Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office: news digest for Germany and Austria

Identifier
WL1427
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 69980
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Jan 1945
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

This set was found amongst the papers of Sir Otto Kahn-Freund.

Acquisition

News digest for germany and austria

Donated January 1986

Donor: Lady Kahn-Freund

Scope and Content

This collection of news digests was compiled by editors at the German and Austrian Division of the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The information contained within was obtained from numerous European sources for internal consumption. Subjects include reports on the Bergen Belsen trial and the Nuremberg War Crimes trialand other war crimes trials. Also reports on the social economic and political conditions of Germany and Austria in the immediate post-war years.

The frequency of these extant copies varies. They begin daily, become weekly, then more intermittent with a break between December 1945 and May 1946.

System of Arrangement

The material is arranged chronologically.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

  • Nuremberg War Crime Trials, 1946-1949
  • Bergen-Belsen Trial

Places

  • Occupied Germany [1945-1949]
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