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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List.J Abbrewiati.ns1- Collection NSDAP Hauptar.hiw Arrsngcd by Subject Gr Ps1. Hitler Pe!soenlicli

I1L Die PaiteiiY. Ilitle.putschv part.i -Flhranzei.llcn und McdaillenVI- Catre, Kr.isE, Ortsgruplen\rll. !ntcrgliederuDgen oder Formationen der ParteiLlll. Rei.hsparreitag. und AulmarscneIX. Kirche, Religion, Frcimaurer, RassenfrageX. Erlebnisbericnte von Natiodalsozi:listcn aus d.r Xampfzeitdcr B!wcglngXI. Wailen, Abstimmunse., SitzuDgedt Xll. Pro--." iM.'l ,lbd.. P^rt".und'h . \d cnq.'xIII C.s{ hi.hi. und P.lihkxlv. Besatzunssz-it 191s/ 2,1 westsebiete, Danzis, Qberschresie,XV. Oestc rreichXVL Deutschtud im AuslandX\,11, F!eikorps und BuendcX1t1l. Einvohncr{ehrenXIX. Politis.he PartcieDXX. Andcrc Parteicn urd VerbaendeXl


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It may prove helPtul to thosthe history and contents of the mainDeutsch Aabeiterpartei or N6DAP)

lNTRODUCTIONcorsulling thc "Collsction NSDrlp tlauptarchiw" to h3ve an outtine ofar.hiv. .I the GermaD NalionaL So.ialist Partv (Natiolalsozialistiscbealit to know the sltrges wherebv it reach'il its present Jorm on micro-

Hislory o{ th NSDAP HauPtarchivlntheiakeofitstliudp]ralconsol]dationol!olver,tl]eNatioDalSocialistPartydecidedtocslan.

lish an archiwe to lresene for Posterity rts oRn records and those ol the Deuts'he Arbertslro't 1 OnJanuary 15, 193'!. at the suggestion of Reichsschulungsleiter Otto Gohdes lcadquarters f'r an arcniweand library under the name "NSDAP Haultar.hiw" {ere eslablished in Berlin'

The Eaultarchiw was not vithout its lorerunners lt scems that in August 1926 Adof Hitler askedF.auMathildevonscheubnclRichter(thewidowolMaxvons.heubncrRichtel,killedilt]rePutschofNoremt,e" 9, 1923) to start a Pless archiv for the partv in Muni'h Frau von Schdubt'r Richter workedtb,ere, togcthcr witn HeiDri.h Himmle!, for one and a ha]J vears The Prcss archives' accolding io herr.collections, had !hr;e Jnnctiors: to collect material o! all hoslilc !ersonalilies' to cleck a'd clip theCommunist press, and to cleck and clip the eheiging National Socialist Press' ArouDd 192a' uE sholeorganizalion {as taken ovei by the Reichsrropagandaleitung of the NSDAP which rlso collected Ii1' copiesof!oste!s, leailets, pamPhlts, and other Propaganda and election mateiial oI th parrv for the us' ofwarious National So.ialist organizations.

TheNsDAPdecidedatlhesametimetobolsteritspolitica]docuhcntationbyPu!chasinEa.ollection on coDtehpor:ry bistory started il 1914 bv Friedrich Maria Rehse a'd orgarizcd h Munich as the -Rehsc Ar.Iiv. This coUection was rich iD matcrial concebilg ure NSDAp' He'ce' rhe rolenbon w's r'set up thc pictorial holdings a,d the rearia ol th. Rehse Archiw as a separate museum on National Social-i"-; t},e pii,t.,1 -"terial {a3 to be amalgamated vitb the NSD'Ap's osa archive Tr'es' Pr""" "'""matcrialized. Tle Rchse,\r.hiw lemained a separate etrtily, andaJtrth' vartle bulL 'f the archiveIould ixs wtry to thc Library of Con8ress: some dnplj.ate items came'to the Hoover Instihrtior'

The NSDI.P Haupiarchiv's tirsl di.e.ro. wrs Dr. Ericn Uetrecht, lrom the Reichsschulul8saml'The archiwe moveil i! Octobe! 1934 from the Maerkiscnes Ufr in Be'1in t' its permancni l'' atiotr inMrnich, 15 Barerstrasse, adjoirirg Ctrbelsbergcrstrasse, and tlle alreadv existile ar'njves oJ the Reichsplopagandaleitung were incorporated {ith it ln mid-1935 rhe e.tire organization was madc directlvresponsible to Stellvcitreter d.s Fuehrcrs ntdoU H.ss.

1TheListolical inlormatioD given her' has been cu[ea Primarilv trom the mic!orilmcd

..rd'rs1923I and 1I (Ree1s 96, 17A) of tLs aolr..tion NsD-r.P llauptar'hiv, ir vhich a lumber 'f irems Irom utcadministrativ; It1s oI tnc Hauptarchiv, includins correslondencc wilh the slorrge depot in Neumrrkt_st. veit, have beea pre"..,..l. laaitiontrl tacts or ih. early hisrory of tne archiwe turred uP idcidcntauyi! aolder 1263 (Rcci 53) under a report .I Frau Matitde von S.llcubner Richlcr'F.r ftrther infoimation on thc Hanplar.hiv and jis eYentual transfer i' Amc 'icDhands, the coh.ilati.n .ontained in thc Na;ioDar arclivcs Captnrd Germe Documcnrs oicrofilmed artt" s".ti" o.".i-."t c"nre., T-5a0, ne.I 2?--mieht be c.nsultedj this i,cludes a 1951 rePorl bv the lastdir.ctor of ihe Haupt chiv, Dr- Amold Brueema;n, and a rPort by D!. Ant.n Hoch, ar'hirist of th'hstitut {ucr zeirge;chi.hte i! Muai.h, pnt ar tlc disposal ol th. Bcrlin Docnmert Center in 1951'


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-]NTRODUCTION

T!. purpos. ol lLc ar'hiYc trrrs !o l'ng'r 'f,c1xsiv']v rhtrr " aclintl as I cl:ntral cll:arnrshousc otidorm3t!onforlLc'ariouspartvorg'rizaiions'lnadditirnlo'01l'i'tinehoohs'r'psftrPcrr'"riodicals', ----..nr DtrbhcaiLon sort !f 'crer!:n'c s'rwicrr for parlv 'nd gowcolridrl liEtr's' atrd'..-n]J.do.caslo,allxlrl,rrs,t},.pJ1l)...]jiy.]\'trSr.]r.ilLnn]ind.P.sito.yl.Ido.uU)Cntsr.L:rcdr'

Urc p3rrt's historv frDm jts 'a11i':sl davs'{s a rc1zri!. lat. comtir in ln. f,r'hiv:l licld th' llauPtar'hiv h3d grtri diJlicultics in findingorjgnral naterirl. Ih. mcmb.rs !I d'e pariv had mrd' a rcwolurion' Lut htr'lr't bother''1

Witn ihe nelp ;f n.tr'spa?.r adLcrtisi'g lc'Jl'ts, rnd qxtstionDair's' thc i!!chiwists apPtrled to '1d part'm.m]rtrs i. do,atc lheir m.rnola|i1ia of 5l.il!] tolndays aldi. wli|{,doM ih.irPtrsonal recollt.iions-

The ar.lrivc had still otlcr hattl.s lo fiSht i. its qucst lo' sDurct rntrl'rial ' Th 'ld crraLlishedstatealchiweswcl.unwi]lilgto!nrno'tltheii..lltciions.fPalqrmat.li:1],onlytll.]vlunichpolicetrndre B:'arian !.]ili.a1P.li.e galc ur. lliuptar.lrL' ihcir ?rP_1911 docuin'nralion 'r lhe l'ISDAP' I! 1938'Dr Eri.h U.rrc.hl wrot.r 2n.1trbo!ate mcm..ardun discLssLne ihe "organiz:iion of a1l Gt'Dm Jr'hivcs

and assierllg thc llJnpt2r.hiv a ci,rtral pla.e Th' 'w'ntual rt5ult of thit 'n'morandum \rasa.ircular sigrcd by Rud.U lless aDd s.:nt in Julv 19l9 to lhc 'a'iods slatc trg'n'ies dire'tiDg themto.olabo.rlc hlly {ith ttrc HauPtarchiv: in rcspoDst th'se '3tr'i'sdrev up lisls vhich cn3b1'd the Haupt_

archi!to asccrtai, th. l.cation.f fil(:s p.rtin.rt to NSDAP )ri5iDrv, rlth'uAh tnr d'cumtnts thcrnsrlv'sver! not lrarslerred,

ln 1939, t]1e HaxPtarchiv was .l.signated as drPo'ltorv for rht St'llvc'rn'icr diis Fd!ltr!r; and !Kanzlei.]cs!.uenreIs,aswcltasthcR.i.hslcjtungd.rNSDAP'It!!as:lsogiwlnjurisdi.tionovcrlhtva.ions G3u ar.hives atrd tle archives oI the NSDAP "Clicd'runrl'!" (e-g" S A ' S'S" N'S'K K' HJ'N.S. Doztnterbund) ard th. 'anges.hloss.n.n V.rbaeds" (D.A'F and N'5'V ' among oth'rs)'

B-rr 1943, it had be.omc:!par.nt that Munrc[ Fa5 no longcr s:!f! lron rtrial atta'k r'd that th'mo.. precious holdings of ihc HanPtar.hiv {ould trav. t. br movcd' Thrcc Bav:rian sitcs !v!:rc sclect'df.r storage: Pa5sau Feste_Obcrhaus, Ncutnrrtt-St. vtit, and Lcnggri's scllDss I'IohcrburA Thematcrialtransferr.d.onsis&dmrinlvofdrc.r.lrr\a] >rrnonproP!r' T ' t1r':'i und!ritsr'whcadDr. Arnold Brucgmann, .onti.u.:d to oPtralc ir Mlnich trDiiI wtrs *ipcil out !v bombing i! Janury 1945Rc.ords lor mtrtcrial storrd at N.umarkt St. V.:it go uP to MJr'h 19'!5 Ar thr ':nd ol t1lr wrr' tbe '^lmri-canarmyseizedtr[at:rchivcsit.outdfirdinPassauandN.um]rktSl.Vtit'(ThelatcoflheLcnEgli"s'mare.ial is urkn.vn. ) Th. .o.Ji5cai.d documcnts wcrc rh.n r'asscmbl'd at th' B'rlin D'{ umcnt Ccltcr

s.oF ol th. NspAP rrauptll..hivTh. llanlltrrchja sas s!! !! lrimarilv is a d.Pos:t"v for sourct n:nriial 'n whi'h hisr'rians !fth. futnre lould draw t. v.ite ih.: hisr.ry .l ih! Partv. lis .nrphasis, rh'refor', lav on lh' v'ars b'!w!''n

1919 trnd 1931- Materinl going 5ack as Jar as 1390 sas .ollccted. howcv'r' to "comlass tl1' Politjcal trndid.ological forcrunn..5 o! National s.cialism, and alihough the spDtlight *a5 on thc !artv ils'11 'onsid'rablc inportan.. \as atta.h.d ro Parall.l natior3lrst w!cll


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INTNODUCTION iAinvestigations !o make u! Ior its tardy a!rival in the lield ol pari)' historv bv gatherilg relorts from oldparty militants, parti.ularly on the subjec! o{ the !!ts.h !f Novedber 9, 1923. lt reccivcd tne lit'rarveslates oI a Jcw prominent old parly_members, sn.h as Anton Drcxlcr and Dictrich EckiIdt rtalsocollecled information on paity history from th. various Gatre a,d the 'ranv Nazi ncwspaPers lhr'ughou! rhc.ountry. As lhe p.inciPal deposito.y for the Glicdtrungen" and "angeschlossene Verbs'nd'" oJ theNSDAP, the Halptarcliv rccciwed a Nmber oI hisloricallv relevant filcs, but the liles of these organizn_tiorsverenotc.llecledsystemtrtical]yJorlhePost-19:llvears,exceptshercwholdo'ument'ollectionsvere laken over whan an organization.losed do.m as in th!:.asc of the Natloralsozialistis'hcr Stud'nten

As a.csu1t, na1rial for the y.ars 1933 45 is sPotty at besi. It.ov.rs th. Rcicllsptrrtcitage(1923-39) in fuIl organizatiola1 detail. It Presents extersiv. inlorhatioa on th' deplovmeni 'f tr' (jlie-dru,gen" and "angschlosse.t Vcrbaend." in rvrrtim.. lt tlcludes corr.spondcnce frorn Ge'manr alLove. the glohc dnring the mLd thirli.s. lt.ov.rs scatlered r.poris sent in lrom ill! Cau archiwes, includ_ing Atrstria, on party affairs, as ven as or thc Politi.al atmosphere in rvar m. Cermrnvtior on the relation.f chur.h a.d statc duri'g the tnirhcs, th HauPtai.liv boasrs the p'i'atc ar'hiwc olAbrJcnachleitet, a promirent N.zi and Calholic Church disnitarv.TIs Flauptar.hiv's other sources of do.nmcntation racrt tne gov.rnm.!t ag.nci.s whi.n had ktpilrack olth. party ard its membcrs as dangrrous oPPonents t. itrc 1{eimnr R'rpublic. Throuch cori'sP'ndencc wilh judicial and police audroritn:s a1lorr l]crmanv, tht HauPltrrchiv ascertair'd i}c l"ation olfiles on individu:] party memb.rs hcld 6y these aufioritics. lt was able io s"urc lh'sid.rtrble nuftb.r of lilcs held by th. l\'iunich Poli.c and the Bavf,rian Miristrv ol th' h&:'i'r Thes' ar'ol sp..ial signiticatce for the hist.ry.! thc Nazi party, since Bavaria and MunL.h in P"ti'u]trr _{aslIe cnter oI opcralions durjng thc party's .arlier years. Th.se otficial lilcs d'al lrimsrilv vith rh'NSDAp. but include to s.mc extcnt othcr "roelkisch" grouPs rnd political oPPoncnts (So'iatists atrd C!m_murists). Since all thcsc fil.s wcre assLrmbl.d cor.urredtlv with thc cvents in qutslion:^i " ' ""t '';j.ctcd to rampo.ing by tllc II.u!t3r.hiv thev t.II a talc ofunvarnisheri, if Ljmiicd, t'uihfuhess- Thev ai'a particurarly rich storc ol i.f.rmtrtion about Nrzi acls .I violcncc and Pariv proFagtrnda at pubhc andclosed meetings bcl.re the :ssumption ol p.wc..Orgaiz:'tio! of rhe Col1ecti.tr NSDAP Hruptsr.hiv

It must b. .]cir1y und!.siood th:Ll tI. .o1l..tion mi.r.fjlm.d al {h. ts.rlin D.curnrnt Ccnler d'!rsnir.l lhrt p:rt ol th. Il.upt:r.hiv whi.h csc.P.d dcairu.rion- l\. .ntaLoC of thr original

aachiwal holdidgs has be.n pr.s.ivcd, and thc only renanring .luc5 t! th!, .onltnls a.! 5!rv.vs and 1i5tsd.au np bctwe.n t{1,12 3.d 1945. Ttr'sr ln.lnde ir.mizcd lists of h.ldingr .n ptrrh.ultrr l.?i.5 (n:tioulistPrrties, M.rxist prrlies), lists of do.uments, .o^iarD.rt iu rhc HarI)iar.niY'5 lvn tiles (Fold.rs 192rrand 11). Th. hosr im!.riini.vid.r.. is cortrired ir lhe "A!strndbucL ]\r.l,iva1i.n HtruPtrr.hiv, " {hi'hlists thr do.nm.nis, fL].s, arrl gr.!ps oJ fiL' (,\ktr'nko.r!.r) :LS tbty s.,r! rcc.i'.d ai U!. L,vn.uarion dcz!.t in N.uhrrlt sr. v.it b.tv.cr ]\ugusi 1, rc4r 1.i r4.,r.r

zBo. l3- o. . D. t..able on fticr.Ii1h ar lnc lroo'cr lns rrri.n, brt d..s n.t IormC.ngrr3r (Cafnlrrd C!rmJr mairri.l,1r'11 19,15, 11.. 1r,2ar). It i5 trlr. aYrrj_an iri.grf,l parr !f lnr C.!Lr.t!.n NSDAP


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INTRODUCTION

ol the H2uptar.liv's lasl dire.tor {Dr. Bru.em,nn), ir nu3t b' 'oncluded thal tle bulk of the mat'rial vasresctrcil. T1lcr,, art,oraLl..a.cPtions, snch as th' cxlensiv' files oJdlc WelrPolitisches Amt ileR.:.htslvahrerLrurd, rhe Allg.mcir.r detlscn.' (]cserkschaltsbnndi f,nd fte R'i'hs_r-lucchtlingshills{erk- 311 ol whi.h htrw. disaPP.arcd TIe t.m. hllis truri for lLe imp'*ant lile on the prot of JuLv 20 1944'.I rvhich tlicre rtnrins orty ine carerurlv it.mrzed .urai'r's list of 126 do'uments' lt s'a'ms 'erlain lhats.m. ofl,.. indiwidnal !ic..s havc bce, ac.id.niallv destiov'd 'r purposelv 'lnainaled,Th.rcisno.vidcn.elhatllrern.l.rialwhichr.tr.nediheBcllinDocunentc.nlel}as.vitei\Pna de{i^ilivc lver-411 orgaiTation trl thc Hinpta.chiv itstlf, ala'twhic]l is not slrPrising i!viewof lherec.nt.lale of its ac{tui5ition, its rapid eaP2nsior, .nd ihc disarrav 'aused Lv ihe transfcrs to lhe storaseSilcs,TheJnraltla,sl.rtoBerlinmusihavc.omrJ.und.dtbeconfusion.Consequcntl,,theRellinDocu.ment Ccntcr was obligcd l. nndcrlakc thc relrganizalion of the nateriat' Most of this vork das done itr1946 and 1947i rin.r addili.nzl reorganizrlion ]v:s carrr'd out in 1959- I'he'evcr possible' the ide'tiJiablc folders oJ thc Ilaurtar.hn' ver; rnaintained and tre 'r!gina1 headLngs uscd' No attmPt was made tousc fold.r5 of unif.rtn t..gth. Thus folder3 m.v .ortair 3 lev sncers 'r s'vern1 urousana Tle BerliDDo.ume,t C.ntcr, oriis.{n, assitsncd rtrnlbers to .ach folder for casier handling Atthcsahetimeitpro.eedcd io sct up a 6rDadcr schemc vhich took irl. accounr the ratur of the matcrial 't haDd'Thc rnatrrial trnrich lhe HauPtar.hiw its!U trad .ccciv'd from the wari'us NSDAP organization and{.onindjvidutrl.lonorS.rColt(]ct.donth!basisofqndsti.nnailcsand!es.arChwasdividedrotghl,into23 gr.uls (or (]ruppcn, as th. B.rlin Do.umenl C.nt.r call.d rnefr), unde' topics such:s pr15onal Jo'uncrtalion on Hit1.r, early NSD-{P history, rccol1..tLons oI old militanls, PoLitical Parties' cittzcns'militias, C.rmans ab.o?-d, and so forth. {Fo. a complc.e list of the gr'uPs see Ptrrt L in ure Table otContsnts, ) Group 29 srrvl)d as a catch a1l for insnfficilnlly ideDlified or mis'ellaneous ilems'

A diff.rcni pro.edurc *as adoptcd for lh. lcmaindcr of tle mat'rial, which had apParehtlv beenstor.d in scparrte iiling.abincts at th. HauPta..hiv, Thjs .onsistcd of documcnts supPlicd bv thc variousgov.rnm.nti !o1i.., ard jrldicial ngencics- No rltenpt vtrs made t' inP'se toPi'al Aroupings od lhemrtcrial vas orgJni2.d r.nghly by provcnan.s__!hal is, bv vnatcvcr agercvhad ttrncd ihefil's ower tore Haultarcliv. Th' lilcs o' th' B'r1in !oli'e' vhi'b arc to b' found iD GrouP 29' constitute the onlv im_

portant e*..!tions. :ahe htrin aeencts ar.i rhe lluaich poli.e th. Bavarian Minislry o{ the lnterior' andtI. tuIrri.tr tribunrl. Cnfortunatcly, ailditio lmat.rial ol ilte Muni'h aDd Nuremberg Police' wlich vaslocarcd in 195t .oxldro!L. lilmed rlong vitll ure bullofth. m.!c.ial from th'5e sdrces; itaPpcarsin3lat.r pnrto!rn. ml.roJilms. Th.i llnuPt.rchiv's o'm{orklngfilcs bring t]rc mic'oJjlm t' a closc' (Fora comprt. list of agcn.it,s s.r Part 2 .l tl,. Ttrble ol conf.nrs. )

Sinc. these Jold.rs are not arrang.d bfr iLrpic, tbd sade subject* l rcctrr in diflerent places'a.cording to illc agenct urdei whose jurisdi.rio, it fe11. Th. same incide,ts, Ior exadple, mav bc trcatedi, ilc fil.s of tlle MDri.h p!1ice 3nd th. Rtrwtrria. Ministrv of lne ht.iior, The contcnts 'fthe {olders are'g.nera11y, in lhci. o.iEinal ordcr, and t]re hradings giwen arc cifter il.se o, thc aBenci's or thosc suPPlicdby urc B{,rlnl Do.um.nt Cenrer.Grid.. ro t!. cqll:ction N!!f!_I!t!111.hiv

Tnc Gujd,: follovs thc s.hemc oJ fit Collcction NSDAP HauPt:lrcnivi ofth' BerlinDocun'nt Cer_te.. F.ldcrs 1 14zL .onstiiutc Pr.t 1 ol u,. Gtrid. and :r. arralgcd inro rhc 29 snbject ErouPS suPPlied bvlli. Berlin Docum.nt C.rn r. Wilhin cach group, tIc lordcrs ar Listed in.umerical scquence, logetLcr


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vith t]]e corrcspondinE microfilh reel numbcr. Where Jor techni.al .ctrsons parts or all o{ a foldei hadt. be filmed bt ftat-6ed camera.r rcpioduced f!od photostats (sce Mi.rotilming Procedurcs, bclow),these tolders are listcd again al the end o! eacn Aroup, Folders 1426-1923 ll constitute Part 2 ard arcarranged by lrovcnance, tlatis, by the agen.y h.ading indi.ited at th. B.rlin Documcnt c.ter Heretoo the Iolde!s ar. ir numerical sequercc {ithin.ach agcn.y hf,dirg.

Because no lramc numbers were assigncd at the time of rh. ftlmiag ard lhe Iolders are ol wcry un-equal length, the Hoover lnstitutior has sulplied id approximal..ount ot fret! 4trnb.rs p!r toldcr(usuarry onc sidc of a pase, sometimes boih sidcs).

The content liading lor each Jolder (in G.han) !v3s drtr{n nP by the B-Erlin D.cumtn! Cente. andis rclroduced int3ct as jt app.ars at $c beginnirg of.ach f.!d.r. WIere this llcading wis insnJl,.Mt o.mjsl.ading for thc microfila usr, mor. dctaild dcscriPtions {in Englis}t) havc bce.f,dd.d trlth! Hoovcrtnstitution, as have cross r.Lr.n..s and lechnlcal info.r.ation. \thcncwcr a refcr.ncc !o r.lat!id:nat.rralscemed nc.essary, th. vord c.ns!lt" vrs usPd. Th. Ccrmd abb.tvistt.as wcrc not.or.lr(nd PYdnvh.nin.onsistert, but ver! !r.pt as th.y alp.ar on the lilm.Microfilming Proc.d!r.sThe pr.blems ol mic.ofilmi,g large anouDts ol matcrial widely div.gent as t. shaF., siz., stateof prescrvatio!, ald prove nce are rPsdily aPparcnt, In order to sorw(: som. ol th.s. problems. lh.ccdiffer.nt mctl,ods w.r. chos.i Thegre.t!.psftoathe mai.rla] was film,:d ona rotating camcra (flov-.amera) which Iilmed automatic.lly both r.ont and back pag.s. R.tls 1-96, Folde.s l-1921 lvrr. film.din numericat s.qncn.c in this m.Der. A consld.irb]! body of mrrc.ial, cithcr b.und .r too bulliy in sizero be filmed by the rotating cam.rai vrs filmed with a Ont-bcd ctrmcra whjch rcprodtrccd ea.h Page individualtv. Therelore e,tirc f.ldcrs or parts ol lolde.s had t. bc itmov.d from the stquen.e and iilm.d by$e llat-!ed came.a. R.els lA 37A xe.e filmed in this manncr. In a Jcw is.lated cas.s thL: matrrLal vn.in snch bad condition lh.l it..u]d not b. rnicr.filmdi it w:s pliotostat.d instead and thc Pnot.sl.,ts w.rclhetr mi.rolilmcd nndtr spo.ial condrtions marcriil wlrcncvlr mrlerinlwas remov..l fr.m nr.ls I q6 for t.chf,ical rdasons a ,otatiod vas made .s to its nc{ 1o.atioD, Forexahple, lh. Dotation "Rc.1 1, F.ld.r 2: Bricfc an Hitier A Z/SPe rlso R..1 LA" indicnles thf,t ff,rt .fil,e mate.irl in thc lolil.r rvas shiticd i. Rccl 1A. Th. ni.ln.. of t1i. shiftrd material is idcntij,.d !n lheGuide Rc.r 1r\, aotder z- ll the lntirc c rcmov.C, i!! Dotnlilr qonld ])e "R!!l L, Foldcr 5:Personaltrkte AdoUIlilltr.../Soe Rc.1 8." Onlhrrvcrtrge, r..]s.oltainb.twccn90rrdllsl..iofmi.rofilhs, wiih ap!.orinat.!y 2, OOO Jramcs 1.. tne .otatilg .rn.ra (Ree1s 1 96) and 600-1,000 J.rrncstor the flat'bed cam..a (F.!ls 1A :l?A). lr.rust also b. notcd fiat in thc.ou.5e of microJit.ling r .onsideranl. nnm6e. of foldcrs se.e splii b.tv..n rh! c of one ,ee1 and dle b.gLnnLng of rtrc nexr. Ih.Hoowcr Institntion has 134 recls {1 96 1A 37A, B) of ncgtrtivt mi...films aad an.quar mmbrr .f positiyes.The National Ail1]iwes also hold J .omplete ser .I po5irives.

Asncs a Pctcrson


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(L Hjt1.r Pc rs.cnlich, continncd)R..1 l old! r1-1

L7A 425

Contcnts and Observatronsj'1"-. PD r , ..'S.l' .;^i .,'-. b,:Priwatc .orrcspondence, birih and dealh certificrtes of wariougrelatives. See also Rcel 1,{.Gestapoberi.hte ueber Hirlc. Vcrschicdsnes, P.rsonalangabcn.

In.tudes gn.atogy .f Hitler ard data on his fatle. comI,iled bvNied-"roesl.rreichiscne Landesamtsdircktion 1yien, March 11,1932 dravn up a.r Bund.skanzlcramt. Letter (.opy) 29 Nov- 1921by Hitl.r outliring histo.y oI liis lif. Hitl.r's birtl! .ertificate.. Erna Br1^d: "VDn dcr rindneil lrd .Ingend tnscrcs rucrlrers.Yortrag, Muni.n, 1941. lZ p. See also R.e1 LA.Hitler Vcrschicdenes neber ihn.Scc also Reel 1A.I .. ',q -.r..na -a.L.E.n. o1".o Pood nz; -,.Various loldcrs rcprodu.c v2re.colors and skcr.he5.Folder 30 in.ludes 1935 n.goritrtilrs lor I oilpaintinBs hctd bv' a Dr Schirmer, Mu.i.h, vlo giv.s an account .I his meeting wilhthe in,poverish.d artist ir ]vlrni.l, 1912. Also o.ainatrcc draft .esaleguarai.g Ftrch..r's pi.tnr.s.Folder 35 includes Ma.ch 1944 declaration 6y Hitl.r lo ProLIroffmam lhat painting was jusi a vay oi earning his living, architectu.e his real lovc.For aolders 36/3? see arso R.e1 1A, For Folder ZL, sce also"Das Haus das Ilillcr baute" won Slephen H. Roberts.Translation July 1938 oI English anli_Nazi book by an Australi:rprolessor. T.anslation for H.A. and Goetrbels to Pcrmit lefutationMatcrial g.gcn Flit1er.Konrad }]eidcn. Ernsl Ni.kisch am.uac.mcll of NationalerWidcrstand metiag, O.t. 3-5, 1915. .{nti Na2i leaIlets 1935/36.Articles and speechss by RauschnirB, T. Mad, P. E.adrey, L.

Feuchtwanger, 1937. Overseas radio propaganda program on Hit-le.'s lil, April 1935- SPD remb.r's lctle. to NSDAP m.mber.riticizing Nazi !r.grao. April 1932. Anti-Nazi lcaflets august1939. Sce also Reel 1A.Hitlcrs Dcnhschriften.Spea.hcs and mcmoranda 1922.r.rr"-d"'od"r B-'.r .^b,.,r. t.,ar.'innD-J 8...Letters ol Jield conrailes sert to H A. around 1932.

1a

t9 /13

31

48

5t 159

23',i

2ZA

De. Iriederswille unse.esland und IraDlrichErcrlts from HillerFueh.ers. Verhaeltnis z$ischen Deuls.h-'s 1933 35 speeches o. this theme.

stichvorte unc Entwlerfe zu Hitlers Reden-Haldwrittcn notes lor sp.echcs on Versailles Trcaty. I1920?lThe toll.wing speeches aDd stitements by date and plac. whengivcn are in the lorm either ol typed copies (some based or re*sp.P- - " ourr.\o. ",.u"".q.p"P -.i.pP'trt,:3 Aneust 1929 (37 pp. ).2 selt. 1913 (23 pp.).6 s.pt 193,! (23 pp. ).


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COLLECTION NSDAP(1. Eitler Pe.soe.ricrr, .ortinued)

I order Fraoes-65 [email protected] add Obse lvationsHitlers Muttei. Krankdngeschichie -Berichte der Aerzte erc. HitlersSchulzeit in Linz, seine Schuelerz.ichnungen.See Reet 13A, last itcm, For l,inz school, eore rateriar inFatdea 653, ReeL 34,Hiiler aestun! Ladds6erg/Lech.

Consnlf aildiri.nal haterial ! o1d.r 1501, Reel 69.z

LZ

13

,lla

36

45

65

t976

3a

Hitlcr EaftenlassuDg.B.ie{e an Hitler A z.Mrirly 1923 1etlers to l.ritlcr. Also ircludes +-page typed reterby Hitler with Hiller's sig4ature to Gemlich, 16 sepr. 1919, elab' orating Hitler's siand on Jewish quesii.r.Hitlers Lazareltzeit.1916/17 docments o, Hitter's war record.Uebe. Hitler. zeittrngsa!ss.haitte Versamalungsle!ichte 1931,1939.No white s1i! at b.giDning ol lolder. lieqspa*rs clilpi,gs onrlitlcr's speecnes, 1931/Maich 19 33_Hitlers A!stammung. Fdili. Schicklgruber.2.lippings Iroh Austrian newspapers re Hitler's origin.Gestapo Barichte uebr }{itLr -Yerschiedenes.Ne-spapers clippings and Hirter's ae4ealogy.Hitle.. Verschiede!es ueber ihn.Hitlerrs altomobile insurance policies. Frirz w, Trurzs.hter:!o i qLhDsphd.rd b-i hij.ers aro-,rrb.3.an t9to- lp.:. -.d. t9)t).AuJstellldg. Koli.n Dach Originale! des Iuchrers, Muenchser Bilde..Hil]ers Aquarclle-

19 39 newspaper clilpi&g.Material sege! Ilitler.Newspapea clippines.Kassetta enthalrend Forokopien. Familiengeschichie, s.hute, xranke!-geschiclt, elc. zeicrrtungen Bii1ere, G.burrshaus erc. !,il ver

ltcmized lisr oI c.ntents at begiming of f61der. Inctudes hanypersonalakrc Adof Eitter, Reg. Rat/Bratnschweis, Staatsminisreri-uh {Iotokopien, .Eraedluns.n, ctc.)-Comhunications by various'!raunschweig oflicials and gitte!from his alpoi.tment t6 post as Braunschweig Regieiungs Ra!!reb. 25, 1932 till terhinatio! oJ his service, Feb. 24, 1933.

More comunicali.ns in .ome.tion r h Eraunschveig posr.Hitle.s Aqua!e11e ud Zeichoungen.letter regardi4s sale oI one Ficture, May 193?.

31

r60

21

27

126

I


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ARRANCED BY SUBJECT CROUPSReel Folder Frames Contents and ObservationsIt n- velbot de r c.dc!-kJere--fn;t d-di-c:--f11.... d.' 9. r1.1923.From Folizcidirektion Muenchen, 2 Nov. 1925.

90 41 ve.botzcit dcr Partei, 1923_1925.Includes photostat o{ text suppressing party and "VoelkischerEeobachte!, " 5 Dec. 1923.90A verbotzei! der Pa.tei 1923 1933 (Braunschveig).! See Reel B'9\ 15 NeugrueddunCdesNatio.alsozialistischenarbeitervcreirse,v.Mtrencnen (Loeschuns 1935).Fornded by Hitlcr, F.X- Schwarz, He.mam Schleider, Munic!,21 Aug. 1925. Includes party stabtes. See also Rel B.92 42 Landsb.rger Ehr.nbue.ger 1925.93 17 Die BlutJahne lad ihre Traeger.Concerrs CompaDy 6 of SA in Murich, Now.9, 1921.91 41 Diverse ausweise und Mitgtiedskartea.95 Zl Mitteilungsblacttcr der Pa.tei aus den J3hler 1921, 1922.96 4a Ansstellurs belrcflend (Fot.s) Historie.H. A. piclorial exhibit of parry history lor years 1919-1941.For complete list of picturps, see !o1der 1923 IL Reel 96. In-cludes photostat ol Hitlcr letter, Sept. 1919, on Jewish qucsrion97 32 Rundsclreiben der Pa.tei aus den Jahre! 1921, 1922.98 2 Est.il{t Hitlers AusPeisu,g.Party henbei varrs oI ir]]mincnt depo.tation by Bavarian g.vernment, appeals l.r pr99 1l Bayeris.h!s Staars;rn'st.rium ueber dre Parte' (1c22).

100 319 SA Rcsiment Muenchen. slosskupp Hitle. (1923 MaPPen).- lndividlal repolts or evcnts Now, 3/9, 1923 (mosily sert in19,10) and lists of membets i.wari.us companies. For additionalmaterial, consnlt !'older 1603, Reel 80. See also Recl B.

lO1 104 Stammrollen des SA Reginenis Muenchcn 1923.102 30 Stamm.ollen der 1. Batteric'd.s 5A R.gi-."t" U....r,.".MDre mrlcrial in Folder 234, ReeL 2A. See atsD ReeI E.103 10? DiD Toten dcr Bewcgung und'CedenkJeiern (Srosshup! ^.lolJ Hitler).ln.ludes list ol dead {150 in aU) Nos. 1923- M:mori2-1 MunichNow. 1915 Con5uLt dl5o lrst rn Iroldei 1.1r], PecI 1.!A. Sc. alsoRc't lA.7A4 26 D.r r'. :vra, r9;: i, M,"."r,.,. .\ulmirsch der Pa.tei nnd S.A.Polizeidir!kti.a MDcn.h.n. Rcgulations of d.monstrrtions an,.lreports .f poLicc to public prosecutor.105 10 Deuts.hcr Tag in Nuernb.rs. 1. und 2. Stspl 1923.106 ? Hitters Dclks.h.ift Uebe. dje Moegli.nleir eincr A.rdcrung dlrStclh,B,ahm ae. NSD-{P zu vicllcicht bcvorstchEnde. Reichstaos

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(]OLLECTION NSDAP HAUPTARC]JIV({xix.'i-

Verr.hlcdcncs. conrinxEd)Iolder I.abes121. 21

\2i."1

1213

1279

1220

1221

50

t2z1

lzza

1,226tzzl

Cnrt.sPondence

glrErE e!!E!I!q!:Jabout E6!rt busr (19 ?9/31)

3

111

27

Miscellatr..us material. Sim.n is Dictrich Ec13!t's .ousia.Elmn! ton Es.h$cge,See also Re1 11,A..

Mainry 1933/35 cort6srohdence and 1925 documertation rc1923 NSDAP Dchbcrship list.Biograplical data,

Hein cI cacrtle r.Rport or NSDAP activtties. Ilc1trdcs cxccrpts ol leitcrs a.d-dressE.l td him by Ilihmrr 1923l24.Dr. Edil Canssei.In.lndcs copy ol 'Uricil d.r militaerisc!en Vorg.setzt!n ueb.radou I{iiter" (oberlenharl l-uen.sclloss and GcDerarbajor F.'Petz) sEt do@ in Murich, Ife!. 1922 (L p.).

lzz9

Dr- J.seI Goebbls-Includes vry detailed repori {Berlin Polizeipracsidium ?) on. cocb6.1s' po1iti.a1 a.tivilies lrom 19aB io 1932 a reporrs onmeetidgs :t which ne sloke, rllso handviitten dlaft of "Das krcireABC des Naiional6ozialisis" {1925, 20 !p. ). see arso Rcel 1IA.l]ermaDn Gocting,hcltrdes dettled ielprt on 1924-32 poDtical a.tivitics as wclll'on on 192. s4 o. riv ('-., dnd l9 r2 rr:,1:n \run., "sec also Rc.r E.Gaqleitei G.eifc r.Jakob GrimFiger.

hcUaei detailed surwey of Das CoettiDger Archiv fuer bertrf-siaerdische Rassenstaristik! whi.h was to hawe a fiI on rD cer-

Mainly miscelta.eous do.uretrtatior o4 rightistIrolitical.organi-z.tions, 1900 1914, collected by HerinE. Consult also Folders352, 8ri5, a34/4, Reers 42,,13.Eiasr forler - Max Hoe1z.Letters from and io Max Hoelz in cross Strelitz prison 1926//S h.'uo^" iod-\ or '" -.5. V"a, te -rs oy Tott, IWithelm Hoers].ens.Arti.les and political aurobiography by Hoeskehs.

Articles and political atrtobiography ly Hofienrorh,

723a

t?3\l2327?33

113

a0

lao1Z


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ARRANGED BY SUBJECT {]ROIIPS 3l-- -tni

1261

726A

!26972107211

l21Z1213

1?

26

52

18I1

5L

91

48

13

Contedts and OlserwarionsA loF -t s, n'dc-tF -.Material re Scnlageter's comhemoiarion.see also Reet 11A,

ID.ludes rlolt oa potiticat larricipation, 19ZZ-23.Mehoir o! poltical a.liwities 191? 35. tncludes lerter to Ge.eralstabskommissar v. Kahr, Ocr. 20, 192j, asking perhissioato Jo!m !aramilitary srudeat orgalizario. and app."r io" r.""t-ring (compare Folder 125a) u4iiirg all National sociaList groups.Perso,al docnments.

Schulte wom Bruehl.1917/LB hateriat in.tuding ctipling trom ,.Die Tat,. Dec. 1913,on m.eing of svasti]

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