Regional File of the U.S. War Department, Military Intelligence Division (MID)

Identifier
irn503551
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.A.0109
  • RG-06.005.08M
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503551

Extent and Medium

22 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Creator(s)

  • Military Intelligence division of the War Department

Biographical History

The Military Intelligence Division (MID) was established in the War Department in 1918. It became one of the five General Staff divisions in 1921 and was assigned the additional designation of "G-2." One function of the MID was the maintenance of information files on foreign countries. Documents for the files were collected from a variety of sources in various parts of the world. After the entry of the US into World War II, the sources expanded to included the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Office of Censorship, and intelligence agencies of other Allied countries.

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

From the Regional File of the US War Department, Military Intelligence Division (MID).The Regional File comprises Series 77 of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Record Group 165, Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.

Scope and Content

Consists of selected records from the Regional File containing a wide variety of information about conditions and events around the world with a general span of years from 1922 to 1944. Some materials are dated as early as 1918. Many records from the 1930s and 1940s include Holocaust-related topics such as concentration camps, antisemitism, deportations, racial laws, forced labor, and religious persecution.

System of Arrangement

Arranged according to the original agency-assigned alphanumeric scheme. See USHMM introduction to this microfilm for details. Reels are in order by name of country, Belgium through Yugoslavia.

Corporate Bodies

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
  • League of Nations
  • Hlinka Guard (Czechoslovakia)

Subjects

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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