The Theo Oberheitmann collection Sammlung Theo Oberheitmann
Extent and Medium
6,992 digital images, JPEG
6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Archival History
Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv, Germany, Bestand ZSg.109. These records were collected by Theo Oberheitmann, editor of the newspaper Weilburger Tageblatt, and were used in one of the Nuremberg Successor Trials (vs. Weizsäcker et al.). They were purchased by the Bundesarchiv in 1961 from the Institut für Publizistik of Wilhelms-Universität Münster. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives recieved the collection via the United States Holocaust Musuem International Archives Program in Nov. 2009. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.
Scope and Content
Contains records concerning press politics in the Third Reich: confidential circulars (“Vertrauliche Informationen”, “Sonderinformationen”) to German press from the Reichspropagandaamt Hessen-Nassau.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reichsrechtsamt
Subjects
- Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
- Journalists--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--19th century.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany--History--20th century.
- Hesse-Nassau (Germany)
- Press and propaganda--Germany.
Genre
- Document