Overview
- Description
- The Schumacher collection contains very diverse files of German government and NSDAP offices between 1933 and 1945, including documents of NSDAP branches abroad, the Office of Racial Policy, the SA, the SS, Hitlerjugend, and other agencies. It includes examples of Nazi propaganda, orders by Heydrich and other officials, documents on the Freemasons and similar associations, and documents relating to Austria, Italy, and other countries.
- Alternate Title
- Sammlung Schumacher collection on the History of National Socialism
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1945
- Reference
- Harald Jaeger, Problematik und Aussagewert ueberlieferungsgestoerter Schriftgutbestaende der NS-Zeit. In: Der Archivar 28 (1975), Sp.40-42 und 275-292; Institut für Zeitgeschichte (IfZ): 3/1, 455; Wolfe, Captured German and Related Records;
Krausnik, Helmut, Anatomy of the SS State. Walker, New York 1968
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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15,117 digital images : JPEG ; 20.7 GB.
37 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda. Propaganda, German--History--20th century. Nazi propaganda. Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century. Freemasons--History.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Personal Name
- Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942.
- Corporate Name
- Hitler Youth
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The original files are in the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Collection “Slg. Sch.” Source of acquisition is Yad Vashem.This collection was compiled after the war by Bruno Schumacher, a German employee of the U.S. Document Center in Berlin; Schumacher focused on material that might be useful for war crimes trials.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm from Yad Vashem in Feb. 2007 through its mutual microfilm exchange program with Yad Vashem.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:42:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524075
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- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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