Sammlung Schumacher collection on the History of National Socialism Sammlung Schumacher zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus
Extent and Medium
15,117 digital images, JPEG
37 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Acquisition
The original files are in the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Collection “Slg. Sch.” Source of acquisition is Yad Vashem.This collection was compiled after the war by Bruno Schumacher, a German employee of the U.S. Document Center in Berlin; Schumacher focused on material that might be useful for war crimes trials.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm from Yad Vashem in Feb. 2007 through its mutual microfilm exchange program with Yad Vashem.
Scope and Content
The Schumacher collection contains very diverse files of German government and NSDAP offices between 1933 and 1945, including documents of NSDAP branches abroad, the Office of Racial Policy, the SA, the SS, Hitlerjugend, and other agencies. It includes examples of Nazi propaganda, orders by Heydrich and other officials, documents on the Freemasons and similar associations, and documents relating to Austria, Italy, and other countries.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)
People
- Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942.
Corporate Bodies
- Hitler Youth
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
- Freemasons--History.
- Nazi propaganda.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
- Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document