Period: 1700 - 1945 (1962) Scope: 8.5 linear metres = 412 units of description Cataloguing: ordered and indexed, index (2006) Citation method: AHR, 1.3.1. No. ... or AHR, associations, funeral and widow's funds, events, anniversaries, no. ... Content: 1. general information on associations and societies in Mecklenburg and Rostock (1832-1935, 2 VE) - non-profit associations, political and municipal associations (1837-1921, 12 VE) - associations for sociability, literary and scientific entertainment (1796-1909, 8 VE) - associations for civil servants and employees (1890-1939, 8 VE).- Trade, business and professional associations (1833-1934, 22 units).- Military associations (1910-1916, 4 units).- Missions, church associations (1834-1935, 6 units).- Jewish community (1868-1905, 3 units).- Freemasons, lodges (1809-1933, 4 units) - Associations for agriculture, stockbreeding, fishing and hunting (1817-1929, 15 units) - Charitable and support associations, institutions (1872-1922, 16 units).- German Red Cross (1912-1922, 8 VE) - Support associations and foundations for soldiers of the wars 1870/71 and 1914-1918 (1870-1920, 14 VE) - Associations for health care, institutions (1772-1911, 5 VE) - Associations for popular education and pedagogy (1869-1912, 5 VE) - Estate of the school councillor Erich Stegemann: National Socialist Teachers' Association (1931-1942, 15 VE).- Clubs for science and culture (1851-1939, 11 VE) - Rostock Concert Club (1877-1915, 12 VE) - Singing and music clubs (1843-1933, 10 VE) - Plattdeutsche Vereine (1898-1945, 29 VE) - Stenografenvereine (1894-1913, 2 VE) - Sport clubs (1859-1933, 15 VE) - Schützengesellschaften (1831-1939, 24 VE). 2. widow and funeral funds Witwenkasse Rostocker Gelehrter (1700-1932, 46 VE) - mortuary societies, especially agreed mortuary societies (1770-1936, 25 VE). 3. events, anniversaries, meetings and congresses (1862-1932, 19 VE) - conferences of the Hansischer Geschichtsverein and the Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung (1885-1962, 6 VE) - anniversaries and celebrations (1763-1931, 17 VE).- Landes-Gewerbe- und Industrieausstellung 1892 (1891-1893, 19 VE).- Events, exhibitions, fairs (1890-1931, 19 VE).- Music and singing festivals (1840-1921, 8 VE).- Plattdeutsche Volkstage (1820-1935, 3 VE). Overview: The beginnings of modern associations date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. Language societies, science academies and newly flourishing Freemason lodges emerged, which pursued the claim to have an educational and educational effect. The economic and intellectual development of other circles was ensured by non-profit societies, reading societies, patriotic associations and societies. In Rostock this club life began towards the end of the 18th century. A charitable society can be traced back to 1780. The Patriotic Association, founded in 1798, was mainly dedicated to the promotion of agriculture. The Societät (since 1794) and the Klub (since 1796) wanted to offer their members reading, playing and entertainment opportunities. The Society of Natural Scientists was formed in 1800 and the Philomatic Society in 1819. There were also several reading societies. The actual time of the association's foundation, however, only began with the revival of political life, especially community life, in the 1930s and 1940s. As in other cities, clubs for singing and gymnastics, for trade, for mission and nursing, for beautification of the city, election reform, worker education, dance and social entertainment were founded in Rostock during this time. Although most of the associations had a short life and little importance, in their totality they shaped the cultural life of the city. The larger associations and societies had an important and over decades consolidated position. During the war in the 19th and 20th centuries, military associations as well as support associations and foundations for soldiers were formed. The associations experienced massive restrictions in their freedom during the period of National Socialism. Numerous associations and societies were banned and dissolved or united under the umbrella of National Socialist imperial associations. Under the title "Vereine, Leichen- und Witwenkassen, Veranstaltungen, Jubiläen" ("Associations, Corpse and Widow's Box Offices, Events, Anniversaries"), the collection comprises material from various origins, areas and epochs. A directory compiled by the town archivist Ernst Dragendorff indicates that the holdings - as a collection - were already established at the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century. The numerous programmes, newspaper clippings, posters, printed statutes and annual reports are the result of systematic collecting activities. There are also documents from provenance-related collections, in particular from the estates of archivists Karl Koppmann and Ludwig Krause, the mayor Magnus Maßmann, the chemical manufacturer Friedrich Witte and the school councillor Erich Stegemann, or from the council collection. In individual cases, the documents in question are actually from the provenance of associations or societies. Some of the association files originally included in the holdings (provenance holdings) were separated in the GDR period (Rostocker Kunstverein) or assigned to existing provenance holdings (Schützenkompanie). The collection Neue Heimat - Gemeinnützige Wohnungs- und Siedlungsgesellschaft der Deutschen Arbeitsfront im Gau Mecklenburg GmbH was spun off in 2006 and classified in the trade and economy group according to the tectonics of the archive. Publications: Kohfeldt, Gustav: From the history of older associations and societies in Rostock 1. The beautification association of 1836 and the municipal facilities 2. The philomatic society, in: Beitr. Rost. 10th vol. 1917, pp. 105-119, and 12th vol. 1924, pp. 17-35 Heitz, Gerhard: Rostock as district town of the Mecklenburg Patriotic Association, in: Beitr. Rost. 23rd vol., 1999, p. 86-109 Puls, Gerd: Gelobt seist du jederzeit, Frau Musika: die Geschichte der Rostocker Singakademie, Rostock 2002 (Kleine Schriftenreihe des Archivs der Hansestadt Rostock 12) Piechulek, Ronald: Freizeitaktivitäten im Verein. The Societät - a Rostock social club, in: Rostock Zorenappels. City writer history(s), 3rd year 2009, pp. 91-92
In 1849, after the introduction of the ministerial organisation, special departments were created for the tasks of the administration of worship and medicine performed by the government or its Special Department of Education (see 2.21-1). These departments were temporarily attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then to the Ministry of Justice as departments for educational, medical and spiritual affairs. It was not until 1919 that a special ministry was established under the above-mentioned authority name, the members of which were also individually referred to as "Ministry of Education", "Ministry of Art", "Ministry of Spiritual Affairs" and "Ministry of Medicine". The competence extended to the entire area of education administration (including the University of Rostock), the administration of art institutions, the supervision of religious communities (including the supervision of foundations and institutions for pious and mild purposes) as well as all matters of medical and health care (including veterinary matters). After the transformation of the State Ministry in 1934 (Rbl. 1935, p. 3), the Ministry was renamed "State Ministry, Department of Education, Arts, Spiritual and Medical Affairs". With the ordinance of 6 Oct. 1941 (Rbl. 1941, p. 199), the previous departments were given the designation "Science, Education and Training". At the same time the affairs of the Staatstheater, the Mecklenburgische Landesbühne and the Landestheater Neustrelitz (to the State Ministry) as well as the health service (to the State Ministry, Department of the Interior) were spun off. These changes are no longer reflected in the inventory situation. The tradition for the period 1918-1945 is partly incomplete. GENERAL REGISTRATURE A. Registry of the Ministry of Justice, Department of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs: Business and service operations; personnel files. B. Registries of the Ministry of Education, the Arts, Spiritual and Medical Affairs (Includes, inter alia: (e.g. business and official operations, relations with other institutions, constitution and legislation, treasury, budgetary and accounting matters, employment of civil servants and employees). MINISTERIUM FOR INSTRUCTION A. University of Rostock I. General university affairs: Relationship with other German and foreign universities, scientific societies, academies, etc.; university associations; students; academic profession; exchange service; university reform - II. position and administration of the university: business operations; university conferences; relationship with state authority; government representative (vice chancellery); rector and senate; university archive; civil servants and employees (except faculty); university suppliers (includes, etc.: university book printing and bookstores); III. finance and budget system of the university - IV. Buildings and equipment - V. Discipline - VI. Convict and scholarships - VII. Donations and foundations - VIII. University operation: Statutes (also of other universities); Statistics (Includes: General university statistics, women's studies, working students); Lecture and personnel directories; Doctoral studies (Includes: Honorary doctorates, recognition and withdrawal of academic degrees); University publications; Summer courses, excursions; Academic celebrations and honours - IX. Faculties: General (Includes: Statutes, Deaneries); Faculty of Philosophy; Faculty of Theology; Faculty of Law and Economics; Faculty of Medicine (Includes: Teaching Operations, Doctorates, Professors and Chairs); Faculty of Agriculture (Includes: Agricultural Experimental Station).- X. University Library - XI. Institutes and Seminars: General - Humanities Institutes and Seminars (Contains: Philosophical Seminary, Linguistic and Literary Seminars, Historical and Art History Institute, Theological Seminars, Legal Seminars, Economic Seminar with Thünen Archive); Mathematical and Natural Science Institutes (Includes: Air Observatory, Natural History Museum); Medical Institutes; Other Institutes - XII. University hospitals: General; University Hospital; Medical Clinic; Surgical Clinic; Women's Clinic (with midwife school); Children's Clinic; Polyclinic for Oral and Dental Diseases; Ear Clinic; Eye Clinic; Dermatology Clinic; Psychiatric Clinic Gehlsheim (Includes, among others, the following) XIII: General service and employment conditions of professors; private lecturers (contains: personnel files A-Z according to faculties); lecturers (also personnel files); assistants; dance and fencing masters.- XIV. students: Admission and matriculation; liaison; foreign students; social services. B. Primary, middle and secondary schools I. Schools (Older General Acts 19th century to 1918 ff.): General (Contains: School regulations and school laws, school systems in other countries, pupil and education statistics, compulsory education, school associations, school years; school revisions and improvements, teaching matters, teachers); municipal schools; Romanial schools; knightly schools (also landscape rural schools); II. elementary and secondary schools (Recent General Acts 1918-1945): Elementary schools (Contains, among other things, the following: - school regulations and school laws, school systems in other countries, school statistics, compulsory education, school associations, school years; school revisions and improvements, teaching matters, teachers): School laws, school supervision, school and church, curricula, education and teaching, war preparation and war deployment, teachers, pupils); middle and secondary schools; private schools; budget and treasury bills of district treasuries - III. elementary and secondary schools (special files 18th/19th century to 1945): Stadtschulen A-Z; Landschulen A-Z; Stellen- und Diensteinkommensakten.- IV. Secondary schools: General files (contains among other things: organisation and administration, statistics, school-leaving exams); special files A-Z.-V. teacher seminars, teacher training institutions: Teacher Seminar Neukloster (also Ludwigslust); Teacher Seminar Lübtheen; University for Teacher Education Rostock/Pädagogium - VI. Special Schools: Neukloster Institution for the Blind; Ludwigslust Deaf and Mute Institution. C. Vocational and technical schools I. Vocational schools (see also 5.12-3/1): General information; Vocational schools, Generalia and Spezialia (Includes: Staatliche Gewerbeschule Schwerin, Örtliche Gewerbeschulen A-Z); Vocational schools for business administration; Rural vocational schools II. Technical schools: General information; technical colleges (Includes among others: Baugewerkschule Neustadt-Glewe, Technikum Strelitz, Baugewerkschule Sternberg, Ingenieurschule Wismar, Eisenbahnfachschulen); Seefahrtsschulen (Contains among others: Seefahrtsschule Wustrow, Navigationsvorbereitungsschulen); Handelsschulen; Hauswirtschaftsschulen; Kinderpflegerinnenschulen; Landwirtschaftliche Fachschulen (Contains among others: Individual agricultural schools, rural household schools, rural women's school Malchow). D. Adult Education Centres General; Adult Education Committees A-Z. E. Archives and libraries I. Secret and main archives/state archives Schwerin: general administration; household; buildings and inventory; archive staff; acquisitions, collections, use; historical association, commissions - II. Mecklenburgische Landesbibliothek Schwerin (see also 5.12-3/1) - III. Landesarchiv und -bibliothek Rostock - IV. Main Archive and State Library Neustrelitz - V. Public Libraries. MINISTERIUM FOR ART A. General (Includes, but is not limited to Associations, interest groups, art foundations, art collections, fine arts, concessions to acting companies, film and radio, participation in artistic undertakings, awards, scholarships). B. Theatre I. Stage associations - II. Versorgungsanstalt deutscher Bühnen - III. Hof- bzw. Staatstheater Schwerin (Contains among other things: Intendanz, household, building and inventory, performances, personnel, engagements, interim theatre, Fritz-Reuter-Bühne, open-air theatre).IV. Landestheater Neustrelitz - V. Mecklenburgische Landesbühne - VI. Sonstige Bühnen - VII. Lichtspieltheater. C. Museums I. Mecklenburgisches Landesmuseum Schwerin (Contains among others..: General Administration, Budget, Buildings and Inventory, Acquisitions, Awards, Sales, Grand Ducal Art Collections, Picture Gallery, Museum of Prints and Drawings, Coin Cabinet, Department of Prehistory, Gewerbemuseum, Military Department / Hall of Fame).- II. Wossidlo Collection (Mecklenburg Farmers' Museum) - III. local museums of local history A-Z. D. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (before 1929 Commission for the Preservation of Monuments) E. Administration of the Strelitz Castles (Includes, among other things: Castles in Neustrelitz, Hohenzieritz, Mirow, Stargard Castle, Schweizerhaus Serrahn, State Gardens, National Museum). F. Music schools G. Private music teacher. MINISTRY FOR INTELLECTUAL AFFAIRS A. General Administration Legal and Administrative Standards - Business - State and Church. B. Evangelical Lutheran Church I. Constitution, Organisation, Internal Relations - II. High Council of the Church - III. Consistory - IV. Finance and Economy - V. Church Offices (Contains: VI. theological examination commission and preaching seminar - VII. moral police - VIII. cult and pastoral care - IX. Missionary work and care of the poor - X. Military Churches - XI. Church publications - XII. Monuments, buildings and paths - XIII. parishes A-Z (contains among other things: parish and coastal places, parish buildings, churchyards) - XIV. church associations - XV. castle church - XVI. burial creature - XVII. bell ringing - XVIII. marital status. C. Other religious communities I. General (Contains among other things: Public practice of religion, spiritual budget, mixed marriages) - II. Roman Catholic Church: General (Contains among other things: Freedom of religion, monitoring of the movement of the Catholic population, relationship with the Protestant regional church, Catholic clergy, Catholic pastoral care); parishes A-Z.- III. Reformed Church (Contains above all: Reformed Church of Bützow).- IV. Israelite communities (Includes among others: V. Baptists, Irvingians, Mormons, etc. D. Foundations General - Family Foundations A-Z - Charitable Foundations and Institutes (Includes among others: Monasteries to the Holy Cross, Monastery Elevations Dobbertin). MINISTRY FOR MEDICAL ANGELECITIES A. General (Includes, but is not limited to, health conditions and medical rules). B. Medical authorities General medical administration - Medical commission - Health offices (Contains: Reichsgesundheitsamt, Landesgesundheitsamt Schwerin, Gesundheitsämter A-Z).- Landesimpfinstitut.- Landeslebensmitteluntersuchungsanstalt.- Obergutachterausschuß. C. Medical personnel Doctors (Contains, among others, Dentists and dental technicians - Pharmacists - Nursing staff - Medical trainees - Technical assistants - Food chemists. D. Hospitals and medical institutions General hospital system - Hospital statistics - State hospitals (Contains, among other things, the following Irrenpflegeanstalt Dömitz, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Schwerin-Sachsenberg, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Rostock-Gehlsheim, Kinderheim Schwerin-Lewenberg, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Domjüch) - Municipal and private hospitals (Contains among others: Caroline monastery Neustrelitz, hospitals A-Z, auxiliary hospitals) - Lung sanatoriums (contains among other things: sanatorium Amsee/Buchen, convalescent home Waldeck) - Sea baths, sea hospices, healing springs (contains among other things..: Bad Doberan, Ostseebad Neuhaus, Heiligendamm, Friedrich-Franz-Hospiz in Waren/Müritz) - children's homes and sanatoriums (Contains among others..: Bethesda Bad Sülze Children's Hospital, Anna-Hospital Schwerin, children's homes A-Z) - Elisabethheim Cripple Hospital Rostock - Other sanatoriums. E. Pharmacies General Pharmacy - Pharmaceuticals - Druggists - Pharmacies A-Z. F. Midwives (Includes: employment, midwife districts, childbed fever, etc.). G. Health care (Includes, but is not limited to District Nursing Offices, Red Cross, Infant Care, Cripple Care, Youth Welfare). H. Hygiene General sanitary conditions (Includes, but is not limited to, the following) public education, water and soil hygiene, industrial, food and housing hygiene, hygiene in seaside resorts, NS racial hygiene, funeral services) - sanitary conditions in towns and villages A-Z.- sanitary conditions in offices (districts) A-Z. I. Medical police (Includes, inter alia: Judicial autopsies and sections, abortions and interruptions of pregnancy, hypnotic notions). K. Epidemics and diseases General - Vaccination, disinfection - Individual epidemics and diseases: Cholera to typhus. L. Veterinary Veterinary Administration - Medical persons (Contains: veterinarians, district doctors, veterinary examinations) - Veterinary Conferences - State Animal Diseases Office Rostock - Slaughter cattle and meat inspection - Food and industrial hygiene - Livestock diseases (Contains, among other things, the following: - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veterinary diseases - Veter: livestock diseases law, livestock disease statistics, individual livestock diseases).- livestock breeding.- shoeing.- frog eggs.
Contains: Lotteries for the benefit of the 2nd International Painting Exhibition, Stuttgart; Colonial Lottery; Münsterbau Ulm; Münsterbau Freiburg; Graf Zeppelin; Pensionsanstalt für deutsche bildende Künstler in Weimar; Restoration of the Marienkirche in Reutlingen; Münsterbau Überlingen; Great Art Exhibition Stuttgart; Restoration of the Alexanderkirche in Marbach; Lindenmuseum in Stuttgart; Kursaal in Bad Mergentheim; Red Cross in Stuttgart; Badisches Rotes Kreuz; Verband der Gewerbevereine in Stuttgart; Stuttgarter Säuglingsheim; Württembergische Invaliden
Six fiches. Contains: FICHE NR. 55 1 - n.d. "Mission people we want to think of" (printed) - 1940. "Birthdays of the mission brothers and sisters who are still in India and Africa." - o.O., o.J. "The situation of the Germans in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a under mandate and in British East Africa in the first weeks of the war." - Berlin 1939: German Evangelical Mission Council. Department for foreign exchange claims on Ev.-luth. Mission to Leipzig. Circular No. 181, No. 189 - Berlin 1939. Mission Director Knak to Leipzig Mission - Leipzig 1939. "List of our African mission workers." - Leipzig 1939. "List of our Indian mission workers" - translation. 1939. letterhead: Svenska Kyrkans Missionsstyrelse - Trichinopoly 1939. Svenska Kyrkans Missionssryrelse to the Ag. president T.E.L.C. (English) - 1939. Neudettelsauer Mission an Leipziger Mission (concerning letter contact to internees) - o.O. 1939. Wagner an Missionsdirektor - Madras 1939. "Memorandum From The detained Missionaries of L.E.L.M. To The Swedish Home-Board, Upsala (English) - Pandur 1939. Happy to parents, sisters and brothers (English) - 1939. ? to Otto - Basel 1939. Leuschner an Ihmels - Marangu 1939. Tscheuschner an Loertscher (copy) - Uppsala 1939. Westman an Missionsdirektor (2 letters) - 1939. Leipziger Mission an Otto, D.E.M.R. Abteilung für Devisenanforderer, Berlin. - Leipzig 1939. "The Leipzig Mission in East Africa" - 1939. "Summary of the report ... of Rev. Rother..." - 1939: An Wegner - 1939: An Missionsdirektor Epperlein, Neuendettelsau (contact to internal missionaries) - 1939: An Knak (2 letters) - Machame 1939: Knabe an Blom (copy; English) - Basel 1939: Leuschner an Ihmels (3 letters) - Tranquebar 1939: Heller and others to the "Lieben daheim" - Berlin 1939: Auswärtiges Amt an Kollegium - 1939. Mission Director to Foreign Office (2 letters) - 1939. An Ronicke - 1939. An Westmann - Kumbakonam 1939. Paul an Mission Director (translation) - Machame 1939. Rother an "Herr Doktor" (translation) - 1939. An Lokies - 1939. An Gäbler - 1939. An Hartenstein - Leipzig 1939. An Rother - St. Stephan 1939. Bringold an Missionsdirektor - o.J. List "From the Leipzig Mission are located: In the camp:.... At the wards:..." - Shira 1939. Kokel to "Sister Hedwig" (copy) - Machame 1939. Excerpt from a letter of Schwärs - Leipzig 1939. To Sister Matthes - 1939. An Leuschner - 1940. An Gäbler (copy) - Tranquebar 1940. "Selma" and "Karl" to parents and sister (English; copy; 2 letters) - Marangu 1940. Tscheuschner to parents (translation), with addition of Hobitzsch - o.O., o.J. "Erhard" to parents and brothers and sisters (copy) - 1940. An Auswärtiges Amt (concerning password question; copy) - 1940. An Stricke - 1940. An Sedlmayr - Shiyali 1940. "Anne" and "Hans" to family (copy) - Rackith 1940. Heinemann an Fritze - Leipzig 1940. "To the missionary brothers and sisters returning home from East Africa" (or missionaries; 2 letters). FICHE NR. 55 2 - Leipzig 1940 "An die Mitgleider des Kollegiums" (transcript) - Frankfurt a M 1940. Fritze an Missionsdirektor - Machame 1940. transcript resp. excerpt from 2 letters of Schwärs - 1940. An Fritze - Pandur 1940 Heller an Mission Director - 1940. An Buchholz (transcript) - 1940. Matthes an Mission Director - Marangu 1940. "Hildegard" and "Ernst" an Freunde / Eltern (7 letters) - 1940. An Meyner - 1940. An Karberg - Marangu 1940. Copy of a letter from Fuchs - Sopron, Hungary 1940. Weiler an Missionsleitung - Machame 1940. "Renate" an "Meine Lieben alle" - 1940. An Leuschner - Leipzig 1940. Ihmels "An die Angehörigen unserer Missionare und Schwestern" (2 letters) - Berlin o.J. Auswärtiges Amt (betr. Verhaltensregeln der britischen Behörden für deutsche Frauen) - Bonyhád, Hungary. Weiler an Missionsgesellschaft - Marangu 1940. Rother an "junger Freund und Amtsbruder" (concerning report of the present situation) - Berlin 1940. Auswärtiges Amt (concerning transfer of "Zivilinternierten aus Deutsch-Ostafrika" to South Africa) - 1940. Excerpt from a letter of a missionary from Alt-Moshi - Basel 1940. Leuschner to Ihmels - Leipzig 1940. To the relatives of Rother, Stapf, Blumer, Schwär, Pätzig, Hohenberger - 1940. Majos, u.p. Bonyád, Hungary. An Weiler - Berlin 1940. German Evangelical Mission Council, Department for Foreign Exchange Requirements for Mission to Leipzig (concerning support for missionaries in need in internment camps) - 1940. An Otto (Department for Foreign Exchange Requirements) with list of the missionaries of the Leipzig Mission in the internment camp Pretoria / Daressaalam - Berlin 1940. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft an Ihmels - Berlin 1940. Knak an Leipziger Mission - 1940. An Vogt (concerning finances) - 1940. An Knak - Berlin 1940. Knak to Leipziger Mission (concerning book consignment for interned missionaries) - 1940. To the Church External Office of the German Evangelical Church (concerning book consignments for interned missionaries) - 1940. To Knak - 1941. To the Evangelische Hilfswerk für Internierte und Kriegsgefangene bei dem Kirchlichen Außenamt der Deutschen Evangelischen Kirche (Betr. Büchersendungen) - "Third leaflet on the situation of the Germans in British India; the Interneirungslager auf Ceylon und Jamaica. (as of January 1941)" - Berlin o.J. Auswärtiges Amt - List of books sent in 1941 - Bethel 1941. Trittelvitz (copy) - Leipzig 1941. "To the relatives of our missionaries and sisters" - 1941. Mission Director to Foreign Office - "Mission people we want to think of" (printed) - Berlin 1941. Federal Foreign Office - 1941. An Knak - 1941. An Missionsinspektor Braun - Berlin 1941. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft an Ihmels (2 letters) - Berlin 1941. Federal Foreign Office (2 issues) - "Third fact sheet on the situation of the Germans in East Africa, South Africa and West Africa (as at June 1941)" (printed). FICHE NR. 55 3 - Continued (with map of the Baviaanspoort internment camp) - "Leaflet on the situation of the Germans in Dutch Guyana (Suriname), Curacao and British West Indies (Jamaica)". (printed) Ed. true. Auswärtiges Amt (with 2 printed photographs) - map "Der nördliche Teil von Surinam" - Berlin 1941. Auswärtiges Amt (4 letters) - Leipzig 1941. Ihmel's "Nachrichten aus Indien" - list "Keine Buch-Sendung an: ..." (no books sent to: ...) - 1941. To the Presidium of the German Red Cross (5 letters; concerning gifts of love) - List of sent books - Leipzig 1941. "To the relatives of our missionaries and sisters." - Federal Foreign Office "Fourth leaflet on the situation of the Germans in British India and on Ceylon (September 1941; printed) with 4 printed photographs - Potsdam 1941. German Red Cross at Leipzig Mission (concerning "Liebesgaben für Kriegsgefangene und Zivilinternierte"; with order card; 2 letters) - 1941. Mission Director to Federal Foreign Office - "Fourth fact sheet on the situation of the Germans in East Africa, South and Southwest Africa and Southern Rhodesia (as of December 1941; printed; with 10 pictures from the Baviaanspoort camp in South Africa). FICHE NR. 55 4 - continued (2 more pictures) - Berlin o.J. Auslandsbriefprüfstelle - "Fifth information sheet on the situation of the Germans in British India and on Caylon (status December 1941)" (printed; with 22 pictures from the internment camps) - o.O., o.J. "Mission people we want to think of" (printed) - o.O., o.J. "Our internees in Africa" - Potsdam o.J. DRK Department for the sending of love gifts to prisoners of war and civilian internees - "Addresses of our internees". - 1942. An Wagner - 1942. An Bachmann, Ev. Hilfswerk für Internierte und Kriegsgefangene - Lampertswalde 1942. Handmann an Ihmels (2 letters) - Berlin 1942. Knak an "die die Missionsgesellschaften, die in den Internierungs-Camps der hosindlichen Staaten gehört gehört." (Those missionary societies which have relatives in the internment camps of the enemy states). - 1942. An Handmann - 1942. An DRK (2 letters; concerning love gifts for prisoners of war and civilian internees) - 1942. An Knak (2 letters) - "Proposal for the exchange of internees." (2x) - 1942. An Gutmann - Leipzig 1942. Post Office 2 an Leipziger Mission - 1942. An Alt - 1942. i.A. Secretary Hempel an Knak - 1942. An Müller - 1942. An Olpp - Leipzig 1942. Ihmels to "Dear friends" - Auswärtiges Amt "Zweites Merkblatt über die Lage der Deutschen in Holländisch-Guyana, Curacao und Jamaica (Stand Mai 1942)" with 9 photographs and map of the camp "Copieweg" (printed) - 1942. i.A. Hempel an Schliemann - Berlin 1942. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft an Ihmels. FICHE NR. 55 5 - continued - 1942-1943. an Knak / Berliner Missionsgesellschaft (4 letters) - 1942-1943. an das Hilfswerk für Internierte und Kriegsgefangene (3 letters) - 1942. an Ronnicke - 1942. an das DRK, Präsidium - 1942. an Schlunk - "Bibelleseplan 1943" (Bible Reading Plan 1943) (typewritten) - Tübingen 1943. German Evangelical Mission Council to "Messrs. Mission Directors H. Berner - Barmen, D.Dr.C. Ihmels - Leipzig, and D. S. Knak - Berlin." - 1943 Letter to Lange; to Schlunk - Tübingen 1943. German Evangelical Mission Council to members 1943. Lange to Leipzig Mission - "New rules for book mailings" - 1943. To Pompe, Evangelical Relief Society for internees and prisoners of war (2 letters) - Leipzig 1943. To staff - Tübingen 1943. Crown "Dear Volksgenossen" (transcript; report on Camp Salisbury II) - Liebenau 1943. Federal Foreign Office - 1944. An DRK - 1944. An den Verlag "Der Rufer" - Leipzig 1944. Ihmels an "unsere internierten Missiongeschwister" - Leipzig 1944. "Missiongeschwister" (with signatures of all "gathered") - 1944. An Knak - "Anschriften der Leipziger Missionare" - Berlin 1944. Knak an "die Missionsgesellschaften, die Stücke der EMZ in die Internierungslager schicken." (To the publishing house "Der Rufer" - Leipzig 1944.) (EMZ = "Evangelische Missionszeitschrift") - Berlin 1944. Knak to "the German Protestant missionaries in internment camps." - "List of interned missionaries to whom the EMZ will be dispatched." - Berlin 1944. Berlin Mission Society (Old) to the Leipzig Mission - Neuendettelsau 1944. Mission Institute to Ihmels - Breklum 1944. Schleswig-Holstein ev.luth. Missionsgesellschaft an Knak; Ihmels; Lokies; Freytag - Leipzig 1944. Copy of an annual report by Matthes - 1944. Mission director to mission director Pörksen - 1944. An Schlunk - 1944. An Auswärtige Amt - Berlin 1944. Ev. Hilfswerk für Internierte und Kriegsgefangene beim Außenamt der Deutschen Ev. Kirche an Leitung der Ev.luth. mission in Leipzig - Berlin 1944. foreign office to Leipziger mission - Leipzig 1944. Ihmels to brothers and sisters - 1944. to Vogt - 1944. to Ev. Hilfswerk für Internierte .... - 1944: An Knak - Leipzig 1944: Ihmels to the "relatives of our internees" - Leipzig 1945: Ihmels to the staff - 1945: To the Swedish Consulate - 1945: To the military government Leipzig, attn. of the Department of Education and Religion - Leipzig 1945. To brothers and sisters (2 letters) - 1945. To National Lutheran Council, New York (2 letters) - Berlin 1945. Beythan an Ihmels - 1945. An Engdahl-Thygesen - Leipzig 1945. Ihmels an Gäbler, Röver, Pätzig, Mergner. FICHE NR. 55 6- - o.O. 1945. Leuschner an Ihmels - St. Stephan 1945. Bringold an Ihmels - Salisbury 1945. Bringold an Bringolds - 1944. Heller an Freunde - o.O., o.J. Otto Tiedt to "Walter" (Bringold) (2 letters) - 1946. Leuschner to Ihmels (3 letters) - Leipzig 1946. Ihmels to Knutson - 1946. To Walter (2 letters) - Berlin 1946. Berliner Missionsgesellschaft to Ihmels; Vogt; Ronicke - 1946. An Bier - 1946. An Engdahl-Thygesen - 1946. An Bringold - St. Stephan 1946. Bringold an Ihmels (2 letters) - Leipzig 1946. Ihmels "An unsere internierten Mitarbeiter" - Leipzig 1946. Copy of a letter from Stefano Moshi
Leipziger MissionswerkContains: among other things collection of newspaper reports about monument consecration war memorial a. "Black Lord" and on cemetery Wachenheim 15.7.1928; mixed letters and prints; circular letter concerning elections z. Landwirtschaftskammer, 1906 (to mayor's office!); printed instruction for the leadership of the local chronicles (by the clergymen), 1857; print: Facts. The letter sent by the French Protestants to the Protestants of the neutral states, answered by Dr. Adolf Bolliger, Pfarrer v. Zürich-Neumünster, Konstanz [1915]; vertraul. Print: Liebesgaben dt. Geistlicher und seelsorgerliche Hilfe für kriegsgefangene Deutsche (Verf. F. M. Knote, ca. 1915/16); Aufruf/Sammelliste der Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte, June 1918 (with collection result of 612 Marks; note: put into circulation by the board of the Frauenverein Mölsheim, second ex.); various collections and collection lists Rev. Müller 1915-1919 (e.g. for prisoners of war, ambulance train; sacrificial day for the colonial war donation Aug. 1918; call for the donation of Christmas gifts, with collection list; donation for infant and toddler protection); 25th anniversary of Kaiser. National donation for the mission (1913); Sacrifice Day for the German Fleet, 1.10.1916 (donor lists); Kaiser and Volksdank for army and fleet. Christmas Gift of the German People: Collection List; Call: Heimatdank an heimkehrte deutsche Kriegsgefangene, April 1918 (Worms district; Grand Duke, Red Cross), including: lists of results of the collection; government circular concerning education of the rural population about the situation (including food security), Oct. 1916; Volks-Emden-10-Pfennig-Spende, Nov. 1914; implementation of a war economic course in Frankfurt May 1917; Der ev. Heidenbote. Organ of the Evangelical Mission Society in Basel 88th year no. 6, June 1915 (obituary to fallen Georg Jung, born 11.9.1892 Mölsheim, died Westfront 25.03.1915); Kirchlich-statistische Tabelle ev. Pfarrei Mölsheim-Wachenheim für 1949; Reisebescheinigung Pfr. Reinhard Müller, April 1915 (Worms-Wachenheim); questionnaire (executed) of the Oberkonsistorium to the parish offices concerning war work of the evangelical church, April 1919 (among other things collection results); further letters; leaflet for field postings, Dec. 1914; call of the Hess. Landesverein vom Roten Kreuz 2.8.1914 zum Kriegsbeginn: Aufforderung zu Gelabenaben); Collection list for the Red Cross, 1914 (Wachenheim); List of nurses from Mölsheim and Wachenheim; various other collection lists, e.g. Nationalstiftung für die Hinterbliebenen der im Krieg Gefallenen, 1915; Call for the Ludendorff donation (in favour of war-damaged persons), May 1918 (Chairman of the Vereinigung für Kriegsbeschädigtenfürsorge im Kreis Worms: C. W. Frhr. v. Heyl, MdR, Wirkl. Rat); Call for the delivery of eggs, Confirmations of egg deliveries (here: as poultry farmer Pfarrer Müller, Wachenheim) Darin: hs. Welcoming speech on the occasion of the arrival of the 1st expellee transport in Wachenheim 16.6.1950 (56 persons, ev. priest); egg duty 1919; Red Cross bandage priest Müller; Wormser Zeitung v. 02.02.1915; cover with various food stamps (e.g. bread card, bread stamps, bread coupons; Reichsfleischkarten, Zuckerkarte; also soap card of the municipal association of Worms, charcoal card, twist card); card: Sammel-Hilfsdienst der Schuljugend des Kreises Worms
History of the inventor: Joseph Goebbels, who had already been head of the NSDAP's Reich Propaganda Department since 1929, had certainly developed plans for a Ministry of Propaganda even before the seizure of power.(1) The Reichskabinett (Reich Cabinet) dealt with the issue of the Propaganda Department on 11 September. The arguments for the foundation, which the Reich Chancellor (Hitler) himself presented, sounded extremely harmless ex post and far from future realities: "One of the predominant tasks of this ministry would be the preparation of important acts of government. On the oil and fat issue, for example, which now occupies the cabinet, the people should be enlightened in the direction that the farmer would perish if something were not done to improve the sale of his products. The importance of this matter also for the war measures would have to be pointed out ..." Government action would only begin if the awareness-raising work had taken place and worked for some time. ..."(2) On 16 March 1933, however, Goebbels described the future tasks of his ministry programmatically three days after his appointment in a remarkably open manner in front of press representatives: "If this government is now determined never to give way again, never and under no circumstances, then it need not make use of the dead power of the bayonet, then in the long run it will not be able to be satisfied with knowing 52 percent behind it ..., but it will have to see its next task in winning the remaining 48 percent for itself. This is not only possible through objective work". And about the nature of his propaganda he proclaimed: "Not any aesthete can judge the methods of propaganda. A binding judgment can only be given on the basis of success. For propaganda is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.(3) A timid attempt by Hugenberg to at least delay the decision to establish the Ministry of Propaganda in the cabinet meeting of March 11, 1933 failed miserably. Already on 13 March 1933 the law on the establishment of the RMVP was signed by the Reich President and the "writer" Dr. Goebbels was appointed minister.(4) Almost three weeks later, on 5 April 1933, Goebbels noted in his diary: "The organisation of the ministry is finished".(5) In difficult negotiations(6) with the ministries, which had to cede parts of their competences to the new ministry, the responsibilities were determined in detail. The RMVP was responsible for all tasks relating to intellectual influence on the nation, advertising for the state, culture and economy, informing the domestic and foreign public about them, and the administration of all institutions serving these purposes. As a result, the business area of the RMVP will be: 1. from the business area of the Federal Foreign Office: News and education abroad, art, art exhibitions, film and sports abroad. 2. From the RMI division: General Domestic Enlightenment, Hochschule für Politik, introduction and celebration of national holidays and celebration of national holidays with the participation of the RMI, press (with Institute for Newspaper Science), radio, national anthem, German Library in Leipzig, art (but without art-historical institute in Florence, copyright protection for works of literature and art, directory of nationally valuable works of art, German-Austrian Convention on the Export of Art, Protection of Works of Art and Monuments, Protection and Maintenance of Landscape and Natural Monuments, Nature Parks, Preservation of Buildings of Special Historical Importance, Preservation of National Monuments, Verband Deutscher Vereine für Volkskunde, Reich Memorial), Music Conservation, including the Philharmonic Orchestra, Theatre Matters, Cinema, Combating Trash and Dirt 3. From the business areas of the Reich Ministry of Economics and the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture: Economic Advertising, Exhibitions, Trade Fairs and Advertising 4. From the business areas of the Reich Ministry of Posts and the Reich Ministry of Transportation: Traffic Advertising Furthermore, all radio matters dealt with by the Reich Ministry of Posts and the Reich Ministry of Transportation are transferred from the business area of the Reich Ministry of Posts, unless they concern the technical administration outside the premises of the Reich Broadcasting Company and the radio companies. In matters of technical administration, the RMVP shall be involved to the extent necessary to carry out its own tasks, in particular in determining the conditions for the awarding of broadcasting rights and the regulation of fees. In particular, the representation of the Reich in the Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft and the broadcasting companies is fully transferred to the RMVP. The RMVP is in charge of all tasks, including legislation, in the designated areas. The general principles shall apply to the participation of the other Reich Ministers." (RGBl. 1933 I, p. 449) These competences were exercised by seven departments, so that the business distribution plan of 1 Oct. 1933 (7) shows the following picture: Ministerial office (with five employees), directly subordinated to the Minister. State Secretary, at the same time Head of Press of the Reich Government I. Administration and Law with one main office Administration, three departments as well as the registry II. Propaganda with 10 departments 1. Positive world view propaganda, shaping in state life, press photography 2. Jewish question, foundation for victims of work, Versailles treaty, national literature, publishing etc. 3. Demonstrations and regional organisation 4. Opposing world views 5. German University of Politics 6. Youth and sports issues 7. Economic and social policy 8. Agricultural and eastern issues 9. Transport 10. Public health III. Broadcasting with three sections 1. Broadcasting 2. Political and cultural affairs of broadcasting 3. Organisation and administrative issues of German broadcasting IV. Press, simultaneously press department of the Reich government with eleven papers V. Film with three papers VI. Theatre, music and art with three papers VII. Defence (defence against lies at home and abroad) with eight papers Goebbels was obviously not satisfied with the official title of his ministry. The extensive tasks in the fields of culture and the arts did not come into their own and the word propaganda, of which he was aware, had a "bitter aftertaste" (8). His proposal to rename his department "Reichsministerium für Kultur und Volksaufklärung", however, met with Hitler's rejection. (9) In July 1933, a circular issued by the Reich Chancellor drew the attention of the Reich governors to the exclusive competence of the Reich or of the new Ministry for the above-mentioned competences and called on them to cede to the RMVP any existing budget funds and offices of the Länder. (10) At the same time, 13 regional offices were established as the substructure of the Ministry, the sprinkles of which corresponded approximately to those of the regional employment offices, and 18 imperial propaganda offices, which subdivided the territory of the regional offices once again. After the Reichspropagandastellen were already converted after short time (approx. 1934) to Landesstellen, in each Gau of the NSDAP a Landesstelle of the RMVP was located. Their leaders were in personal union at the same time leaders of the Gaupropagandaleitungen of the NSDAP, which in its leadership, the Reichspropagandalleitung, was also perceived by Goebbels in personal union. (11) As a result, conflicts of loyalty between the Gaupropaganda leaders/leaders of the RMVP regional offices were unavoidable in disputes between Goebbels and individual Gauleiters. According to theory, the regional offices were supposed to monitor and implement the political decisions made in the ministry in the individual districts, but in practice their heads were often more dependent on their respective Gauleiter than on the ministry due to the above-mentioned personal union. By the Führer decree of 9 September 1937 (RGBl. 1937 I, p. 1009), the Landesstellen were renamed Reichspropagandaämter and elevated to Reich authorities. After the integration of Austria there were no less than 42 Reichspropagandaämter with 1400 full-time employees. (12) In addition to the state offices and Reich Propaganda Offices, a whole range of offices, organizations, associations, societies and societies soon developed, which are to be counted to the subordinate area of the Ministry. (13) Despite the apparently clear regulation on the responsibilities of the RMVP, the 13 years of its existence were marked by disputes over responsibilities with other ministries, in particular with the ministers Rust, Rosenberg and Ribbentrop, of whom Goebbels, as is known, held very little personally. Successes and failures in the competence disputes cannot be followed in detail here; they depended to a large extent on Hitler's relationship with Goebbels. For example, Goebbels did not succeed in extending his competence in theatre to the Prussian State Theatres in Berlin. By contrast, in 1943 the RMVP assumed responsibility for carrying out the Eastern propaganda, while Rosenberg, as Reich Minister for the occupied Eastern territories, was left with only the authority to issue guidelines. (14) In the conflict with the Federal Foreign Office over the delimitation of responsibilities for foreign propaganda, an arrangement was reached in a working agreement in October 1941. (15) Wehrmacht propaganda also remained long and controversial. Despite many efforts (16), Goebbels did not succeed in making a decisive break in the competencies of the OKW/Wpr department until the end of the war in March 1945. Propaganda into the Wehrmacht and about the Wehrmacht at home and abroad was then to be taken in charge by the RMVP. It is not possible to determine whether the planned organizational consequences have yet been implemented. (17) Another major success for Goebbels was the establishment of the Reichsinspektion für zivile Luftschutzmaßnahmen (Reich Inspection for Civilian Air Defence Measures), which was headed by the RMVP (18), and his appointment as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War Operations by Führer Decree of 25 July 1944 (19). For the last months of the Third Reich, Goebbels had reached the zenith of power with this function, apart from his appointment as Reich Chancellor in Hitler's last will and testament of April 29, 1945, which had become effective only theoretically. As Reich Plenipotentiary for the total deployment in war, he had extremely far-reaching powers over the entire state apparatus with the exception of the Wehrmacht. (20) Until that date, the competences of the RMVP had changed only slightly in the main features of all disputes over jurisdiction. That it nevertheless grew enormously and steadily until 1943 (21) was mainly due to diversification and intensification in the performance of its tasks. After 1938, the expansive foreign policy of the Third Reich necessitated further propaganda agencies to direct and influence public opinion in the incorporated and occupied territories. In the occupied territories with civil administrations, "departments" (main departments) for "popular enlightenment and propaganda" were usually set up in the territories with military administration, "propaganda departments", which exercised roughly the functions of the Reich Propaganda Offices. Their position between their superior military services and the RMVP, which sought to influence the content of the propaganda and from where part of the personnel came, was a constant source of conflict. As an indication for the weighting of the individual areas of responsibility of the Ministry in relation to each other, the expenditures for the individual areas in the 10 years from March 1933 to March 1943 are mentioned. With a total volume of 881,541,376.78 RM (22), the expenses for the Active propaganda: 21.8 Communications: 17.8 Music, visual arts, literature: 6.2 Film: 11.5 Theatres: 26.4 Civil servants and equipment: 4.3 Salaries, business needs, including film testing agencies and RPÄ: 12.0 By 1942, the RMVP and its division had been continuously expanded, before facilities in the subordinate area were shut down and departments in the ministry were merged as part of the total war from 1943 onwards. The business distribution plan of Nov. 1942 was as follows: (23) Ministerial Office, reporting directly to the Minister with adjutants, personal advisers and press officers of the Minister, a total of 10 employees State Secretaries Leopold Gutterer, Reich Press Head Dr. Otto Dietrich, Hermann Esser Budget Department (H) with 11 departments; reporting to the Head of the Department, the Main Office and the House Administration Personnel Department (Pers) with seven departments Legal and Organisation Department (R) with three departments Propaganda Department (Pro) with the following ten departments: 1. Political Propaganda 2. Cultural Propaganda 3. Propaganda Exploration 4. Public Health, Social Policy 5. Economy 6. Imperial Propaganda Offices 7. Major Events 8. Youth and Sports 9. Representation 10. Budget of the Department, Preparation of the Peace Treaties, Stagma and other Press Department of the Imperial Government I. Department German Press (DP) with 13 Speeches II. Foreign Press Department (AP) with 19 papers III. Journal Press Department /ZP) with five papers Foreign Press Department (A) with the following five groups: 1. Organization 2. Europe and Middle East 3. Non-European 4. Propaganda Media 5. Deployment abroad and in the Reich Tourism Department (FV) with four units Broadcasting Department (Rfk) with the following eight units 1. Coordination, Interradio and others 2. Broadcasting Command Office 3. Mob Department 4. Broadcasting Programme Support 5. Foreign Broadcasting 6. Broadcasting Industry 7. Broadcasting Organisation 8. Rundfunk-Erkundungsdienst Filmabteilung (F) with five departments Schrifttumsabteilung (S ) with eight departments Theaterabteilung (T) with seven departments Bildende Kunst (BK) with four departments Musik-Abteilung (M) with ten departments Reichsverteidigung (RV) with six departments Abteilung für die besetztischen Ostgebiete (Ost) with twelve departments Generalreferate with State Secretary Gutterer directly subordinated: 1. Exhibitions and Fairs 2nd General Cultural Department (General Cultural Department for the Reich Capital) 3rd General Department for Reich Chamber of Culture Matters 4th Technology (propaganda, radio, film, sound, stage, press, service installations of the RMVP) Press Recording Office for the PK reports of the Press Department of the Reich Government (directly subordinated to the Reich Press Head) A major change in this distribution of responsibilities took place in September 1944 (24). The art departments of theatre, music and visual arts were dissolved and merged into a single department of culture (cult). The East Department was integrated into the Propaganda Department as a main department, the Tourism Department was shut down and the General Departments of the Reich Cultural Chamber, Armaments and Construction and Propaganda Troops were dissolved. Notes (1) J. Goebbels: Vom Kaiserhof zur Reichskanzlei, p. 28. (2) R 43 II/1149, p. 5, excerpt from the minutes of the ministerial meeting of 11 March 1933. (3) R 43 II/1149, pp. 25 - 29, wording of Goebbels' speech of 16 March 1933 according to W. T. B. (4) R 43 II/1149, RGBl. 1933 I, p. 104 (5) J. Goebbels: Vom Kaiserhof zur Reichskanzlei, p. 293 (6) In an elaboration presumably by Goebbels on a "Reichskommissariat für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda" to be created (R 43 II/1149, pp. 49 - 53) further competences had been demanded. In particular, additional responsibilities were demanded of the German section of the RMI and section VI of the AA, as well as in foreign propaganda. (7) R 43 II/1449, pp. 126 - 133. Heiber gives a diagram of the organisational development of the RMVP at department level with the names of the department heads on the inside of the cover of his Goebbels biography. (8) See speech to representatives of the press on the tasks of the RMVP of 16 March 1933 in R 43 II/1149. It was not without reason that there was a language regulation for the press according to which the term propaganda was to be used only in a positive sense (R 55/1410, Decree of the RMVP to the RPA Nuremberg, 8 Nov. 1940). (9) R 43 II/1149, p. 169, Note by Lammers of 9 May 1934 on a lecture to the Reich Chancellor. (10) R 43 II/1149. (11) After the establishment of the Reichskulturkammer organization, they were also state cultural administrators in the substructure of the RKK. (12) Boelcke, Kriegspropaganda, p. 185. (13) Ebendort, p. 136 ff. there are hints for some institutions. (14) The Führer's order concerning the delimitation of responsibilities dated 15 Aug. 1943, cf. R 55/1435, 1390. (15) Boelcke, Kriegspropaganda, p. 126/127. (16) Lochner, Joseph Goebbels, p. 334, p. 442. (17) R 55/618, p. 123; cf. also the depiction of Hasso v. Wedel, the propaganda troops of the German Wehrmacht. Neckargemünd 1962, Die Wehrmacht im Kampf, vol. 34 (18) Führer decree of Dec. 21, 1943, R 55/441 (19) RGBl. 1944, p. 161, R 43 II/664 a. (20) This competence is virtually not reflected in the RMVP files available in the BA. However, it is well documented in R 43 II. See R 43 II/664 a. (21) See the annual budget negotiations on increasing the number of posts in R 2/4752 - 4762. (22) R 55/862, Statistical overview of monetary transactions. Accordingly, 88,5 % of the expenditure was covered by the licence fee. It remains unclear whether the old budgetary expenditure has been taken into account. (23) R 55/1314 According to this schedule of responsibilities, the files held in the Federal Archives were essentially classified. (24) Newsletter of 13 Sept. 1944 in R 55/441. Inventory description: Inventory history The RMVP records have suffered substantial losses, although the main building of the Ministry, the Ordenspalais am Wilhelmplatz, was destroyed relatively late and almost accidentally in March 1945. Large parts of the old registries, including the previous files from the Federal Foreign Office and the Reich Ministry of the Interior (1), had already been destroyed by air raids in 1944. Moreover, in the last days of the war before and during the conquest of Berlin by the Soviet Russian army, files were also systematically destroyed. (2) In view of the total collapse and devastation of Berlin by the air war, it is not surprising that hardly any manual or private files of RMVP employees have been handed down. Notable exceptions are, in particular, documents from Ministerialrat Bade (press department) (3) and hand files of the head of the broadcasting department, Ministerialdirigent Fritzsche. In this context, the diaries of Goebbels should also be mentioned, which, with the exception of those edited by Lochner in 1948, had been lost for almost 30 years. (4) The bulk of the volumes available in the Bundesarchiv Koblenz until 1996 was transferred from Alexandria (cf. Guide No. 22) and from the Berlin Document Center to the Bundesarchiv in the years 1959 - 1963. The personnel files still held back were added to the portfolio in 2007. The RMVP files kept by the Ministry of State Security of the GDR (mainly personnel files, personnel processes of the theatre, music and defence departments), which were stored in the so-called NS archive until 2006, are also assigned to the holdings. Not in Allied hands was only a small collection from the Music Department and some documents from the German Press Department, which were transferred to the Federal Archives in 1969 as part of the land consolidation with the Secret State Archives of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. Some original RMVP files can still be found at the Hoover Institution Standford, the Yivo Institute New York and the Wiener Library London. Fortunately, all three institutions were willing to produce microfilms for the Federal Archives (5). In 1974, the Rijksinstitut voor Oologsdocumentatie Amsterdam (Rijksinstitut for Oologsdocumentatie Amsterdam) kindly handed over some original fragments of files to the Federal Archives. In 1946, officers of the French and Soviet secret services found films of about 35,000 documents that had been filmed in the RMVP and buried near Potsdam at the end of the war with the help of an American mine detector (6). The films were taken to Paris to make re-enlargements of them, and it is possible that they will still be kept in the French secret service. The Americans apparently did not receive copies because they had withheld from the French documents of other provenance found in the CSSR. Only incomplete information is available about the content of the films; it can be assumed, however, that not exactly unimportant files have been filmed. Notes (1) Only a few handfiles and a few volumes on the promotion of music have survived. (2) Files of the Reichsfilmarchiv that had been moved to Grasleben/Helmstedt were even to be destroyed by agents of the RSHA when they threatened to fall into the hands of the English (cf. R 55/618). (3) Cf. Kl. Erw. 615, which is a selection of the bath papers from the time around 1933 in the Hoover library. (4) Frankfurter Allgemeine, 21 Nov. 1974, reader's letter. Insignificant fragments from Goebbels' estate from his student days can be found in the Federal Archives under the signature Kl. Erw. 254. (5) A collection of newspaper clippings concerning Goebbels in the amount of 82 Bde for the years 1931 - 1943 was not filmed at the Yivo-Institut. (6) See the documents in: National Archives Washington, RG 260 OMGUS 35/35 folder 19. Archival processing The order and indexing work on the holdings was relatively time-consuming and difficult, as the order of the files was extremely poor. On the one hand there were no detailed file plans or other registry aids for the mass of files from the budget and personnel departments, on the other hand the file management in the ministry, which at least in its development phase was always deliberately unbureaucratic, left a lot to be desired. Especially during the war, when inexperienced auxiliaries had to be used more and more during the war, the Ministry's staff often complained about the inadequacy of the registries. The organisation of the RMVP's records management showed typical features of office reform (1): Registries were kept on a departmental basis, with each registry having a "self-contained partial list of files". The documents were stored in standing folders (System Herdegen). Instead of a diary, an alphabetical mailing card was kept, separated according to authorities and private persons. The reference numbers consisted of the department letter, file number, date as well as an indication, on which card of an order file the procedure was seized. All in all, the files of the Budget and Human Resources Department were in a certain, albeit unsatisfactory, state of order when they entered the Federal Archives. Numerous volumes from the other departments, on the other hand, were formed in a chaotic manner, possibly as a result of a provisional recording of loose written material when it was confiscated. These were often amorphous and fragmentary materials that lacked the characteristics of organically grown writing. So it was practically impossible to form meaningful band units in all subjects. In the case of some "mixed volumes" with written material on numerous file numbers, only the most frequent ones were noted in the finding aid book. Due to the high loss of files, no strict evaluation standard was applied to the files. The main items collected were volumes from the budget department on preliminary checks in the subordinate area and individual procedures for the procurement and management of managed goods for the purposes of the Ministry. Formal records of non-compliant positions in the business division and a number of unarchivalable documents from the Human Resources Department will still be kept for the foreseeable future for the purpose of issuing service time statements. It is not listed in this guide. Preparatory work for the indexing of the Koblenz part of the stock was carried out by Mr. Oberarchivrat Regel (1967) with regard to the files of the budget department on the Reich's own film assets, Mr. Ltd. Archivdirektor Dr. Boberach (1966) with regard to correspondence and the reference files of the head of the broadcasting department, Hans Fritzsche and Ms. Archivoberinspektorin Schneider, née Fisch (1966) for files of the propaganda department. In 2005, the inventories of the finding aids of both sections of the Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda were imported into the database of the Federal Archives via a retroconversion procedure. The data records were then combined in a classification. Despite the inhomogeneity of the traditions of most specialist departments, it was advisable to maintain the division by departments. (2) Within the departments, the structure was essentially based on file numbers and factual contexts. The file numbers used in the RMVP were - as far as possible - used as aids for further subdivision. The final step was the integration of the personnel files and personal documents from the NS archive (approx. 5000 individual transactions) and the former Berlin Document Center (approx. 700 transactions). The documents taken over are mainly documents from the personnel department (in addition to personnel files also questionnaires and index cards), theatre (applications, appointments, confirmation procedures) and imperial defence (applications in propaganda companies). The personal records also contain isolated documents on denazification from the period 1946-1950. Since a relatively large number of individual transactions from the NS archives were often only a few sheets, transactions that objectively related to one transaction (e.g. applications for interpreting) were merged into one file. The names of the individual persons as well as the old signatures from the NS archive can still be traced via the BASYS-P database. Both the files from the NS archive and those from the former BDC are not always filed according to the provenance principle. However, the files were not separated again. Most of the files taken over from the former BDC are personal files and questionnaires as well as personnel index cards of individual employees of broadcasting stations. A search is still possible via the BASYS-P database. The procedures for the donation "Artist's thanks" still present in the personal records of the former BDC concerning the Theatre Department were not adopted in this context (approx. 15,000 procedures). The names are entered in the BASYS-P database and can be searched there. Notes (1) Rules of Procedure and Registration of 8 May 1942 in R 55/ 618. (2) The structure of the business distribution plan of Nov. 1942 was used as a basis. Abbreviations AA = Federal Foreign Office Department A = Department Abroad AP = Foreign Press BDC = Berlin Document Center BdS = Commander of the Security Police ChdZ = Chief of the Civil Administration DAF = German Labour Front DASD = German Amateur Broadcasting Service e.V. DNB = Deutsches Nachrichtenbüro DRK = Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Dt. = Deutsch DVO = Durchführungsverordnung french = French Gestapo = Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt KdF = Kraft durch Freude KdG = Kommandeur der Gendarmerie KdS = Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei Kl. Erw. Small acquisition KLV = Kinderlandverschickung LG = District Court MA = Military Archives, Department of the Federal Archives MdR = Member of the Reichstag MinRat = Ministerialrat MdL = Member of the Landtag NDR = Norddeutscher Rundfunk NSV = National Socialist Volkswohlfahrt o. Az. = without file number or date = without date OKW = Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OLG = Oberstes Landesgericht OLT = Oberleutnant ORR = Oberregierungsrat OT = Organisation Todt PG = Parteigenosse PK = Propagandakompanie RAVAG = Österreichische Radio-Verkehrs-AG Reg. Pres. RMI = Reich Ministry of the Interior RMJ = Reich Ministry of the Interior RMK = Reich Ministry of Justice RMK = Reich Chamber of Music RMVP = Reich Ministry of Education and Propaganda ROI = Reichsoberinspektor RPA = Reichspropagandaamt RPÄ = Reichspropagandaämter RPL = Reichspropagandalleitung RR = Regierungsrat RRG = Reichsrundfunkgesellschaft RS = Reichssender RSHA = Reichssicherheitshauptamt RSK = Reichsschrifttumskammer SBZ = Soviet Occupation Zone SD = Security Service SD-LA = SD-Leitabschnitt SDR = Süddeutscher Rundfunk Sipo = Security Police STS = Secretary of State and a. = among others v. a. = above all VGH = Volksgerichtshof VO = Regulation WDR = Westdeutscher Rundfunk ZSTA = Zentrales Staatsarchiv (Potsdam) citation method: BArch R 55/ 23456 Content characterization: Rounded delivery complexes are available only from the budget department and from the personnel department. From the point of view of financing and personnel management, they illuminate almost all areas of the Ministry's activities. From the specialist departments, the volumes from the Propaganda Department should be emphasized, which document above all the design of propaganda and the propagandistic support of foreign workers and resettled persons in the last years of the war. Also worth mentioning are mood and activity reports of individual RPÄ and suggestions from the population for propaganda and for leading the total war. In the Radio Department there is some material about the design of the radio program and the propaganda reconnaissance with reports about the opposing propaganda, which were compiled from the bugging reports of the special service Seehaus. A separate complex of this department are 14 volumes of pre-files from the RMI with handfiles of the Oberregierungsrat Scholz as representative of the Reich in supervisory committees of broadcasting companies in Berlin from 1926 - 1932. Of the film department there are only a few, but interesting volumes about the film production of the last war years with numerous ministerial documents. The majority of the theatre department's traditions are based on documents on professional issues and the Reich's dramaturgy. From the music department the promotion of musical organizations from the years 1933 - 1935 with pre-files from the RMI, the support and job placement of artists as well as material about the musical foreign relations is handed down. The files of the Department for the Occupied Eastern Territories offer rich sources for questions of Eastern propaganda. The losses are greatest in the departments Law and Organization, Magazine Press, Foreign Press, Foreign Countries, Tourism, Literature and Fine Arts. State of development: Publication Findbuch (1976, reprint 1996), Online Findbuch (2007). Citation style: BArch, R 55/...
Contains: Military; Red Cross; Badische Gefangenenfürsorge; Frauenvereine; Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft; Badische Jugendwehr; Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft; Akademischer Hilfsbund; Kindergärtnerinnenenseminar; Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung von Geschlechtskrankheiten; Schools; Charity events in war; Caritasverband; Soldatenräte Oberbaden; Darin: Timetable for the Caritas School of the German Caritas Association, 1918;
Contains: among others: Military; women's associations; Association for the German Abroad; Association for Volunteer Nurses in War; Young Citizens' Association; Art Society; German Society for Combating Sexual Diseases; Alsace-Lorraine Displaced Persons Welfare; Schools; Student Associations; Caritas Association; Stenographer Associations; Badischer Heimatdank; Municipal food department; friends of nature; committee for the holding of scientific lectures; adult education centre; historical VereiReichslimeskommission; Freiburger Fürsorge für heimkehrende Auslandsdeutsche; student courses for workers; central office of the University of Strasbourg; housing for cafeteria sisters; cultural society; Red Cross; Social Democratic Party; Association of Homeless Upper Silesians; Association for Literature and Lecture Art; Political Science Working Group; Südwestdeutscher Hochschulkreis; Fichtehochschulgemeinde; 800th anniversary of the city; Lecture of the Städtische Bühnenvolksbund; Association for Weekly and Home Care; German Colonial Society; Company Himmelsbach; Marian Congregation; Police; Nature Research Society; Freiburg Student Aid; Youth Hostel Association; Association of Former Flyers; Association of German Book Printers; Black Forest Association; Tax Office; Trade Association; Ostmark Association; Badisches Weinbauinstitu; Synagogue Council; District Teachers' Association; Electrical Exhibition; also: Guest lecture by Pidro Bosch-Gimpera, 1921;
Includes: A.H.S.C. Worms (Bezirksverband alter Corpsstudenten Worms, invitations to Farben pubs and other events; ALLGEMEINER RICHARD-WAGNER-VEREIN, Zweigverein Leipzig (concerning membership fees); GENERAL DEUTSCHER JAGDSCHUTZVEREIN; ALTERTUMSVEREIN (Invitations; Newsletter No. 5, May 1934); AUTOMOBILCLUB von DEUTSCHLAND (Membership Card); BADISCHER SCHWARZWALDVEREIN Ortsgruppe Bühlertal (Membership Card); DEUTSCHE AUFBAUHFE (Cancellation of membership); DEUTSCHE AUFSBILGEHILFE (Cancellation concerning Membership, detailed explanation); DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT zur Rettung SCHIFFBRÜCHIGER (Representative for Worms and surroundings L. Bischoff, retired Police Director)); DEUTSCHNATIONALER HANDLUNGSGEHILFEN-VERBAND, Ortsgruppe Worms; DEUTSCHER SPRACHVEREIN, Ortsgruppe Worms; DEUTSCHER SCHEFFELBUND; DEUTSCHE STEUBEN-GESELLSCHAFT (Membership Cards); FRAUENVEREIN vom ROTEN KREUZ für Deutsche über See; FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR WORMS (grem. 1854, 80th anniversary, 16./17.6.1934); GARTENBAUVEREIN WORMS e.V. (Foundation Festival, 28.9.1935, 22.9.1934); GESELLSCHAFT für FREIE PHILOSOPHIE (circulars to members; invitations; membership card); GESELLSCHAFT von Freunden und Förderern der Universität Gießen); GESELLSCHAFT für Deutsch-Italienische Verständigung (information, list of members, statutes); GÖLLHEIMER WALDJAGD-GESELLSCHAFT (Invitation to a hunt); HESSISCHES ROTES KREUZ; HEUFIEBERBUND e.V. (Information, circulars to members); HILFSVEREIN für BERUFSARBEITER der Inneren Mission e.V. (Correspondence concerning limited possibility of donation, situation on site, imminent confiscation of the hostel by SA); JUNG-ODENWALD-KLUB Worms; KANARIENZUCHT- und VOGELSCHUTZVEREIN Worms und Umgebung; KANINCHENZUCHT-VEREIN Worms; KAUFMÄNNISCHER VEREIN Worms-Frankfurt a.M. e.V. (founded 1890; Elly Beinhorn-Abend, 28.2.1934 [Sportfliegerin] Correspondence concerning her stay as well as two newspaper articles [WVZ vom 01.03.1934, WZ vom 01.03.1934]; KOLONIALE JUGENDGRUPPE "Lettow Vorbeck" (correspondence negative; critical attitude) Darin: 79. Jahresbericht des Germanischen Nationalmuseums
Contains: Folk festival 'Seeluft und Tropenglut' (Title)