Central Postal Directoriate II 374-6 II Oberpostdirektion II

Identifier
irn671071
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.159.1
  • RG-14.147
Dates
1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

957 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)

Acquisition

Records originate from the Hamburg State Archive (Staatsarchiv Hamburg). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archival Programs Division received the digitized microfilms in February 2019 from Yad Vashem, Israel, via exchange.

Scope and Content

Selected records of the Oberpostdirektion (Central Postal Directorate) relating to the post and land traffic supervision in Hamburg. Contains files from the various fields: Central Organization and Administration, Procurement and Household, Personnel, Post -, telecommunications, sea and ship mail, sea and coastal radio. Includes national Socialist Press advertisements, instructions and regulations, membership of the NSDAP, registers of postal servants as members of SA and (Waffen-) SS, files relating to treatment of Jewish senders and addressees, and exclusion of Jews from the postal newspaper reference (1941-1942), fileas on construction of secret shortwave transmitters of the Reichsbanner and the Iron Front Freier Radiobund, Freie Radiovereinigung, Arbeiter-Radiobund) for political purposes (1933).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)

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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.