GUIDE: Reference Folder #66

CRL has acquired in microfilm from the U.S. National Archives and other institutions most of the German Foreign Ministry records seized during World War II. The material the Center holds includes the main series (NARA T120) as well as the following filming series:

Contains 1,428 titles published from 1918 to 1949 by various National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) organizations and their precursors, as well as by publishers sympathetic to the Nazi Party and regime. The materials depict the political and social crises that led to the rise of National Socialism in Germany as they were expressed in everyday contemporary society.

GUIDE: Reference Folder #66

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

This subset of NARA's Captured German Records includes German military records antedating World War II. The collection is broken down by individual. CRL owns only a portion of this subset.