Selected records of the Lehr- und Forschungsgemeinschaft- Ahnenerbe (NS-21)
Extent and Medium
40 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Acquisition
Original records located in the Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm in March, 2004 through its mutual microfilm exchange program.
Scope and Content
Contains documents related to the operations of the Lehr- und Forschungsgemeinschaft- Ahnenerbe, a Himmler-created organization that sought to promulgate the notion of German cultural superiority through pseudo-scientific and pseudo-archaeological 'discoveries.'
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)
People
- Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945.
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Race--Research.
- Germany
- National socialism and science.
- National socialism and intellectuals.
- National socialism and occultism.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Europe.
- Germany--Intellectual life.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Europe.
- Research institutes
Genre
- Document
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Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv (Germany)