The Theo Oberheitmann collection Sammlung Theo Oberheitmann

Identifier
irn39080
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.269
  • RG-14.098M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39080

Extent and Medium

6,992 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv, Germany, Bestand ZSg.109. These records were collected by Theo Oberheitmann, editor of the newspaper Weilburger Tageblatt, and were used in one of the Nuremberg Successor Trials (vs. Weizsäcker et al.). They were purchased by the Bundesarchiv in 1961 from the Institut für Publizistik of Wilhelms-Universität Münster. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives recieved the collection via the United States Holocaust Musuem International Archives Program in Nov. 2009. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.

Scope and Content

Contains records concerning press politics in the Third Reich: confidential circulars (“Vertrauliche Informationen”, “Sonderinformationen”) to German press from the Reichspropagandaamt Hessen-Nassau.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Corporate Bodies

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reichsrechtsamt

Subjects

  • Antisemitism--Germany--History--19th century.
  • Journalists--Germany.
  • Hesse-Nassau (Germany)
  • Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
  • Nazi propaganda--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Press and propaganda--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
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Copies

  • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv (Germany)