Overview
- Description
- This collection contains files from the Reichskanzlei, which was founded in May 1878 as the central office of the chancellor. It was the site of business with the cabinet, Reichstag deputies, regional officials, and public interest groups in Imperial Germany. During the Weimar years, it functioned as a coordinating organ between politics and government administration. The place and function of the office changed during the Third Reich, and, starting in 1939, it headed the Ministerrat für Reichsverteidigung. The office’s influence, however, declined throughout the Third Reich. While many of the documents from 1878 to 1919 have been lost, the material from 1919 to 1945 forms the essential portion of the collection.
- Date
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inclusive:
1919-1945
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Reference
- Museum Library, Reference Collection, CD 1253 A55 Bd. 13 1984
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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12,000 microfiche.
- System of Arrangement
- Record Group R 43 I, Reichskanzlei. The collection includes the following files: 1-328; 330-530; 532-694; 696-755; 757-1344; 1349- 1591; 1594-1610; 1641-1698; 1705-7, 1726, 1736-1742, 1763-1770, 1802, 1806, 1892-1899, 1912-1918, 2737. 2458-2543. 4530-5034.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. To access Bundesarchiv collections researchers must fill out a "Request for Access to Bundesarchiv Documents." German and English-language copies of the "Law on the Preservation and Use of Federal Archival Documents" are available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives reference desk. The requirement was stipulated by the Bundesarchiv in the cooperative agreement signed with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Conditions on Use
- Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Bundesarchiv. A copy of all publications based on its material must be provided to the Bundesarchiv. Researchers may not publish any Bundesarchiv material on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from the Bundesarchiv.
- Copyright Holder
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From Bundesarchiv Berlin, Germany, collection R 43I. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Programs Division acquired the microfiche from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin,Germany, in 1999. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in Apr. 2000 and addtional ca. 1000 fiche added in 2019.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 08:23:09
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507404
Additional Resources
Download & Licensing
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is not digitized and cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
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- Plan a Research Visit
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