GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA No. 83. Records of the SS ...

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GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA
No. 83. Records of the SS Economic and Administrative Office
(SS Wirtschafts—und Verwaltungshauptamt—Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe—WVHA/DWB)
National Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Washington: 1984
This finding aid has been prepared by the National Archives as part of its program
of facilitating the use of records in its custody.
The microfilm described in this guide may be consulted at the National Archives,
where it is identified as RG 242, Microfilm Publication T976. To order microfilm,
write to the Publications Sales Branch (NEPS), National Archives and Records
Service (GSA), Washington, DC 20408.
Some of the papers reproduced on the microfilm referred to in this and other
guides of the same series may have been of private origin. The fact of their
seizure is not believed to divest their original owners of any literary property
rights in them. Anyone, therefore, who publishes them in whole or in part
without permission of their authors may be held liable for infringement of such
literary property rights,,
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 58-9982
GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA
No. 83. Records of the SS Economic and Administrative Office
(SS Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt—Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe--WVHA/DWB)
National Archives and Records Service
General Services Acini ni strati on
Washington: 1984

I N T R O D U C T I ON
The Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Va., Economic Office), and had its headquarters in Berlin-Lichterfelde.
constitute a series of finding aids to the National Archives This office, together with the SS-Hauptamt Haushalt und Bauten
and Records Service (NARS) microfilm publications of seized (SS Main Office for Budget and Buildings), became the SS Wirt-
records of German central, regional, and local government schafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt/WVHA (SS Economic and Adminis-
agencies and of military commands and units, as well as of trative Main Office) on February 1, 1942.
the Nazi Party, its component formations, affiliated asso-
ciations, and supervised organizations. These records were The SS Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt was divided into five
created generally during the period 1920-45. offices: Amtsgruppe A—Truppenverwaltung (Troop Administration,
Finance, Law); Amtsgruppe B—Truppenwirtschaft (Troop Management,
The guide series was initiated by the microfilming project of Supply, Billeting, and Equipment); Amtsgruppe C—Bauwesen (Cons-
the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the American truction and Buildings); Amtsgruppe D~Fuehrung und Verwaltung
Historical Association (AHA) in cooperation with NARS and the der Konzentrationslager (KL—Concentration Camps); and Amtsgruppe
Department of the Army. With the termination of AHA partici- W—Wirtschaftsunternehmungen (Economic Enterprises). Each Amts-
pation in July 1963, NARS assumed sole responsibility for the gruppe was divided into Aemter (Departments) identified by Roman
reproduction of records and the preparation of guides. numerals, and each Amt was again divided into Abteilungen (Bran-
ches). Amtsgruppe W was divided into nine Aemter (bureaus):
Guide No. 83, Records of the SS Economic and Administrative Amt W I—Deutsche Erd- und Steinwerke (Economic Office W I, Oil,
Office (SS Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt—Deutsche Minerals, Mining, and Quarries); Amt W II--Steine und Erden (Ost)
Wirtschaftsbetriebe—WVHA/DWB) describes the records repro- (Economic Office W II, Building Materials, Cement Factories, and
duced on 37 rolls of NARS Microfilm Publication T976 (rolls Brickworks in the Eastern Occupied Territories); Amt W III—Er-
1 through 37), which are part of National Archives Collec- naehrungsbetriebe (Economic Office W III, Food Processing Industry);
tion of Seized Enemy Records, 1941- , Record Group 242. Amt W IV~Deutsche Ausruestungswerke, Holzbearbeitungsbetriebe
These records cover various administrative functions of the (Economic Office W IV, Equipment and Wood Processing Industries);
SS which were placed under the control of the SS Administra- Amt W V—Land-, Forst- und Fischereiwirtschaft (Economic Office W V,
tive Office (SS Verwaltungshauptamt—SS VA) in 1929, when Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries); Amt W VI—Tex til- und Leder-
Heinrich Himmler was named Reichsfuehrer-SS (RFSS—Reich verwertung (Economic Office VI, Textile and Leather Industries);
Leader of the SS) The office was located in Munich at that Amt W VII—Buch und Bild (Economic Office W VII, Printing and
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time. The SS-VA was directed by SS Oberfuehrer Schneider Publishing); Amt W VIII—Sonderaufgaben - Kulturbauten (Economic
until February 1, 1934, at which time Oswald Pohl, who later Office W VIII, Special Tasks and Foundations, Improvement and
held the title SS Obergruppenfuehrer und General der Waffen- Upkeep of German Monuments); and Stab W—Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe
SS, was named its chief. Pohl remained in charge of the SS- G.m.b.H., Ostindustrie G.m.b.H., u.s.w. (Economic Office Staff W,
WVHA administration throughout the Nazi regime. German Economic Enterprises, Ltd., East Industry, Ltd., etc.).
The Verwaltungsamt became a "Hauptamt" (Main Office) of the The SS controlled and operated many industrial enterprises through
SS on April 20, 1939, known as SS Hauptamt Verwaltung und the SS Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt. The records described
Wirtschaft/V- und W-Hauptamt (SS Main Administrative and in this guide pertain to DWB enterprises and their business activities
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Many of these enterprises were either bought generally far below The CONTENTS column contains the provenance and a general
their full value or outright confiscated from their former Jewish description of the content of the record item. The inclusive
owners. The Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe G m.b.H. was established dates of the record item are given under the DATE column. The
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on July 26, 1940, as a subsidiary company through which the other ITEM NO. is an artificial identification symbol assigned to the
companies operated. Labor for the SS enterprises was supplied folder at German Military Document Section (GMDS) in Alexandria,
mainly by concentration camp inmates. Va.; where available, the original DWB filing number is given
in the subject-matter German title (e.g., Ausgehende Rechnungen.
Other records of the SS Economic and Administrative Office are 0003). The ROLL refers to the sequence of the film in Microfilm
reproduced on NARS Microfilm Publication T580, rolls 313-324, Publication T976, and the 1ST FRAME gives the frame number of the
Records of SS Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt, Ordner Nos first page of the file item.
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1-198, not inclusive (see appendix I), and Microfilm Publica-
tion M890, rolls 1-38, Records of the United States Nuernberg The original records were returned after filming to the Federal
War Crimes Trials United States of America v» Oswald Pohl et al. Republic of Germany and deposited at the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz.
(Case IV) (see appendix II) Related microfilmed SS records are The master negatives of Microfilm Publication T976 have been
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reproduced on Microfilm Publication T175, rolls 1-678, Records deposited with the Publications Sales Branch, National Archives
of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police and Records Service (GSA), Washington, DC 20408, from which copies
(Reichsfuehrer-SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei), and are de- of specific rolls may be purchased. Reference copies may be con-
scribed in Guide Nos. 32, 33, 39, and 81. Records of the Waffen- sulted in the Microfilm Reading Room of the National Archives.
SS are described in Guide Nos. 27, 75, and 79 as miscellaneous For suggestions for citing microfilm, see page xxxi; for Instructions
SS records, Einwandererzentralstelle, Waffen-SS, and SS-Ober- for ordering microfilm, see page 83.
abschnitte, reproduced on Microfilm Publication T354, rolls 1-799.
The original descriptions for microfilming were prepared by Anton
The INDEX to Guide No. 83 can be found immediately following Grass!, revised and described for this guide by George Wagner.
the instructions for its use on page 52. It is an archival The input data for the computer printed register and index was
index to this descriptive finding aid only. The index terms prepared by Johanna M. Wagner. The textual material was edited
were derived from the descriptive material and have been under the supervision of Shelby Bale, Chief of the NARS Editorial
supplemented with references, cross-references, and explana- Branch. The computer-input scheme, a modification of the SPINDEX
tory subheadings by means of computer techniques. program, was devised by the undersigned.
ROBERT WOLFE
Chief, Modern Military Headquarters Branch
Military Archives Division
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T A B LE OF C O N T E N TS
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Introduction 11 i
Appendix I: NARS Microfilm Publication T580, SS-WVHA vii
Appendix II: NARS Microfilm Publication M890, U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials
United States of America v. Oswald Pohl et al. (Case IV) xi
Appendix III: Table of Organization of the SS Main Office Budget and Buildings . xv
Appendix IV: Table of Organization of the Wirtschafts und Verwaltungshauptamt . xvii
Equivalent Ranks in the SS, German Regular Army, U.S. Army xix
Glossary of Selected Terms and Abbreviations and their English Translations . . .. xxi
Published Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Va xxvii
Suggestion for Citing Microfilm xxxi
Listings of Captured German and Related Records Holdings xxxv
Register of Descriptions of SS WVHA—Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe Record Items . . .. 1
Introduction to the Index „ 51
Index to the Record Items Described in the Register 52
Instructions for ordering Microfilm , 83

A P P E N D IX I
Microfilm Publication T-580 SS-lVirtschafts- und Verwaltunghauptamt
Roll 313 Ordner 1: KL Natzweiler, Organisation und Arbeitseinsatz der
HMTtlinge.
Ordner 2: KL Stutthof und Buchenwald, Kaufvertrftge (Grunderwerb),
(l. Teil) Lageranordnungen.
Roll 31A Ordner 2: KL Stutthof und Buchenwald, Kaufvertrflge (Grundarwerb)
(2, Teil) Lageranordnungen.
Ordner 3: Verwaltung, deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe, Urkunden,
Notariatsvertrftge fiber Kapitalbeteiligungen, Kaufvertrage.
Dr. Wilhelm Schneider.
Ordner 4: Erfindung Dr. Carl Vaernet "TCunstliche Drttse" (Hormondrtise).
(1. Teil)
Roll 315 Ordner ^: Erfindung Dr. Carl Vaernet "Ktinstliche Drttse" (HormondrUse).
(2. Teil)
Ordner 5s Verwaltung, Anordnungen (Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungs-
anordnungen
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Ordner 6: Organisation, Osram, Siemens, Daisler-Benz, Prttffeld
Werk Eislingen.
Ordner 7: Deutsche Ausrttstungswerke, Versicherungen, Verwaltung.
(1. Teil)
Roll 316 Ordner 7: Deutsche AuBrflstungswerke, Versicherungen, Verwaltung.
(2. Teil)
Ordner 8: KL Anordnungen, Haftling Einsatz (Befehle und Verftigungen
(iber HaTtlingseinsatz - Aktenplan).
Ordner 9^ KL Anordnungen (Geheira).
Ordner 10: Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe, Verwaltung, Kontenangelegen-
heiten^ Kontoauztige Personal und Firmen.
Ordner 11: Sudetenquell GabH (Mattoni), Mattoni-Aktien, Vertrieb.
Ordner 12: Verwaltung, Sonderkonto "R" (Sonderkontc Reichsftihrer SS).
Ordner 13: Verwaltung, Ghetto Litzmannstadt (Stftrke und Produktion
des Ghettos).
Ordner 1/ : Vervaltung und Organisation (Hauptwirtschaftslager Waffen-SS;
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Truppenwirtschaftslager Gotha.
Ordner 15: Verwaltung, Organisation und Rechnungsvesen, Bilanzen der
(l Teil) Konzernwerke.
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Roll 317 Ordner 15: Verwaltung, Organisation und Reehnungaweaen, Bilanzen der
(2. Teil) Konzernwerke.
Ordner 16: Rue.Xdo., Abwehrbeauftragte. Rundschreiben und Anordnungen
dea Abwehrbeauftragten betr. Geheimh.il tung, Werkachutz, etc.
(Spionageabwehr).
Ordner 17: Vervraltung, Beaoldiing, Versorpung dor Allgemeinen SS.
Roll 318 Ordner 18: Verwaltung, Abrechungs- und Kriasennngelegenheiten, I3il-inzen,
DWB.
Ordner 19: VerwaltunR, Gesellachal'tsvertrMge mit den Konzernwerken.
Ordner 20: Verv^ltung, Pirmenverzeichnisao, Einzelh/u\del (l-Betriebe).
(1. Teil)
Roll 319 Ordner 20: Verwaltung, Firmenverzeichniaae, Einzelhandel (L-Betriebe).
(2. Teil)
Ordner 21: Verwaltung, Ariniaation. Ariaiemng der Firma Bayer &
RBckel und Graphia, Inh. Simon und Wilhelm Marx, Mlinchen.
Ordner 22; Verwaltung, Rechnungsweaen, Gem. Wohnunga Heimstfitten Ges.
Dachau.
Ordner 23: Verwaltung, Stalag XIII G.
Ordner 24; Verwaltung, Deutache Auartiatungawerke, Buchhaltunga-
Steueraachen, Buchungabelege, Lieferantenrechnungen.
Ordner 25: Deutache Auarttatungawerke ([D.A.W.), Heeresbekleidungaftnter
(Reparaturauftrttge).
Ordner 26: D.A.W., Verwaltung, Flnanzweaen, LLeferacheine.
Ordner 27: D.A.W., Hauptverwaltung, Abwicklung Werk Lemberg
Ordner 28: D.A.W. Bankabrechnung, Schriftverkehr.
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(1. Teil)
RoU 120 Ordner 28: D.A.W., Bankabrechnung, Schriftverkehr.
(2. Teil)
Ordner 29: SS-Spargemeinachaft, Bilanzen.
Ordner 30: Bauleitung Groaa Berlin Waffen-SS, Rechnungen.
Ordner 31: D.A^W., Anlagebewertungen, Kriegaachadenaufat.
Ordner 32: D.A.W., Rechnungen, Materialaufatellung.
Ordner 33: DWB, Kriegaachaden, Bankabrechnungen 1945.
Ordner 34: D.A.W., Aufrechnungaliaten, Reiaekoaten, Materialliaten.
Ordner 35: KL Stutthof, Dachau, Verwaltung, BeatHndeaufnahmen,
(1. Teil) Grunderwerb, Arbeitaeinaatz.
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