Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government for Bavaria. Kreis Traunstein
records
Dates: 1945-1948
Collection Number: XX416
Creator: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government for Bavaria. Kreis Traunstein.
Collection Size:
13 manuscript boxes
(5.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The records of American administration of occupied Germany (U.S. Zone), Kreis Traunstein relating to civil administration,
including problems of public health and safety, administration of justice, allocation of economic recourses, organization
of labor, denazification, and disposition of displaced persons contain memoranda, reports, correspondence, and office files.
The collection also presents annual administrative reports on civilian relief efforts for other districts in Bavaria.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
German
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government
for Bavaria. Kreis Traunstein records, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1975.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Related Materials
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955), Hoover Institution Archives
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955: U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government Records, 1943-1950, Hoover
Institution Archives
Biographical/Historical Note
The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country into four occupation zones for administrative
purposes during the period 1945-1949. The American zone consisted of Bavaria and Hessen in Southern Germany, and the northern
portions of the present-day German state of Baden-Würtemberg.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the American administration of occupied Germany (U.S. Zone) at Kreis Traunstein relate to the civil administration
of the region. The record document problems related to public health and safety, the administration of justice, allocation
of economic recourses, organization of labor, denazification, and the disposition of displaced persons. The records consist
of memoranda, reports, correspondence, and office files. The collection also contains annual administrative reports on civilian
relief efforts for other districts in Bavaria and miscellaneous materials of the Ukrainian Committee in Regensburg.
Arrangement
Records are arranged as originally received from the organization; generally by Office of Military Government (U.S. Zone)
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Denazification.
Military government.
Refugees.
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
Bavaria (Germany)--Politics and government 1945-
Germany--History--1945-1955.
Traunstein (Germany)--Politics and government.