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Reichspressechef selected records (NS 42)

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2002.234 | RG Number: RG-68.020M

Overview

Description: Records from the group NS 42. Contains the office files of the "House of the Press," Munich, mostly correspondence with other countries, free subscriptions to the German propaganda periodical "News from Germany", German requests for press items or publications from abroad, publications concerning Jews, news clippings, letters from foreign citizens, and miscellaneous documents.
Date: inclusive: 1931-1945

Physical Details

Language: German
Extent: 10 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Thematic. Record group NS 42. Reel list: Reel 1: File 1; Reel 2: File 2, 3; Reel 3: File 6 ; Reel 4: File 4, 5, 7 ; Reel 5: File 8-12; Reel 6: File 13-14; Reel 7: File15-17 ; Reel 8: File 18-20; Reel 9: File 21-37; Reel 10: File 38-40

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

Topical Term: Nazi propaganda--Germany. Press--Germany. Journalists--Sources. Jews--Germany--History.
Geographic Name: Berlin (Germany)--History--Sources. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Corporate Name: Nazi Party

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Original records, NS 42, are located in Bundesarchiv, Berlin. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project exchanged the microfilms from the Yad Vashem Archives in Jerusalem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms in June 2002.

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