German Settlement Company in Nová Bystřice

The fonds includes fragments of the archival records of the German Settlement Company in Nová Bystřice, showing the life and administration of the Nazis in the border regions in 1938-1945. The files relating to prisoners of war and foreign nationals are especially valuable. There are also interesting documents concerning property affairs of individual estates, showing the bad relations between the local officials of the Sudeten and the Nazi movements. Other documents relate to efforts to subordinate the agricultural production to the war economy. Jewish issues can specifically be found in files relating to the administration of Jewish property from 1940 - 1944 (box 5).

The fonds only includes files (11 boxes). The fonds is divided as follows: A. Files (I. Organizational matters II. Property and Legal Affairs, III. Agriculture and associated production, IV. Forestry, V. Public Affairs, VI. Employees VII. Accounting correspondence), B. Accounting material.