Military Historical collections Militaergeschichtliche Sammlungen

Identifier
irn524071
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.3
  • RG-14.089M
Dates
1 Jan 1917 - 31 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524071

Extent and Medium

5,669 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv Freiburg, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan.2007. The entire collection was digitized in 2012.

Scope and Content

Contains mainly personal papers, correspondence, diaries, and similar materials written by German officers and soldiers during World War II.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Reel 1: Files Msg1/867, 2474; File RH37/6732; Reel 2: File Msg1/1000; Reel 5: File Msg2/1283; Reel 6: File Msg1/1410; Reel 5: File Msg2/1283: Dr. Gustav Krukenberg, General-Major, Waffen SS -Typed manuscript regarding operations in defense of Berlin, April 1945, 48 pp.; Reel 6: File Msg1/1410: No title, possibly written by Rudolf Rutz, war diary, in typed draft, 1939-1943, 130 pp

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

People

  • Rutz, Rudolf.
  • Krukenberg, Gustav.

Corporate Bodies

  • Waffen-SS

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Germany--History.
  • Waffen-SS--History.
  • Soldiers--German--Diaries.
  • Germany--History--World War, 1939-1945.
  • Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990.
  • Generals--German--Diaries.

Genre

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.

Copies

  • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz

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