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- 1940-1944 (Creation)
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125 Aufbewahrungseinheiten; 2,5 laufende Meter
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Wehrwirtschaftsdienststellen in Südosteuropa, 1940-1944
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Inventory description: The political conditions and military events in the countries of Southeastern Europe, as well as the appointment of the General Representative for the Economy in Serbia in May 1941, led to a wide variety of organizational measures in the defense sector. It passed: Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Preßburg - Slovakia - (1940-1944), Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Budapest - Hungary - (1941-1945), Höherer Wehrwirtschaftsführer beim Oberbefehlshaber Südost/ Operationsstab" Margarethe (1944)", Military Economics Officer Agram -Kroatioen- (1941-1944), Military Economics Staff Southeast (responsible for Serbia, 1941-1944), Military Economics Officer Albania (1944), Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Rumänien / Deutsche Wehrwirtschaftsmission (1942-1944), Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Transnistrien -Odessa-(1941-1942), Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Sofia -Bulgarien- (1941-1944), Wehrwirtschaftsstab Griechenland (1943-1944), Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Athen (1941-1943), Wirtschaftskommando, later Wehrwirtschaftsoffizier Saloniki (1941-1943). The main task of the armaments agencies was to use the economy for German armament orders and to cover the needs of the occupying troops. With the retreat of the front in 1944, the responsibility was often transferred to the economic officers of the front units (RW 46). Characterisation of content: RW 29 summarises the traditions of several armaments agencies in South Eastern Europe, as separation was not possible for organisational and registration reasons. As a rule, the war diaries and situation reports range from the listings to mid/late 1944, while those of some agencies only extend up to 1943. Only Wehrwirtschaftsstab Südost has a noteworthy number of records available (13 volumes); among other things, they refer to transport issues. The war diaries, situation reports and the history of the military economic and armament service stations (from 1940 to 1944) were successively removed from the registries during the war and handed over to the "Archiv der Wehrwirtschaftsdienststellen" (last in Muskau/Oberlausitz). Most of the material files remained with the registrar and were presumably destroyed there at the end of the war. The "Archive of Military Economic Offices" was relocated to Vacha/Thuringia in 1945 and confiscated there by the Americans. The return of the documents from the USA to the Federal Republic of Germany took place in 1960. State of development: Findbuch Umfang, Explanation: 116 AU citation method: BArch, RW 29/...
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Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Central Facilities of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht >> Military economy and armaments services
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Rechteinformation beim Datenlieferanten zu klären.
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- German
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Schriftgut
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Verwandtes Archivgut im Bundesarchiv: <br />
RW 40 Territoriale Befehlshaber in Südosteuropa<br />
RW 19 OKW/Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungsamt<br />
RW 46 Nachgeordnete Dienststellen des Wehrwirtschafts- und Rüstungamtes<br />
R 3 Reichsministerium für Rüstung- und Kriegsproduktion (im BA, Abt. R)
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Sekundärliteratur<br />
Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria/Va. Washington1958ff
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Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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- Latin