Central Postal Directoriate II 374-6 II Oberpostdirektion II
Extent and Medium
957 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)
Acquisition
Records originate from the Hamburg State Archive (Staatsarchiv Hamburg). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archival Programs Division received the digitized microfilms in February 2019 from Yad Vashem, Israel, via exchange.
Scope and Content
Selected records of the Oberpostdirektion (Central Postal Directorate) relating to the post and land traffic supervision in Hamburg. Contains files from the various fields: Central Organization and Administration, Procurement and Household, Personnel, Post -, telecommunications, sea and ship mail, sea and coastal radio. Includes national Socialist Press advertisements, instructions and regulations, membership of the NSDAP, registers of postal servants as members of SA and (Waffen-) SS, files relating to treatment of Jewish senders and addressees, and exclusion of Jews from the postal newspaper reference (1941-1942), fileas on construction of secret shortwave transmitters of the Reichsbanner and the Iron Front Freier Radiobund, Freie Radiovereinigung, Arbeiter-Radiobund) for political purposes (1933).
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
- Postal service--Germany--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Telecommunications--Germany--History--20th century.
- Transportation--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
- Correspondence.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)