Reichwirtschaftministerium, Berlin (Fond 1458) Reich Ministry for Economics, Berlin RG-11.001M.79

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: [email protected]

Descriptive summary

Title: Reichwirtschaftministerium, Berlin (Fond 1458) Reich Ministry for Economics, Berlin

Dates: 1919-1945 (inclusive) 1933-1945 (bulk)

Accession number: 2004.756.8

Creator: . Reichswirtschaftministerium

Extent: 2 microfilm reels (partial) 2,472 digital images

Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126

Languages: German

Scope and content of collection Contains various records of the Reich Ministry for Economics: Circulars, orders, decrees and correspondence relating to restrict the rights of Jews in Germany and German occupied territories (including the Soviet Union, the Baltic republics, and Belorussia) with regard to personal and property insurance, issuing credit and bank loans, payment for work and sick pay. Includes stenographic reports of speeches, and minutes of secret meetings of senior Reich officials Hermann Goring, , and Labor Minister on excluding Jews from the German economy and commerce, on conflicting Jewish owned plots of land and property in German territories, also includes an analytic surveys and papers on German legislation with regard to Jews.

Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on reproduction and use: Reproduction and publication only with written permission of the Russian State Military Archives

Preferred citation: Preferred citation for USHMM archival collections; consult the USHMM website for guidance.

Acquisition information: Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 1458. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2004.

Existence and location of originals: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv

Related archival materials: Fishman, D. E. and Kupovetsky, M, Kuzelenkov, V. (ed.). Nazi-Looted Jewish Archives in Moscow. A guide to Jewish Historical and Cultural Collections in the Russian State Military Archive. Scranton: University of Scranton Press 2010.

Processing history: Processed by Aleksandra Borecka, 2018.

System of arrangement Fond 1458 (1919-1945). Opis 1-54; Dela 13,502. Arranged thematically in 54 series (Opisi): 1. Credit and Banks, 1918-1945; 2. Austria, 1884-1946; 3. Countries, generally, 1840-1945; 4.Portugal, 1882- 1945; 5 France, 1866-1946; 6. Turkey, 1911-1945; 7. Norway, 1884-1946; 8. Finland, 1918-1946; 9. Yugoslavia, 1925-1947; 10.Czechoslovakia, 1869-1946; 11. Switzerland, 1875-1946; 12. Organization of the economy, 1933-1944; 13. Department Prices, 1940-1944; 14. Romania, 1902-1944; 15. Poland, 1916-1945; 16. Belgium, 1882-1945; 17. Currency Department, 1934- 1945; 18. Hungary, 1920-1947; 19. Netherlands, 1883-1945; 20. Italy, 1887-1945; 21. Denmark, 1918-1947; 22. Bulgaria, 1898-1946; 23. USA, 1883-1946; 24. Spain 1883-1945; 25 United Kingdom, 1852-1946; 26. Greece, 1921-1946; 27. Japan, 1923-1947; 28. China, 1913-1945; 29. Europe, generally, 1913-1945; 30. Middle East, 1924-1945 (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Syria); 31. Asia, generally 1913-1945;32. Unknown; 33. Latin America, 1921-1946; 34. Unknown; 35. Statistics, 1895-1945; 36. Budget, 1925-1945; 37. Shares companies, 1931-1938; 38. Missing; 39. Savings, 1931-1935; 40. USSR, 1919-1945; 41. Missing; 42. Official printed matters, 1919-1945; 43. Research Center for Military Economics, 1925-1945; 44. Sweden, 1884- 1945; 45. Africa, 1883-1945; 46. Albania, 1937-1945; 47. Australia, 1889-1945; 48. Circulars, 1922-1945; 49. Miscellaneous, 1925-1945; 50. Legal department, magazines, printed matters, 1811-1945; 51.Collection and Surveys of the Economy, 1932-1945; 52. Foreign countries and the activity of German companies, 1944; 53. Structure and Organization of the Ministry, 1925-1945; 54., Russia, Baltic States, 1915-1929; 55. USSR, trade agreement, export, contraband, 1918-1944; 56. Miscellaneous, 1915-1947.

Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels #426-427; Reel 426: Image #1270-Reel end; Reel 427: Reel start-Image #1600.

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Indexing terms Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Economic policy--Germany--History--20th century. Banks and banking--Germany--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany--History--20th century. Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century. National socialism--Germany--History--20t Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945. Europe--History--German occupation, 1939-1945. Circulars. Correspondence. Minutes. Reports. Orders. Speeches. Bank statements.

CONTAINER LIST

Reel 426

Fond 1458, opis 1

98 Materials about the insurance regulations in relation to the Jewish population. Folder begins at image 1270

464 Correspondence and decisions of the Zentraler Kreditausschuss (ZKA, Central Credit Committee). Model agreements regarding interest rate limitation agreement, dated December 22, 1936. Interest rate agreement dated December 22, 1936. Agreement on elimination of competition dated December 22, 1936. Folder begins at image 1667

536 Correspondence and reports regarding the Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt (ADCA), Leipzig. Folder begins at image 2024

Reel 427

536 (Continued.) Folder begins at image 7

538 Documents of the Deutsche Revisions- und Treuhand Aktiengesellschaft regarding the Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt (ADCA), Leipzig. Folder begins at image 421

579 Correspondence regarding the complaint of banker Jakob Goldschmidt about the closure of his accounts in the Dresdner Bank. Folder begins at image 788

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1618 Correspondence regarding the city savings bank in . Folder begins at image 967

Fond 1458, opis 3

113 Transcript of Hermann Goering's speech to the Ministry of Aviation on December 6, 1938 regarding the “Jewish question” (Judenfrage). 36 pp. Folder begins at image 1519

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