German records seized during World War II.

In addition to the Foreign Ministry Archives sets, CRL holds a variety of seized records (government, military, personal) filmed by the U.S. National Archives under "Record Group 242." In most cases the sets are incomplete [see individual records for details on holdings]. Each set includes an individual finding aid, often cataloged separately. CRL holdings include:

Civil records

  • Records of the Reich ministry for public enlightenment and propaganda : Reichministerium für Volksaufklärung u. Propaganda, 1936-1944. NARA T70 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics (Reichswirtschaftsministerium). NARA T71 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (Reichministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion). NARA T73 [Catalog Record
  • Records of the Reich Commissioner for the strengthening of Germandom. NARA T74
  • Records of the Todt Organization (Organisation Todt) 1941-1945. NARA T76 [Catalog Record]
  • Miscellaneous German records collection. NARA T84
  • Records of the Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) 1918-1945. NARA T177 [Catalog Record]
  • Fragmentary records of miscellaneous Reich ministries and offices, 1919-1945. NARA T178 [Catalog Record
  • Records of former German and Japanese embassies and consulates, 1890-1945. NARA T179[Catalog Record]
  • Records of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, 1941-1945. NARA T454 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of the Reich Commissioner for the Baltic States, 1941-1945 : Reichskommissar für das Ostland. NARA T459 [Catalog Record]

Military records

  • Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/OKW). NARA T77 [Catalog Record] [DDS Link]
  • Records of German field commands, army groups. NARA T311 [Catalog Record][DDS Link]
  • Records of German field commands, armies. NARA T312 [Catalog Record][DDS Link]
  • Records of German field commands, Panzer armies. NARA T313 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of German field commands. Corps. NARA T314 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of German field commands, divisions. NARA T315 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of German field commands: rear areas, occupied territories, and others. NARA T501 [DDS Link]
  • German military field and technical manuals, 1910-1945. NARA T283
  • Records of Headquarters of the German Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe--OKL). NARA T321
  • German Air Force records : Luftgaukommandos, Flak, Deutsche Luftwaffenmission in Rumänien. NARA T405 [Catalog Record]
  • The Von Rohden Collection of research materials on the role of the German Air Force in World War II, 1911-1947. NARA T971[Catalog Record]
  • Records of Headquarters, German Navy High Command (OKM). NARA T608[Catalog Record]

Nazi Party and SS records

  • Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (NSDAP). NARA T81[Catalog Record]
  • Records of Nazi cultural and research institutes. NARA T82 [Catalog Record]
  • Records of the Reich leader of the SS and chief of the German police NARA T175 [Catalog Record]
  • Miscellaneous SS records : the Einwandererzentralstelle, Waffen-SS, and SS Oberachschnitte. NARA T354 [Catalog Record]

Records of private individuals and enterprises

  • Records of private Austrian, Dutch, and German enterprises, 1917-1946. NARA T83
  • Records of private German individuals. NARA T253 [Catalog Record][DDS Link]

Records received from the Berlin Documentation Center

  • Captured German records filmed at Berlin. [American Historical Association] NARA T580 [Catalog Record]
  • Captured German documents filmed at Berlin. [University of Nebraska Microfilming Program] NARA T611 [Catalog Record]
  • Documents concerning Jews in the Berlin Document Center. NARA T457[Catalog Record]
Publisher: 
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Temporal Coverage: 
1918-1945