Selected records of the Lehr- und Forschungsgemeinschaft- Ahnenerbe (NS-21)

Identifier
irn515466
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.445
  • RG-68.039M
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515466

Extent and Medium

40 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Original records located in the Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm in March, 2004 through its mutual microfilm exchange program.

Scope and Content

Contains documents related to the operations of the Lehr- und Forschungsgemeinschaft- Ahnenerbe, a Himmler-created organization that sought to promulgate the notion of German cultural superiority through pseudo-scientific and pseudo-archaeological 'discoveries.'

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

People

  • Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.

Corporate Bodies

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Europe.
  • National socialism and occultism.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
  • National socialism and science.
  • National socialism and intellectuals.
  • Germany--Intellectual life.
  • Research institutes
  • Germany
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Race--Research.

Genre

  • Document
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