Inventory of the Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government miscellaneous records

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government miscellaneous records

Date (inclusive): 1944-1950

Collection Number: 80197

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English and German

Physical Description: 14 manuscript boxes (5.6 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, statistics, indexes, laws, proclamations, press releases, and bulletins, relating to American administration of occupied Germany after World War II, and especially to civilian relief, economic conditions, housing, and denazification.

Creator: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line 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-Württemberg. The port cities of Bremen (on the Weser River) and Bremerhaven (at the meeting of the Weser and North Sea) were also placed under the control of the U.S. because of the American request to have toeholds in Northern Germany, as well as the bulk of the south. The city of Berlin was jointly occupied by the Allied powers and was itself subdivided into four sectors. The headquarters of the American military government was the former IG Farben Building, Frankfurt am Main.

Scope and Content of Collection

The records of American administration of occupied Germany (U.S. Zone) contain documentation mostly of the Office of Military Government, Berlin Sector (OMGBS) and the Office of Military Government, U.S. Zone (OMGUS), 1945-1949.

These records represent materials relating to civilian relief efforts, particularly economic conditions, housing, and denazification, and including correspondence, reports, memoranda, statistics, indexes, laws, proclamations, press releases, and bulletins. Information on living conditions and the food availability may be found in "Food Ration Entitlements and Ration Issue Report," 1945-1948, while historical reports on the housing situation and housing relief efforts are presented in the Building and Housing Section reports.

Related Materials

Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955), Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955: U.S. Zone) Office of Military Government for Bavaria. Kreis Traunstein, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Germany -- History -- 1945-1955

Military government

Denazification

International relief

World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief

Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany

Indexes 1944-1950

box 1, folder 1

"Catalogue of Intelligence Research Reports Available for Distribution within the Federal Government for Official Use," by the Office of Intelligence Research (OIR) 1948

box 1, folder 2

Information Bulletin, Magazine of U.S. Military Government in Germany, no. 160, 1949

box 1, folder 3

Information Control Review (Formerly Intelligence Summary), Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) (OMGUS), 1949

box 1, folder 4

"Intelligence Summaries," Headquarters of United States Forces in Austria, Office of the Director of Intelligence 1945-1948

box 1, folder 5

International Military Tribunal, Office of the United States High Commissioner for Germany

box 1, folder 6

Laender Laws of U.S. Zone 1948

box 1, folder 7

Military Government Gazette, 1949

box 1, folder 8

Military Review, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1948-1949

box 1, folder 9

Newspapers and magazines 1946-1949

box 1, folder 10-11

OMGUS Historical Branch microfilms 1945-1948

box 1, folder 12

OMGUS publications 1949

box 1, folder 13

OMGUS reports 1949

box 1, folder 14

Organization plans 1944-1948

box 1, folder 15

Proof readers' marks

box 1, folder 16

Radio Bulletin circa 1945

box 1, folder 17

U.S. Forces European Theatre (USFET) Headquarters, "Central File Index" 1945

box 1, folder 18

U.S. Group Control Consul for Germany (USGCC), Headquarters, Intelligence Section, Library 1945

box 1, folder 19

War Department Pamphlet "Preservation and Use of Key Records in Germany" 1944

box 1, folder 20

Vital Speeches of the Day, semi-monthly journal, 1948

box 1, folder 21-23

201 Index of Generals (Source: USFET Decimal File) 1945-1946

box 1, folder 24

Index cards circa 1945

box 2, folder 1-3

Index cards circa 1945

Headquarters European Command Historical Division (EUCOM) 1947-1950

box 2, folder 4-12

"Weekly Report of Documents Received," nos. 455-588 with corrected copies November 1947-April 1950

box 3, folder 1

Organizational Chart and Directory of Key Officers as of 1 July 1949

Office of Military Government, Berlin Sector (OMGBS) 1945-1950

box 3, folder 2-21

"Food Ration Entitlements and Ration Issue Report" 1945-1948

Building and Housing Section 1946-1950

box 4, folder 1-10

Housing situation reports 1946-1949

box 4, folder 11-16

Applications 1946-1948

box 5, folder 1-14

Housing of National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei (NSDAP) members 1946-1950

box 6, folder 1-3

Housing of NSDAP members 1946-1950 (continued)

box 6, folder 4-15

Correspondence re housing cases 1946-1949

box 7, folder 1-12

Correspondence regarding housing cases 1946-1949 (continued)

box 7, folder 13-17

Financial reports on custodians of NDSAP properties in The American Sector of Berlin 1947-1948

box 8, folder 1-12

Financial reports on custodians of NDSAP properties in The American Sector of Berlin (continued) 1947-1948

box 9, folder 1-3

Financial reports on custodians of NDSAP properties in The American Sector of Berlin (continued) 1947-1948

Office of Military Government, U.S. Zone (OMGUS) 1945-1949

Public Welfare Branch 1947-1949

box 9, folder 4-13

Weekly reports from districts on relief applications 1948-1949

box 9, folder 14-19

Monthly summaries from main welfare office 1947-1949

box 10, folder 1-7

Public Safety Branch, Internal Affairs and Communcations Division, reports on denazifications 1945-1946

box 10, folder 8-14

Public Information Office, releases 1947-1949

box 11, folder 1-7

Public Information Office, releases 1947-1949 (continued)

box 11, folder 8

Press Branch, Information Service Division, weekly newspaper analysis 1949

Office of Military Governor 1947-1949

box 11, folder 9-14

Military Government Law and regulations, memoranda 1947-1949

box 11, folder 15

Special reports 1947

box 11, folder 16

"Communications (Quarterly Review)" 1949

box 12, folder 1-2

"Monthly Report of the Military Governor," nos. 43 and 48 1949

box 12, folder 3

"Statistical Annex," nos. 43 and 48 1949

Reports 1946-1949

box 12, folder 4-6

"Military Government Legislation" 1946-1949

box 12, folder 7

Monthly OMG (Office of Military Government) Report for December 1947

box 12, folder 8

"Monthly Report of Public Safety Statistics," by Civil Administration Division, Population and Analysis Branch 1948

box 12, folder 9

"Governmental Organization in the Occupied Zones of Germany," by Civil Administration Division 1947

box 12, folder 10

"Declassification of Reports," by Field Information Agency, Technical (FIAT), Records Branch 1946

box 12, folder 11

"Land and Local Government in the U.S. Zone of Germany: Appendix, Charts of Typical Government Agencies," special report 1946

box 12, folder 12

Status Report on Military Government of Germany U.S. Zone 1946

box 12, folder 13

Weekly Information Bulletin, Military Government, Office of the Director, no. 27, 1946

box 12, folder 14

"German Militarism: A Study of Militaristic Tendencies in Germany Today as Revealed by the Attitudes of Opinion Leaders," special report No. 7 12 February 1948

box 12, folder 15

Military Government Gazette, published by OMGUS, 1947

box 12, folder 16

News of Germany, summary compiled by Press Control Branch, Information Control Division, Vol. 3 and 4, 1949

box 12, folder 17

"Memorandum for the Press" relating to currency reform and taxation, Department of the Army, Public Information Division, Press Section 1948

Manpower Division, Visiting Expert Series 1949

box 13, folder 1

"Labor Organization in German Public Administration and Services," by Joseph Mire

box 13, folder 2

"Employers' Associations in Western Germany," by D.F. MacDonald

box 13, folder 3

"A Message from Dutch Trade Unionists to German Labor," by H.J. Meijer, R. Laan, and H. Koppens

box 13, folder 4

Weekly Information Bulletin, Control Office, no. 106, 18 August 1949

Staatliche Erfassungs-Gesellschaft Für Offentliches Gut m.b.H. (STEG), Economics Branch, Industry Section 1947-1949

box 13, folder 4

Staatliche Erfassungs-Gesellschaft Für Offentliches Gut m.b.H. (STEG), Economics Branch, Industry Section 1947-1949

box 13, folder 5

Smelting program 1947-1949

box 13, folder 6-9

Policy and directives to OMGUS 1947-1948

box 13, folder 10-12

Receipts and data of distribution of surplus U.S. Army stocks by OMGBS 1947-1948

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expenditionary Force (SHAEF) 1945

box 14, folder 10-12

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expenditionary Force (SHAEF) 1945

box 14

Production Control Agency Industrial Investigation reports, plants 38-102 1945

box 14, folder 1-8

Miscellany 1945-1949

box 14, folder 9

"Acquisition List for Maps of Foreign Areas," by Central Intelligence Agency 1949

box 14, folder 10

"American Policy in Occupied Area," The Department of State, United States Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 1947

box 14, folder 11-12

Photographs of sorted art work, prepared to assist in the recovery of art (14 prints) 1944-1945