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GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. No. 21. Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart. Part n: The General Records

The National Archives National Archives and Records Service General Serv4ces Administration Washington: 1961 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-81, rolls 331-R637. ^ ^y b® consulted at the National Archives. A price list appears on the last page. Those desiring to purchase microfilm should write to the Exhibits and Publications Branch, National Archives, Washington 25>, D. C. Some of the papers reproduced on the microfilm referred to in this and other guides of the same series may have been of private origin. The fact of their seizure is not believed to divest their original owners of any literary property rights in them. Anyone, therefore, who publishes them in whole or in part without permission of their authors may be held liable for infringement of such literary property rights. AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OP WAR DOCUMENTS

GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. 21« Records of the Deutsches Aasland-Institut, Stuttgart Part II: The General Records

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (AHA) COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR DOCUMENTS

GUIDES TO &BRMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA» This is part of a series of Guides prepared by the American Historical Association listing records microfilmed at Alexandria, Va., by the American Historical Association Microfilming Project* An American Committee for the Study of War Documents was established in 1955 as a private group of scholars, interested in docu- mentary research and especially in the microfilming of records of foreign origin kept in American depositories* In 195&, the American Committee became a committee of the American Historical Association* Its present Chairman (I960) is Professor Oron J* Hale, University of , who was preceded by Dean Reginald H* Phelps, Harvard University, and Professor Lynn M* Case of the University of Pennsyl- vania* An initial Ford Foundation grant and additional funds provided by the Old Dominion Foundation, Lilly Endowment, and Avalon Foundation enabled the Committee to undertake the cataloguing and microfilming of declassified German records in the custody of the World War II Records Division of the National Archives (previously TAGO, Departmental Records Branch) at Alexandria, Virginia* The plans for screening and microfilming of these materials were prepared by a Subcommittee on Microfilming under the Chairman- ship to the end of 1956 of Professor E. Malcolm Carroll, Duke University, and his successor, Dr. Fritz T. Epstein, the Library of Congress* She microfilming team at Alexandria was under the direction of Professor Oerhard L. Weinberg of the University of Michigan in 1956/57, of Dr. Dagmar Horna Perman from 1957 to September 1959> of Mr, James &. McDowell from September 1959 to August 19^0, and is now under the supervision of Dr. Willard Allen Fletcher of the University of Colorado. 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 Rational Archives, especially its World War II Records.Division, as well as the U.S. Department of the Army.

Washitgton , D.C., October 1960 Dr. Boyd C. Shafer Executive Secretary, AHA

III PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.

1. T- 71, Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics (Reichswirtschaftsministerium). 1958. 75 P* 2. T- 7*4-, Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengtehning of Germandom (Reichskommissar ffbr die Festigung deutschen Volksturns). 1958, 15 p. 3. T- HI, Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei). Part I. 1958. 1^1 p. 5. T- 76, Records of the Organisation Todt, 1953. 2 p. 5. T- 84, Miscellaneous German Records Collection (Part I). 1958. 15 p. 6. T- 82, Records of Nazi Cultural and Research Institutions, and Records Pertaining to Axis Relations and Interests in the Par East. 1958* l6l p. 7. T- 77, Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/OKW) Part I. 1959- 222 p. 8. T- 84, Miscellaneous German Records Collection (Part II). 1959. 203 p. 9. T-253, Records of Private German Individuals. 1959. 23 p. 10. T- 73» Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (Reichsministerium fiStr RiSlstung und Kriegsproduktion). 1959» 109 P« 11. T-178, Fragmentary Records of Miscellaneous Reich Ministries and Offices. 1959* 19 P« 12. T- 78, Records of Headquarters of the German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Part I. 1959* 19 P» 13. T-177, Records of the Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium). 1959. 3^ p. lU. T-312, Records of German Field Commands, Armies (Part I). 1959. 6l P» 15. T-179» Records of Former German and Japanese Embassies and Consulates 1890-19^5. 1960. 63 p» 16. T- 81, Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart. Part I: Records on Resettlement. I960. 105 p. 17. T- 77, Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forcas High Command (Oherkommando der VTehrmaeht/OKW) Part II. 1960. 213 p» 18. T- 77, Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/OKW) Part III, 1960. 118 p* 19. T- 77» Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/OKW) Part IV. 19§0. 76 p. 20. T- 81, Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) Part II. 1960. ^5 p.

IV PREFACE

This Guide is one of a series of finding aids describing those declassified seized German records deposited at the World War II Records Division, National Archives, that have been microfilmed by the Microfilming Project of 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 sheets has been filmed as a target sheet at the beginning of each roll of film. This Guide describes 307 rolls of film which, together with the 67 rolls described in Guide 16, comprise the filmed selection of re- cords of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart* This organization came into being in 1917* for the purpose of promoting German trade abroad, regaining lost markets, and counteracting the effect of anti-German war * During the Weimar era the Institute devoted itself largely to the encouragement of research on problems related to German emigration, and also sought to aid potential emigrants with advice and help* The after 1933 gave a new direction and purpose to the work of the DAI and made it an instrument of National Socialist policies and propaganda* During the Second World War, the Institute performed many functions, including those of an information gathering agency, and came to play a large part in the resettlement program carried on under the auspices of the Reichskommissar fttr die Festigung deutschen Vo Iks turns, , Reichsftthrer-SS and Chef der deutschen Polizei* The records cover essentially the years The records of the Institute, consisting of correspondence, files, reports, memoranda as well as publications have relevance for the study of German emigration, Nazi resettlement schemes in eastern Europe, the history of the ethnic minorities in central Europe, and allied topics* They also contain a wealth of background materials, detailed reports and histories pertaining to German minorities in those areas* Correspondence files provide a major source of information for the study of Nazi propaganda effects on German colonies in many parts of the world* Of particular interest are the files of the Porschungsstelle Russlanddeutschtum, which shed light on the fate of the Volga German colony, the vast impact of the collectivization of agriculture in , and sundry other topics* The wide variety of the DAI records is reflected in the existence of materials pertaining to the research activity of the Hauptabteilung fttr Sippenkunde und Volksforschung, to gene- alogical studies, to documentation on public opinion in German-held areas, to the administrative supervision of foreign labor in , and to numerous other matters* References to the volume and location of other DAI records were initially given in: Gerhard L* Weinberg, Guide to Captured German Documents* War Documentation Project Study No* 1* Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University. Human Resources Research Institute, 1952* The reader, therefore, should also consult the additional references in Gerhard L. Weinberg* Supplement to the Guide to Captured German Documents* Washington, D.C.: The National Archives, 1959* Finally, attention is directed to Guides 2 and 16 of the "List to Previously Pub- lished Guides.n The abbreviations most commonly used in the descriptions are as follows: DAI - Deutsches Aus land- Ins ti tut; YOMI - Mittel- stelle; E2 - Einwandererzentralstelle; VDA - Yolksbund fttr das Deutschtum im Ausland; AO - Auslandsorganisation of the NSDAP. Records in this collection which were not filmed consist mainly of genealogical material, duplicates, and miscellaneous financial statements*

Continued V The terms "Serial" and 'ftoll" in this Guide refer to the secuence of film. The "Item" number is the identification symbol on the original folder within the captured records collection* "Provenance" 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 "PS" 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 not be taken as exhaustive descriptions. Apart from a few minor rearrangements folders were filmed in numerical order. Although, on the whole, sub- jects tended to appear coherently and in numerical sequence, it is still necessary to check the whole Guide for any one subject.

The original records have been returned to the Federal Republic of Germany. The microfilms are deposited in the National Archives, Washington 25, D.C., as microcopy T-81, rolls 331-&637» ^^ snoul<* ^e requested by adding "T-81" to the rolls desired.

1959 Helen P. Liebel Miriam Haskett

VI Serial Roll Provenance Filmed 1st frame Notes 1 331 Deutsches Ausland- FT 50550140 A folder from the files of Deutsches Aualand-Institut, Stuttgart, Institut containing lists of personnel, indicating the divisions they were employed in, their poisitiOB, salaries, etc., 1932-3U; also a "Stellenplan" list- ing positions in the organization and corresponding monthly salaries. 5^9-550 331-332 FT 5055056 Two folders from the files of Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart, 550 332 FT 5055628 marked "Protokolle Vorstand,11 containing the proceedings of the insti- tuted Vorstand for 1917-22 and 1922-1933, respectively. Items of inter- est include in folder 9 "GreschAftsordnung fitr den Vorstand des Deutschen Auslandmuseums Stuttgart," and in folder 10 "Niederschrift fiber die Vor- standssitzung des DAI am 11.3*33 iro Kultusministerium in Stuttgart, unter Zuzietoung der Herren Strfllin und Schott,11 on TCSDAP control of the same. DAI 12 FT 5056213 Folder of the DAI containing correspondence pertaining to Verwal- tungsrat personnel (A. von Koltzendorff; and Warnholtz of the Hamburg- Amerika Linie) and DAI position on Auswanderung; the affairs of Zweckver- band (der freien Deutschtumsvereine); and Deutscher Pfennig, "eine Volks- sammlung fttr das gefflhrdete Deutschtum,M 1922-25. DAI 16 FT 5056575 Folder of the DAI containing correspondence and printed material on currency reform by William A. Gatzen (), 1922-23. Most of the correspondence is with DAI'a Kommerzienrat and Konsul Dr. Wanner. In- cluded are copies of Gatzen's reform plan: autographed, Gullivers Wah- rungssanierung; Die fehlende Spezialwissenschaft des Wert-Messwesens und ihr heilender Einfluss auf Politik, Finanz, und Wirtschaft (Mflnchen- Grtlnwal^, 1923), end "Der 'nationale Buchfuhrungskreis1 und seine wirt- schaftliche, finsnzielle und politische Sanierung. Bin konkreter Welt- Sanierungsplan," Sonderabdruck aus der Kdlnigchen Volkszeitung, Hr, 119» 120, 121 of Feb. 15-16, 1923. 551 333 DAI 1? FT 5056825 Folder of the DAI containing routine correspondence pertaining to emigration of Wttrttembergers to various countries including , Rumania, Soviet Russia, Palestine, the , etc., arranged alphabetically according to countries, 1920-2U. Wflrttembergischer DAI FT 50572*18 Folder of the Worttembergische Verein fur Handelsgeographie, con- Verein fttr Handels- taining general correspondence and correspondence alphabetized according geographie, Stuttgart to individuals, pertaining to the activities of the organization, in- cluding Pressenotiz of a speech made by Albert Schweitzer on equatorial Africa (1929); also relevant to polar and other explorations, 1929-32. 551-552 333-33U Deutsches Ausland- DAI 19 FT 5057550 Two folders containing correspondence of Dr. Carl Uhlig (Tflbingen) 552 33U Institut DAI 20 FT 5095335 of DAI. Folder 19: correspondence with DAI in Stuttgart, especially with the secretary general, Dr. Vertheimer, on DAI business and inter- Continued ests, 1918-28. Folder 20: correspondence of Uhlig, mostly with Konsul Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes Wanner of the Vorstand, on DAI affairs and interests, 1917-31. 553 335 Deutsches Ausland- DAI 21 FT 5059211 A folder from DAI files pertaining to emigration and consisting of Institut 1) miscellaneous circulars of the Reichsamt f. Deutsche Einwanderung, Ruckwanderung und Auswanderung explaining the purposes of sub-offices, procedures for making reports, etc., 1919-2H; 2) copies of quarterly and annual reports of Auswendererberatungsstelle Karlsruhe in Baden, 1928-1938; 3) copies of quarterly reports of Auswendererberatungsstelle Bayern, Mttn- chen, 1926-1937. The quarterly and annual reports of the Beratungsstellen contain summary statistics and extensive analyses of job opportunities for German emigrants in various countries of the world, as well as information on how previous emigrants adjusted there, etc. Reports dated after 1933 have value in relation to Jewish emigration and contain analyses of emigra- tion to Palestine, the US, etc., and provide information on difficulties of Jewish emigres in obtaining employment; difficulties in Deviseribeschaf- fung, etc. 553-555 335-337 Folders of the DAI containing information circulars of the Reichs- wanderungsamt (later Reichsstelle fflr das Auswanderungswesen), many of which are marked "Nicht zur Verbreitung durch die Presse," "Nicht fttr die Presse," "Fur fur den Dienstgebrauch," etc. The circulars contain informa- tion and analyses on employment opportunities, or the absence of them, for in various countries of the world (especially South America, , , Russia, etc.), also information on the dangers of failure of business and agricultural colonial enterprises, etc., and include such subjects as: DAI 22 FT 506032U 1) in folder 22, "Fttrsorge fttr ostmflrkische ^tlchtlinge," "Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der Auswanderervereine und Siedlungsunternehmungen,tt "Anstel- lungsbedingungen fttr Ingenieure in Hiederlandisch-Indien," 1917-1920; DAI 23 FT 5060987 2) in folder 23, e.g. "Schicksal einer ostpreussischen Siedlergruppe in Russlpnd," etc., and material on opportunities for farming in South Africa, South America, etc., 1921-1932; DAI 2U FT 5061369 3) in folder 2U, besides the usual reports, "Statistischer Jahresbericht fiber die Auswandererberatung im Haushaltsjahr 1935-36, the fate of German miners in Siberia, discrimination by Chilean authorities against Jewish immigrants, and a few circulars relevant to Jewish emigration, including a reprint of a letter written from Haifa in 193^» describing conditions in Palestine, and a circular of May 23, 1933* "Auswanderung nach Palft- stina," 1933-36; 555 337 DAI 25 FT 5061916 U) in folder 25, information on VOMI /Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle/" activi- Continued ties* e.g. "Zuzug von Deutschen nach Krakau (Generalgouvernement)," Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes several circulars on the cost of living in , , , also circulars on taxation in occupied countries, a report (N.f.d.D.) "Reisebericht uber Sftdwestpfrika und die Sudafrikanische Union," 1939, "Statistischer Jahresbericht tlber die Auswandererberatung," 1937/38, circulars on discrimination against Jewish immigration by Paraguay, , Venezuela, and Colombia (1938); "Verhinderung der Auswanderung von Arbeits- kr&ften," (Vertraulich) 1938; and two reports of Assessor Dr. Wilmann on conditions in Palestine: "Die Einordnung der judischen Auswanderer in Palastina" and "Palflstina-Transfer," (1937), etc., 1937-19^. 555 337 Deutsches Ausland- DAI 26 FT 5062363 A folder of the DAI containing statistics on emigration and immigra- Institut tion, also reports, correspondence, clippings, pertaining to statistical analysis of the same, for , , Brazil, , Canada, , , France, Holland, Italy, Japan, , , Pales- tine, Poland, Paraguay, , Rumania, Russia, , Yugoslavia, , Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, , United States, , etc., 1922-UO. Some of the statistical material covers inmigration in general for a period including the 19th century. M 556 338 DAI 2? FT 5063091 A folder from DAI marked "Siedlungsgesellschaften, containing cor- respondence, circulars, clippings, memoranda, etc., pertaining to the activities of various German colonization societies interested in found- ing settlements in Europe, South America, Canada, etc., 1927-36. DAI 28 FT 5063377 A folder from DAI marked "Innensiedlung," containing circulars, clippings, memoranda, reports, etc., pertaining to the founding of single and corporate farm settlements (Genossenschaftssiedlungen) within Germany, especially in Pornmerania, Mecklenburg, Sast Prussia, etc.; also memoranda on the desirability of corporate Colonization activities, etc., 1920-32. 556r557 33^-339 DAI 29 FT 5063737 Folders from DAI files marked "Aufgelflste Siedlungsgesellschaften,11 557 339 DAI 30 FT 506U561 containing circulars, clippings, memoranda, reports, correspondence, per- DAI 31 FT 50652U6 taining to the activities of German colonization societies (mostly agri- cultural), reports on various colonies established predominantly in South America, and also copies of the Satzungen of some societies. Most of the societies aimed at establishing colonies in South America and Mexico, but a few also concerned themselves with Africa, Canada, and Soviet Russia (see folder 30). The material is alphabetized and dated A-J (1920-36), K-R (1919-27), end S-Z (1920-27), respectively. 558-559 DAI 32 FT 5065810 Folders from MI files marked "Brasilien, Kolonien? and containing 559 DAI 33 FT 5066828 reports on German agricultural settlements (colonies) in Brazil; reports DAI U FT 5067655 of visits to same; circulars, correspondence, and clippings on the same, Continued etc., discussing all problems of colonization including housing, climate, Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes agriculture, financing, etc. The folders are alphabetized and dated A-M (1922-37), P-B (1921-37). and S (1920-38), respectively. 560 Deutsches Ausland- Two folders of DAI containing reference material (clippings, re- Institut ports, etc.), on German agricultural settlements in Brazil, and on matters relating to emigration there. The folders are subdivided: DAI 35 FT 5068110 35» "Gesetzliches" (social welfare and immigration laws in Brazil), "Handel," "T*ygiene," "Industrie," "Kolonisetlon i. verach. Stapten" of Brazil, 1922-38; DAI 36 FT 50687** 36» "Landwirtschaft," "Lebensverhaltnisse," "Mission und Kirche," "Militar," "Nachforschung," "Politisches," "Postalisches," "Reise," "Siedlungen," 1927-38. 561 3*3 Two folders from DAI files containing clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, memoranda, reports, etc., constituting reference material on German settlement opportunities, emigration, etc., in Canada. The folders are subdivided: DAI 37 FT 50693*9 37, D-L, "Deutschtum," "Erwerbsmflglichkeiten," "Finanzliches," "Gesetz- liches," "Handel," "Industrie," "Kolonisation," "Landwirtschaft, Lebens- und Gehaltsverh<nisse," 1920-39; fl DAI 38 FT 5069850 38, M-Zt "Mission und Kirche, Mennoniten, Duchoborzen, Hutteriten, "Hachforschung," "Reise uria Verkehr," "Siedlung" (Siedlungsmdglichkeiten, etc.), "Schule," "Statistik," "Unterkttnfte," "Vereine u. Beratungsstel- len, Adressen, Vertrage," "Winke u. Warnungen," "Zeitschriften, Literatur, Karten," 192* (?)/39. DAI 39 FT 5070130 A folder from DAI files containing clippings, reports, etc., con- stituting a reference file on German settlement opportunities, on the German settlements in and emigration to Chile, alphabetized K-Z (including Kolonisation, Landwirtschaft, Politisches, Siedlungsmdglichkeiten,etc.)» 1921-35 O). 561-563 3*3-3*5 Folders of DAI containing clippings, reports, memoranda, correspond- ence, etc., constituting reference material on the countries named with standardized subheadings which include "Auswanderung," "Berichte und Brie- fe," "Deutschtum," "Erwerbsmdglichkeiten," "Finanzliches,11 "Gesetzliches," "Handel," "Jtygiene," "Industrie," "Kolonisation," "Klima," "Lebensbedin- gungen," "Mission," "Politik," etc. The folders are marked and contain material on: DAI *0 FT 5070510 "Mexico," A-Z, 1920-*!. 562 3** DAI *1 FT 5070969 "Paraguay," A-Z, 192*-39. DAI *2 FT 5071697 "Peru," A-Z, 1920-37, 563 DAI *3 FT 5072050 "Uruguay," A-Z, 192*-38. DAI ** FT 507232U "Venezuela," A-Z, 1920-*0. Serial Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes 5

563 Deutaches Ausland- DAI Ug FT 5072521 A folder from DAI files marked "Auswanderung," containing clippings, Institut circularst Denkschriften, reports, etc., pertaining to German emigration and immigration in general, and also to that of other (Italy, Japan, , etc.) including discussions of the problem of emigration, emigration policies of various countries, and historical material, 1925- 19^1. The folder is alphabetized according to countries; also note under Palestine scattered clippings, etc,, on Jewish emigration there, 192^-38. DAI 1*9 IT 5072995 A folder from DAI files containing clippings, reports, etc., con- stituting statistical materiel on German emigration, Germans in various parts of the world, German emigration from Schwaben, etc.; and also scat- tered material on Jewish emigration after 1933; 1922-^1. DAI 50 FT 5073522 A folder from DAI files containing mostly clippings on statistics relevant to Deutsenturn im Ausland, 1928-29; also an essay on German schools in Hungary (no date) and the text of a speech on the German settle- ment in Satmar, Hungary (1925). DAI 51 FT 5073583 A folder of MI containing mostly material of the Presse-Abteilung and its director, Dr. Hermann Rftdiger, 192H (?)-3^« It includes a memo- randum on the history and function of DAI, 193^1 a memorandum outlining the "Neue Aufgaben des Deutschen Ausland-Instituts,M coordinating its work with activities of the Reichspropagandaministerium, Aaslendsorgani- sation of the NSDAP, Aussenpolitisches Amt of the NSDAP, "^S Lehrerbund, and Deutsche Studentenschaft; business reports of the DAI Presse-Abteilung 19^-32); miscellaneous manuscripts of Dr. Rttdiger's speeches (including radio talks) on polar exploration and a Northeast passage to Asia; also manuscripts of newspaper articles, etc., on DAI and historical essays on the cultural achievements of Auslandsdeutsche. DAI 52 FT 5073823 A folder from DAI files marked "Organisationen im Ausland, l&nder- mflssig," containing lists of German political organizations and parties, schools, religious organizations, social clubs of leading German person- alities, of German newspapers and periodicals in various countries of the world; 1936(?)-UO, and alphabetized A-U, not including the US. 56H-565 DAI 53-57 Folders of the DAI containing "Dankbriefe ftir Btlcher u. Calender," 19^2. Letters are from party officials and individuals in various coun- tries of Europe, Argentina, the G-rossdeutsche Reich, and the General Gouvernement, and sometimes reflect the indoctrination of the Volksdeut- sche by Nazi propaganda. The folders are subdivided! DAI 53 FT 507^101 Groesdeutsches Reich, General Gouvernement, Argentina and Europe to Denmark; Continued DAI 5U FT 5071^66 Finland to ; Serial Roll Provenance Item filmed let frame Notes /•

MI 55 FT 507H852 Norway to Spain; DAI 56 FT 5075182 Rumania; MI 57 FT 5075331 Hungary. MI 58 FT 5075^33 A folder of MI containing the correspondence of MI with the Abtei- lung fflr zeitdokumentarisches Schrifttum bei der Deutschen Bucherei (Leip- zig), 1936-M. 565-567 MI 59-66 Folders from DAI files containing Lebenslftufe of historically promi- nent Germans, leading volksdeutsche personalities* presidents of deutsche Volksgruppen abroad, professional people and journalists for German lan- guage publications abroad, etc,, alphabetized according to countries, from material compiled approximately 1930-^2. The folders are subdivided: 565 .3U? DAI 59 FT 5075670 Argentinien - Bulgarien; 566 DAI 60 FT 5075990 Chile - Frankreich; MI 61 FT 5076251 Grossdeutsches Reich - Generalgouvernement; MI 62 FT 5076523 Griechenland - Niederlande; MI 63 FT 5076830 Norwegen - Portugal; MI 6U FT 50771U7 Rumanian; Ml 65 FT 5077618 33. Salvador - Sud-Tirol (including Sow jet-Union and Sudslawien); MI 66 FT 5077918 Sfldwestafrika - Venezuela. MI 67 FT 5078211 A folder from MI files consisting of a personnel file of MI em- ployees, including also biographical information on Abteilungsleiter and some leading DAI personalities, approximately 1920-U2. 568 350 MI 68 FT 5078^59 A folder from DAI files marked ttOrganisationen im Ausland (alpha-- be tisch nach Arten),'1 containing names and addresses of German organiza- tions of all kinds located abroad including, for example, a list of Akade- mischer Austauschdienst (deutscher) und Zweigstellen; Auslandsdeutsche Arztevereinigungen; Anschriftenliste, Fersdnlichkeiten fur Gluckwunsch- briefe; Anschriften der Landesgruppenleiter der AO (Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP), 19^0; Verzeichnis der dem Deutschen Ausland-Institut bekann- ten Ortsgruppen und Stiltzpunkte der NSDAP im Ausland (1936); list of German Botschaften und Gesandtschaften; Buchereien und Deutsche Vereine mit Buchereien im Ausland; Deutschtum in Europa (statistics, 193S-UO); Frauenorganisationen (deutsche) in Europa; Handelskammern (deutsche); Katholische Vereinigungen im Ausland (deutsche); Kulturaustauschverbfinde im Reich u. Ausland; Literarische Gesellschaften im Ausland; Seemanns- heime; Volksgruppen (deutsche) in Europa, in the NSDAP; Zeitschriften, etc.; 1933-Hl. MI 69 5T 5078916 A folder from MI files marked "Schulwesen,M containing lists of Continued German schools and German school systems (of Volksdeutsche) in various Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes countries of the world; lists of statistics of enrollment in G-ennan schools in various countries (arranged alphabetically according to coun- tries; and including considerable information on and Poland); lists of student organizations and academic organizations in various countries, 1932-UO. H 568 350 BAI 70 FT 5079372 A folder from MI files marked "Beutsche Schule, A-Z, containing letters received from various German schools in South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, etc., thanking for the receipt of calendars, but often containing extensive reports on the condition, curriculum, etc., of German schools, and also on attitudes toward Germany in the country in question; filed alphabetically according to cities, mostly 193^-36. 569 351 DAI 71 FT 5079889 A folder from BAI files containing essays, memoranda, minutes of meetings, Benkschriften, Gutachten, and excerpts of letters, correspond- ence pertaining to Germans in the United States; and including material on the history of German immigration to the United States from earliest times, considerable information on the Batch language, German-American culture in general, etc., and including essays such as: "Benkschrift ttber Mflglichkeiten weltanschaulicher Werbung be! den Angel- sachsen, besonders bei den Anglo-Amerikanern,rt by Heinz Kloss; also "Gutachten fiber das Vortragsmanuskript von Prof. Dr. Eduard Brenner, Nttrnberg, !Beutschtum in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika*, * also a separate correspondence between BAI and American universities and German-American groups (including the Bund); 1938-39* Duplicates omitted. Deutsches Ausland- DAI 72 FT 5080^31 A folder from the archive of the BAI containing correspondence of Institut, Archiv BAI with German emigration societies in Germany and abroad, and with the Reichswanderungsamt, pertaining to German colonization and settlement in Germany, South America, Mexice, etc., 1920-2U. BAI 73 FT 5080791* A folder from the archive of the BAI containing correspondence with German organizations, government agencies and societies, etc., also re- ports, minutes of meetings of societies, etc., relating to the treatment of Auslandsdeutsche in Germany, the study of Auslandsdeutsenturn in German schools, education of end scholarships for the study of Auslandsdeutsch- tum and for Auslandsdeutsche, problems of Fluchtllngsfftrsorge deutsche u. Grenzlandvertriebene), etc., 1917-28. Also a copy of Richtlinien zur Handhabung der Fttrsorge for die aus den abgetretenen Grenzgebieten Preussens stammenden Hiichtlinge iro Beutschen Reich, 1920. 570 352 BAI 7k FT 5081236 A folder from the archive of BAI containing miscellaneous cprre«* spondence of BAI with leading personalities, mostly academic, in Germany, Continued the US, and elsewhere, 1916-33• Subjects covered Include social gatherings, Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes financing of DAI publications, affairs of the DAI in general, matters pertaining to the history and present state of Auslandsdeutschtum, opinions of volksdeutsche refugees in favor of the Poles, and minority questions arising from the Versailles treaty. 570-571 352-353 Deutsches Ausland- DAI 75-79 Folders from the archive of DAI constituting the fragment of a Institut, Archiv file (volumes 3-5» 7-8) of correspondence with newspaper and magazine editors, academic persons, cultural societies, individuals, etc., per- taining to the history of the overseas Germans, activities and educa- tion of overseas German groups, newspapers, etc., abroad, economic conditions and political treatment of Volksdeutsche, descrip- tions and accounts of German colonization (particularly in Africa and South America), missionary activities, etc. The folders are subdivided: 570 352 DAI 75 FT 5082016 - Italien (Tirol), 1920-2U. DAI 76 FT 5082102 Lettland - Mexiko, 1918-21*. DAI 77 FT 5082216 Niederlande (und Miederl&ndisch-Indien) - Portugal, 1919-2U. 571 353 DAI 78 FT 5082517 Schweiz- Tschechoslowafcei, 1919-2U. DAI 79 FT 5082735 Ungarn - Venezuela, 1921-27; including a stray correspondence relevant to volksdeutsche affairs in Danzig, Canada, US, etc., 1936-38. 571-572 353-35** Arbeitsgemeinschaft DAI 80 FT 5083002 Two folders from the files of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Deut- 572 35* der Deutschen aus BAI 81 FT 5083908 schen aus Russland und Polen e.V. containing routine correspondence Bus si and und Pol en consisting mostly of material of a genealogical nature (i.e. evidence e.V. of the German origin of ancestors); questionnaires; form letters on resettlement in Brazil, etc., 1932-37. The folders, alphabetized A-C, D-12, respectively, have been filmed as a sample. Deutsches Ausland- DAI 112-llU Three folders of the DAI containing correspondence and form letters Institut (with information on occupation, place of birth, etc.) relative to the renunciation of German citizenship by naturalization elsewhere of German- Jewish emigres and German nationals. The folders are arranged alphabet- ically according to countries as follows: DAI 112 FT 508^98 marked (barely legible) "Afrika, Verkartete Ausbiirgerungen 1938-Hl." (Egypt, South Africa, etc.). DAI 113 FT 508U732 marked (barely legible) "Sfld-Amerika II, Verkartete Ausbttrgerungen 1939- 19Ul." (Argentina, Venezuela). DAI llU FT 508U870 marked (barely legible) "Suropa II, Schweiz-Z, Verkartete Ausbtlrgerun- gen Versch.(iedener) Lender 1937-^1." (Mostly Switzerland to 19^2, also Spain and ). 573-57H 355-356 Folders from DAI files marked "Haus Archiv" and containing reports, correspondence, etc., relative to these subheadings: "Eundschreiben an die Vorstandsmitglieder," circular letters and other Serial Roll Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes correspondence marked "Vertraulich" and constituting reports on DAI activities; financing of the DAI; DAI propaganda work (Lichtbilder, 3ii~ cherei, etc.); reports on trips in Germany and abroad "by DAI personnel, often including ideological discussions; information on German domestic politics, etc., 1922-25. 573 355 Deutsches Ausland- DAI 116 FT 50858^5 "Vorstandsrundschreiben," a continuation of folder 115, 1925-23. 356 Institut DAI 117 FT 5086308 "Rundschreiberi an die Vorstandsmitglieder," a continuation cf folders 115-116, including also material reflecting on jfezi ideology, 1928-35* DAI 118 FT 50S6856 "Tagung 1933* Zu- u. Absageri" routine social correspondence consisting of positive and negative replies to an invitation to the DAI annual convention of 1933. 57*4-579 356-361 DAI 119-128 Folders from DAI files containing the correspondence mostly of the Leiter of DAI, Konsul Dr. Wanner, with various high ranking govern- ment officials and agencies, representatives of the press, publishers, academic persons, philanthropists (e.g. >T.Y. Committee for the Relief of Distress in Germany and Austria), and individuals in Germany and abroad. The contents deal with the work of DAI; cultural and educational matters involving DAI; and general comments on the political, economic, social, and intellectual life of the times in Germany and elsewhere. mhe folders are alphabetized according to persons: 356 DAI 119 FT 5087358 A-Be, 191S-2U. (Note: Frames 50879^7A-5087989A also on Serial 57*0. 357 DAI 120 FT 50879^8 Bi-Bu, 1Q16-2H. DAI 121 FT 5088573 E-F, 1918-23 (note a letter from Reichsprftsident Sbert). 358 DAI 122 FT 5089072 G-Ha, 1Q18-23. DAI 123 FT 5089810 He-Hi, 1918-2U. 359 DAI 12U FT 5090377 Le-Ma, 1917-2U. 360 DAI 125 FT 5091253 Me-P, 1917-2U. DAI 126 FT 50§2027 0,-H, 1918-2U (especially relevant to the constituent assembly at Weimar and problems of Auslandsdeutsche). 579 361 DAI 12? FT 5092613 Sa-Schm, 1918-2U. DAI 128 FT 5093202 T-We, 1916-2U. 580 362 DAI 129 FT 5093730 Two folders, a fragmentary DAI file, marked "Geschaftlich-Privat," DAI 130 FT 509^830 containing DAI GeneralsekretUr Dr. Fritz Wertheimer's correspondence with high ranking government officials and agencies, publishers and editors, schools, and persons in Germany, also with Germans abroad, regarding DAI publications or publication of articles relevant to DAI affairs, Auslands- fragen, DAI finances, relations with other Ausland organizations, emigra- tion, cultural and educational activities; and many individual comments Continued on the political and economic conditions of the day in the , Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes 10 Bolshevism, Anti-Semitisra, Asia, etc. The folders are organized alphabet- ically according to persons, A-G and Sch-Z, respectively; both 1918-25. 363 Deutsohes Ausland- DAI 132 FT 5095600 A folder of the DAI marked "Bewerbungen, A-Z,H consisting of job Institut applications (of professions! people), curricula vitae, etc., 1930^-35. Filmed as a sample. 58? Deutsche a Aualand- DAI 1H8 FT 5096288 A folder of correspondence of Dr. Hermann Rfldiger, Leiter d. Presse- Institut, Dr. Her- abt. of the DAI, pertaining to emigration questions, the affairs of DAI, mann Rftdiger press matters, cultural and educational work with eastern IDuropean Volks- deutsche, etc., 1919-25. DAI 1U3 FT 5096S33 A folder of correspondence of Dr. Hermann Rttdiger, Leiter d. Presse- abt. of DAI, containing "^rivatkorrespondenz," alphabetized I-M, with individuals, business firms, publishers and editors, etc., relevant to Grenzland-Politik, economic geography of various countries. German polar explorations, publication of articles and books, etc., 1923-32. Deutsches Ausland- DAI FT 50975^ A folder of correspondence of Pfarrer Manfred Grisebach, Abtei- Ins titut, Pfarrer lungsleiter Auswandererberatung of DAI, with schoolteachers, officials, Manfred Grisebach, etc., alphabetized A-Z according to persons, relevant to Schftlerbrief- Abteilungslei ter, wechsel (pen psls) between German schoolchildren and schoolchildren in Auswandererberatung; German schools abroad, particularly in South America, 1935-38. 583 365 Deutsches Ausland- DAI 157 FT 5097701 A folder of correspondence from the Hauptkartei of DAI, containing Institut, Eauptkartei correspondence with persons in the Deutsche Reich, General Gouvernement, and Protektorat, pertaining to various activities of the Hauptkartei, in- cluding some social correspondence, information on German schools abroad, correspondence with Dr. Gradmann of linwanderer-Zentralstelle at Litzmann- stadt, etc., 19^0-^2. Deutsches Ausland- DAI 156/1 FT 5098093 Two folders containing social correspondence of MI with high rank- Institut DAI 156/2 FT 5098^5 ing government and party officials, societies, dignitaries, etc., refusing the DAI invitation to attend its annual convention in 1938» and marked "Absagen A-K,M and "Absagen L-Z" respectively, 193&- 581* 366 DAI 150 FT 5093972 Folder of DAI marked "Parteitag, 1938H containing correspondence with Auslandsdeutsche in Germany and abroad about securing tickets for the HSDAP Parteitag, 1938. 355-367 Several DAI folders containing material pertaining to publication matters subdivided as follows: DAI FT 5099109 "DAI," internal correspondence (some external), minutes of meetings, discussion of books, and correspondence about books of DAI interest, bibliographical material on Auslandsdeutsche, German newspapers, holdings Continued of the library of DAI, 1939- Serial Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes 11 Deutsches Auslend- DAI 137 FT 5099HU6 "Publikations-Ausschuss,w containing proceedings (Protokolle), agendas* Institut correspondence, memoranda of the Publikatione-Ausschuss of DAI pertaining to the publication of works on Auswanderung and on the history and culture of Auslandsdeutsche, 19UO-U3. Correspondence of Presseabteilungsleiter Rfldiger, who was also Professor of Geography at Munich, with various academic persons (mostly geographers) and dignitaries, including Leon Amundsen, the brother of Roald, about Roald1 s activities, with royalty, with Deutsche Spitzbergen-Expedition 19251 with Graf F. von Zeppelin, etc., about professional matters, polar explorations, publications (books, articles), slides and movies, 1913-31- 585 DAI FT 5100073 Correspondence and Aktennotizen, typed and printed obituary notices, etc., 19^2-UU. The folder has the following subdivisions: "Dokumente, Inhaltsverzeichnis11 (presumably of an unknown Jahrbuch); "Korrespondenz Enfce,M mostly of Dr. Pichler with the well known publishing house Ferdi- nand Snke, 19^2-1*3; "Zeitschriften u. Jahrbticher, Volks turns s tat is tik;" Hochschulnachrichten;" "Von Institutionen u. Tagungen;" "Rinweise auf Aufsfttze;" "Nachrufe11 including an obituary of DAI Direktor Dr. Richard Gsaki who was killed in an airplane crash in Dec. 19^3• an