Academy for German Law (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: Founded in 1933, since 1934 as a public corporation of the Reich subject to the supervision of Reichsju‧stizministers and Reich Minister of the Interior, responsible for the promotion and Ver‧wirklichung of the &...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Justiz
Archive for German POWs of the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz and for POW Research (holdings)
History of the Inventor: In January 1915, the Hamburgische Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz and the Frankfurter Verein vom Roten Kreuz joined forces through the Prussian Ministry of War with the aim of bringing about a unified working group of all tho...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Organizations, associations and commercial enterprises >> Social affairs, health, sports
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine (inventory)
History of the Inventor: On 21 March 1919, the Admiralty was established as the top authority of the Navy, whose chief stood on an equal footing with the chief of the army command. On 15.9. 1920 the Admiralty was renamed to Marineleitung (ML) and ...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Reichsmarine und Kriegsmarine >> Spitzenbehörden
Commanders of rear army areas (inventory)
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 ...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Reichsheer und Heer >> Befehlshaber und Kommandanturen
General building inspector for the imperial capital (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: Introduction Stones do not speak. Much less can or must entire buildings reveal the whole historical truth. National Socialism should work. Building under National Socialism also served this purpose, either direc...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Finance, Building and Regional Planning
German General of the Commander-in-Chief West in Vichy (inventory)
Inventory description: The sovereignty of the French government remained intact, with some restrictions, in the southern French territory not occupied by Germany after the German-French armistice of June 1940. Control organs of the German Armistic...
In: Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Imperial Army and Army >> Other subordinate entities
Großer Generalstab der Preußischen Armee / Supreme Army Command of the German Army (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: Tasks and Organization Essentially follows: (1) Jany, Curt: History of the Prussian Army from the 15th century to 1914, 2nd ed. Edition (= Die Königlich Preußische Armee und das Deutsche Reichsheer 1807 bis 1914...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische Armee 1867 bis 1918/1919 >> Spitzenbehörden
Military Church Offices of the Prussian Army (inventory)
Description: The Prussian military members were grouped together in military congregations, the pastoral care was carried out by a military clergy independent of the respective civil church. The military church order of 1832 established a Protesta...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische Armee 1867 bis 1918/1919 >> Weitere nachgeordnete Einrichtungen
Military Commander France and subordinate services (inventory)
Description of the stock: The military commander, France, exercised supreme authority in the parts of France occupied since 1940, with the exception of the departments of Alsace and Lorraine, which were placed under the command of the civil admini...
In: Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Central Facilities of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht >> subordinate commanders
History of the Inventor: The naval station of the Baltic Sea, built in 1853 as a naval station command in Gdansk, was moved to Kiel in 1865. The station chief had territorial authority over all naval authorities and naval parts existing in his are...
In: Prussian and Imperial Navy 1849 to 1918/1919 >> commanders
OKH / General Army Office (inventory)
Description of the existing army: It was gradually enlarged by the allocation of further departments and official groups, further expanded in terms of organisation and personnel at the outbreak of war, and finally placed under the command of the C...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Reichsheer und Heer >> Spitzenbehörden
OKW / Amt Ausland/Defense (inventory)
Inventory description: In 1920 a counterespionage group with two departments for espionage and sabotage defense in the east and west was formed in the army statistics department of the troop office. In 1935 it was used as the starting point for th...
In: Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Central Facilities of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht >> Foreign Department/Defense Office
OKW / General Wehrmacht Office (inventory)
Description of the holdings: From the independent departments of the Wehrmachtamt (from 1 March 1929 to 13 February 1936 referred to as the "Ministeramt"), the "Inland" and "Wehrmachtversorgung" departments were reorg...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Zentrale Einrichtungen der Reichswehr und der Wehrmacht >> Spitzenbehörden
OKW / Office of Defense Economics and Armament (inventory)
Inventory Description: On November 1, 1934, the Economics Department of the Heereswaffenamt was transferred to the Wehrmacht Office of the Reich Ministry of Armed Forces as the Economic and Weapons Department and renamed Wehrwirtschaftsstab (WStb)...
In: Reichswehr and Wehrmacht 1919 to 1945 >> Central Facilities of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht >> Military economy and armaments services
On April 21, 1933, Hitler appointed his personal secretary Rudolf Hess, the former head of the "Political Central Commission" of the NSDAP, as "deputy of the Führer" and authorized him to decide in his name on all matters conce...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Facilities of the NSDAP >> Reichsleitung
Presidential Chancellery (inventory)
History of the Inventor: Establishment of an office on 12 February 1919 for the processing of the duties assigned to the Reich President by the Constitution as head of state, at the same time official liaison office between the Reich President and...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Supreme Organs
Prussian War Ministry (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: Created in 1809 as the highest central authority of the Prussian Army, from 1867 also responsible for the contingents of the North German Confederation, after 1871 also for the troops in the south of Hesse and in...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische Armee 1867 bis 1918/1919 >> Spitzenbehörden
Reich Ministry of Justice (inventory)
History of the Inventor: After the unification of the court organization and the procedural law of the federal states on January 1, 1877, the legal department of the Reich Chancellery became independent as Reichsju‧stizamt (since 1919 Reich Minist...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Justiz
Reich Security Main Office (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: On October 1, 1939, summary of the (Prussian) Secret State Police Office (Ge‧stapa), the office of the Political Police Commander of the (non-Prussian) Länder, the Reich Criminal Police Office, the Security Polic...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Interior, Health, Police and SS, Folklore
Reichsstelle für das Auswanderungswesen (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: 1902-1918 Central Information Office for Emigrants, 1918-1919 Reichsamt für deutsche Rückwanderung und Auswanderung, 1919-1924 Reichsamt für deutsche Einwanderung, Rückwanderung und Auswanderung, 1924-1945 Reichs...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Foreign Affairs, Colonial and Occupation Administration
Reichswirtschaftskammer (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: 1861 Constitution of the Deutscher Handelstag as a political and professional association of merchants; 1918 Change of name to Deutscher Industrie- und Handelstag, the umbrella organisation of the Chambers of Ind...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Economy, Armament, Agriculture, Post, Traffic
Residual administration for Reich tasks (stock)
History of the Inventor: The remaining administration for Reich tasks was established on October 1, 1923 at the initiative of the Reich Savings Commissioner because of the fragmentation of the tasks resulting from the Treaty of Versailles and was ...
In: Federal Archives (Archivtektonik) >> North German Confederation and German Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Finance, Building and Regional Planning
Ship Inspection Commission of the Imperial Navy
History of the Inventory Designer: The tasks of the Ship Inspection Commission established in 1903, which began its activities in Hamburg on 01.04.1904, consisted in the examination of merchant ships for their usability for military purposes in wa...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische und Kaiserliche Marine 1849 bis 1918/1919 >> Weitere nachgeordnete Einrichtungen
History of the Inventory Designer: Tasks and Organization Essentially follows: (1) Jany, Curt: History of the Prussian Army from the 15th century to 1914, 2nd ed. Edition (= Die Königlich Preußische Armee und das Deutsche Reichsheer 1807 bis 1914...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Preußische Armee 1867 bis 1918/1919 >> Spitzenbehörden
Training offices at the Reich Aviation Ministry (with inspections and weapon generals) (inventory)
History of the Inventory Designer: 1.2.1939 Appointment of the Chief of Training to relieve the General Staff of the Luftwaffe. At first he was directly subordinate to the Inspector General of the Luftwaffe, since April 1940 to the intermediate Ch...
In: Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik) >> Norddeutscher Bund und Deutsches Reich (1867/1871-1945) >> Militär >> Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1919 bis 1945 >> Luftwaffe >> Spitzenbehörden