SS headquarters for race and settlement Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt-SS (NS 2)

Identifier
irn514098
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.239
  • RG-68.035M
Dates
1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514098

Extent and Medium

5 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Original records located in the Bundesarchiv, Berlin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project exchanged the microfilm with the Yad Vashem Archives in Jerusalem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in June 2003.

Scope and Content

Contains selected records from Bundesarchiv, NS 2, the SS headquarters for race and settlement, involving implementation of racial and resettlement policies by the SS in Germany and German-occupied territories. The documents concern coordination with other German agencies, SS orders, commands, directives, regulations, investigations regarding race relations, and correspondence and reports sent between various SS offices. Also includes reports on the Jewish situation in various cities or countries, inspection reports of concentration camps, records concerning contact with foreigners during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, materials related to eugenics and racial science, and antisemitic articles.

System of Arrangement

Organization is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Corporate Bodies

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

Subjects

  • Olympic Games (11th : 1936: Berlin, Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Germany--Ethnic relations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Law and legislation.
  • Nationalism--Germany.
  • Eugenics--Germany--History.
  • Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
  • Science and state--History.
  • Administrative agencies--Germany.
  • Antisemitism--Germany.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde

    The collection "SS headquarters for race and settlement Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt-SS (NS 2)" was copied from Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde

  • Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt-SS

    "SS headquarters for race and settlement Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt-SS (NS 2)" was copied from "Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt - SS"