Overview
- Description
- Records on German military actions in Tunis, and Africa, mostly administrated by Obersturmbannführer Walter Rauff, and secret reports on Africa and its Jewish population by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, and Reichsführer SS. Includes war diaries of the German Naval Command North Africa and German Naval Command Tunisia, summary reports, radio messages from the combat area in Libya and from the battle area in North Africa, reports relating to political situation in Libya, Morocco, and to "Jewish questions" in South Africa, newspaper clippings and agency reports about the situation of Jews in the world, Freemasonry in France, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, England, Austria, USA, Italy, Africa etc., records on measures against Jews of Italian nationality in Tunis, and relating to various general matters, as appointments, certificates, personal affairs, gifts, visits, transmission of telegrams, letters, etc., personnel matters of SS members (especially transfers, promotions, awards)
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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12 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in two series by materials selected from particular source Archives, and organized by a signature number: 1. Federal Archives, Military Archive, Freiburg: R 901, RW 34, RW 2, RM 36, RL 26, RL 11, RH 15, RH 31-VIII, RH 27-10, RG-26-334, RH 26 999: 1. Federal Archives, Berlin: R 1001, R 69, R 58, R 43 II, NS 19.
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--Campaigns--North Africa. World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--North Africa. Jews, Italian--Tunisia--History--20th century. Jews--Africa--History--20th century. Martial law--North Africa--History--20th century. Jewish question. Freemasonry--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--North Africa.
- Geographic Name
- North Africa--History--20th century. Libya--History--20th century. Morocco--History--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Rauff, Walter.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv Berlin, Germany (Federal Archive). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in August 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:19:39
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn623045
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