Stiftun‧gen 1934-1943 (2), statistics and surveying 1935-1944 (2), Repräsentationsver‧pflichtungen 1934-1945 (11), national holidays and ceremonies 1939-1944 (1), Öffentlich‧keitsarbeit and disputes in the press 1934-1945 (20), Reichshauptstadt Ber‧lin, municipalities and associations of municipalities 1935-1944 (6), course of business and internal service 1934-1945 (25), rules of procedure and participation of the NSDAP party chancellery 1933-1945 (16), communications in criminal cases, criminal service cases and personnel matters of other authorities, v.a. Security Police and SD 1934-1944 (7), Statistics of Geschäfts‧entwicklung in the Reich Ministry of Justice 1934-1945 (5), Administration of written records and Aktenein‧sicht by third parties, Rules of Procedure for the Supreme Reich Authorities 1934-1945 (14) Legal and service relationships: Officials in general 1937-1944 (7), German Beamtenge‧setz 1937-1945 (2), training and career for the judicial and administrative service 1936-1945 (19), seniority 1934-1944 (5), application of legislation in Alsace, in Loth‧ringen and Luxembourg 1939-1945 (6), secondment of officials, in particular to the NSDAP and the Wehrmacht as well as to the Generalgouvernement and the occupied territories 1938-1945 (72), civil servant organizations 1934-1944 (5), overviews of the staff in Reichs‧justizministerium 1935-1945 (3), appointment, transfer and promotion of civil servants 1940-1945 (17), waiting and retirement officials 1935-1944 (3), Criminal law 1937-1944 (4), civil servant duties 1934-1945 (10), uniforms 1934-1945 (5), civil servant rights, Per‧sonalakten, job titles and leave of absence 1934-1945 (14), training and Schu‧lung of civil servants 1934-1945 (17), property rights of civil servants 1934-1945 (37), Employment contracts of judges, prosecutors and trainees 1935-1945 (19), law studies, legal examinations and preparatory service 1934-1945 (79), employment contracts of civil servants in the upper and lower middle grades 1934-1945 (33), Employment contracts of lawyers and interpreters 1935-1945 (3), employment contracts of bailiffs and other enforcement officers 1934-1945 (39), legal contracts of employees and workers 1934-1945 (36), honours gefalle‧ner Followers 1941-1944 (1) Civil law and civil law: General administration of justice 1932-1944 (48), judicial reform 1933-1945 (45), court constitution 1933-1944 (32), judicial office and letters 1933-1944 (14), administration of justice and control of the administration of justice 1932-1945 (74), legal profession 1934-1945 (31), court organisation 1931-1945 (24), Reichsgerichtsentscheidungen in Zi‧vil- und Strafsachen 1938-1945 (16), Staatsanwaltschaften und Volksgerichtshof 1934-1945 (9), substantive civil law 1933-1945 (17), Schuldrecht und einzelnen Schuldverhält‧nisse 1933-1945 (104), Sachenrecht 1926-1944 (29), Familienrecht 1934-1944 (5), Marriage Law, v.a. Individual cases 1932-1945 (122), family and guardianship law 1934-1945 (20), inheritance law 1935-1944 (12), commercial law 1875-1945 (98), list of companies exempt from compliance with commercial law regulations 1940-1944 (25), copyright and industrial property law 1934-1944 (25), patent law 1934-1945 (15), Verfahrens‧recht der Streitigen Zivilgerichtsbarkeit 1934-1945 (89), procedural law of the voluntary Ge‧richtsbarkeit, v. v. guardianship law 1934-1945 (20), inheritance law 1935-1944 (12), commercial law 1875-1945 (98), list of companies exempt from compliance with commercial law regulations 1934-1944 (25), procedural law of the voluntary Ge‧richtsbarkeit, v. v.a. Civil status matters, registry matters, notaries and notaries' offices, land register matters and depositing 1934-1945 (111) Criminal law, criminal law and police: substantive criminal law 1933-1945 (11), judgments and decisions of special and local courts in individual criminal cases 1937-1945 (402), criminal law reform 1933-1944 (134), punishment of crimes and misdemeanours in Allgemei‧nen 1934-1945 (18), high treason and treason 1934-1945 (15), "Protection of the People's Power".- An‧griffe on military strength, labour and public health, "racial disgrace", abortion, maintenance and morality offences, "common nuisance", foreign exchange and Kriegswirtschafts‧vergehen 1934-1945 (19), political criminal law, in particular Insidiousness Act, interference with powers of the churches and the NSDAP, oath violations 1934-1944 (10), killing (also "worthless life"), bodily injury and coercion 1933-1945 (5), insult to honour and Be‧leidigung 1934-1945 (4), war adultery, fraud, extortion, embezzlement, falsification of documents 1934-1945 (3), Attacks on property 1930-1945 (18), thwarting the law, Geheimnis‧schutz 1934-1939 (2), police criminal law and secondary criminal areas 1934-1942 (7), criminal procedural law including reform efforts 1934-1944 (65), special areas of criminal justice 1933-1945 (14), Criminal policy and statistics 1934-1945 (17), Jugendstraf‧recht 1932-1945 (29), compensation of innocent convicts and prisoners 1935-1944 (1), costs of criminal justice, criminal records 1933-1945 (15), the law of grace 1933-1945 (20), execution and enforcement of sentences 1934-1945 (290), Work deployment of prisoners 1942-1945 (30), "murder register" 1939-1945 (4/11 microfilm rolls), organization of police 1935-1944 (9), secret state police and SD 1934-1944 (3), protection and preventive detention 1934-1944 (7), building police 1936-1942 (3), health and food police 1934-1944 (15), security police, v.a. Unrest and state of emergency 1934-1945 (12), passport and registration 1933-1943 (4), press and literature 1934-1944 (6), order and Sittenpo‧lizei 1933-1945 (4) finance: Representation of the German Reich in court 1940-1944 (1), budget 1933-1945 (32), cash and accounting 1936-1945 (22), property and construction matters 1934-1945 (79), government procurement 1934-1945 (30), levies, taxes and fees 1934-1944 (12), court costs 1934-1945 (77) culture and welfare: Church and religious communities, Jewish Kultusvereini‧gungen 1934-1944 (11), science, art and popular education, language care and Recht‧schreibung, German shorthand, calendar and time determination 1935-1944 (6), Fürsorge‧wesen, Winterhilfswerk, Jugendwohlfahrt, Physical training, housing and Gesundheitswe‧sen, hereditary health care, registration and treatment of antisocial, hereditary health courts, medical persons and pharmacists 1933-1944 (29), social insurance 1934-1944 (11), Rundver‧fügungen 1936-1944 (1) Economic affairs: Supply of the population during the war 1934-1944 (7), mining 1935-1944 (5), state and economy, four-year plan 1936-1945 (12), economic Schutz‧maßnahmen 1934-1944 (3), organization of the German economy 1936-1943 (2), money and credit system, foreign exchange control 1934-1945 (15), insurance law and Versi‧cherungsunternehmungen 1934-1945 (32), Traffic criminal cases 1936-1944 (3), Reichswas‧serstraßen and railway 1934-1944 (6), post, telephone, telegraph and radio 1934-1945 (7), motor transport 1934-1944 (4), air transport 1933-1944 (5), shipping 1934-1944 (4), trade matters 1935-1942 (10), labour law and Ar‧beitsgerichts-wesen 1934-1944 (26) agriculture and forestry: Economic Situation and Credit Relations 1933-1944 (34), Natur‧schutz and Pest Control 1934-1943 (4), Animal and Plant Breeding 1936-1942 (1), State Forests and Forest Protection 1934-1943 (2), State Culture, Rural and Urban Sied‧lungen, Lease Protection 1934-1944 (36), Land and Habitat Law 1934-1944 (5), Fidei‧kommisse, v.a. Individual cases 1934-1945 (175), Inheritance Court Law, including deviations from legal succession in individual cases 1934-1945 (67), Water Law 1934-1945 (6), Hunting and Fishing 1934-1944 (8) Wehrmacht and Foreign Affairs: Wehrmacht and Wehrverfassung 1936-1944 (1), Kriegsmarine 1939-1944 (1), Luftwaffe 1935-1944 (1), Wehrmacht Administration and Be‧schaffungswesen 1935-1944 (1), Volkssturm 1944-1945 (1), Duties and rights of the Ange‧hörigen of the Wehrmacht 1934-1944 (6), military administration of justice and disciplinary punishment 1934-1945 (12), benefits for the Wehrmacht 1934-1944 (5), air-raid protection 1935-1945 (35), aus‧wärtige Affairs, u.a. Monthly reports of national groups of the Auslandsorgani‧sation of the NSDAP 1934-1945 (9), legalization of documents 1929-1945 (10), violation of German sovereign rights 1930-1938 (1), foreign foreign legions 1935-1942 (1), Si‧cherung of the Reich border 1938-1941 (1), colonialism and German interests in Aus‧land 1934-1944 (14), exchange of experience and material with foreign countries, v.a. for legislation and administration 1925-1945 (309), Reich defence and war deployment, welfare for soldiers, soldier letters, air raids on German cities, treatment "feindli‧chen" and Jewish property, civil service law, private law, criminal law and civil law, court constitution and administration of justice, industrial property protection and copyright, labour law and social law, Simplification of legal examinations, economic Maßnah‧men 1939-1945 (132), Treaty of Versailles and territorial losses and reintegration of the Saar area 1934-1945 (36), Integration of the Sudeten German territories 1938-1944 (18), Introduction of German law in affiliated and occupied territories, Waffenstill‧standsvertrag with France 1938-1945 (28), International law, v.a. intergovernmental agreements with individual countries 1938-1945 (248), legations and consuls 1934-1944 (10), constitutional organisations under international law, above all League of Nations and Inter‧nationaler Court of Justice 1934-1942 (7), War Prevention Law 1934-1944 (5), Martial Law, Prisenrecht and Air War Law 1914-1945 (38), International Communities of Interests in the Field of Public Law, Commercial and Private Law, Economy, Transport, Culture and Welfare 1934-1944 (122) Personnel Management: Lawyers in the service of the administration of justice including lawyers and notaries 1934-1936 (54), general index of seniority of the Reichsjustizverwaltung: höhe‧rer Dienst 1934-1945 (25), personnel files of the Reichsjustizministerium for the entire business area, including the previous files 1933-1945 (31.500), members of Reichsjustiz‧verwaltung in Austria, with previous files 1938-1945 (200), members of the Academy for Deut‧sches Law 1934-1945 (43), occupation files for the individual Higher Regional Court districts of the German Reich: formerly Prussian Higher Regional Court districts, with previous files 1933-1945 (700), formerly non-Prussian Higher Regional Court districts 1935-1945 (300), Personal‧übersichten on members of the Reichsjustizverwaltung including the Reichsgericht and the Volksgerichtshof 1934-1945 (304), "Golden Book".- Promotions 1940-1942 (8), "Braunes Buch", list of members of the higher judicial service who joined the NSDAP before 30 Jan. 1933 (2), birthday congratulations of judges for Wilhelm II. 1938-1942 (1), congratulatory letter on service anniversaries, awards of orders and Kriegsaus‧zeichnungen in the area of the Reichsjustizverwaltung 1939-1945 (63), Personalangelegen‧heiten of the chambers for commercial matters at the regional courts 1934-1945 (28): in Kammer‧gerichtsbezirk (3), Braunschweig Higher Regional Court districts, Bres‧lau, Celle, Darmstadt, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hamm, Innsbruck, Jena, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Königsberg, Linz, Marienwerder, Naumburg, Oldenburg, Rostock, Stettin, Stutt‧gart, Vienna and Zweibrücken (23), personnel matters of lawyers and notaries 1939-1945 (131), Reichsrechtsanwalts- und Reichsnotarkammer (3), Patentanwälte (2), Kammer‧gerichtsbezirk (2), Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Bamberg (3), Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Braunschweig (4), Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Breslau (4), Celle Higher Regional Court District (4), Gdansk Higher Regional Court District (5), Darmstadt Higher Regional Court District (5), Dresden Higher Regional Court District (4), Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court District (9), Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court District (4), Hamburg Higher Regional Court District (4), Hamm Higher Regional Court District (4), Jena Higher Regional Court District (4), Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court District (3), Katowice Higher Regional Court District (4), Kassel Higher Regional Court District (4), Kiel Higher Regional Court District (4), Leitmeritz Higher Regional Court District (4), Cologne Higher Regional Court District (10), Königsberg Higher Regional Court District (4), Munich Higher Regional Court District (4), Naumburg Higher Regional Court District (4), Nuremberg Higher Regional Court District (3), Oldenburg Higher Regional Court District (4), Poznan Higher Regional Court District (4), Prague Higher Regional Court District (4), Szczecin Higher Regional Court District (4), Stuttgart Higher Regional Court District (4) Zweibrücken Higher Regional Court District (5), Directories of Names (1); Replacement files in personnel and other administrative matters, for exampleT. with processes about the restoration of the civil service 1939-1945 (623): District of the Higher Regional Court (66), District of the Higher Regional Court Braunschweig (15), District of the Higher Regional Court Breslau (26), District of the Higher Regional Court Celle (30), District of the Higher Regional Court Gdansk (17), District of the Higher Regional Court Darmstadt (17), District of the Higher Regional Court Dresden (33), Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court District (43), Frankfurt Higher Regional Court District (23), Ham‧burg Higher Regional Court District (8), Hamm Higher Regional Court District (14), Jena Higher Regional Court District (19), Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court District (19), Kassel Higher Regional Court District (19), Katowice Higher Regional Court District (20), Kiel Higher Regional Court District (19), Cologne Higher Regional Court District (40), Königsberg Higher Regional Court District (24), Leitmeritz Higher Regional Court District (25), Marienwerder Higher Regional Court District (13), Naumburg Higher Regional Court District (28), Oldenburg Higher Regional Court District (13), Poznan Higher Regional Court District (11), Prague Higher Regional Court District (14), Rostock Higher Regional Court District, Schwerin (11), Stettin Higher Regional Court District (18), Stuttgart Higher Regional Court District (21) Zweibrücken Higher Regional Court District (21); Press and Political Criminal Cases 1939-1945 (2), Criminal and Service Criminal Proceedings against Judicial Servants 1939-1945 (13), Allegations against the Administration of Justice, v.a. Be‧schwerden and applications of the NSDAP 1939-1945 (6), lists of names (60), reference files in personnel matters 1934-1945 (18) Part 3: (formerly: ZPA, St 1) 1918-1939: documents on political criminal proceedings, in particular against members of the Kommunisti‧schen Partei Deutschlands 1918-1939 (123), Lageberichte des Reichskommissars für die Überwachung der öffentlichen Ordnung 1920-1923 (15) Part 4: (formerly: Collection "NS-Archiv des Miniums für Staatssicherheit der DDR"): Individual Case Files on Political Criminal Proceedings from the "RJM" Part 1933-1945 (11. Edition)402), various criminal proceedings files 1933-1945 (11.425) State of development: Part 1 (former: ZStA, 30.01): Findbuch, vol. 2-4 Part 2 (former: BArch, R 22) (1877-1933) 1933-1945: Findbuch, vol. 2-9, index of finds, list of deliveries Part 3: (formerly: ZPA, St 1): index of finds Part 4: (formerly: collection "NS-Archiv des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR"): database citation method: BArch, R 3001/...

Curriculum Vitae Dr. jur.; Dr. rer. pol. h. c.; Real Privy Counsel; Governor a. D., Excellenz; MdR. Born 4.2.1871 in Neuhaldensleben. Father: District Court Councillor Hermann Schnee. Mother: Emilie, née Scheibe. - Married to Ada Adeline, née Woodhill, from New Zealand, whose father was an Englishman from Birmingham and whose mother was Irish from the old O'Donnell family. Schnee attended high school in Nordhausen, studied law and political science in Heidelberg, Kiel and Berlin, passed the bar exam in 1892 and received his doctorate in law in 1893. He then turned to the study of Swahili and colonial science at the Oriental Seminar Berlin and passed the examination as a government assessor in 1897. He joined the Foreign Office, Colonial Department, in 1898 and worked as Richter and deputy governor in German New Guinea. In 1900 he became district administrator and deputy governor in Samoa. 1904: Legation Council in the Colonial Department, 1905: Colonial Advisory Council at the Embassy in London. 1906: Lecturer Council, 1907: Conductor, 1911: Ministerial Director in the Reich Colonial Office and Head of the Political and Administrative Department. In 1912, Schnee became Real Privy Counsel with the title of Excellency. From 1912 - 1919 he was Governor of German East Africa. The Prussian Academy of Sciences awarded Schnee the Leibniz Gold Medal. He received an honorary doctorate in political science from the University of Hamburg in 1921 and was a member of the Reichstag (German People's Party) from 1924. 1925: President of the Working Committee of German Associations, 1926: President of the Association of Foreign Germans. 1930: President of the German Colonial Society. 1931: President of the German World Economic Society. As a member of the Interparliamentary Union and as a delegate of the World League of League Societies - Schnee was also president of the German League for League of Nations - he participated several times in international congresses. In 1932 he was delegated by the Foreign Office to the Manchuria Commission (Lytton Commission). In 1933, after one - the only - meeting with Hitler, Schnee resigned almost all presidential offices, unless they had been equalized or dissolved. Only he was head of the German Society for League of Nations, later renamed the "German Society for International Law and World Politics", until 1945. Heinrich Schnee's main literary works are: Pictures from the South Seas. Reimer, Berlin 1904 German East Africa at War. well

Contains among other things: Inputs: Kriegsausschuß der deutschen Industrie, Berlin, concerning protection of German interests abroad from 07.01.1916, printed matter 8 pp. Qu. 106, 115, Deutsche Gartenstadt-Gesellschaft, Berlin and Bergisch-Gladbach, concerning capitalization and loan of pensions of war invalids and war widows from 10.01.1916, printed matter 14 p. Qu. 119, Soziale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der kaufmännischen Verbände, Leipzig, concerning extraordinary support of the dismissed needy war participants and their family members from 25.01.1916, printed matter 3 S. Qu. 120, Richard Frank, Berlin, establishment of a collection of literature about the World War (World War Library) from 28.03.1916 and 07.07.1916 with general plan and leaflet, printed matter 4 and 8 S. Qu. 130, 131, 137-139, 191-196, Reichs-Hammerbund, Hamburg, concerning internal economic conditions, power of finance "Aristocracy", no. D. (April 1916), printed matter 4 p. with special print from the bi-monthly publication "Hammer" No. 186, 4 p. Qu. 140, 141, 142, members of the Landtag Liesching, Haußmann and Gauß on behalf of the progressive Volkspartei concerning the direct allocation of the supply of items of war need to the Württ. Hersteller vom 21.02.1916 Qu. 146 - 150; Centralverband der Haus- und Grundbesitzer-Vereine Deutschlands e.V.. (Central Association of German House and Property Owners' Associations), Spandau, regarding the regulation of tenancies from 20.05.1916 Qu. 156, Schutzverband für Deutschen Grundbesitz e.V., Berlin Realkredit in der Übergangszeit vom 01.11.1916 Qu. 233, Reichsverband der Vereinigungen des Drogen- und Chemikalienfaches, Berlin, vom 30.06.1916, Printed matter 10 S. Qu. 165, Professor H. Calmbach, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, et al. concerning the preservation of the federal character of the Reich from 01.06.1916 Qu. 233, Reichsverband der Vereinigungen des Drogen- und Chemikalienfaches, Berlin, vom 30.06.1916, Printed matter 10 S. Qu. 165, Professor H. Calmbach, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, et al. concerning the preservation of the federal character of the Reich from 01.06.1916 Qu. 170-172, Theodor Fritsch, Leipzig, concerning deficiencies in the economic life of 05.07.1916 with special print from the "Hammer", No. 185, 8 p. and issue of the magazine "Hammer" No. 337 of 01.07.1916, 15. volume Qu. 166 - 168, managing committee of the Reich Germans expelled from Russia, Berlin, concerning the "Hammer", No. 185, 8 p. and issue of the magazine "Hammer" No. 337 of 01.07.1916, 15. volume Qu. 166 - 168, managing committee of the Reich Germans expelled from Russia, Berlin, concerning the "Hammer", No. 185, 8 p. and issue of the magazine "Hammer" No. 337 of 01.07.1916, 15. volume Qu. 166 - 168, managing committee of the Reich Germans expelled from Russia, Berlin, concerning the "Hammer". Forced Registration of German Claims and Outstandings against Debtors in Enemy Land, 12.09.1916 Qu. 206, Central Office for International Law, German Central Office for Permanent Peace and International Understanding, Regarding Foundations for a New International Law by Creation of a Supranational Organization, o.D. and place specification, probably Leipzig, 1916, printed matter 4 S.Qu. 212, Chamber of Crafts Ulm concerning welfare measures for returning craftsmen and economic revival of the craft after the war with resolution of the German Chamber of Crafts in Berlin on 20.06.1916, printed matter 15 S. Qu. 236, 237, Deutscher Verein von Gas- und Wasserfachmännern e.V. Lübeck, concerning coal supply of the gas works of 11.12.1916 Qu. 243; memoranda concerning the colonial areas which could be considered as new acquisitions at the conclusion of the peace, Kolonial-Wirtschaftliches Komitee e.V., Berlin, pp. 9, 1916 Qu. 118, social demobilization measures for private employees, Bund der technisch-industriellen Beamten, 1916, printed matter 8 pp. Qu. 136, Granting of advance compensation and aid to foreign Germans, Verein für das Deutschtum im Ausland e.V., Berlin, 1915/1916, 2 printed matters, 2 and 4 pp. Qu. 145, 145a, Rohstoffversorgung Deutschlands nach Friedensschluß, Kriegsausschuss der deutschen Industrie, Berlin, 1916, geh. 20 S. Qu. 207, transition from war economy to peace economy, Verband kath. kaufm. Vereine Deutschlands e.V., Essen, geh. 8 P. Qu. 218, the German Baltic provinces of Russia, Baltic Trust Council, Berlin, 1915, brosch. 80 p. Qu. 132, 133; Resolutions: vogtländischer Volksausschuss für rasche Niederkämpfung Englands, Munich, concerning the use of all means for the defeat of England of 10.10.1916 Qu. 214, Württ. Landesverein für Kriegerheimstätten e.V., Stuttgart, concerning the acquisition of a home by returning warriors and their relatives from 29.10.1916 Qu. 232, Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, Berlin, concerning colonial principles, from 22.10.1915 Qu. 232, concerning the acquisition of a home by returning warriors and their relatives from 29.10.1916 Qu. 232, Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, Berlin, concerning colonial principles, from 22.10.1915 Qu. 232, concerning the acquisition of a home by returning warriors and their relatives from 29.10.1916 Qu. 232, Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, Berlin, concerning colonial principles, from 22.10.1915 Qu. 232, concerning the acquisition of a home by returning warriors and their relatives from 29.10.1916 Qu. 232, concerning the acquisition of a home by colonial principles, from 22.10.1915 Qu. 232, concerning the acquisition of a home by returning warriors. 176 - 178, Verein Württembergischer Zeitungsverleger, Stuttgart, concerning price increase of the newsprint from 09.07.1916 Qu. 180-182; auxiliary committee for the Germans in British South Africa concerning call for donations, 1916, printed matter 2 p.., together with the list of donations of the sums of money received in Württemberg until September 1916 Qu. 244, 245, "Nachrichten für den Verband Deutscher Großhändler der Nahrungsmittel- und verwandten Branchen", Berlin, No. 21/1916, Volume 6 Qu. 210, "Veröffentlichungen des Bundes der Industriellen", Berlin, Issue 7b, October 1916