Selected records from the Reichsforschungsrat (R 26 III)

Identifier
irn524324
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.373
  • RG-68.085M
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524324

Extent and Medium

1,610 digital images, JPEG

2 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Original records, R 26 III, are located in the Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm from Yad Vashem in February 2006 through its mutual microfilm exchange program with Yad Vashem.

Scope and Content

Contains records pertaining to Nazi research including racial and medical research, physics, plant genetics, livestock, aviation, pest control, malaria control in Auschwitz, and typhus control in Dachau. Also includes correspondence concerning confiscation of the Bohr Institute, Einstein, waste material from Dachau, forced labor prisoners, status of war prisoners with scientific knowledge, and the budget of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Research--Germany--History.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Science and state--Germany--History.
  • National socialism and medicine--Sources.
  • National socialism--History--Sources.

Genre

  • Document
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