Gestapo Düsseldorf Geheime Staatspolizei-Staatspolizeileitstelle Düsseldorf (RW 0058)
Extent and Medium
1,355,371 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen (State Archive of North Rhine-Westphalia). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Oct. 2018.
Scope and Content
Case files of individuals arrested by the Gestapo in the Rhine Land region, consisting of questionnaires, protocols, internments and dismissals, Schutzhaft orders, arrest orders, flyers, photographs, and biographical information with particular focus on the Communist Party in Germany and associated political organizations (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands (KJVD), Kampfbund gegen den Faschismus, Roter Frontkämpferbund (RFB), Revolutionäre Gewerkschaftsopposition (RGO), Rot Sport, Aufbruch-Arbeitskreis, Ringbolschewisten); the Communist movement (including Rotspanienkämpfer, Internationale Arbeiterhilfe, Rote Hilfe); the Esperanto movement; Roter Kämpfer-Kreis; Französischer Rheinschifferverband; the Socialist Party of Germany and associated political organizations (including Sozialistische Arbeiterjugend, Eiserne Front, Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei); Marxism; foreigners; so-called Rückwanderer; so-called sects (including Adventists, Bibelforscher or Jehovah's Witnesses, Christliche Versammlung); Freemasons; Pacifists, the Catholic Church; the Evangelical Church (including Bekennende Kirche, Deutsche Christen); Jews; emigrants; various offenses such as treason, espionage, sabotage, Vergehen gegen das Heimtückegesetz, Separatismus and allgemeine Opposition; monarchists; Stahlhelm; Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Frontkämpferbund (NSDFB); Jungdeutscher Orden; Schwarze Front; unions; foreign laborers; prisoners of war; youth organizations, media and the press; radio; the arts; cases involving members of the Wehrmacht, police, the foreign legion, ethnic minorities, and cases against members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).
System of Arrangement
Archival signatures: LAV NRW, R, RW 0058 (RW-58) Nr. 1-71,728. Arranged in 71,728 archival registration units: Consists of 71,617 Gestapo personal files. The total number of the registration units is higher than personal files because the collection includes empty files (Missing files) and an additional unit was created whenever files were bound into volumes.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
- Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
Subjects
- Catholic Church--Germany--History--20th century.
- Women -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Paramilitary forces.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
- Youth movements
- Evangelical Church--History--20th century.
- Germany--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Communists--Europe--History--20th century.
- Esperanto--History.
- Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Political parties--Germany--History--20th century.
- Communist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.
- Germany.
- Socialists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Pacifists--Germany--History--20th century.
- Religious institutions.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- World War, 1939-1945--Political prisoners--Germany.
- Communist parties.
- Veterans -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--1933-1945.
- Freemasons--Germany--History--20th century.
- Germany--Antisemitism--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Protocols.
- Questionnaires.
- Flyers.
- Correspondence.
- Radio broadcasts.
- Photographs.