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  1. O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials

    O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials Gustave Mark Gilbert was an American psychologist best known for his psychological diagnoses of high ranking Nazi leaders and officials during the Nuremberg Trials. In the collection there are interviews with these Nazi leaders and officials, as well as essays and manuscripts written by them while they were imprisoned during the trials. Among other items in the documentation: - Hans Michael Frank, Governor of the Generalgouvernment, who described his experiences and persona...

  2. Die NSDAP als Umsturzpartei

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The 1930 publication underscores a critical perspective that political parties should not operate beyond the boundaries of the law. It asserts that the neutrality of the constitution is not intended to foster revolutions, but to keep inner peace. The purpose of the publication is to reveal the organized treason of the NSDAP by looking at quotes of Nazi leaders from various papers to prove this point. While the party is working to attain power by legal means its core values are still based on violence, revolution and dictatorship. The organizational structure of this "treasonous enterprise" ...

  3. Francs-Tireurs and Guerillas of France

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication recounts the heroic deeds of the French resistance organization “Francs-Tireurs et partisan francais” (FTPF). Daily activities against the enemy are reported, together with an overview of the historical debacle of 1940. It further recounts the birth of the resistance movements and especially the work of the above mentioned organization. Correspondence between the FTPF and the National Military Committee, communiques 19 and 20 are reprinted as well as other publications and radio addresses mentioned. The final section eulogizes fallen comrades. Its appendix includes the code ...

  4. The Yugoslav national liberation movement

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The pamphlet is intended to shed light on the guerilla fighting activities of Yugoslav partisans. It describes the friction between the National Liberation movement and the troops of Draža Mihailović. Separate chapters are dedicated to the main military operations of the Yugoslav Liberation Army and the results of their struggle, as well as historical and political aspects, and support of immigrants in Great Britain for the movement.

  5. Unchanging Germany

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The object of this pamphlet is to provide a “straightforward statement on the present condition of political affairs in Europe”. After highlighting the military success of Bismarck, the failures of Kaiser Wilhelm and Hitler’s record so far (1936?), an alliance of all peace loving nations of Europe against Germany is suggested under the same concept as NATO later on.

  6. The truth about Greece

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The pamphlet provides an overview of resistance activities in Greece. It discusses The National Liberation Front (Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo), which was created just after the German invasion in April 1941. Initial efforts were made to fight famine, organize strikes, political struggles, and guerilla warfare. Successful operations are described in vivid detail. The work of the government-in-exile and the activities of the Committee of national liberation in “Free Greece” are discussed at length.

  7. L'Allemagne hitlérienne

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication discusses the situation in Germany under Hitler through various essays. The topics are “The origins of National socialism”, “The legal concepts of the system”, “The interventions of Jean de Pange and Honigsheim” and “A note on the real origins of the Spanish military rebellion”.

  8. Bund Deutscher Revolutionärer Sozialisten - BDRS der Deutschen Demokratischen Sozialistischen Föderation

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The Program of the “Bund Deutscher Revolutionärer Sozialisten – B D R S“ from Nov. 1941/August 1942 is meant to offer a new political direction for Germans in exile and in the Reich based on peace, human rights and socialism. It recognizes the necessity of reparations and atonement for the crimes committed. It includes short outlines for structures and programs in the future in industry and agriculture, education, police, military, bureaucracy, law, church and others. The terms socialism and federalism are explained.

  9. Um Deutschlands nachste Zukunft

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication addresses the ever-increasing violence of the desperate Nazis, the unconditional surrender demanded by the Allies, the future of Germany (including reparation issues), and the question of responsibility for the war. War crimes need to be tried and the perpetrators sentenced. An occupied Germany by Amget (Allied military government) will become a fact. The results of the Yalta conference are anticipated. The role of the Soviet Union and how it behaved opposite Finland and Romania are also discussed. The program of “Free Germany” is presented briefly. The appendix includes a r...

  10. Bequest Theo Berger

    The Fritz Bauer Institute acquired the bequest of Theo Berger from one of Berger's nieces in 2008. Theo Berger was born on January 8, 1925. His parents were Theo Berger senior and Margarete Berger. The family lived in Frankfurt (Main), initially in the district Rödelheim, then after the Second World War shortly in the district Sachsenhausen and later in the district Bornheim. Theo Berger trained to be a precision engineer at Hartmann & Braun AG. In 1942, he was conscripted into the Reich Labor Service. On March 15, 1943, he became a member of the Waffen-SS. He then stayed at the SS case...

  11. Bequest Wilhelm Boger

    The bequest Wilhelm Boger was given to the Fritz Bauer Institute by his granddaughter in 2012. Wilhelm Boger was born in Stuttgart on December 19, 1906. His father was a businessman and Boger also completed a commercial traineeship after graduating from high school. Starting in 1925, he worked for the Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfenverband in Stuttgart. During his school years, he became an active member of the Nazi youth (NS-Jugend), later the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend), and the Artamanenbund. In 1929, Boger joined the NSDAP and the SA. A year later, he changed to the SS. At the begin...

  12. Bequest Ernst Bürgin

    The Fritz Bauer Institute acquired the bequest of Ernst Bürgin from the historian Dr. Florian Schmaltz in March 2007. Ernst Bürgin was born in Wyhlen on July 31, 1885. After attending school in Basel, he studied chemistry and electrochemistry there and in Berlin. In 1911, he earned his doctorate. Subsequently and only interrupted by his deployment in World War I, he worked as a chemist for various companies in Berlin and the Rhineland. In 1924, he became the procurator and head of the plant Rheinfelden of the Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron (CFGE), which became part of the I.G. Farben i...

  13. Bequest Eduard Wirths

    The Fritz Bauer Institute acquired the bequest of Eduard Wirths from his wife and children in July 2005. Eduard Wirths was born in Geroldshausen near Würzburg on September 4, 1909. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg from 1930 to 1935 and earned his doctoral degree in 1936. Subsequently, he worked for the Thuringian Landesamt für Rassewesen, the public health office in Sonneberg, the University gynecological clinic in Jena, and the Reichsärztekammer. He joined the NSDAP and the SA as early as 1933. In 1934, he switched from the SA to the SS and became a member of the Waffen-SS...

  14. Airplane takes off; destroyed German plane

    Hamilton and other GI in uniforms with service caps. A silver B26 taxis on a dirt runway and takes off. Jeep alongside DC3. Destroyed German plane, MS and CU. CU of German markings on plane. Aerial shots from interior of DC3.

  15. Visiting Paris

    Pass to Paris. The Louvre, Venus de Milo, street scenes, Sacre Coeur, view of the city from above, more street scenes, bouquinistes, the Pantheon.

  16. Liberation of French town; civilians; church

    Stevens digging foxhole with another man. Men eating dinner on camp tables with tin cups. VS of unidentified men in the camp. Gag shot: Sign reads: "Bridge ahead under fire." Stevens seated in jeep turns toward camera and motions forward. Jeep and trucks drive off. Shot of vehicle coming toward camera in late afternoon light with bombed buildings on either side of country road and troops on foot. French civilians walking. Jeep follows. Reverse angle with Red Cross truck and severely bombed village. Shot on dusty road. Shot of jeep at waterfront area, most likely Cherbourg, France. Pan of ch...

  17. Pilsen on V-E Day; Grace Moore, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Benny entertain; Soldiers at work in office

    Entering Pilsen, Czechoslovakia on May 8th, 1945 -- V-E Day. Street scenes of civilians in traditional Czech clothing. The opera house. View of the soldiers’ barracks. Sign for the “15th Finance.” Scenes of life in Pilsen and the countryside: people sunbathing, boating, swimming. An enormous crowd gathers to listen to Grace Moore sing. Soldiers play tennis with local civilians. Scenes from a parade. Pilsen castle. Soldiers smoke cigarettes and drink beer, including Murray. Ingrid Bergman and Jack Benny. Soldiers work in an office. Soldiers board a military airplane. Scenes of mountains and ...

  18. Liberation in France; French collaborator

    (INV1452) Various shots of large crowds waving to camera. 00:30 Some French soldiers try to clear the crowd to make a path on the road. 00:36 A man holds up a piece of paper. 00:43 Wider shot of crowd. 00:52 American Army car drives through the crowds. 00:54 CU on two female onlookers and then the rest of the crowd. 01:06 Very wide shot, view of the crowd filling the road. 01:08 Civilians approach soldiers sitting and standing around a car and shake their hands. 01:14 MS of the two soldiers sitting in the car. One is smoking a cigarette, the other one is facing away from the camera. 01:17 A...

  19. Burial; Wehrmacht march in the Netherlands; propaganda march

    Planes fly over the sea. Long pier. Seaside district of Scheveningen, Holland. 01:01:10 Intertitle “Die Fischerflotte kegrt heim.” Rough waves, beach, boats in the ocean, the fishing fleet. Sailboats push against the current. Sun over calm waters. Fishing fleet in the choppy sea. Woman on a balcony. 01:02:38 Intertitle: “Rückkehr vom Feindflug.” Crowded beach. Five planes. Grave covered in flowers with an inscribed cross and a plane propellor. Another grave. Rough waves rolling in the ocean. 01:03:30 Soldiers lined up at attention. They follow drill commands at an official burial ceremony. ...

  20. Destroyed town in Belgium

    Jeep driving through muddy street of severely bombed out town. Civilian digging through rubble with crowbar. Women in winter coats in FG walking down street. Signs reads: "Bastgone." GIs give gift to little girl. Stevens in front of jeep Toluca gives present to little girl (There is a reference that Stevens made in a letter home about giving a Christmas present to a Belgian girl in March, long after Christmas had passed.) Truck pulls into muddy road, in a town that has been devastated by bombs. No buildings are left standing. Sign reads: "keep rollin' Malmady N23, Vielsalm." Pan of flattene...