/ GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. No. 2. Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strenthening of Germandom The National Archives National Archives and Records Service General Services Administration Washington: 1958 .This finding aid, prepared under the direction of the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the American Historical Association, has been reproduced by the National Archives as part of its program of facilitating the use of records in its custody. The microfilm described in this list has been deposited in the National Archives by the American Historical Association and may be identified as Microcopy No, T-74. It may be consulted at the National Archives, Those desiring to purchase microfilm should write to the Exhibits and Publications Branch, National Archives, Washington 25, D. C. Price List for the Microfilmed Records of the Reich Commissioner for the Strei National Archives Microcopy No. T-74 LITERARY RIGHTS TO ROTATE PAPERS Microfilm copies of one or more rolls of the microfilm may be purchased at the prices listed of 8 cents for each foot of microfilm, with all prices rounded off to the nearest dollar. A minii Some of the papers reproduced on the 10-percent discount is given on orders for more than ^1,000 and a 15-percent discount on orders f< microfilm referred to in this and other guides of the same series may have been of Checks or money orders for microfilm should be made payable to the General Services Administi private origin. The fact of their seizure is not believed to divest their original Archives, Washington 25, D. C. Each order should specify the microcopy number (T-74)> the roll m owners of any literary property rights in Roll Price Roll I them. Anyone, therefore, who publishes 1 $6 11 them in whole or in part without permis- 2 7 12 sion of their authors may be held liable 3 8 13 for infringement of such literary property 4 8 14 rights. 5 8 15 6 8 16 7 9 17 8 8 18 9 8 19 10 8 20 Total GSA-WASH DC 59-32^1 GSA WASH DC 60-2538 GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. No, 2. Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germandom (Reichskommissar ffir die Pestigung deutschen Volksturns) THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (AHA) COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR DOCUMENTS GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. The present guide is the first part of several similar publications to be issued by the American Historical Association's Committee for the Study of War Documents. It is the first index of materials microfilmed under the auspices of the American Historical Association, A pre- vious publication, prepared by Ernst Schwandt, Index of Microfilmed Records of the German Foreign Ministry and the Reich1 s Chancellery covering the Weimar Period, deposited at the National Archives, (1958, 95 P*)i covers records microfilmed by the American, British, and French Governments in the preparation of the series Documents on German Foreign Policy 1918-19U5. An America* Committee for the Study of the War Documents was established in 1955 as a private group of scholars interested in documentary research and especially in the microfilming of records of foreign origin kept in American depositories. In 1956 the American Committee became a committee of the American Historical Association. Its present Chairman (1958) is Professor Oron J. Hale, University of Virginia, who was pre- ceded by Dean Reginald H. Phelps, Harvard University, and Professor Lynn M. Case of the University of Pennsylvania. An initial Ford Foundation grant and additional funds provided by the Old Dominion Foundation enabled the Committee to undertake the cataloguing and microfilming of declas- sified German records in the custody of the Adjutant Generalfs Departmental Records Branch (now the War Records Division II, National Archives, previously*Military'Records Branch, Federal Records Center, Region 3, General Services Administration) at Alexandria, Virginia. The plans for screening and mivrofi&ming of these materials were prepared by a Subcommittee on Microfilming under the Chairmanship to the end of 1956 of Professor E. Malcolm Carroll, Duke University, and his successor Dr. Fritz T. Epstein, The Library of Congress. Professor Ger- hard L. Weinberg of the University of Kentucky directed the microfilming team in Alexandria in 1956/7 which is now under the supervision of Dr. Dagmar Horna Perman. The present guide is a collection of descriptions of record groups filmed by the Microfilming Project of the AHA Committee, Because the project is not yet completed, this guide will appear in installments. The American Historical Association expresses its appreciation for the cooperation given to its Committee for the Study of War Documents by the staffs of the War Records Division II, the National Archives and the U.S. Department of the Army. Washington, B.C., May 1958. Dr. Boyd C. Shafer Executive Secretary, AHA PREFACE This Guide is one of a series of finding aids describing those declassified seized German records deposited at the Military Records Branch, Federal Records Center, Region 3» General Services Administration, that have "been microfilmed by the Microfilming Project of the American Committee for the Study of War Documents (now the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the American Historical Association). The Guide contains the text of data sheets identifying records filmed. A copy of the data sheet has been filmed as a target sheet at the beginning of each roll of film. jpf The Guide covers 20 rolls of film of the records of the Reichskommissar fdr die Festigung deutschen Vo Ik stums (RKPKV)/. These rolls cover primarily the records of the Chief Staff Office (Stabshauptamt). Some records of other offices of the Reichskommissar for die Festi- guzg deutschen Volksturns are also included: Kattowitz office, Aussiedlungsstab Kauen (Kaunas, Kowno), Zentralbodenamt. A small amount of material of the Hdhere SS-und Polizeifuhrer Sttd (Wehrkreis VII) als Beauftragter des Heidi skommissars fdr die Festigung deutschen Vo Ike turns, Sonderstab Henschel and Getto-Verwaltung Litzmannstadt (Lodz)was also found in this collection. The terms "Serial" and "Roll" in this Guide refer to the sequence of the film. The "Item" number is the identification symbol on the original folder within the captured records collection. "Provenance11 indicates, where ascertainable, the archival origin of the documents whose description follows. The symbol "FT" means that the folder has been filmed throughout, the symbol "FS" denotes that the folder has been filmed selectively* "1st Frame" gives the frame number of the first page of the folder. Every exposure has been given a frame number consecutively throughout the filming operation. The "Notes" provide a general idea of the nature of the materials but should be taken as hints, not complete descriptions. When the German file number could be ascertained, it has been included. The nature of the records filmed makes it necessary for researchers to check the whole guide since no index has been prepared. The original records of the Reichskommissar fflr die Festigung deutschen Volkstums are located in the Military Records Branch, Federal Records Center, Region 3, General Services Administration under Record Group No* 1011. The microfilms are deposited in the National Archives, Washington 25, D, C., as microcopy No. T-7^ aad should be requested by adding to "T-7^" the roll numbers. Gerhard L. Weinberg, 1957 Serial Ron Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Rotes 1 1 Reichskommissar fur RDV 1 FT 370866 A folder of administrative orders and circulars, 1942-43. Circulars issued by die Festigung deut- various SS offices dealing with administrative matters, resettlement, personnel, schen Voiksturns, and the procedures of the Stabshauptamt* Stabshauptamt RDV la FT 370966 A folder of photostats of documents, probably from the Stabshauptamt, dealing with the organization and procedures of the RKFDV, the Stabshauptamt, and various organizations related to it, 1939-44. Included are copies of various basic di- rectives and the Gescha'ftsverteilungsplane. Very useful reference collection. RDV 2 371050 Folder of administrative orders and circulars of the Stabshauptamt and other SS offices, 1943-45. RDV 3 FT 371251 A folder of circulars, 1939-44> missing from the collection at the time of filming. The catalog card on this folder prepared by the Departmental Records Branch has been filmed. If the folder should turn up later, it will be filmed on a supplementary serial. RDV 4 FT 371253 A folder of circulars on administrative matters, primarily of an internal of- fice nature, 1940-42. Included as Dienstanordnung Nr. 105 is a list of offices with their addresses as of April 1942 that is of interest for its listing of the local branches of the Volksdeutsche Ivdttelstelle, RKFDV, Deutsche Umsiedlung». streuhand GmbH, the Bodenarat Zichenau, and the Einwandererzentrale, Some dupli- cates omitted. RDV 5 FT 37U93 A folder of rental agreements and other contracts, 1939-44. These are agree- ments made through the Stabsamt for the RKFDV, the Zentrale Bodenamt, Volks- deutsche Mittelstelle, and the Inspekteur fur Statistikj, Some duplicates of forms omitted. RDV 6 FT 371773 A folder containing files of Dr. Reichert of the Stabshauptamt. The follow- ing files are included: Auffangsgesellschaft fur Kriegsteilnehmerbetriebe (fur- niture for Umsiedler), 1942, Abgabe von iiiinrichtungsgegenstanden an Deutsche Umsiedlungstreuhand GmbH, 1943. Abgabe von Mobeln fur Bombengeschadigte, 1943. Jahresabschluss (of Aussenstelle Litzmannstadt, Ansiedlungs Sonderaktion, Mb'- bellieferungen), 1943. Jarre", 1941-42 (troubles with a furniture manufacturer holding RKFDV contracts and having other RKFDV connections). Krankenhauser der Volksdeutschen Mittelstelle, 1943. Fachtung des Ziegeleigrundstiicks am Wer- bellinsee, 1943-44 (very interesting material on the economic activities of the RKFDV and other SS offices as well as on the Umsiedeleraktion in the Litzmann- stadt area). Strafsache i/ioebus, 1941-43 (a furniture agent of the RKFDV).