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GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA

No. 94 Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, Par t X (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - OKW)

Microfiche Edition National Archives and Records Administration

Washington: 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Glossary of Selected Terms and Abbreviations

Captured German and Related Records in the National Archives

Published Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, VA

Suggestions for Citing Microfilm

Instructions for Ordering Microfilm

Guide Entries

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INTRODUCTION

The Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, VA, constitute a series of finding aids to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publications of seized records of German central, regional, and local government agencies and of military commands and units, as well as of the Nazi Party, its component formations, affiliated associations, and supervised organizations. For the most part, these records were created during the period 1920-1945.

The guide series was initiated as a microfilming project of the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the American Historical Association (AHA) in cooperation with the National Archives and the Department of the Army. With the termination of AHA participation in July 1963, the National Archives assumed sole responsibility for the reproduction of records and the preparation of guides.

Guide No. 94, is Part X of Records of the German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkomman.do der Wehrmacht - OKW) and describes records reproduced on 42 rolls of NARA Microfilm Publication T77 (rolls 1458-1498 and 1575) which are part of the National Archives Collection of Seized Enemy Records, 1941-, Record Group 242. Parts I-IX constitute Guides Nos. 7, 17-19, 78, 80, and 84-86.

The majority of records described in Guide No. 94 (rolls 1458-1498) were created or collected by the Legal Branch (Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung) of the German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/OKW). Roll 1575 includes records of the OKW Cipher Branch (Chiffrierstelle).

Legal Branch records described here consist chiefly of files compiled for the investigation of Allied breaches of international law in the treatment of German (or Axis) prisoners of war. These investigative records include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, photographs, and affidavits sworn by German POWs returned from Allied internment camps in North Africa, Algeria, the United States, Canada, France, England, and the Soviet Union. Some POW material was submitted by neutral sources such as the International Red Cross and representatives of the Swiss Government.

Other Legal Branch records include reports of alleged battlefield atrocities, mainly in the Soviet Union, but with some documentation pertaining to operations in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, North Africa, and on the island of Crete; and evidence documenting a wide range of alleged Allied violations of international law including the bombing of civilian populations and cultural targets, the wearing of German Army uniforms, the use of expanding ("dum-dum") and explosive ammunition, the alleged misuse of the International Red Cross insignia, and attacks on hospitals, hospital ships, and ambulances. There is also a significant amount of material on the alleged mistreatment of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutscher) in Poland. A small amount of Legal Branch material is made up of intraagency correspondence and records concerning legal procedures, codes of military justice, and German occupation policies in various areas.

Records of the OKW Cipher Branch found on roll 1575 include a 1925 German study of cryptologic methods and thirty-one quarterly reports for the period October 1925-December 1933, which describe the interception and decrypting of various codes used by foreign powers.

The original descriptions for microfilming were prepared by John Strekel and revised for this guide by Amy Schmidt. After filming, the original records described in this guide were returned to the Federal Republic of Germany and deposited at the Bundesarchiv-Abteilung Milit~irarchiv in Freiburg/Breisgau. The National Archives has retained a copy of the microfilm and makes it available to researchers in accordance with applicable access conditions.

Robert Wolfe Center for Captured German Records

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GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS

Ausw~irtiges Amt: German Foreign Office

Chiffrierstelle: Cipher Branch

Deutsche Gesellschaft ftir Wehrpolitik und Wehrwissenschaft: German Association for Military Policy and Sciences

Kriegsgeriehtsrat: Courts-martial Council

Oberbefehlshaber: commander

Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL): German Air Force High Command

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW): German Armed Forces High Command

Psychiatrisch-Wehrpsychologischen Institut der Milit~irztlichen Akademie: Psychiatric-Military Psychological Institute of the Military Medical Academy, located in Berlin

Volksdeutscher: ethnic Germans living outside the German Reich

Wehrmachtsfiihrungsstab: Armed Forces Operations Staff

Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung: Armed Forces Legal Branch

Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle f/Jr Verletzungen des V61kerrechts: Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law

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CAPTURED GERMAN AND RELATED RECORDS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (As of 1993)

The National Archives holds over 30,000 rolls of microfilm reproducing captured German and related records as described below. Reference copies of the microfilm may be consulted without charge in the microfilm reading room of the National Archives Building at Eighth and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, during the hours of 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. For suggestions on citing microfilm, see page xxii of this guide; for ordering specific rolls or entire series, except those containing privileged material ("R" rolls), follow the instructions on page xxv.

A history of the American and Allied, public and private, projects in which these records were created or assembled, exploited, described, and microfilmed is to be found in: Captured German and Related Records, A National Archives Conference, ed. Robert Wolfe (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1974). xix and 279 pp. For more detailed reference information on subject matter, please write to Center for Captured German and Related Records (NNG), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408, call 202-501-5667, or fax 202-501-5778.

Warning:

The original paper records have been returned to the country of origin. A relatively small number of these papers may have been of private origin; the fact of their seizure is not believed to divest their original owners of any literary property rights in them. Anyone, therefore, who publishes them in whole or in part without permission may be held liable for infringement of property rights.

Listings of Captured German and Related Records: I. Civil Records II. Military Records III. War Crimes Records

I. NATIONAL ARCHIVES COLLECTION OF FOREIGN RECORDS SEIZED, RECORD GROUP 242

CIVIL RECORDS

Captured German Records Microfilmed at Whaddon Hall, Bucks, England

Microfilm publications of records of the German Foreign Ministry, 1855-1945; papers of some German diplomats, 1833-1927; and some records of the Reich Chancelleries, 1919-1945, are listed immediately below, under the finding aids that describe them.

(Descriptions of Microfilm Publication T120 are divided between the two catalogs as they pertain respectively to pre-1920 and post-1920 records.)

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Finding aid: A Catalogue of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1867- 1920 (out-of print, available as Microfilm Publication T322, 1 roll).

Records of the German Foreign Office Received by the Department of State, 1867-1920. Microfilm Publication T120. (part of 5,055 rolls).

Records of the German Foreign Office Received by the Department of State from St. Antony's College (Oxford). Microfilm Publication T136. 144 rolls.

Records of the German Foreign Office Received by the Department of State from the University of California (American Historical Association, Project 1). Microfilm Publication T139. 445 rolls.

German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1867-1920, Filmed by the American Historical Association. Microfilm Publication T149. 434 rolls.

Miscellaneous Records of the German Foreign Office Received by the U.S. Department of State. Microfilm Publication T249. 7 rolls.

Records of the German Foreig~ Office Received by the Department of State from the British Museum. Microfilm Publication T264. 2 rolls.

Records of the German Foreign Office Filmed for the University of London. Microfilm Publication T1026. 25 rolls.

Finding aid: A Catalog of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1920-1945, ed. George O. Kent (Hoover Institution, Stanford, v. 1, 1962; v. 2, 1964; v. 3, 1966; v. 4, 1972).

Records of the German Foreign Office, 1920-1945, and the Reich Chancelleries, 1919-1945, Received by the Department of State. Microfilm Publication T120. (part of 5,055 rolls).

Records of the German Foreign Office Pertaining to China, 1919-1935, Filmed at Bonn for the University of Washington. Microfilm Publication Tl141. 31 rolls.

Finding aid: List of Archival References to Material in the German Foreign Ministry Archives Filmed Under Grant From the Old Dominion Foundation (American Historical Association Committee for the Study of War Documents, 1958).

Archives of the German Embassy at Washington, 1921-1938. (American Historical Association, Project I). Microfilm Publication T290. 52 rolls.

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Papers of German Diplomats (Nachlfisse and Asservate), 1833-1927. Association, Project II). Microfilm Publication T291. 25 rolls.

(American Historical

Captured German Records Filmed at Berlin

"Nonbiographic" records of several offices of the Nazi Party, Party formations, affiliated associations, and supervised organizations; private papers of some Nazi leaders; records of some Reich Ministries and other Government agencies; and records of some private industrial corporations and persons. (Biographic records of the personnel of the Nazi Party and many of its agencies, still held at the Berlin Document Center in the custody of the Department of State, zre being microfilmed for eventual deposit in the National Archives.)

German Records Filmed at Berlin for the American Historical Association, 1960. Microfilm Publication T580. 986 rolls.

Specific series and their roll numbers are as follows:

Ahnenerbe 120 -211, 462, 463

Deutsche Arbeitsfront- Bayrische Ostmark

Einwandererzentrale Flick-Konzern Gauleiter W~ichtler Gauleitung Franken Hauptamt fiir Kommunalpolitik Hauptamt SS-Gericht Hitler-Jugend Schwaben Krupp-Druckenmiiller Nachlfisse (Papers of:)

Kurt Daliige Walther Darre Hans Frank Friedrich Kriiger Hans Lammers Joachim von Ribbentrop Julius Streicher Karl Wolff

Nonbiographic material (Schumacher) incl. Bezirksfimter

NS-Lehrerbund Parteiamtliche

Prtifungskommission (PPK) Parteikanzlei RAD - Gau Franken Regierungspr~ident Liineberg Reichskommissar fiir die

992 -998 700- 743 933 - 934 347 -348 921 - 933 884 - 905 212 - 215 348 - 354 935 - 939

215 -230 230 -254 254 -264 264-265 265 -266 266 266- 311 311- 313

1 - 119 354 -411

918 - 921 870 - 884 934 - 935 340 -346

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Festigung deutschen Volkstums Reichskulturkammer Reichsorganisationsleiter Reichspropagandaministerium Reichsschatzmeister Reichsstatthalter in Bayern Reichsstelle fiir MineralS1 Reichswerke Hermann GSring Reichswirtschaftsministerium SA and NSKK-Material SS Material (Miscellaneous) SS-Personal-Hauptamt SS-Rasse- und Siedlungs-Hauptamt SS-Wirtschafts- und

Verwaltungs-Hauptamt

743 -796 939 - 992 519-560 560 -699 797 - 843 339- 340 905 - 908 908 - 918 412 -519 843 -870 335 -339 119 324 -335

313 - 324

Rolls 464 - 476 were not used for the project. Finding aid: T580, roll 999

Captured German Documents filmed at Berlin for the Hoover Institution. Microfilm Publication T581. 155 rolls. (May be purchased from the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, CA 94305.)

Captured German Documents Filmed at Berlin. Microfilm Publication T611. 49 rolls. Finding aid: T611. Roll 1.

(University of Nebraska).

Name Index of Jews Whose German Nationality Was Annulled by the Nazi Regime. Document Center). Microfilm Publication T355. 9 rolls.

(Berlin

Documentation Concerning Jews in the Berlin Document Center. Microfilm Publication T457. 14 rolls.

Captured German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Virginia

Records of various German central, regional, and local government agencies, military headquarters, commands and units; the Nazi Party, Party formations, affiliated associations, and supervised organizations; papers of some private businesses, institutions and persons. The period covered is chiefly from 1920 to 1945. Printed finding aids for each of these microfilm publications consist of one or more of the Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, VA, Nos. 1-90, as indicated below by GG (German Guide) numbers. Reproductions of out-of-print Guides are available for purchase on Microfilm Publication T733, roll 1 (Guides 1-20); ro l l 2 (Guides 21-40); roll 3 (Guides 41-55); roll 4 (Guides 56-65); roll 5 (Guides 66-70); roll 6 (Guides 71-73); roll 7 (Guides 74- 78); and roll 8 (Guides 79-84). Guides 85-90 are available in hard copy introductions, with microfiche copies of series entries from the Center for Captured German and Related Records (NNG), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC 20408.

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Civil Records

Records of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, 1936-1944. [Reichsministerium fOr Volksaufld~ung und Propaganda (RMfVuP)]. Microfilm Publication T70. 126 rolls. (GG 22 and 93)

Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics. [Reichswirtschaftsministerium (RWM)]. Microfilm Publication T71. 149 rolls. (GG 1)

Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production. [Reichsministerium fOr Riistung und Kriegsproduktion (RMfRuK)]. Microfilm Publication T73. 193 rolls. (GG 1O)

Records of the Reich Air Ministry. [Reichsluftfahrtministerium]. Microfilm Publication T177. 52 rolls. (GG 13)

Fragmentary Records of Miscellaneous Reich Ministries and Offices, 1919-1945. Microfilm Publication T178. 27 rolls. (GG 11)

Reichsforschungsrat (RFR) Auswg_rtiges Amt (AA) Reichsj ustizministerium (RJM) Reichsfinanzministerium (RFM) Devisenstelle des Oberfinanzpr~ident Berlin Reichsarbeitministerium (RAM) Reichsministerium des Innern (RMdI) Der Beauftragte fOr den Vierjahresplan Reichsamt fOr Wetterdienst (RAfW) Der Generaldirektor fii,_ das

deutsche Strassenwesen Wiener Infanterieregiment

Alt-Starhemberg Nr. 2 Reichsministerium fOr Wissenschaft,

Erziehung und Volksbildung (MWEV)

rolls 1-5 rolls 6-8 rolls 9-13 rolls 14-16 roll R17 rolls 18-19 roll 20 rolls 21-22 roll 23

roll 24

roll 25

rolls 26-27

Records of German and Japanese Embassies and Consulates, 1940-1945. Microfilm Publication T179. 77 rolls. (GG 15)

Records of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, 1941-1945. fOr die besetzten Ostgebiete]. Microfilm Publication T454. 107 rolls. (GG 28)

[Reichsministerium

Records of the Reich Commissioner for the Baltic States, 1941-1945. [Reichskommissar fOr das Ostland]. Microfilm Publication T459. 45 rolls. (GG 31)

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Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germandom. [Reichskommissar fiJr die Fesfigung deutschen Volkstums (RKFDV)]. Microfilm Publication T74. 20 rolls. (GG 2)

Records of the Organization Todt (OT). Microfilm Publication T76. 7 rolls. (GG 4)

Reich Office for Soil Exploration. [Reiehsamt ffir Bodenforschung]. Microfilm Publication T401. 7 rolls. (GG 26)

Miscellaneous German Records Collection. Microfilm Publication T84. 440 rolls. (GG 5, 8, 36, and 90)

II. NATIONAL ARCHIVES COLLECTION OF FOREIGN RECORDS SEIZED, RECORD GROUP 242

MILITARY RECORDS

Records of the German Armed Forces High Command. [Oberkonv.nando der Wehrmacht (OKW)]. Microfilm Publication T77. 1,581 rolls. (GG 7, 17-19, 78, 80, 8a, 85, and 86)

Army

Records of the German Army High Command. [Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)]. Microfilm Publication T78. 993 rolls. (GG 12, 29, 30, 82, 87, and 91)

Records of German Field Commands: Army Groups. Microfilm Publication T311. 304 rolls. (GG 40 and 52)

Records of German Field Commands: Armies. Microfilm Publication T312. 1,696 rolls. (GG 14, 42-44, 47-50, 54, and 56)

Records of German Field Commands: Panzer Armies. Microfilm Publication T313. 489 rolls. (GG 51 and 53)

Records of German Army Areas. Microfilm Publication T79. 315 rolls. (GG 34)

Records of German Field Commands, Rear Areas, Occupied Territories and Others. Microfilm Publication T501. 363 rolls. (GG 38 and 57)

Records of German Field Commands: Corps. Microfilm Publication T314. 1,670 rolls. (GG 46, 55, and 58-62)

Records of German Field Commands: Divisions, Microfilm Publication T315. 3,256 rolls. (GG 41, 45, 64-74, and 76)

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German Military and Teclmical Manuals, 1910-1945. Microfilm Publication T283. 162 rolls. (T176/roll 14)

Air Force

Records of the German Air Force High Command. [Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL)]. Microfilm Publication T321. 274 rolls. (GG 24 and 92)

German Air Force Records: Luftgaukommandos, Flak, Deutsche Luftwaffenmission in RumS_nien. Microfilm Publication T405. 64 rolls. (GG 25)

The Von Rohden Collection of Research Materials on the Role of the German Air Force in World War II, 1911-1947. Microfilm Publication T971. 73 rolls. (T176/roll 32)

_Captured German Navy Records Microfilmed at London

Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945, Received from the United States Naval History Division. Microfilm Publication T1022. 4,224 rolls.

Finding aids: Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850 - 1945:

No. 1 U-Boats and T-Boats, 1914 - 1918, National Archives and Records Service (Washington: 1984)

No. 2 Records Relating to U-Boat Warfare, 1939 - 1945, National Archives and Records Administration (Washington: 1985)

T1022, rolls 1 and 2, for all German navy records, 1850-1920.

See also:

A Catalogue of Selected Files of the German Naval Archives Microfilmed at the Admiralty, London for the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan. Project No. 1 (London: 1959).

A Catalogue of Selected Files of the German Naval Archives Microfilmed at the Admiralty, London .for the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan. Project No. 2 (London: 1964).

A List of German Naval Files Microfilmed in the Admiralty for Australia (London: 1959).

A List of German Naval Files Microfilmed in the Admiralty for the University of Hawaii (London: 1959).

Records of the Headquarters, German Navy High Command (OKM). Microfilm Publication T608. 8 rolls. (GG 37 and T176/roll 24)

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Nazi Party and SS Records

Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (NSDAP) and the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart. Microfilm Publication T81. 732 rolls. (GG 3, 16, 20, 21, 35, and 77)

Records of Nazi Cultural and Research Institutions. Microfilm Publication T82. 549 rolls. (GG 6 and 93 and T176/roll 24)

Records of the Reich Leader of tlae SS and Chief of the German Police (RF-SS). Microfilm Publication T175. 655 rolls. (GG 32, 33, 39, and 81)

Miscellaneous SS Records: Einwandererzentralstelle, Waffen-SS, and SS-Oberabschnitte. Microfilm Publication T354. 799 rolls. (GG 27, 75, 79, and T176/roll 24)

Records of the Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe of the SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungshauptamt, 1936-1945. Microfilm Publication T976. 37 rolls. (GG 83)

Records of Private Individuals and Enterprises

Records of Private Austrian, Dutch, and German Enterprises, 1917-1946. Microfilm Publication T83. 248 rolls. (GG 23, 88, and 93)

Records of Private German Individuals (Captured German Records). Microfilm Publication T253. 62 rolls. (GG 9 and 88)

Dr. Walter Luetgebrune Dr. Theo Morell Dr. Karl Haushofer

rolls 1-33 rolls 34-45, 62 rolls 46-61

Collection of Correspondence of Herbert von Bismarck, 1881-1883. Microfilm Publication T972. 1 roll. (T176/roll 33)

German Military Records Antedating World War II

An Exhibit of German Military Documents (formerly in the Heeresarchiv Potsdam), 1675-1935. Microfilm Publication M129. 2 rolls.

Prussian Mobilization Records, 1866-1918. Microfilm Publication M962. 5 rolls.

Records of the Royal Bavarian War Ministry and Other Bavarian Military Authorities, 1866-1913. Microfilm Publication M963. 7 rolls.

Official and Personal Papers of Prussian Military Leaders (formerly in the Heeresarchiv Potsdam):

Boyen, Hermann von (1771-1848), 1787-1848. Microfilm Publication M207. 12 rolls.

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Braunschweig-Bevern, August Wilhelm, Duke of (1715-1781), 1756-1762. Microfilm Publication M954. 1 roll.

Gneisenau, August Graf Neithardt von (1760-1830), 1785-1831. Microfilm Publication M211. 43 rolls.

GrSner, Wilhelm (1867-1939), 1867-1939. Microfilm Publication M137. 27 rolls.

Ludendorff, Erich Friedrich Wilhelm (1865-1937), 1918-1919. Microfilm Publication T84/roll 435. 1 roll.

Mertz von Quirnheim, Christoph Emanuel Hermann Ritter (1866-1947), 1916-1939. Microfilm Publication M958. 2 rolls.

Moltke, Helmuth Carl Bernhard Graf von (1800-1891), 1839..1891. Microfilm Publication M960. 6 rolls.

Friedrich Wilhelm Ill, King of Prussia (1770-1840), 1787-1842. Microfilm Publication M955. 1 roll.

Roon, Albrecht Graf von (1803-1879), 1848-1866. Microfilm Publication M956. 2 rolls.

Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von (1755-1813), 1737-1882. Microfilm Publication M959. 12 rolls.

Scbeuch, Heinrich (1864-1946), 1918-1939. Microfilm Publication M957. 1 ro l l .

Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von (1833-1913), 1822-1938. Microfilm Publication M961. 8 rolls.

Seeckt, Hans Friedrich Leopold von (1866-1936). Microfilm Publication M132. 28 rolls.

Winterfeldt. Hans Karl von (1707-1757), 1744-1759. Microfilm Publication M953. 2 rolls.

Other Captured Records

Records of the Smolensk Oblast of the All-Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1917-41. Microfilm Publication F87/rolls 1 - 69; Microfilm Publication T84/rolls 27 and 28; Microfilm Publication T88/rolls 1 - 4.

Finding aid: Guide to the Records of the Smolensk Oblast of the All-Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1917-1941, National Archives, (Washington: 1980).

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Collection of Hungarian Political and Military Records, 1909-1945. Microfilm Publication T973. 21 rolls.

Finding aid: Guide to the Collection of Hungarian Political and Military Records, 1909-1945, National Archives, (Washington: 1972).

Collecticr, of Italian Military Records, 1935-1943. Microfilm Publication T821. 506 rolls.

Finding aid: Guides to Records of the Italian Armed Forces. Parts I-III, National Archives (Washington: 1967). (Reproductions of these volumes are available for purchase on Microfilm Publication T94, 1 roll.)

Papers of Count Ciano (Lisbon Papers) Received From the Department of State. Microfilm Publication T816. 3 rolls.

Personal Papers of Benito Mussolini, Together with Some Official Records of the Italian Foreign Office and the Ministry of Culture, 1922-1944. Microfilm Publication T586. 318 rolls.

Finding aid: T586, roll 1

.Other Related Records

Records of U.S. Army Commands, 1942- , Record Group 338, Foreign Military Studies

Military studies prepared by former German officers prepared for the Historical Division, United States Army, Europe, 1944-1959. The Foreign Military Studies consist of seven series as follows: ETHINT (European Theater Interrogation) 1-80; A 855-1000; B 001-850; C 1-102d; D 001-431; P 001-217; and T la-123K3. There are 1,737 items on hand in English, and 2,169 items in German. (Currently being duplicated on microfiche.)

_.Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165

Interrogation reports of former German officials by the War Department Historical Commission (Shuster Commission). July 9-November 3, 1945. 3 cu. ft.

General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59

Records of the Department of State Special Interrogation DeWitt C. Poole Mission to Germany, 1945-1946. Microfilm Publication M679, 3 rolls.

III. NATIONAL ARCHIVES COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR II WAR CRIMES RECORDS, RECORD GROUP 238

In Europe, the United States conducted war crimes trials under three jurisdictions: that of the International Military Tribunal (IMT) at N/irnberg (RG 238), that of the U.S. military tribunals at Niirnberg (RG 238), and that of the U.S. Army courts (RG 153 and RG 338). The records of the trials at N/irnberg generally consist of transcripts of the proceedings; prosecution and defense exhibits;

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interrogation records; document books; and court papers including official court files, minute books, order and judgment books, and clemency petitions. In addition, the Niirnberg trial records include the prosecution document series from which most of the prosecution exhibits and some defense exhibits were drawn. Descriptive pamphlets (DP) and Special Lists are noted for many of the listed microfilm publications.

Records of International Military Tribunal

The nearly complete transcript of proceedings of the IMT at NiJrnberg and most of the documentary evidence have been published in Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (Niirnberg, 1947) 42 vols. A NARA Publication PI 21 Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality is also available. NARA also holds motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings of the IMT proceedings at Nfirnberg.

Gfirtner Diaries, Oct. 5, 1934 - Dec. 24, 1938. Microfilm Publication M978. 3 rolls. DP

Prosecution Exhibits Submitted to the International Military Tribunal. Microfilm Publication T988. 54 rolls

War Diaries and Correspondence of General Jodl. Microfilm Publication T989. 2 rolls

Mauthausen Death Books. Microfilm Publication T990. 2 rolls

United States Trial Briefs and Document Books. Microfilm Publication T991. 1 roll

Diary of Hans Frank. Microfilm Publication T992. 12 rolls

Interrogation Records Prepared for War Crimes Proceedings at Nfirnberg, 1945-1947. Microfilm Publication M1270. 31 rolls. DP

Records of the International Military Tribunal (IMT):

NOKW Series, 1933-1947. Microfilm Publication Tl119. 47 rolls

NG Series, 1933-1948. Microfilm Publication T1139. 70 rolls

NM Series, 1874-1946. Microfilm Publication M936. 1 roll. DP

NP Series, 1934-1946. Microfilm Publication M942. 1 roll. DP

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WA Series, 1940-1945. Microfilm Publication M946. 1 roll. DP

Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials Interrogations, 1946-1949. Microfilm Publication M1019. 91 rolls. DP

Nuernberg Trials Records Register Cards of the NG Document Series, 1946-1949. Microfilm Publication M1278. 3 rolls. DP

Nuernberg Trials Records Register Cards of the NOKW Document Series, 1946-1949. Microfilm Publication M1291. 2 rolls. DP

Records of United States Military Tribunals

Excerpts from subsequent proceedings have been published as Trials o f War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunal Under Control Council Law No. 10 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950-1953), 15 vols. Detailed published finding aids with computer-assisted indexes for the microfilmed records of the Ohlendorf Case (Special List 42) and the Milch Case (Special List 38) have also been published. The National Archives and Records Administration holds motion pictures and photographs (some of which were entered into evidence) of sessions of the 12 U.S. Nfirnberg proceedings.

Records of the United States Nuernberg War Crimes Trials, United States o f America v.:

Karl Brandt et al. (Case I), Nov. 21, 1946 - Aug. 20, 1947. Microfilm Publication M887 (Medical Case). 46 rolls. DP

Erhard Milch. (Case II), Nov. 13, 1946- Apr. 17, 1947. Microfilm Publication M888 (Milch Case--Luftwaffe). 13 rolls. Special List 38 and DP.

JosefAltst6tter et al. (Case III), Feb. 17 - Dec. 4, 1947. Microfilm Publication M889 (Justice Case). 53 rolls. DP

Oswald Pohl et al. (Case IV), Jan. 13, 1947 - Aug. 11, 1948. Microfilm Publication M890 (Pohl Case-SS). 38 rolls. DP

Friedrich Flick et al. (Case V), Mar. 3 - Dec. 22, 1947. Microfilm Publication M891 (Flick Case-Industrialist). 42 rolls. DP

Carl Krauch et al. (Case VI), Aug. 14, 1947 - July 30, 1948. Microfilm Publication M892 (I. G. Farben Case-Industrialist). 113 rolls. DP

Wilhelm List et al. (Cast. ',rlI), July 8, 1947 - Feb. 19, 1948. Microfilm Publication M893 (Hostage Case). 48 rolls. DP

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Ulrich Greifelt et al. (Case VIII), Oct. 10, 1947 - Mar. 10, 1948. Microfilm Publication M894 (RuSHA Case-SS). 38 rolls. DP

Otto Ohlendorf et al. (Case IX), Sept. 15, 1947 - Apr. 10, 1948. Microfilm Publication M895 (Einsatzgruppen Case-SS). 38 rolls. DP.

Special List 42 and

Al~ed Krupp et al. (Case X), Aug. 16, 1947 - July 31, 1948. Microfilm Publication M896 (Krupp Case-Industrialist). 69 rolls. DP

Ernest von Weizsiicker et al. (Case XI), Nov. 4, 1947 - Apr. 14, 1949. Microfilm Publication M897 (Ministries Case). 173 rolls. DP

Wilhelm von Leeb et al. (Case XII), Nov. 28, 1947 - Oct. 28, 1948. Microfilm Publication M898 (High Command Case). 67 rolls. DP

Records of the U.S. Army War Crimes Trials in Europe

War crimes trials records for Germany were also codected or generated by the U.S. 3d and 7th .Armies initially, then by special war crimes sections of the Judge Advocate General (JAG), Europe. Because these sections sent reports and other materials to Washington, some of the same material is in RG 153, Records of the Judge Advocate General (Army), and has proven to be a useful source for filling in gaps discovered in the RG 338 records. While materials from RG 153 are frequently found in the microfilmed publications listed below, in each case the great bulk of the records filmed come from RG 338.

United States of America v. Alfons Klein et al. (Case Files 12-449 and 000-12-31), October 8-15, 1945. Microfilm Publication M1078 (Hadamar Case). 3 rolls. DP

United States Army Investigation and Trial Records of War Criminals. United States o f America v.:

KurtAndrae et al. (and Related Cases). Apr. 27, 1945 - June 11, 1958. Microfilm Publication M1079 (Nordhausen Cases). 16 rolls. DP

Franz Auer et al. Nov. 1943 - July 1958. Microfilm Publication M1093 (Mfihldorf Case). 13 rolls. DP

Jiirgen Stroop et al. Mar. 29, 1945 - Aug. 21, 1957. Microfilm Publication M1095 (Superior Orders Case). 10 rolls. DP

Records of the United States Army War Crimes Trials, United States of America v.:

Ernst Dura et al. June 9 - 23, 1947. Microfilm Publication M1100 (Wiener-Neudorf Outcamp Case). 2 rolls. DP

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Kurt GSbell et al. Feb. 6 - Mar. 21, 1946, and August H~iker, June 26, 1947. Microfilm Publication M1103 (collectively known as the Borkum Island Case). 7 rolls. DP

Otto Skorzeny et al. July 13, 1945 - Dec. 13, 1948. Microfilm Publication M1106 (Skorzeny Case). 24 microfiche. DP

Johann Hahler et al. Sept. 3 - 12, 1947. Microfilm Publication M1139 (Haider Case). 2 rolls. DP

Martin Gottf-ried Weiss et al. Nov. 15, 1945- Dec. 13, 1945. Microfilm Publication M1174 (Dachau Concentration Camp Case). 6 rolls. DP

Michael Vogel et al. July 8 - 15, 1947. Microfilm Publication M1173 (Miihldorf Ring-"Vogel" Case). 2 rolls. DP

Hans Joachim Georg Geiger et al. July 9 - Aug. 5, 1947. Microfilm Publication Ml191 (Ebensee Outcamp Case). 2 rolls. DP

Friedrich Becker et al. June 12, 1946 - Jan. 22, 1947. Microfilm Publication M1204 (Fiossenburg Concentration Camp Case). 16 rolls. DP

Ernst Angerer et al. Nov. 26 - Dec. 3, 1946. Microfilm Publication M1210 (Angerer Case). 1 roll. DP

German Documents Among the War Crimes Records of the Judge Advocate Division, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe. Microfilm Publication T1021. 20 rolls

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PUBLISHED GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA

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Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics (Reichwirtschaftsministerium). 1958. 75 pp. (T71)

Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germandom (Reichskommissar ftir die Festigung deutschen Volkstums). 1958. 15 pp. (T74)

Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), Part I. 1958. 141 pp. (T81)

Records of the Organization Todt. 1958. 2 pp. (T76) Miscellaneous German Records Collection, Part I. 1958. 15 pp. (T84) Records of Nazi Cultural and Research Institutions, and Records Pertaining to Axis Relations

and Interests in the Far East. 1958. 161pp. (T82) Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part I. 1959. 222 pp. (T77) Miscellaneous German Records Collection, Part II. 1959. 203 pp. (T84) Records of Private German Individuals. 1959. 23 pp. (T253) Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (Reichsministerium f/Jr

RiJstung und Kriegsproduktion). 1959. 109 pp. (T73) Fragmentary Records of Miscellaneous Reich Ministries and Offices. 1959. 19 pp. (T178) Records of Headquarters of the German Army High Command (Oberkommando des

Heeres/OKH), Part I. 1959. 19 pp. (T78) Records of the Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium). 1959. 34 pp. (T177) Records of German Field Commands: Armies (AOK I, 3, 5), Part I. 1959. 61 pp. (T312) Records of Former German and Japanese Embassies and Consulates, 1890-1945. 1960.

63 pp. (T179) Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart. Part I: Records on Resettlement. 1960.

105 pp. (T81) Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part II. 1960. 213 pp. (T77) Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part III. 1960. 118 pp. (T77) Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part IV. 1960. 76 pp. (T77) Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche

Arbeiterpartei) Part II. 1960. 45 pp. (T81) Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart. Part II: The General Records. 1961.

180 pp. (T81) Records of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. 1961. 41 pp.

(T70) Records of Private Austrian, Dutch, and German Enterprises, 1917-46. 1961. 119 pp. (T83) Records of Headquarters of the German Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der

Luftwaffe/OKL). 1961. 59pp. (T321) German Air Force Records: Luftgaukommandos, Flak, Deutsche Luftwaffenmission in

Rum~inien. 1961. 41 pp. (T405) Records of Reich Office for Soil Exploration (Reichsamt fiJr Bodenforschung). 1961. 11 pp.

(T401) Miscellaneous SS Records: Einwandererzentralstelle, Waffen-SS, and SS-Oberabschnitte.

1961. 34 pp. (T354)

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Records of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Reichsministerium f-fir die besetzten Ostgebiete), 1941-45. 1961. 69 pp. (T454)

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH), Part II. 1961. 154 pp. (T78)

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH), Part lII. 1961. 212 pp. (T78)

Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Baltic States (Reichskommissar fiir das Ostland), 1941-45. 1961. 19pp. (T459)

Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police CReichsfiihrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei) Part I. 1961. 165 pp. (T175)

Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police (Reichsfiihrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei) Part II. 1961. 89 pp. (T175)

Records of German Army Areas (Wehrkreise). 1962. 234 pp. (T79) Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche

Arbeiterpartei) Part III. 1962. 29 pp. (T81) Miscellaneous German Records Collection, Part III. 1962. 61 pp. (T84) Records of Headquarters, German Navy tligh Command (Oberkommando der

Kriegsmarine/OKM). 1962. 5 pp. (T608) Records of German Field Commands: Rear Areas, Occupied Territories, and Others, Part I.

1963. 200pp. (T501) Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police (Reichsfiihrer SS und

Chef der Deutschen Polizei), Part III. 1963. 198 pp. (T175) Records of G,:rman Field Commands: Army Groups (HGr A-C, G, H, Nord, Weichsel,

Oberrhein, Siid), Part I. 1964. 126 pp. (T311) Records of German Field Commands: Divisions (lst-5th), Part I. 1964. 160 pp. (T315) Records of German Field Records of German Field Records of German Field

(T312) Records of German Field Records of German Field Records of German Field

Commands: Armies (AOK 2, 4), Part II. 1964. 110 pp. (T312) Commands: Armies (AOK 6-9), Part III. 1964. 108 pp. (T312) Commands: Armies (AOK 10-12, 14), Part IV. 1964. 96 pp.

Commands: Commands: Commands: Commands: Records of German Field

1965. 85 pp. (T312) Records of German Field Commands: Armies (AOK 18), Part VII. 1965. 124 pp. Records of German Field Commands: Armeeabteilungen (AAbt A, Fretter-Pico,

Lanz-Kempf, Narwa-Grasser-Kleffel, von Zangen), 1966. 45 pp. (T312) Records of German Field Commands: Panzer Armies (PzAOK 1-2), Part I. 1966.

(T313) Records of German Field Commands:

Don), Part II. 1966. 139 pp. (T31 Records of German Field Commands:

160 pp. (T313) Records of German Field Records of German Field Records of German Field

AOK 8, AGr W6hler),

Divisions (6th-9th), Part II. 1964. 118 pp. (T315) Corps (AK I-IV), Part I. 1965. 156 pp. (T314) Armies (AOK 15-17), Part V. 1965. 162 pp. (T312) Armies (AOK 19-21, Fallschirm Ligurien), Part IV,

(T312)

112 pp.

Army Groups (HGr B-D, E-F, Nord, Mitte, Slid, 1) Panzer Armies (PzAOK 3-5, Afrika), Part II. 1967.

Commands: Armies (AOK 2), Part VIII. 1967. 132 pp. (T312) Commands: Corps (AK V-IX), Part II. 1967. 150 pp. (T314) Commands: Armies (AOK 4, 6-7, 9-11, 14, 25, DGen beim ital. Part IX. 1968. 166 pp. (T312)

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Records of German Field Commands: 1968. 25 pp. (T501)

Records of German Field Commands: Records of German

(T314) Records of German

124 pp. (T314) Records of German Records of German

223 pp. (T314) Records of German Field Commands:

III. 1970. 143pp. (T315) Records of German Field Commands: Records of German Records of German

177 pp. (T315) Records of German







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Field Commands:

Field Commands: Field Commands:

Field Commands: Field Commands:

Field Commands:

Field Commands:

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Field Commands:

Field Commands:

Field Commands:

Field Commands:

German Field Commands:

Rear Areas, Occupied Territories, and Othe~rs, Part II.

Corps (AK X-XVII), Part III. 1968. 84 pp. (T314) Corps (AK XVIII-XXVII), Part IV. 1968. 144 pp.

Corps (AK XXVIII-XL), Part V. 1969.

Corps (AK XLI-LI), Part VI. 1969. 186 pp. (T314) Corps (AK I, LII-XCI), Part VII. 1970.

Divisions (lst-9th (Supplementary), 10th-21st), Part

Divisions (22d-57th), Part IV. 1970. 141 pp. (T315) Divisions (58th-96th), Part V. 1970. 143 pp. (T315) Divisions (97th-114th), Part VI. 1972.

Divisions (116th-137th), Part VII.

Divisions (141st-187th), Part VIII.

Divisions (189th-218th), Part IX.

Divisions (221st-255th), Part X.

Divisions (256th-291st), Part XI.

Divisions (292d-327th), Part XII.

Divisions (328th-369th), Part XIII.

Divisions (370th-710th), Part XIV.

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1976. 293 pp.

1977. 345 pp.

Records of the Waffen-SS, Part I. 1978. 283 pp. (T354) Records of German Field Commands: Divisions (712th-999th and name divisions), Part XV.

1978. 287pp. (T315) Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche

Arbeiterpartei), Part IV. 1980. 37 pp. (T81) Records of the German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part V. 1981. 180 pp. (T77) Records of the Waffen-SS, Part II. 1981. 165 pp. (T354) Records of the German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der

Wehrmacht/OKW), Part VI. 1982. 173 pp. (T77) Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police (Reichsfiihrer SS und

Chef der Deutschen Polizei), Part IV. 1982. 184 pp. (T175) Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Oberkommando des

Heeres--OKH/FHO), Part IV. 1982. 234 pp. (T78) Records of the SS Economic and Administrative Office (SS Wirtschafts-und

Verwaltungshauptamt--Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe--WVHA/DWB). 1984. 124 pp. (T976)

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Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, OKW/Wi Rii Amt, Part VII. 1985. 193 pp. (T77)

Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, OKW/Wi Rfi Amt, Part VIII. 1990. Microfiche. (T77)

Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, OKW/Wi Rfi Amt, Part IX. 1990. Microfiche. (T77)

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, OKH, Part V. 1990. Microfiche. (1"78)

Records of Private German Enterprises and Individuals, Part II. 1990. Microfiche. (T83, T253)

Records of the General Plenipotentiary for the Serbian Economy (Generalbevollm~ichtigte fiir die Wi~schaft in Serbien). 1991. Microfiche. (T75)

Miscellaneous German Records Collection, Part II. 1991. Microfiche. (T84) Records of tteadquarters, German Army High Command, OKH, Part VI. 1992.

Micr,~qche. (T78) Records of Headquarters, German Air Force High Command, OKL, Part II. 1992.

Microfiche. (T321) Records of Private German Enterprises and Individuals, Part III. 1992. Microfiche. (T70,

T82, T83) Records of the German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht -

OKW), Part X~ 1993. Microfiche. (T77)

Other published National Archives finding aids to microfilm of seized foreign and related records:

Guides to Records of the Italian Armed Forces, Part I-III. 1967. (T821)

Guide to the Collection of Hungarian Political and Military Records, 1909-1945. 1972. 20 pp. (T973)

Special List No. 38 to the Records of the Nuernberg War Crimes Trials, Case II (Luftwaffe), United States o f America v. Erhard Milch, 1946-47. 1975. 120 pp. (M888)

Special List No. 42 to the Records of the Nuernberg War Crimes Trials, Case 9 (Einsatzgruppen (SS)), United States of America v. Otto Ohlendorf et al, 1947-48. 1978. 363 pp. (M895)

Guide to Records of the Smolensk Oblast of the All-Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1917-41. 1980. 295 pp. (T8~, 87, 88)

Guides to the Microfilmed Records of the German Navy, 1850-1945 No. 1. Records of U-Boats and T-Boats, 1914-18. 1984. 415 pp. (T1022) No. 2. Records Relating to U-Boat Warfare, 1939-1945. 1985. 284 pp.

(T1022)

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SUGGESTIONS FOR CITING MICROFILM OF CAPTURED GERMAN AND RELATED RECORDS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is frequently asked to provide recommendations regarding information to be included in footnotes and other references to records among its holdings. The following suggestions should serve this purpose and also help our staff in locating the records thus cited.

Records Because of the great variety and complexity of some archival material, there are no convenient models that would be applicable to all records. The initial citation, however, might consist of those of the following elements applicable in each instance: item, file unit or subseries, series title, originating office (and the administrative units of which that office is a part), name of collection or record group number and title, and depository. Except for placing the cited item first, there is no general agreement on the sequence of the remaining elements in the citation. Publishers, professional journals, and graduate faculties all prescribe their own style. Whatever sequence is adopted, however, should be used consistently throughout the same work. If in doubt, the researcher should confer wi~h an archivist regarding elements tha'; may be necessary to identify adequately specific records being cited.

Microfilm Publications Citation to records reproduced in National Archives microfilm publications should provide, in general, the same information as suggested above, but with sufficient additional information to identify the particular microfilm publ;,catiol~ as well as roll and frame numbers, if applicable.

Microfilm publications of foreign records seized during World War II involve such peculiarities of identification that largely individualized suggested systems of citation have been developed for them. The following examples suggest both a form of initial citation and of subsequent citations of the same document for each of five major microfilm projects reproducing captured German and related records. The form for the bibliography, which is not illustrated below, could be some appropriate modification of the initial citation, but should also include the National Archives record group title and number, and the title and number of the microfilm publication, e.g., National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records (Nuernberg), Record Group 238, U.S.v. Otto Ohlendorfet al, Microfilm Publication M895, 38 rolls; National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized 1941-, Record Group 242, Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics, Microfilm Publication T71, 148 rolls.

. Captured records microfilmed at Alexandria, Virginia. Initial citation:

Cds/Amt IVA1, Ereignismeldung UdSSR, Nr. 194, 20 April 1942, EAP 173-a-10/22a, National Archives Micrefilm Publication T175, roll 235, frames 2724202-268.

Subsequent citations: Ereignismeldun~ UdSSR, Nr. 194, T175/235/2724209-10.

Initial citation: I. AK, Ia, "KTB Nr. 2," Aug. - Oct. 1939, E201/1, National Archives Microfilm Publication T314, roll 34, first frame 389.

Subsequent citations: KTB 2, Aug. 17, 1939, T314/34i397.

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Item numbers such as EAP 173-a-10/22a, or OKW 1015 are optional and serial numbers unnecessary. Frames are sometimes unnumbered.

Foreign Ministry Archives and records of the Reichskanzlei filmed at Whaddon Hall. Initial citation:

Ambassador in Madrid (Stohrer) to Foreign Ministry, Berlin, Dec. 9, 1940, German Foreign Ministry Archives, Serial 136, frames D674515-516; National Archives Microfilm Publication T120, roll 146.

Subsequent citations: Stohrer to GFM, 136/D674516, T120/146.

Initial citation: "Ve~vcaltung besetzter Gebiete in Serbien, 15.11.16-31.7.17," SA Reel 83, National Archives Microfilm Publication T136, roll 83, frames 17-24.

Subsequent citations: SA/T136/83/19.

The serial number is the essential identification, whether the serial is of the interchangeable unlettered or H serials, or of the B,C,F,K,L, and M serials. The terms reel, container, or roll are acceptable variations, with the last preferred by the National Archives. With the Tripartite Project microfilm, National Archives Microfilm Publication T120, it is imperative to distinguish between serial and roll numbers, and the Catalog of Files and Microfilm of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1920-1945, 4 vols., has as a supplement to each volume, a National Archives serial-roll conversion list. The Public Record Office in London uses the same serial and frame numbers, although not always the same roll numbers, and the microfilm publication symbols GFM 2-5 instead of T120, to identify the Tripartite Project microfilm. The other Whaddon Hall microfilm projects use the same number for serial and roll, as the SA (Saint Antony's College project) serial example, given above, indicates; the National Archives has substituted microfilm publication number for project symbols.

Records from the German Naval Archives microfilmed by the United States Navy (Office of Naval Intelligence--ONI) at the Admiralty, London. Initial citation:

"Schlachtschiff 'Bismarck' nachtr~iglich entzifferte englische Funkspriiche," 23.5.-27.5.1941, PG 47893, T-1 83-C, National Archives Microfilm Publication T1022, roll 2791.

Subsequent citation: "Schlachtschiff 'Bismarck'," T1022/2791/PG 47893.

Initial citation: "Seeschlacht vor dem Skagerrak," 31.5.-1.6.1916, Az. Kr. Op. Nordsee 61, PG 64808-64813; TA-109-A, TA-110-A, TA-104-D, TA-105-D, and TA-106-D; National Archives Microfilm Publication T1022, rolls 347-348 and 443-445.

Subsequent citations: "Seeschlacht vor dem Skagerrak," T1022/347-348, 443-445/PG 64808-64813.

PG number is the essential record item number; the National Archives T1022 roll number is sufficient microfilm identification. The "T-" and "TA-" prefixes indicate the original U.S. Navy microfilm designation (for World War I German Navy records the prefix "TA-" is used) and is included for roll verification. There are no frame numbers in this microfilm publication.

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Heeresarchiv Potsdam records microfilmed at the National Archives. Initial citation:

GrSner to Alarich yon Gleich, Papers of General Wilhelm GrSner (Gr~ner Nachlass) at the Bundesarchiv Koblenz, National Archives Microfilm Publication M137, roll 7.

Subsequent citations: GrSner to Gleich, M137/7.

National Archives microfilm of Nuernberg War Crimes Trial Records. Initial citation:

OB SiJdost to HGr E, "Operation Kreuzotter," 13 Aug 1944, item NOKW-089, National Archives Microfilm Publication T1119, roll 2, frames 17-19.

Subsequent citations: OB S/idost to HGr E, 13 Aug. 44, T1119/2/17

Initial citation: Indication, United States o f America v. Otto Ohlendorf et al. (Case 9), Transcript of Proceedings, Sep 15, 1947, vol. 1, p. 4, National Archives Microfilm Publication M895, roll 2, frame 0005.

Subsequent citations: Case 9, Transcript, Sept. 15, 1947, vol. I, p. 4, M895/2/0005.

The National Archives and Records Administration will appreciate receiving copies of books and articles based in whole or in part on ~:ecords in its custody. Such copies should be directed to the Library, NARA, Washington, DC 20408.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING MICROFILM

Microfilm copies of one or more rolls of microfilm may be purchased at the current quoted price per roll by writing to the National Archives Fulfillment Center (NEDC), 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743-3701; or call 301-763-1896 (fax 301-763-6025). The quoted price includes postage or shipping costs on orders sent by surface mail within the United States. Costs for airmail shipment to foreign countries will be quoted on request.

Checks or money orders, which must accompany each microfilm order, are to be made payable to "National Archives Trust Fund (NEDC)," and mailed to the National Archives Trust Fund (NEDC), P. O. Box 100793, Atlanta, GA 30384. Persons ordering microfilm from outside the United States or its possessions should make their remittance by international money order or check drawn in United States dollars on a bank in the United States, made payable to the "National Archives Trust Fund (NEPS)," and mailed to the same address in Atlanta. All orders should specify the microfilm publication number and the number of each roll being ordered.

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ITEM DATES ROLL FRAME

OKW/48 1944/11/24 1458 0000001 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

Reports of the Berlin court-martial of Major Eberhard M/iller-Eversbusch of Headquarters, German Army High Command, on charges of sedition.

OKW/199 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1940/12/00-1944/08/00 1458 0000013

Reports, correspondence, and orders concerning judicial responsibilities; the treatment of Soviet prisoners of war; punishments for offenses against the German state and its occupation forces; fraternization policies in Greece and other occupied areas; defenses against sabotage and terrorism; codes of military justice; and the organization of German facilities on the island of Crete.


1944/11/26-1945/02/06 1458 0000156

Questionnaires completed by German prisoners of war upon their return from captivity in the United States. Information on their treatment, accommodations, and general observations is included.


1942/11/20-1944/11/12 1458 0000301

Correspondence and two articles from the Nov. 20, 1942, edition of the English-language News Chronicle concerning alleged U.S. violations of international law in combat with German and Italian forces in North Africa.

0KW/839 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1944/09/11-1944/12/14 1458 0000317

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and affidavits sworn by released German prisoners of war concerning their treatment in various Allied POW camps.


1944/01/29-1944/08/14 1458 0000343

Correspondence and sworn affidavits compiled by German military courts to determine whether the treatment of German prisoners of war interned at Fort Hood, Texas, violated international law.


1944/01/07-1945/02/03 1458 0000359


Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits collected to determine whether Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war violated international law.


1944/02/29-1944/07/07 1458 0000396

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits collected to determine whether Anglo- American treatment of German prisoners of war violated international law.


1944/06/16-1944/12/28 1458 0000422

Reports and sworn affidavits submitted by former German prisoners of war concerning their treatment at various Allied POW camps. Also included is an International Red Cross report on conditions in American POW camps and hospitals in Algeria.


1943/06/16-1944/12/01 1458 0000469

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits collected to determine whether Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war violated international law. Also included is a duplicate copy of the Red Cross report reproduced in item OKW/912.

OKW/923-4 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1944/05/17-1945/01/25 1458 0000617

Correspondence, court reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war.


1942/12/07-1944/11/28 1458 0000693

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning possible alleged Anglo-American violations of the Geneva Conventions in their treatment of German prisoners of war.


1944/07/05-1944/12/21 1458 0000875

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged mistreatment of German prisoners of war in various Allied POW camps.



1944/02/08-1945/01/23 1459 0000001

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German prisoners of war interned in British and American camps, principally at Camp Trinidad, Colorado.


1944/03/03-1944/06/17 1459 0000099

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German prisoners of war interned in British and American camps, principally at Camp Blanding, Florida.


1943/10/26-1944/11/24 1459 0000177

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the Anglo- American treatment of German prisoners of war interned in North Africa.


1944/11/21 1459 0000239

The statement of a repatriated German medic concerning his treatment by American forces in France and subsequent internment in England.


1944/03/03 - 1944 / 10/04 1459 0000246

Correspondences investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German prisoners of war interned in British and American camps, principally at Camp Aliceville, Alabama.


1944/05/25-1945/01/08 1459 0000385

Correspondence, sworn affidavits, and magazine articles concerning the alleged training of American soldiers in unethical tactics.

0KW]948 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1944/08/28 1459 0000429


German Second Air Force Command reports concerning the alleged use of expanding and other explosive ammunition by italian partisans in Istria.


1944/07/25-1945/01/10 1459 0000435

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged misuse of the International Red Cross insignia by American combat troops in France.


1942/12/07-1944/11/06 1459 0000464

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged use of expanding ammunition by American soldiers in North Africa.


1943/05/05-1944/09/26 1459 0000517

Correspondence, legal reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German prisoners of war in North Africa and the United States, and the investigation of complaints by German authorities through the office of the Legation of Switzerland in the United States. An International Red Cross report on Allied POW camps in North Africa is also included.


1944/01/05 - 1944 / 12/04 1459 0000744

Correspondence, legal reports, questionnaires, and sworn statements concerning Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war at or on the way to Allied camps.


1943/01/22-1945/01/05 1460 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Anglo-American air attacks against hospital trains, ships, ambulances, and medical facilities marked with the International Red Cross insignia.


1943/12/28-1944/08/14 1465 0000804

Correspondence, legal reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war at various camps.

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OKW/1125 1943/12/23-1944/02/23 1460 0000936 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

Correspondence, a questionnaire, and a sworn affidavit made by an exchanged German prisoner of war concerning his treatment at a POW camp in Kentucky.


1945/01/25-1945/02/07 1460 0000957

Questionnaires and reports completed by German prisoners of war and civilian internees upon their return to Germany from various camps in Canada, the United States, and Britain.


1944/01 / 17-1944/06/17 1460 0001150

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war in various camps in North Africa and the United States.


1941/08/16-1941/11/10 1461 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged abuse of captured German personnel by Russian soldiers and civilians.


1944/01 / 12-1944/08/09 1461 0000372

Affidavits swern by German prisoners of war concerning inadequate accommodations and abusive treatment at various American, British, and French camps.


1945/01/20-1945/03/20 1461 0000624

Questionnaires completed by released German prisoners of war concerning their treatment at various American and British camps.


1943/05/10-1944/02/12 1461 0000738


Correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings concerning alleged Allied attacks on Japanese, German, and Italian hospital ships, the dropping of explosive pens and pencils over Italy, and the bombing of Rome and Monte Cassino.


1944/10/19-1945/02110 1461 0000766

Reports and sworn affidavits concerning alleged American mistreatment of German prisoners of war, including the use of German prisoners to shield attacks.


1944/07/08 1461 0000783

An affidavit sworn by a German medical doctor concerning his treatment at various American and British POW camps.


1944/09/13-1945/01/22 1461 0000790

An affidavit sworn by a former German prisoner of war concerning his treatment while interned in North Africa and the United States.


1941/07/19-1943/01/05 1461 0000803

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation and abuse of German prisoners of war by Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.


1944/09/11-1945/01/25 1461 0001157

A questionnaire and affidavit sworn by a released German prisoner of war concerning his treatment in Allied captivity in North Africa and the United States.

OKW / 1184 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/08/12-1943/04117 1462 0000001

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation and abuse of captured German soldiers by Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.



1941/07/01-1941/08/29 1462 0000366

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged murder, mutilation, and abuse of captured German soldiers by Soviet forces in the initial stages of the German campaign in the east.


1942/07/09-1943/06/19 1462 13900663

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged abuse of captured German soldiers by Soviet forces in the vicinity of Kursk and Orel.

OKW/l187 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/07/22-1942/09/28 1462 0001032

Correspondence, investigative reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged abuse of German and Romanian soldiers by their Soviet captors.


1941/08/22-1943/04/29 1463 0000001

Correspondence, intelligence reports, and sworn statements from Soviet deserters and prisoners of war concerning alleged Soviet mistreatment of captured German, Italian, and Romanian soldiers.


1941/12/03-1943/07/05 1463 0000357

Correspondence, intelligence reports, and sworn statements from Soviet deserters and prisoners of war concerning alleged Soviet mistreatment of captured German soldiers.


1941/07 / 10-1942/03/03 1463 0000736

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet combat violations of international law, including the use of expanding and explosive ammunition.


1941/07/17-1943/06/19 1464 0000001


Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet combat violations of international law, including the use of expanding and explosive ammunition, and the murder and mutilation of German soldiers.


1942/08/20-1944/02/26 1464 0000222

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged murder and abuse of German soldiers captured by regular Soviet Armed Forces and partisans in the areas of Smolensk, Stalingrad, and Sevastopol.

OKW/1193 Wehrmachtrcchtsabteilung.

1941/07/29-1941/11/23 1464 0000630

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged Soviet use of expanding and explosive ammunition against German troops. Photographs of explosive projectiles are included.


1941/06/29-1942/12/19 1464 0000796

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the murder, mutilation, and abuse of captured German and Romanian soldiers.


1941/09/25-1943/01/28 1465 0000001

Correspondence, interrogation reports, and statements sworn by Soviet deserters and prisoners of war concerning alleged Soviet abuse of captured German soldiers.


1943/01/28-1944/05/02 1465 0000279

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged abuse of German and Romanian troops captured by Soviet forces.


1941/08/17-1943/12/16 1465 0000642

Correspondence, interrogation reports, and statements sworn by Soviet deserters and prisoners of war concerning alleged Soviet abuse of captured German soldiers.



Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the mutilation and murder of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces. Several photographs of mutilated bodies are included.


1941/08/16-1944/11/10 1466 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation and murder of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces.

OKW/i200 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/07/26-1942/12/10 1466 0000326

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation and murder of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces. A file on specific alleged violations aga~nz~ ~embers of the German 444th Infantry Regiment is included.


1941/06/21-1941/12/13 1466 0000736

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilatio~i and murder of German soldiers captured by regular Soviet Army and partisan forces.


1941/06/30-1942/11/18 1467 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged mutilation and murder of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces in the Baltic area. Photographs and film negatives of mutilated bodies are included.


1941/06/30-1943/06/03 ~467 0000262

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation and murder of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces.


1941/06/28-1942/09/09 1467 0000606


Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet Armed Forces' alleged violations of international law, including the mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers.

OKW/1205 Wehrmachtrechtsabteihmg.

1941/06/29-1943/03/12 1467 0000880

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet Armed Forces" alleged violations of international law, including mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers, the wearing of German uniforms by Soviet soldiers, and the use of expanding ammunition.


1941/06/29-1943/03/12 1468 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet Armed Forces' alleged violations of international law, including mutilation, murder and abuse of captured German soldiers and Ukrainian civilians. Photographs of bodies of German soldiers, with hands tied behind their backs, are included.


1941/07/18-1943/05/28 1468 0000335

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet Armed Forces' alleged violations of international law, including the mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German and Romanian soldiers in the areas of Bryansk and Sevastopol.


1941/07/03-1942/12/04 1468 0000729

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet Armed Fences' violations of international law, including mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers.


1941/07/08-1942/06/23 1468 0001066

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet Armed Forces" violations of international law, including mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers.


1941.06/10-1943.02/17 1469 0000001

10


Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet Armed Forces' violations of international law, including mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers. Some investigative information was received from captured Soviet personnel.


1941/06/30-1942/05/07 1469 0000369

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder and abuse of German soldiers captured by regular Soviet Army forces and partisans.


1941/07119-1942/10/17 1469 0000662

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet Armed Forces' violations of international law, including mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers.


1941/09/07-1943/06/10 1470 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet Armed Forces' violations of international law, including the mutilation, murder, and abuse of captured German soldiers.


1941/08/16-1943/06/11 1470 0000401

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured by regular Soviet Armed Forces and partisans.


1942/03/28-1943/02/16 1470 0000798

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured by Soviet troops.


1940/06/00-1943/05/00 1470 0001158

A study by the Legal Branch, German Armed Forces High Command, concerning alleged British Army violations of international law. English-language material on the 4th Armored Brigade and illustrations of techniques for disarming captors are included.

11


OKW/1217 1941-07/03 - 1943/03 / 17 1471 0000001 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against German soldiers captured on the field of battle.


1941/07/03-1943/02/01 1471 0000308

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against German soldiers captured on the field of battle. Photographs of mutilated bodies are included.


1941/06/30-1942/09/17 1471 0000574



1941/07/19-1943/01/26 1472 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet interrogation methods and treatment of captured German military personnel.


1942/10/23-1943/04/06 1472 0000348

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces. Information on conditions in Soviet POW camps in also included.


1941/06/28-1942/02/27 1472 0000662



1942/02/21-1943/03/06 1472 0001022

12


Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against German soldiers captured on the field of battle. A photograph of a mutilated body is included.

OWK/1225 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/07/25-1942/11/11 1473 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against German soldiers captured on the field of battle. German medical autopsy reports are included.


1941/06/24-1942/09/17

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning captured German soldiers.

1473 0000344

alleged Soviet atrocities commited against


1943/08/11-1944/05/17

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning German soldiers.

1473 0000651

alleged Soviet atrocities against captured


1942/02/10-1943/11/09 1474 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged violations of international law by Soviet authorities. Fragmentary reports on evaluations of captured Soviet documents are included.


1941/07/02-1943/06/15

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning German soldiers captured by Soviet forces.

1474 0000418

the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of


1941/06/25-1942/02/03 1474 0000824

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces. Photographs of mutilated bodies are included.

13



Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German aircrews and parachutists captured by Soviet forces.


1941/08/22-1944/03 / 15 1475 0000372

Correspondence and reports of interrogations of Soviet deserters, prisoners of war, and civilians concerning alleged Soviet abuse of captured German soldiers.


1941/06/27-1943 -06/18 1475 0000702

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the abuse of captured German and Romanian military personnel. Photographs and negatives showing mutilated bodies are included. This file is continued through item 1242 on roll 1477.


1941/06/27-1943/06/18 1476 0000001

Continued from roll R1475. Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law.


1941/06/27-1943/06/18 1477 0000001

Continued from roll 1476. Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law.


1943/10/26-1944/12/11 1478 0000001

Correspondence, investigative reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning Anglo- American treatment of German prisoners of war in North Africa.


1944/05/17-1944/08/23 1478 0000101

14


A fragmentary file of correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German prisoners of war in the United States.

OKW/1245a Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1939/09/3 - 1940/05 / 10 1478 0000120

A study by the Legal Branch, German Armed Forces High Command, concerning alleged French violations of international law in their treatment of captured German military personnel during September 1939 - May 1940. The study was published in September 1940.

OKW/1245b Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/04/00 1478 0000549

A study of the Legal Branch, German Armed Forces High Command, concerning alleged French violations of international law in their treatment of captured German military personnel.


1941/06/29-1944/03/04 1479 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured by Soviet forces. Included is a translation of a Soviet directive indicating that no German prisoners were to be taken, excepting high ranking officers.

OKW/1250a-b Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/06/11-1944/12/26 1480 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mutilation, murder, and abuse of German, Hungarian, and Italian military personnel captured by Soviet forces. Reports of interrogations of captured Soviet nationals are also included.


1941/06/29-1943/09/23 1481 0000001

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning Soviet attacks on German hospitals, l'ospital ships, ambulances, and other medical facilities marked with the insignia of the International Red Cross.

OKW/1257 Wehrmachtreehtsabteilung.

1941/06/29-1942/12/09 1482 0000001

15


Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the deceitful use of flags of truce, the wearing of German uniforms, poisoning of water supplies, and use of women and children to shield military advances.

GKW/1258 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/06/30-1943 / 11/06 1482 0000427

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against captured German soldiers, including plundering their possessions. Some information was obtained from captured Soviet personnel and German soldiers who escaped from Soviet captivity. This file continues through roll R1483, item OKW/1261.


1941/06/30-1943/11/06 1483 0000001

Continued from roll R1482. Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet atrocities against captured German soldiers, including plundering their possessions.


1941/07/12-1942/01/19 1484 0000001

Correspondence, reports, newspaper articles, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the unlawful detention of German soldiers, the desecration of German graves, and boobytrapping of dead German bodies. Photographs and several Soviet psychological warfare leaflets are also included.


1941/07/27-1943/03/03 1484 0000227

Correspondence and reports concerning the process of collecting information on alleged Soviet violations of international law from Soviet deserters and prisoners of war and Germans who escaped Soviet detention. Russian-language directives, with German translations, on the treatment of captured German soldiers are included.


1941/07/19-1944/04/21 1484 0000916

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet mistreatment of captured German and Romanian soldiers. Information is obtained from German soldiers and Soviet prisoners, deserters, and civilians. Photographs depicting alleged atrocities are included. The file continue- on roll R1485, item OKW/1266.

16

ITEM


Continued from roll R1484.

DATES ROLL FRAME

1941/07/19-1944/04/21 1485 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet mistreatment of captured German and Romanian soldiers.


1941/12/19-1943/11/11 1485 0000440

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet mutilation, murder, and abuse of German soldiers captured on the field of battle.


1941/07/04-1943/09/24 1485 0000819

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the use of guerrilla bands and tactics, and the alleged mutilation and murder of captured German soldiers. Information concerning Soviet partisan formations was obtained from captured Soviet personnel.


1940-11/05-1941/07/05 1486 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged violations of international law by British and Greek forces during operations on Crete. A report on an incident at Narvik is also included.


1941/07/00 1486 0000262

A report by the Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle ftir Verletzungen des VSlkerrechts concerning alleged v!olation~ of international law by British, Australian, and New Zealand troops during operations oa Crete.


1941/05/00 1486 0000497

A May 28, 1941, newspaper article entitled "Wacht im Sfidosten" and miscellaneous fragments of reports and translations concerning German operations against Crete.

17



1941/05/21-1942/02/16 1486 0000570

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged British and Greek violations of international law during operations on Crete. This file continues through roll R1487, item OKW/1282.


1941/05/21-1942/02/16 1487 0000001

Continued from roll R1486. Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged British and Greek violations of international law during operations on Crete.

OKW/1283a-c Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/08/09-1944/08/24 1488 0000001

Correspondence, reports, photographs, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including alleged atrocities against captured German personnel and the wearing of German uniforms by Soviet soldiers. Also included are reports of German courts-martial of captured Soviet personnel involved in the abuse of German prisoners.

OKW/1284 Wehrmachtrechtsa~teilung.

1939/09/19-1944/01/15 1489 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged atrocities committed by the Polish Armed Forces against German military personnel and ethnic Germans.


1940/09/12-1941/08/12 1489 0000279

Reports collected by the Legal Branch, German Armed Forces High Commmand, concerning the organization and training of the British Home Guard and Polish Free Corps in England. Also included is a report on alleged British violations of international law during the campaign in Belgium.


1940/06/13-1941/10/01 1489 0000309

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning incidents of murder and looting perpetrated by British troops in Belgium. A case file documenting the shooting of a Belgian civilian is included.

18



1940/08/27-1941/06/07 1489 0000805

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mistreatment of German soldiers captured by the French. A report of a German court-martial of French civilians charged with abuse is included.


1939/09/29-1942/05/30 1490 0000001

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged murder of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutscher) in Poland by Polish military personnel. Reports on criminal proceedings against participants in the massacre at Bromberg are also included.


1940/07/30-1945/02/09 1490 0000368

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged British violations of international law, including sinking hospital ships, bombing non-military targets, and abusing captured German prisoners of war. Photographs and sketches of military installations are included.


1939100100-1940100100 1490 0000686

A list of German legal cases initiated against Polish nationals, prepared by the German Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law (Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle fiir Verletzungen des V~lkerrechts).


1943 / 10/26-1945/02/22 1490 0000'713

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged U.S. violations of international law, including bombing hospitals and the mistreatment of German prisoners of war.


1944/11/07-1945/02/13 1490 0000807

Correspondence, questionnaires, and ::. ,vorn affidavits concerning alleged French mistreatment of German prisoners of war.

19


OKW/1294 Wehrmacntrechtsabteilung.

1939/07/05-1942/10/23 1490 0000908

Reports and newspaper clippings compiled by the German Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law (Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle fiir Verletzungen des VSlkerrechts) concerning U.S. attitudes and behavior toward Germany.


1941/01/28 1490 0000985

A report delivered by Kriegsgerichtsrat Goldsche to the German Association for Military Policy and Sciences (Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Wehrpolitik und Wehrwissenschaft) concerning the responsibilities of the German Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law.


1940/12/03-1941/03/28 1490 0001046

Correspondence concerning plans to modernize Germany's code of military law after the war. Admiral Walter Gladisch's report on this subject to Field Marshal Keitel is included.


1940/08/09-1944/02/09 1490 0001675

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning German Foreign Office allegations of British violations of international law in North Africa. A British protest note is included.


1942/04/19-1943/02/25 1491 0000001

German newspaper clippings concerning anti-German sentiment in Brazil.


1941/08/27-1942/05/23 1491 0000012

German Foreign Office correspondence and translations of Soviet directives concerning the treatment of prisoners of war according to the Geneva Conventions, and the use of POWs as intelligence sources.


1940/09/27-1940/11/29 1491 0000027

20


Reports on a meeting of the German Armistice Commission and an OKW directive concerning legal aspects of war booty and the confiscation of property in occupied France.


1940/06/12-1942/11/10 1491 0000044

Correspondence and reports concerning bombing raids on the German municipalities of Jiilich, Buchholz, Klingenstein, and Soest.


1942/05/26-1942/11/23 1491 0000065

Directives issued by the German Air Force commander concerning the use of prisoners of war during and after air raids.


1943/03/25-19431061!8 1491 0000076

An OKW report concerning international agreements prohibiting the use of gas and bacteriological warfare.


1940106117-1941106110 1491 0000087

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged British, French, and Belgian violations of international law involving the mistreatment of Belgian and Dutch civilians.


1940/12/11-1941/02/07 1491 0000222

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Allied attacks on German air ambulances and German, Italian, and Japanese hospital ships.


1939100100-1940/00/00 1491 0000256

A list of German cases against Polish nationals prepared by the Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law (Wehrmacht-Untersuchungsstelle f/Jr Verletzungen des V61kerrechts).

21


OKW/1307a 1939/09/18-1940/01 / 15 1491 0000306 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

Part I of an OKW report on alleged Polish violations of international law, supported by affidavits and photographs.


1939/09/11-1940/04/01 1491 0000560

Part II of an OKW report on alleged Polish violations of international la:v¢, supported by affidavits and photographs.


1939/10/17-1940/04/04 1491 0000879

An OKW supplementary report on alleged Polish violations of international law against ethnic Germans (Volksdeutscher) living in Poland.


1939/09/09-1939/09/27 1492 0000001

A photocopy of a German investigation of alleged Polish atrocities committed against German prisoners of war and ethnic Germans (Volksdeutscher) in the areas of Bromberg, Pless, and Stopnica in Poland.

OKW/!310 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1942/10/08-1942/10/27 1492 0000151

An OKW report on the mass murder of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutscher) in Lo6z, Poland, in September 1939.

OKW/1311-a Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1941/06/00-1941/11/00 1492 0000423

An OKW consolidated report concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, including the murder and mutilation of German POWs, plunder, the desecration of German graves, guerrilla warfare, use of expanding ammunition, attacks on International Red Cross and other hospital facilities, and atrocities against civilians. Photographs are included. This item is continued on roll R1493.


1941/06/00-1941/11/00 1493 0000001

22


Continued from roll R1492. An OKW consolidated report concerning alleged Soviet violations of international law, with photographs.

OKW!~. 313, a-b Wehr~:~achtrechtsabteilung.

1941/06/00-1942/03/00 1943 0000476

An OKW consolidated report concerning war crimes perpetrated by the Soviet Armed Forces. Photographs of alleged atrocities and copies of captured Soviet directives are included.

OKW/1314-5 Wehrmachtrechts~bteilung.

1942/09/00-1943/02/00 1494 0000001

An OKW consolidated report concerning alleged war crimes perpetrated by the Soviet Armed Forces. Photographs of alleged atrocities and copies of captured Soviet directives are included.


1941/00/00-1943100100 1494 0000780

Three reports, published in book form by the German Foreign Office, detailing alleged "Bolshevik" crimes against military law and humanity, including mass executions of German prisoners, the mutilation and murder of civilians, illegal military tactics, attacks on Red Cross facilities, and cannibalism.


1944/07/13-1945/02/01 1495 0000001

Correspondence between the Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung (Armed Forces Legal Branch) and the Wehrmacht~hrungsstab (Armed Forces Operations Staff) concerning alleged violations of the Geneva Conventions by the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. A letter captured from Headquarters, U.S. 12th Army Group, concerning war crimes data, is also included.


1944/07/17-1944/07/24 1495 000C_ ~)31

Correspondence concerning proper U.S. treatment of eight German Red Cross nurses captured at a hospital in Cherbourg, France.


1944/02/11-1945/01/29 1495 0000043

23


Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and sworn affidavits concerning the improper treatment of German medical personnel imprisoned in the United States.


194309/06-1945/01/23 1495 0000122

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the treatment of German mil, itary personnel imprisoned in the United States.


1943/10/27-1944/08/23 1495 0000276

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning Anglo-American treatment of German prisoners of war in North Africa.


1942/00/00 1495 0000516

A consolidated report, published in book form by the German Foreign Office, concerning alleged British violations of international law against German personnel on the island of Crete. Part I of the report consists of German translations of British communications pertaining to defenses on Crete.


1945/00/00 i496 0000001

A legal report on Allied intentions to prosecute selected Germans as war criminals and a summary of articles of jurisprudence put into effect during the Nazi era.

OKW/1331 Web.rmachtrechtsabteilung.

1942/04/28-1942/05/28 1496 0000022

Correspondence between the German Foreign Office and the Armed Forces Office for Investigation of Violations of International Law concerning the collection of evidence for cases involving alleged Allied violations of international law. Also included is a list of German cases against Polish nationals.


1942/00/00-1944/00/00 1496 0000049

A German newspaper clipping citing OKW information on alleged U.S. and British violations of shipping neutrality and a Nov. 9, 1942, article from the French newspaper, Le Temps, concerning the invasion of North Africa.

24



1941/02/10-1941/06/10 1496 0000061

Sworn statements from Belgian civilians concerning their alleged treatment by French and Belgian officials enroute to internment at Camp de Gurs and St. Cyprien in France. Also included are statements concerning the plundering of the Ingelmunster Castle by Belgian troops.


1940/06/06-1940/12/19 1496 0000105

Correspondence, .reports, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged abuse of Dutch and French civilian internees by Belgian, French, and British military personnel.


1940/06/18-1941/09/18 1496 0000285

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged French atrocities carried out against Belgian, Dutch, and French civilians prior to the arrival of German troops.

OKW / 1441-2 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1944/05/17-1944/11/29 1496 0000943

Correspondence, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the general treatment of German prisoners of war in tile United States, primarily at General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas; Camp Swift, Texas; Camp Gordon, Georgia; and Camp Alva, Oklahoma.


1945/02/02 1496 0000991

A German newspaper article entitled "USA-Soldaten pl/indern in Belgien," concerning massive plundering by General Eisenhower's troops in the area of Bastogne, Belgium.


1944/01/19-1944/12/20 1496 0000998

Correspondence, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged U.S. violations of the Geneva Conventions in treatment of German prisoners of war in the United States, primarily at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Most cases involve forcing prisoners to perform work.


1943/08/09-1945/01 / 19 1496 0001060

25


Correspondence, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged U.S. violations of international law, including the maltreatment of prisoners of war, confiscation of prisoners" possessions, illegal work assignments, and alleged misuse of the Red Cross insignia.


1943 / 10/26-1944/08/21 1496 0001175

Correspondence, reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged mistreatment of German prisoners of war at U.S. internment camps at St.-Denis-du-Sig in Algeria and at Camp Crossville, Tennessee.


1944/06/01-1945/01 / 12 1497 0000001

German newspaper clippings and sworn affidavits concerning alleged U.S. violations of international law against civilian populations, including strafing attacks and the use of non-combatants and prisoners of war to shield the U.S. advance at Aachen.


1944/08/14-1944/11/30 1497 0000020

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning an incident in which a German pilot was allegedly fired upon and killed by U.S. planes after he had bailed out of his plane in the area of Bleckede, Germany.


1943/10/25-1945/01/25 1947 0000052

Correspondence, reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the alleged U.S. mistreatment of German prisoners of war in camps in North Africa and the United States.


1943/06/16 1947 0000173

An International Red Cross report, in French with a German translation, concerning living conditions of German prisoners of war in U.S. camps and hospital facilities in Algeria.


1943/10/26-1944/08/26 1497 0000194

26


Correspondence, reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning the Allied treatment of German prisoners of war in the Casablanca area. A Swiss consular report on conditions at POW facilities in Casablanca is included.


1943 / 10/266-1944/11/03 1497 0000274

Correspondence, reports, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning Allied treatment of German prisoners of war in Sicily and North Africa.


1944/02/03-1944/06/15 1497 0000328

Correspondence, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits concerning allegations of mistreatment of German prisoners of war interned in Huntsville, Texas.


1944/07/26 1497 0000370

A sworn statement by a French witness to the strafing of a parachuting German pilot by an American plane.


1943/10/25-1945/01/20 1497 0000378

Correspondence, questionnaires, and sworn affidavits evaluating the general treatment of German prisoners of war in American custody.


1945/01/10 1497 0000619

Correspondence, reports, and sworn affidavits concerning alleged U.S. violations of international law, including attacks on ambulances, hospital ships, and hospitals marked with the Red Cross insignia.

OKW/1517 Weh'.'machtrechtsabteilung.

1939/10/24 1498 0000001

A photocopy of a German military court report on alleged atrocities committed by Polish nationals against ethnic Germans and German prisoners of war in the Province of Posen. Atrocity photographs are included.

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ITEM DATES ROLl FRAME

OKW/1637 1941/00/00 1498 0000231 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

A manual prepared by the Psychiatric-Military Psychological Institute of the Military Medical Academy in Berlin evaluating 200 cases of attempted suicide by German soldiers.

OKW/1643a-b Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1940/00/00-1943/00/00 1498 0000271

Five OKW Legal Branch guides concerning court-martial procedures in the German Armed Forces.

OKW/1655 Wehrmachsrechtsabteilung.

1939/00/00 1498 0000491

An OKW pamphlet concerning possibilities for sabotage while interned in prisoner of war camps. Historical examples from World War I and photographs of sabotage materials are included.

O KW / 1656 Wehrmachtrechtsabteilung.

1938/07/01 1498 0000557

An OKW pamphlet concerning procedures for processing pardons for German Armed Forces personnel.


1941/05/03-1943/03/15 1948 0000575

An OKW Legal Branch pamphlet concerning jurisdiction and cooperation in military legal matters arising between Germany and Italy, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Croatia.


1944/01 / 12-1944/08/04 1498 0000604

Affidavits sworn by German prisoners of war concerning instances of alleged mistreatment while in Allied custody, including the confiscation of personal possessions, degrading work assignments, inadequate medical treatment, and improper punishments.


1944/06/15-1945/04/18 1498 0000819

Correspondence and reports between the OKW, the German Foreign Office, and the International Red Cross concerning the following issues: prisoner of war exchanges; prosthetic devices for POW

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amputees; alleged mistreatment of American POWs by their German captors following the Ardennes offensive; hygiene in Soviet prison camps; general POW rights and responsibilities; and the condition and attitudes of POWs upon release. Note: This item consists of materials received from the Library of Congress in September 1966 and added to this collection at that time.

OKW/2287 1925 / 12/16 1575 0000001 Chiffrierstelle.

A study of cryptological methods intended as a supplement to the quarterly "E-Report" for October- December 1925. The bulk of the material concerns recommended methods for encoding German signal communications.

OKW/2288-2305 1925/10/00-1933/12/00 1575 0000016 Chiffrierstelle.

Thirty-one Cipher Branch quarterly reports on the interception and decoding of various codes used by foreign powers, including statistical summaries and assessments of intercepted materials.

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