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  1. Desch, Kurt, 1903-1984

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    Kurt Desch, son of a shoemaker from Pößneck, Thüringen, had worked as a journalist and advertising specialist in various publishing houses, including Frankfurter Zeitung. After temporary arrest in 1933, he was expelled from the Empire Literature Chamber, so that he had to become a water-factory worker. In the summer of 1945, he was brought in by the American military Government for the reconstruction of the publishing and book trade in Bavaria. As a result of the first publishing license awarded in Bavaria, he took over the Munich Peaks publishing house, where he had already worked temporar...

  2. Hermann Foertsch

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Hermann Foertsch (4 April 1895 – 27 December 1961) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional, corps and army levels. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hermann Foertsch surrendered to American forces under the command of General Jacob Devers, commanding general of the U.S. Sixth Army Group, in 1945 and was later tried at the Hostages Trial in 1947; the trial resulted in Foertsch's acquittal."--wikipedi...

  3. Michael Freund

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Michael Freund (1902-1972) was a German historian and Professor at the University of Kiel. Freund's view was that Louis Napoleon was the only real revolutionist in 1848. Freund wrote, "After the solemn republican respectablity of 1848 it seemed that only with the Napoleonic experiment did a great revolutionary élan appear on the stage of history"."The state created by Napoleon was anti-socialist, but it was not the laissez-faire state of capitalism. The social ideals of the disciples of Saint-Simon were given by Napoleon, for the first time, a military and authoritarian aspect."--wikipedia...

  4. Alexander von Falkenhausen

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Alexander Ernst Alfred Hermann Freiherr von Falkenhausen (29 October 1878 – 31 July 1966) was a German general and a war criminal. He was an important figure during the Sino-German cooperation to reform the Chinese Army. During World War II Germany ended its support for China and Falkenhausen was forced to withdraw from China. Back in Europe he later became the head of the Nazi military government of Belgium from 1940–44 during its occupation by Germany. He was responsible for ordering the execution of hostages and deportations of Jews in Belgium." -- Wikipedia Newspaper clippings, typescr...

  5. [Index of US forces regarding files of the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file details efforts by the US occupation forces in Germany to compile an idex of files pertaining to the inner workings of the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft, the official organ behind radio transmission services in Germany before and during World War II from 1926 until the end of World War II in 1945.

  6. [Confiscation of Jewish belongings]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and aryanizations are given. For example the confiscation of a Renault van that was previously owned by the Weil-Klinsburg company. Also the assets of Mr. Weinberg were confiscated. The goods, however, were released again after the confiscation in order to ensure the supply of the civilian population. Furthermore a correspondence concerning the Laissez-Passer (a diplomatic travel document) of Edua...

  7. Judenbewegung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and aryanizations are given. The confiscation of emigrant property in Nantes were arranged by the Verwaltungsstab-Verwaltungsabteilung of the Militärverwaltungsbezirk B. Documents relating to buying permits and the regulations regarding wholesale and retail prices are attached. Precise instructions for the management of the confiscated objects can also be seen. The Amt Rosenberg is responsible for...

  8. [Prikaz nomer 4] [Приказ номер 4]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents include order to the Russian Fascist Party's European Department, regarding the decisions made by party leadership at a conference in Berlin. The decisions are 1) that all nationalist revolutionary movement of the Russian emigration and diaspora (counter-Communist) are to be regarded as political allies, 2) that propaganda must be fact-checked and authorized by the head of the department pre-publication and 3) that collection of funds into the Anti-Communist Trust must commence immediately. The order is issued from Bern.

  9. [Royal Institue of International Affairs - Committee on Reconstruction - Political Group papers - Wilfrid Israel]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains memoranda and assesments composed directly by Wilfrid Israel or have been composed under his supervision at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. The memoranda discuss the political, social, economic, security repercussions of an end to the war and Germany's role in the post World War II order, giving insights into the issues most likely to be encountered after the defeat of Nazi-Germany such as population exchanges, political system, international alignments, rule of law, social groups and many more aspects of post war policy objectives. The file demonstrates Wilf...

  10. [Vengeance directives of the Wehrmacht commander in the occupied Ukraine]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Vengeance directives of the Wehrmacht commander in the occupied Ukraine. Directives to take hostages in case of sabotage of the communication network. Every perpetrator of sabotage or supporter of sabotage has to be executed. In case the perpetrator can't be found there have to be taken up to 1000 hostages of whom half have to be Jews. Execution after report to the local military intelligence and receiving approval.

  11. [Monitoring of enemy 1944 radio broadcasting]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains transcripts of aliied (enemy) radio broadcasting as intercepted by the Deutsche Auslands-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft Interradio AG. The file covers radio broadcasts in English as well as other languages and details thefront situation and world news as of May 1944.

  12. [Transcript of Jewish Life, the publication of the Zionist Association of the Far East, regarding Japan's stance on Jews and Manchuria]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Transcript of Jewish Life, the publication of the Zionist Association of the Far East, regarding Japan's stance on Jews and Manchuria, exemplified in speeches, closed door, exclusive meetings and events with high ranking Japanese military and government officials in Japan and Manchuria

  13. [Pis'ma o kharaktere i svidetel'stve di︠u︡ Shaĭla] [Письма о характере и свидетельстве дю Шайла]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Series of letters from Erfurt to and from two generals of Vrangel''s Don army, living in Brussels and Sofia, Abramov and Arkhangelskiĭ concerning Count du Chayla's conduct during the Russian Revolution. The letters wish to invalidate his testimony concerning Sergei Nilus at the Bern trial due to his apparently been subject to a military court. A return letter from Gen. Abramov confirms this accusation in a vague fashion, stating du Chayla was accused of inciting to treason.

  14. [Conduct of Wehrmacht Officer Robert Koch, Commander of the city of Meaux, France during the WWII German Occupation]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains letters, testimony and personal correspondence of former Wehrmacht commander of the French city of Meaux, near Paris, Robert Koch, allegedly clearing Koch from any wrong doing during the time of the German occupation of France from 1940-1945. The file also contains examples and statements made by other Germans, referred to as "Persilscheine", "washing" former Nazi perpetrators clean of any crimes or wrong doing.

  15. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the verdict of Josef Hocke (born on 1 May 1894 in Prag). In 1938 Josef Hocke got to know Ulrich Hlavin, a former major of the Czech-Slovak military staff, through mutual friends. They met again in 1939 and 1941 – that's when Ulrich Hlavin told the defendant that he was being searched for. In early 1942 Josef Hocke allowed Ulrich Hlavin to hide in his warehouse twice. In January and December of 1943 he showed up again – however, Josef Hocke declined his request out of fear of the Gestapo. The defendant was found guilty of not notifying German authorities about a wanted pers...

  16. [Red Army]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file contains informations about the changed character of the Red Army. After the victory of the Nazis in Germany the Soviet Union mobelised, engineered and developed their own army and the war production as fast as they could. A budget of around 40 million, probably more as the author argues, have been invested yearly in the army. The transportation in public might have been backward but the armament might have been the most modern one in Europe. Furthermore advantages and disadvantages of Communism and its achievements in the last years have been discussed in the file. As the politic...

  17. [Prikaz ne rasprostrani︠a︡t' terroristicheskie broshury i pis'mo o poluchenii literatury] [Приказ не распространять террористические брошуры и письмо о получении литературы]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Order to the All-Russian Fascist Party members not to distribute calls for terrorism against communism outside the borders of Russia since this may be perceived as a threat to international security and thee countries in which the anti-communist activists reside. Second document is a letter informing of the reception of propaganda materials, discussing the necessity of expanding the library of propaganda and the issuing of such materials as well as the publication of the newspaper Our Path, states that the location he is currently in is essential.

  18. [Voennye reportazhi o prigotovlenii︠a︡kh k voĭne na Ukraine] [Военные репортажи о приготовлениях к войне на Украине]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Dispatch received via Odessa and Tuapse, reporting the preparatins for war with Germany. Soviet officers have been briefed on the German military, and report the invention of improved armor-piercing bullets. Reported also is the reception of airplane engines that were transferred to Sevastopol. The report asserts also that the authorities are doing everything possible to reconcile the population with the regime, for which purpose they take extreme steps and induce fear. Shortages in basic proisions, canned goods and sugar are reported.

  19. Претура Овідіопольського району, м. Овідіополь Овідіопольського р-ну Одеської області

    • .District Pretura of the Ovidiopol' District, Town of Ovidiopol' (Ovidiopol’ County)

    The fonds’ inventories are systematized according to the structural-chronological principle. Included are directives, instructions, and orders of the Romanian civilian and military authorities on restrictive measures regarding Jews located in the territory of Transnistria. A significant number of documents concern Jews located in ghettos and labor camps. Documents of the Romanian authorities regarding the conscription of Jews into forced labor include decrees of the governor of Transnistria on the mandatory work of Jews in Transnistria (1943); resolutions of the governor of Transnistria and...

  20. Претура Валегоцулівського району, с. Валегоцулове Волинського р-ну Одеської області

    • District Pretura of the Valegotsulovo District, Village of Valegotsulovo (Anan’ev County)

    The fonds’ inventories are systematized according to the structural-chronological principle. Included are directives, instructions, and orders of the Romanian civilian and military authorities on restrictive measures regarding Jews located in the territory of Transnistria. A significant number of documents concern Jews located in ghettos and labor camps. These include an inventory of items plundered from the Jewish population of the Valegotsulovo district (f. R-2366, 1943). The documents are in Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian.