Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (R 59)

Identifier
irn502296
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0256
  • RG-14.047M
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1945, 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502296

Extent and Medium

1,415 microfiche,

Creator(s)

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany, Record Group 59. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Programs Division acquired the microfiche from the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz, Germany, in Oct. 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in Nov. 1999.

Scope and Content

Records relate to the activities of the agency in directing and overseeing German "Volksgruppen" outside Germany proper, especially population transfers (Umsiedlungspolitik), transit facilities, and ideological indoctrination.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Corporate Bodies

  • SS (Organization)

Subjects

  • Nationalism--Germany.
  • Ethnic relations.
  • Population transfers--Germans--History--20th century.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Genre

  • Document
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