Reich Ministry of the Interior Reichsministerium des Innern (Fond 720)

Consists of arrest reports as well as reports on other Gestapo activities such as raids and persons killed while trying to escape. The reasons for the arrests are included in the reports and include printing illegal material, spreading atrocity reports, suspicion of espionage, illegal possession of weapons, membership/leadership in illegal organizations, and being a Communist, foreigner, or Jew. Also included are reorganization plans for the Sipo Hauptamt in January 1938 and the whole Reichsministrium in July 1941. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

Fond 720 (1821-1945). Opis 1-9; Dela 14,376. Arranged in twelve series: 1. Correspondence with German administration, reports, and newspaper clippings; 2. Reports on economic and political situation in the USSR, Poland and Baltic States, and on activities of the Gestapo; 3. Structure and business plans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; 4. Personal files of the Ministry staff; 5. Documents on the KPD, the Socialist Workers International, and political situation; 6. Circulars, correspondence of the Reich Ministry of Interior; 7. Minutes of negotiations on the implementation of the Munich Agreement; 8. Files of the Reich Ministry of Interior employees (Abepthum-Zwicker); 9. Files of the Reich Ministry of Interior employees (Nieden-Nußbaum); 10. Financial records; 11. Personal files of the Reich Ministry of Interior staff (von Bischoffshausen-Zernicke); 12. Information bulletins, police reports, naturalization documents, administration and legislation records. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels: Reels 91-92, 385-393; Reel 91: Image #2179-Reel end; Reel 92: Reel start-Image #301, and #576-#787; Reel 385, 387, 389, 390,391, 392: Reel start-Reel end; Reel 393: Reel start-Image #2188.