GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA. No. 30. Records of ...

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GUIDES TO GERMAN RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.
No. 30. Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command (Part DDt)
The National Archives
National Archives and Records Service
General Services Administration
Washington: 1961
This finding aid, prepared under the direction of the Committee for the Study
of War Documents of the American Historical Association, has been reproduced by the
National Archives as part of its program of facilitating the use of records in its
custody.
The microfilm described in this list has been deposited in the National Archives
by the American Historical Association and may be identified as Microcopy No. T-?8.
It may be consulted at the National Archives. A price list appears on the last pages.
Those desiring to purchase microfilm should write to the Exhibits and Publications
Branch, National Archives, Washington 2£, D. C.
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.
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR LOCDHOMS
GUIDES TO G3RMAN EHlCoBDS MI CROFILKED AT AL3ZA. DRIA, VA.
No« 30* Records of Headquarters German Army High Goimnand
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(0"berkomraando des Heeres/OKH)
(Part III)

THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (AHA)
COMMITTEE 5'OR TEE STUDY OF WAR BOCUMSKfOJS
GUIDES TO GjHRMAH RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALSXA1IDRIA, VAc.
This is part of a series of Guides prepared by the American Historical Association listing records microfilmed at AlexandriaV,irginia,
"by the American Historical Association Microfilming Projects
An American Committee for the Study of War Documents was established in 1955 as a private group of scholars interested in documentary
research and especially in the microfilming of records of foreign origin kept in American depositories*. In I95&t the American Committee
became a conaaittee of the American Historical Association* Its present chairman is Professor Oron J* Hale University of Virginia, who was
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preceded by Dean Reginald H» Phelps, Harvard University, and Professor Lynn M. Case, The University of Pennsylvania* An initial Pord founda-
tion grant and additional funds provided by the Old Dominion Foundation, the Lilly Endowment and the Avalon Foundation enabled the Committee
to undertake the cataloguing and microfilming of declassified German records in the custody of the World War II Records Division of the
National Archives (previously TAGO, Departmental Records Branch), at Alexandria, Virginia*
The plans for screening and microfilming these materials were prepared by a Subcommittee on Microfilming under the chairmanship to the
end of 1956 of Professor 32. Malcolm Carroll, Duke University, and his successor, Dr. Fritz T. Epstein, The Library of Congress* The micro-
filming team in Alexandria, Virginia, was under the direction of Professor Gerhard L* Weinberg of the University of Michigan in 1956/57, of
Lr^ Dagruar Horna Perman from 1957 to September 1959* of Mr, James G. McDowell from September 1959 *° August I960, and is now under the
supervision of Dr<> Willard Allen Fletcher of the University of Colorado.
The American Historical Association expresses its appreciation for the cooperation given to its Committee for the Study of War Docu-
ments by the staff of the national Archives, especially its World War II Records Division, and by the U»S» Department of the Army*
Washington, D.C«j May 196! Dr« Boyd C« Shafer
Executive Secretary, AHA
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PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED GUIDES To GERMM RECORDS MICROFILMED AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.
1» T- 71^ Records of the Reich Ministry of Economics (ReichswirtscLiaftsministerium). 19580 75 P«
2* T- 7*V Records of the Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germandom (Reichskommissar filr die Festigung deutschen
7olksturns). 1958. 15 p.
3. T- 81, Records of the national Socialist German Labor Party (Hationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartel). Part I*. 1958., lUl p.
Uo T- 7o Records of the organisation Todto 1958. 2 p»
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5* T- si, Miscellaneous German Records Collection (Part l)» 195S« 15 P*
6? T- 82, Records of Nazi Cultural and Research Institutions, and Records Pertaining to Axis Relations and Interests in the Far East* 1958. l6l p.
7. T- 77, Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/UEtf) Part I. 1959» 222 p.
8. T- s4, Miscellaneous German Records Collection (Part II). 1959* 203 p.
Q, T-235 Records of Private German Individuals. 1959. 23 p.
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10, T- 73* Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (Heichsministerium fflr Rtlstung und Kriegsprodoktion). 1959* 109 P°
lie T-178; Fragmentary Records of Miscellaneous Reich Ministries and Offices. 1959* ^9 P»
12. "T- 7S, Records of Headquarters of the German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Part I* 1959» 3-9 P»
13* T~>177» Records of the Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium). 1959" 3^ P*
14. T-312, Records of German Field Commands, Armies (Part I). 1959. 6l p»
1> T-lJ9e Records of Former German and Japanese Embassies and Consulates 1890-19^5. 1960. 63 p.
ID- T- 81, Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart, Part I: Records on Resettlement^ I960. 105 P»
17,* T- 77» Records of Headquartersj German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht/GKW) Part II. I960. 213 p»
18,> T- 77> Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der ¥ehrmacht/OKW) Part III. 1960*. US p»
19. T- 77» Records of Headquarters, German Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der ¥ehrmacht/OKW) Part IV« I960. 76 p»
?0, T- 81 Records of the National Socialist German Labor Party (SFationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) Part II. 1960. ^5 p.
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21. T- S1 Records of the Deutsches Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart* Part II: The General Records. 1961. 180 p.
B
22-» T- 70 Records of the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda* 1961* Ul p«
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23<, 3V- 83* Records of Private Austrian, and German Enterprises 1917-19^6. 196lo 119 p.
24> T-32i Records of Headquarters of the German Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe/OEL)o 1961. 59 p.
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25. T-U05, German Air Force Recordss Luf tgaukommandcs, Flak» Deutsche Luftwaffenmission in Rum^nien. 196l» 4l p«
26o T-401, Records of Reich Office for Soil Exploration (Reichsamt fittr Bodenforschung). 1961. 11 p.
27. T-35^o Miscellaneous SS Records: Einwandererzentralstelle Waffen-SS and SS-Oberabsehnitte<> 196lo 3^ p.
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28* T-45^, Records of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories (Reichsministeriura fflr die besetzten Ostgebiete), 19^1-1911.50 69 p«
29. T- 78, Records of Headquarters of the German Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres/OKH) Part II* 1961. 15^ p«
P R S F A C 3
This Guide is one of a series of finding aids describing those declassified seized German records deposited at the World War II Records
Division, National Archives, which have "been microfilmed "by the Microfilming Project of the Committee for the Study of War Documents of the
.American Historical Association* The Guide contains the text of data sheets identifying records filmed^ A copy of the data sheets has been
filmed as a target sheet at the "beginning of each roll of film.
The present Guide covers 2*12 Tolls of film of records of Oberkommando des Heeres* The material included in this Guide was filmed in
the following OKH sections: H 2^ Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres; H 25» Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres; H 22, Operationsabteilung; H 27,
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Attache Abteilung; H 35, Sriegsakademie; H 1, Organ!sationsabteilung; E 2, Fremde Heere West; H 3* Fremde Heere Ost* For reference pur-
poses the Project has appended a collection of Dienstaltersiisten and Ranglisten of the German Armed Forces, as well as of the Prussian,
Bavarian and Austrian armieso The diversity and the richness of the documentation are readily apparent from the descriptions and thus make a
brief annalytical introduction both impossible and superfluous. Suffice it to emphasize the fact that this final collection of OKH files con-
tributes much source material to the history of the rebirth of the German Army, its role during the Weimar Republic era, the relationship be-
tween the Army and the National Socialist Regime and to its role in World War II«
The terms "Serial" and "Roll" in this Guide refer to the sequence of film* The "Item11 number is the identification symbol on the
original folder within the captured records collection. "Provenance" indicates where ascertainable, the archival origin of the documents
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whose description follows. The symbol "FT" means that the folder has been filmed throughout; the symbol nFS" denotes that the folder has
been filmed selectively* "1st Frame" gives the frame number of the fisst page of the folder. Every expostcs has been given a frame number
consecutively throughout the filming operation* The "Notes" provide a general idea of the nature of the materials but should not be taken
as exhaustive descriptions. Apart from a few minor rearrangements folders were filmed in numerical order Although, on the whole subjects
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tended to appear coherently and in numerical sequence, it is still necessary to check the whole Guide for any one subject^
Some of the original records have been returned to the Federal Republic of Germany. The remainder are located in the World War II
Records Division National Archives Alexandria, Va», under Record Group 1027e The microfilms are deposited in the national Archives,,
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Washington 25, D«C<», as microcopy T-JS, rolls 272(~519» and should be requested by adding "T-7^11 to the rolls desired. The descriptions
were prepared by Miss Beate Ruhm von Oppen, Mr* James G» McDowell, Mr. John E* Taslijean, and Dr» Willard Allen Fletcher
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Willard Allen Fletcher
1« The first part of Roll 278, containing H 49 and H 5! material, is described in Guide 29<>

Provenance Item Filmed 1st frame Notes 1
2U6 Reichswehrministeriura, H 2U/1 FT 6225193 Folder of Chef der Heeresleitung, containing G-eheime Akten on
Chef der Heeresleitung a variety of subjects including discipline, training (training plan
1927), armament, the withdrawal of the Interallied Military Control
(The first part of the Commission and the operation of the Keeres-Friedens-Korrmission and
material filmed on Roll questions of discretion. October 20, 1926 - April 30, 1928. Dupli-
273 is described on the cate omitted. Heeresarchiv Potsdam Ho. 16960.
last page of Guide # 2^] H FT Folder of Chef der Feeresleitung, continuation of K 2U/1 on
general disarmament questions; includes material on security and
training; also a leaflet issued by the Reichswehrminister: Die kom-
munistische Bewegung. Hay 1, 1928 - September 30» 1929. Heere's-
archiv Potsdam No. 16961.
1*7 279 H 2*1/3 6226^11 Folder of Chef der Heeresleitung. Continuation of H 2U/1 and
2; includes leaflet issued by Reichswehrminister on Spionageabwehr
in der Vfehrmacht, statistics on MVon Abwehr-Abteilung bearbeitete
F&lle in LandesTerratssachen" and suicide statistics; also agenda
and partial minutes of cabinet meetings and a reprint, issued by the
Reichswehrminister, of Communist directives on street fighting.
October 1, 1929 - July 5, 1930. Heeresarchiv Potsdaii No. 1696?.
K 2H/IJ. FT 6226700 Folder of CStief der Heeresleitung. Continuation of H 2^/1-3;
includes material on security, Communism, army attitude to Communists
on the one hand and National Socialists on the other (Major Theissen,
Oberst Geyer, Oberstleutnant Keitel, General Adam), on General Wey-
gand, counterespionage, the question of a German initiative in naval
disarmament, and training plans. 1928 - March 17» 1932. Eeeresarchiv
Potsdam No. 16963,
Reichswehrministerium, H FT 62271^3 Folder of Adjutant Chef Heeresleitung. Geheimakten fflr Chef
Adjutant Chef Heeresleitung der Heeresleitung, Handakten. Miscellaneous material - mostly circu-
lars on a variety of political, administrative, organizational and
budgetary questions. April 15» 19^7 - December 31t 1931• Heeres-
archiv Potsdam Ho. 1696U.
280 Reichswehrministerium, H FT 622725H Folder of Chef der Keeresleitung "Personalangelegenheiten"
Chef der Heeresleitung containing correspondence and other material on a large number of
subjects including political utterances, difficulties or persecution
of individuals, tension between SA and Army, the Church and the oath
of allegiance, the Austrian Legion, the undesirability of using the
term ^ General stab, " counter-espionage, " Die nstanv/ei sung fiir die Ad-
jutant en der Wehrmacht beim Fuhrer und Heichsk^nzler," the defence,
Continued economy, and population of East Prussia, Hindenburg1s testament, the
Serial Roll Provenance Item filmed 1st frame Notes
introduction of the Hitler salute, Schleicher and Oberstleutnant von
Cruewell, rumor of a plan to murder Papen, relations betv/een Wehr-
macht and Party in Ftirnberg (Streicher), army and party jurisdiction,
visits of the Bishop of Augsburg in Landsberg, Auslandsgruppe -
Attache-Gruppe, directives on the treatment of the disarmament ques-
tion, youth training, and the question of Polish sanctions after a
breakdown of reparations negotiations. January 1932 - January 1935-
Folder has an Inhaltsverzeichnis.
280 Reichswehrministerium, H 2U/7, FT 6228021 Two folders of Adjutantur Chef Heeresleitung "Geheime Kommando-
Adjatantur Chef Reeres- H 24/7*4. FT 6228317 sache,11 Heft 1 and Heft 2, 1927 - 1930 and 1931. Heeresarchiv Pots-
leitung dam jfos. 16966 and 16967. They contain material on a variety of
subjects, including Landes- und Grenzschutz, Marschbereitschaft des
Reichsheeres and Sonderbestimmungen fur die F;rh6hung der Schlagkraft
des Reichsheeres in besonderen Fallen, organizational changes, nFo-
il tische Eindrilcke am Beginn der ^'dlkerbundsversammlung11 by Cfberst
von Boetticher, September 3» 1928; Schlussgutachten der Heeresver-
einfachungskommission, German-French rapprochement and a speech by
Hammerstein, December 1930. 1927 - 1931.
281 Reichswehrministerium, E 2U/S FT 6223522 Folder of Chef der Eeeresleitung, entitled "Gesellschaftlicher
Chef der Heeresleitung Verkehr des Chefs d. Heeresleitung, Gen.d.J. Frhr. v. Hammer stein.
a) Allgemeines, b) mit Vertretern fremder Lender. Abgeschlossen
31.I.193^-n Alphabetical index of names, addresses, invitations is-
sued and received, etc. Heeresarchiv Potsdam No. 16973•
H 2U/9 FT 622S672 Folder of Chef der Heeresleitung, entitled "Dienstwohnung des
Chef-s der Heeresleitung, 1921 - 1937," Heeresarchiv Potsdam No. 1697*1,
Inventories, invoices, bills, etc.
H 2U/10 FT 6228960 Folder of Chef der Heeresleitung,entitled "Akte Priesdorff,
1935 - 19^0." Heeresarchiv Potsdam •%. 16975. Correspondence,
mainly betv.'een Adjutantur, Chef der Heeresleitung, and Geheimer Re-
gierungsrat and Major a.D. von Priesdorff, on the latter's historical
writings, notably a biography of Gneisenau and a work Soldatisches
Ffihrertum. The correspondesnce on Gneisenau coincided with the Fritsen
crisis. May 1935 - March 19*40.
Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, H 2^/11 FT 6229036 Folder of Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, Adjutant, entitled "Ge-
Adjutant suche pp. Ob.d.H., 193S - 39. A-Z.,"11 Eeeresarchiv Potsdam No. 16976.
Correspondence v;ith individuals wanting helr> of various kinds. 1938 -
1939.
Continued Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres H 2U/12 FT 6229330 Folder of Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, entitled "Politisches -