Inventory description: The Commandant Rückwärtiges Armeegebiet (Korück) was established during the mobilization as a command post at the Army Commandos of the Wehrmacht. The Korücks were used as administration of the occupied enemy areas directly between battle zone and rear army areas under the administration of the army groups. At the beginning of the war there were nine Korücks, in the course of the war more Korücks were built as needed. During the war, some Korücks were transformed into supreme commanders. A Korück consisted of 17 officers, 6 civil servants, 18 non-commissioned officers and 38 crews, plus 7 "Hilfswillige. The task was to secure supply routes, supply bases, railway lines, communication links, the most important airports as well as to guard and transport prisoners of war. The Korücks were in charge of the security divisions and regiments, Landesschützen battalions, field and orc commandant posts, units of the field gendarmerie and the secret field police as well as staffs for prison collection points and transit camps (Dulag). The Korücks were distributed as follows during the Polish campaign: In the east: 3rd army (501), 4th army (580), 8th army (530), 10th army (540), 14th army (520), HGr. south (570) in the west: 5th army (560), 1st army (590), 7th army (550) Between 10th and 16.09.1939 the Korücks 581-589 and 591-592 were reassembled. Of these altogether 20 Korücks remained however in Poland or were otherwise used: 501 as staff 421.infantry division in East Prussia 530 as Oberfeld-Kommandantur (OFK) Warschau, later 386.Infantry Division 570 as OFK Krakow, later transferred to the Netherlands 581 as OFK Radom, later 372 Infantry Division 586 as Staff "Oberost" (Commander-in-Chief East), later Commander's Office Warsaw 587 as OFK Tschenstochau, later 351.Infantry Division On 5.01.1940 further 3 Korücks (670-672) were established, but were renamed with some others still in the winter 1939/1940 into Oberfeldkommandanturen and were used after the France campaign as follows: 520 as OFK 520 in Mons 570 as OFK 570 in Gent 589 as OFK 589 in Liège 591 as military administrative district A St.Germain (initially OFK) 592 as Military Administrative District C Dijon (initially OFK) 670 as OFK 670 in Lille 671 as Military Administrative District B in Angers (initially OFK) 672 as OFK 672 in Brussels For use by the armies only: HGr. B 18.Armee, Korück 588, later (1942) Commander H.Gebiet Südfrankreich 6.Army, Korück 585 HGr. A 9. army, Korück 582 2. army, Korück 583 4. army, Korück 580 12. army, Korück 560 16. army, Korück 584 HGr. C 1. army, Korück 590 7. army, Korück 550 Since the armies in France had no more army territory after the armistice, the office of the Korück was also cancelled with them. In the Russian campaign and on the other theaters of war Korück's armies were assigned from north to south as follows: 20.Geb.Armee Korück 525 (10.09.1941, first for East Karelia) HGr. Nord 18.Armee 583 (from 2.Armee Westen) 16.Armee 584 (as in the west) HGr. Mitte 9.Army 582 (as in West; exchange August 1943 with 2.Pz.Army, now 532) 3.Pz.Army 590 (from 1.Army West) 4.Army 559 (01.02.1041) 2.Pz.Army 532 (16.02.1942; Exchange August 1943 with 9.Army, now 582 in the Balkans) HGr. B 2.Army 580 (from 4th Army West) 4.Pz.Army 593 (15.01.1942; December 1942 Exchange with 6.Army, now 585) 6.Army 585 (as in the West; December 1942 Exchange with 4.Pz. Army, now 593) HGr. A 1.Pz.Army 351 (27.03.1942) 17.Army 550 (from 7.Army West) 11.Army 553 (01.02.1041; remained in Crimea; 1943 dissolved) Balkan 12.Armye/HGr. E: 560 (became 01.10.1942 Command) Thessaloniki Aegean Sea) Italy 10.Army 594 ( 01.02.1944 from Field Commandantur 1047) 14.Army 511 ( 1944?) The 8.Army newly established in southern Russia in 1943 first had the Korück 595, which went to Italy as OFK 379 and was replaced on 01.10.1943 by the Korück 558 (formerly OFK 787 Kharkov). In 1944 also the armies in the west received again a Korück: 1.Army 535 (01.10.1944 as Korück AOK 1) 7.Army 534 (10.01.1945) - or 534 with the 1.Fallsch.Army (presumably from OFK 770) 15.Army 517 (December 1944 from Feld-Kommandantur 517) 19.Army 536 (1944/1945) 25.Army 533 (*November 1944 from OFK 670) (according to Tessin, Georg: Associations and troops and the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939-1945, 1st vol, Osnabrück 1979) Characterization of the contents: The Korücks' war diaries have survived. These mainly document security measures and supplies, operations against partisans with reports of fighting by troops and police. In addition, there are commands, service instructions and arrangements, e.g. for supply. Furthermore, situation, combat, activity and deployment reports as well as organisational and personnel documents (staffing lists, etc.) are available in the inventory. Occasionally photographs and maps (maps of operations and locations) have been handed down. Parts of the documents were already handed over to the Army Archives in Potsdam during the war. After the end of the war in 1945, the documents were confiscated by the US armed forces. After their return to the Document Centre of the Military History Research Office in the 1960s, the holdings were taken over by the Military Archives of the Federal Archives. State of development: Findbuch Zitierweise: BArch, RH 23/...
History of the Inventory Designer: After the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin, the mayors of Garmisch and Partenkirchen tried to reach the IV Olympic Games in their communities in that year. Olympic Winter Games. In June 1933 the time had come: the two communities prevailed within Germany against the competing cities Braunlage and Schreiberhau. Foreign competitors Montreal in Canada and St. Moritz in Switzerland were also left behind. In the run-up to the Winter Olympics, the two communities were united on 1 January 1935 to form a market community (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) against their resistance. In a short time, the preparatory organisation of the Winter Games had to take place from 1933 onwards, which was to be secured financially not only by support payments from other towns and municipalities, but also by an additional citizen's tax for the inhabitants of Garmisch and Partenkirchen. In total, costs of 2.6 million Reichsmarks had to be shouldered. On August 23, 1933, the Organizing Committee was founded in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to organize the Winter Games. The President of the Organizing Committee was Dr. Karl Ritter von Halt (1891-1964), Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Munich-based Bankhaus Auffhäuser. His deputy and treasurer was the director of the Bayerische Gemeindebank Friedrich Döhlemann, general secretary was Baron Peter Le Fort. Dr. Hermann Harster was responsible as press officer. The committee was particularly responsible for organising the construction and repair work. In record time, the Olympic Ski Stadium with the Great Olympic Hill, in which the opening and closing ceremonies were also to take place, and the Olympic Art Stadium were built. At the Riessersee the sports facilities for speed skating, ice shooting and bobsleigh races were extended or newly built. The course of the skialpine competitions, which took place for the first time as part of the Olympic Games, also had to be determined. In addition, logistical planning had to be carried out, for which the 1935 German Winter Sports Championships had to be regarded as a test run. Traditionally, the significance of the Winter Olympics was still lagging behind that of the Summer Games. The IV. The Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen were a first step out of the shadow of the Summer Games. From 6 to 16 February 1936, 646 athletes from 28 nations took part in 17 competitions in bobsleigh, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing and Nordic skiing. Ice-shooting and military patrol were conducted as demonstration competitions. In the course of the ski alpine competitions, which took place for the first time, there had previously been disputes with the International Ski Federation because the IOC refused to let ski instructors take part in the competitions as professionals. The ski associations of Austria and Switzerland then boycotted the Winter Games. The logistical effort as well as the organisation of the competitions and the accommodation of the athletes were accompanied by a high number of visitors. Only with the efficient use of public transport was it possible to ensure that around 500,000 people could attend the games as spectators. The final event alone with the awarding of all medals was attended by approx. 150,000 people. Cooperation with the Reichsbahn was therefore necessary, and the Reichspost was also an important partner for radio broadcasting. The media marketing and broadcasting of the games was a prelude to the Summer Games. This shows that above all public relations work was an essential part of the work of the organising committee. At home and abroad, advertising was done for the Olympic Winter Games in order to present the Reich as a supposedly civilized and peaceful country. After it had been prevented that the USA boycotted the games because of the racist politics of Germany, the organizing committee did everything to use the Olympiad for propagandistic purposes. Karl Ritter von Halt had all signs with anti-Semitic inscriptions removed and banned anti-Jewish smear campaigns in order not to endanger the prestige object "Olympic Games". The Winter Games were a test run for the Summer Games, which is why the IOC and NOK (then the German Olympic Committee), as well as the government of the Reich, attached particular importance to them. In the presence of Adolf Hitler and numerous leading members of the NSDAP, they were opened in the ski stadium on 6 February 1936. Outstanding athletes were the Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie, the Norwegian speed skater Ivar Ballangrud and the German skier Christl Cranz. The staff of the organizing committee of the IV Olympic Winter Games included: President: Dr Karl Ritter von Halt Secretary General: Baron Peter le Fort Adjudant to the President: F. von Podewils, Raymund Nölke, Ilse Damköhler Sports organization: Hans Nölke, Renate Fischer Registration office: Anastasia Hartmann, Josephine Dangl, Toni Jeggs, Elisabeth Zehner Registration: Anni Schwab, Hans Karg, Adolf Wiedemann Head of deployment: Major Feuchtinger Traffic and Order: Captain Walter Titel, Mrs. Michael Olympic Construction Office: Joseph Dürr, Josef Hartl, Ludwig Gareis, (Arthur Vollstedt) Programme: Dr. Fritz Wasner, Ms Rönnebeck Olympic Traffic Office: Max Werneck, Max Urban, Anton Wiedemann, Heinrich Witztum, Erich Junker, Heinrich Wegener, Lina Rühling, Eva Ackert Bobsleigh top management: Alex Gruber, Hans Edgar Endres, Ms Dangl Treasurer: Friedrich Döhlemann Inventory description: Inventory history The records of the organizing committee of the IV. After the end of the Winter Games, the 1936 Winter Olympics went to the Reichsarchiv, where it remained for the time being - apart from a loan of the holdings to the Organising Committee, probably on the occasion of the 1940 Olympic Games. From 1946 the collection was in the Central State Archives of the GDR, from where it was borrowed again from 1953 to 1964, this time to the National Olympic Committee of the GDR. Copies were also made in this context. In 1964, with the exception of a few files, the holdings were returned to the Central State Archives. Since 1990 it has belonged to the holdings of the Federal Archives. The remaining 0.2 running meters, which remained with the National Olympic Committee of the GDR after 1964, were transferred from the DR 510 stock to the R 8076 stock in December 2004. A further nine archive units were subsequently transferred to R 8076 in January 2007, in the course of orderly work on various holdings, including R 8077. Archive evaluation and processing No information can be given on war-related file losses. In 1964, G. Oehmigen and W. Thilo of the Department of Contemporary History of the Research Centre at the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig drew up a list of the files on loan to the NOK of the GDR based on a file plan available in the former Reichsarchiv. In the Central State Archives of the GDR, only the first half of the stock was recorded on index cards. A new indexing took place in 2005/2006 in the Federal Archives. Since the original file titles did not appear meaningful, new titles were created and supplemented by content notes. In addition, a new classification was developed, which is oriented to the tasks of the organizing committee. In connection with the redrawing by Mathis Leibetseder, Rouven Pons and Stefan Selbmann, a post-cassation was also carried out. Due to their low information value, order slips for admission tickets, invoices for telephone calls by individual employees, receipts for Olympic badges, health stamps and documents for the payment of citizen's tax for the employees of the organising committee were collected. The photographs of the Olympic Winter Games, the German Winter Sports Championships and other sports competitions found in the collection were removed and transferred to the picture archive of the Koblenz Office of the Federal Archives. Characterisation of content: General administration: personnel 1933-1937 (44), finances 1933-1939 (84), liquidation of the committee 1935-1937 (7); preparation of the winter games: Correspondence 1932-1936 (25), meetings 1932-1937 (35), reporting 1933-1937 (23), cooperation 1927-1936 (19), awards 1933-1937 (7), sports facilities 1932-1936 (54), notifications 1934-1936 (54), tickets 1933-1936 (35), foreign exchange, transport, logistics, accommodation 1934-1936 (17), tradesmen 1934-1936 (3); organization of competitions: Public and press work 1933-1936 (112), planning and execution 1921-1936 (5), festival and supporting programme 1933-1939 (6), ice, bobsleigh and skiing 1933-1936 (54), other competitions 1933-1935 (15) State of development: online find book (2006, 2007) Citation: BArch, R 8076/...