Register of the Robert Holtzmann papers

Finding aid prepared by Terrence Brown

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Robert Holtzmann papers

Date (inclusive): 1912-1943

Collection Number: 49015

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: German

Physical Description: 8 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels, 4 envelopes (4.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, newspaper issues, clippings, and photographs, relating primarily to the activities of the Tannenbergbund, a right-wing German political organization, active from 1926 to 1933, founded by General Erich Ludendorff. Includes correspondence with E. Ludendorff.

Creator: Holtzmann, Robert, 1883-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1949.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Holtzmann papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1883	Born in Duerrheim/Baden
1904	Became a lieutenant in the Imperial German Army. Later transferred to the Infantry Regiment Grossherzog v. Baden Nr-126 in Strassburg
1913	Promoted to First-Lieutenant, Imperial German Army
1916	From November until the end of the war was commander of Flying Division I on the Western Front, and of Flying Division 16 in the East and in Serbia
1920	In January resigned his commission in the armed service. In the same month took a position with the firm Starck-Michael & Co., Berlin, as a commercial employee responsible for the purchasing of coal tar and tar products
1922	In January took a position with the firm Herrmann C. Starck, a stock brockerage in Berlin
1963	Died

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, pamphlets, leaflets, newspaper issues, clippings, and photographs, relating primarily to the activities of the Tannenbergbund, a right-wing German political organization, active from 1926 to 1933, founded by General Erich Ludendorff. Includes correspondence with E. Ludendorff.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933

Germany -- History -- 1918-1933

Nationalism -- Germany

Ludendorff, Erich, 1865-1937

Tannenbergbund

Correspondence of Robert Holtzmann 1920-1941

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes letters sent to and received from General Erich Ludendorff.

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Adermann, (First name unknown) 1932

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Aero Club von Deutschland 1924

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Ahlemann, Georg 1926-1927 1929

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Alsleben, Kurt 1933

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Altmann, Martin 1932

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Aplos, (First name unknown) 1932

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Arnswalder, Landrat der, (District Magistrate of Arnswalde) 1933

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Arnim, V., Co. 1925

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Bahr, Max 1932

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Basler Nachrichten 1933

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Beer, (First name unknown) 1935

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Bennewitz, Georg 1930

Berlin

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Heer Generalstaatsanwalt beim Landgericht 1937

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Kriegervereinhaus 1928

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Der Polizeipraesident 1932

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Tannerbergbund e.d., Landesleitung Gross-Berlin 1927

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Berliner Staedtische Elektrizitaetswerke A.G.-Rechnungsbueuro 1933

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Biermann, Wilhelm 1929 1930 1932

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Blomberg, General Werner von 1935 1936

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Blockelberg, von, (First name unknown) 1932

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Bonin, Doktor von, (First name unknown) 1930

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Borman, Martin 1935

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Bueba, (First name unknown) 1925

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Buecheler, Anton 1922

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Buehler, Wilhelm 1936

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Burr, Hermann 1933-1934

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Cecile von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frau Kronprizessin des Deutschen Reiches und Preussen 1920

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Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres 1936

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Demmin, Landrat des Kreises 1933

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Deutsche Tageszeitung 1924

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Deutscher Treubund 1921

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Deutschvoelkische Freiheitspartei 1924

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Diels, Geheime Staatspolizei Z.H. des Herrn Ober-Regierungsrat 1933

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Drawerk, Alexander, Dr. 1925

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Eberstein, Freiherr Karl von 1925

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Elsner, (First name unknown) 1928

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Falk, Wilhelm 1929

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Finking, Ernst 1926

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Foertsch, Hermann 1935

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Frank, Herbert 1934

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Frankfurt Regierungs - Praesident 1933

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Frink, Dr., (First name unknown) 1925 1933

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Fritsch, Freiherr, Werner von 1932 1934

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Fritzsche, Georg 1930-1933

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Fuegner, Kurt 1936

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Fuerstlich - Hohenzollenschen Domaene und Forstverwaltung Sigmaringen, Der Praesident 1933

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Gansser, Emil 1930

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Geck, (First name unknown) 1926

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Geserick, Paul 1923-1924

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Geyer, Kurt 1926

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Gieren, G. 1925

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Goebbels, Dr. Joseph 1933

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Goehring, (First name unknown) 1933

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Goering, Hermann 1933

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Goldbeck-Lowe, (German Consul in Helsinki) 1925

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Golz, Karl 1932

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Goltz, (First name unknown) 1932

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Gossrau, (First name unknown) 1936

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Graff, Georg 1924 1926

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Greifenberg/Pommern 1932 1933

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Guertner, Franz 1936

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Hass, A. 1926

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Handtmann, (First name unknown) 1933

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Harms, (First name unknown) 1925

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Hausmann, Arno 1925

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Heltge, Dr., (First name unknown) 1932 1933

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Hemper, (First name unknown) 1931

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Hess, Alizabeth 1933

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Hess, Rudolf 1935

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Heun, C., (First name unknown) 1929

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Heyden, Helmuth von 1932

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Heydrich, Reinhard 1934

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Himmler, Heinrich 1936

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Hindenburg, Paul von 1933

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Hitler, Adolf 1933

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Hitler Jugend Reichsjugendfuehrung 1939

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Hoevels, Paul 1932

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Holtzmann, Otto 1929

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Illing, Oscar (editor of Die Neue Zeit, Chicago, U.S.A.) 1926 1927

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Jaeckel, (editor of the Kirchenblatt des Kirchenkreises Demmin) (First name unknown) 1933

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Der Jungdeutsche 1924

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Junkermann, (First name unknown) 1933

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Keunecke, F., (First name unknown) 1943

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Kiersten, (First name unknown) 1930

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Kingel, Max 1926

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Knauer, B. 1926

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Koenenkamp, Helmuth 1936

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Kogge, (First name unknown) 1929

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Koenig, S., (First name unknown) 1929

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Koenig, Marga 1930

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Krach, (First name unknown) 1929

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Kraeger, Professor, (First name unknown) 1929

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Krasigk, Schwerin von 1935

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Kuke, Wilhelm 1933

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Kummer, Georg 1936

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Kurth, Hans 1929

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Lassig, (first name unknown) 1929

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Last, (First name unknown) 1932

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Leder, Fritz 1926

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Lehmann, Otto 1924 1925

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Lehwald, Hans-Rolf 1925

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Lemcke, Friedrich 1928

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Liebel, Ludwig 1926

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Lippert, Dr. Julius 1930

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Loehde, (First name unknown) 1935

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Luck, von 1926

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Ludendorff, General Erich 1923-1937

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Maier, Eugene 1928

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Maier, Theodore 1936

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Markel, O. 1926

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Marx, Robert 1931-1932

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Mecklenburger, Warte 1924

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Medem, Herold von (Graf) 1925 1926

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Miething, Hilde 1938

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Mosich, Dr., (First name unknown) 1936

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Mueffling, von, (First name unknown) 1927

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Muencheberg Der Buergeimeister als ortspolizeibehoerde 1933

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Niederlausitz West, Tannenbergbund representative 1933

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Neuhaus, G., (First name unkown) 1920 1929

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Neuruppin, Der Landrat in 1933

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Der Ostmaerker 1933

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Partay, Georg 1925 1936

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Pertz, F., (First name unknown) 1936

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Petzinger, Rudolf 1932

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Pfeifer, (First name unknown) 1931 1933

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Der Politische Polizeikommandeur der Laender 1936

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Die Pommersche Zeitung 1933

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Raab, Luise 1932

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Reichs und Preussiche Minister fuer Wissenschaft, Erziehnung und Volkbildung 1936

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Der Regierungspraesident 1933

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Reichsschrifttumskammer Gruppe Ruchhandel 1937

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Richter, Wilhelm 1935

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Rippler, Heinrich 1926

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Rode, von, (First name unknown) 1929

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Roemisch, Bruno 1926

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Roter Adler 1931

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Roth, Dr. Armin 1933 1936

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Roeklin, (First name unknown) 1932

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Roethke, Heinrich 1930 1933

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Ruegenwalder Zeithung 1933

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Rust, Wilhelm 1936

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Schellendorff, Bonsart von 1928-1932

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Schmidt, Rudolf 1936

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Schneider, Edmund 1935 1936

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Schneider, Robert 1936

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Schriewer, Dr. 1936

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Schroeder, Paul 1936

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Schulz, Authur 1933

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Schultz, Richard 1930

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Schumacher, (First name unknown) 1929

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Schwerin, Graf, (First name unknown) 1929

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Siekendorff, von (Freiherr) 1927 1928

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Seelow, Landrat der 1933

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Das Schwarze Korps 1936

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Speromus, Carl 1927

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Der Stahlhelm 1924-1925

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Stephens, von, (First name unknown) 1926

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Stern, W. G., (First name unknown) 1935

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Stissel, (First name unknown) 1936

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Stolte, Georg 1932

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Stoessell, Harold 1927

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Stralsund in Pommern. Regierungspraesident 1933

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Stettin Die Regierungspraesidenten 1933

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Thiede, Syndikus K. 1924 1925

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Thormaehlen, Herbert 1930

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Treu, Walter 1932

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Tschmaler, Herbert 1936

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Tyron, Wilhelm 1933

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Unruh, Walter von 1933

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Voelkisches Echo 1924

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Wedelstaedt, Wolff von 1932

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Wegerer, Alfred von 1926

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Weiss, Carl 1932

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Wentzel, (First name unknown) 1932

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Wedemann, R., (First name unknown) 1934

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Wiest, (First name unknown) 1936

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Witte, Gerhard 1932

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Wuerttemberg Politisches Landespolizeiamt 1935

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Wulle, R. 1924

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Zehlendorfer Kirchenblatt 1931

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Ziegenruedberg, E. 1929

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Ziegesar, Freiherr Ralf Berhard 1926

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Zitzwitz, Max von 1929 1930

Correspondence of Tannenbergbund Members 1923-1939

Scope and Contents note

Letters of various members of the Tannenbergbund, a right-wing German political organization founded by General Erich Lundendorff. Collected by Robert Holtzmann and arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

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Ahlemann, Georg 1928

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Alsleben, Kurt 1933

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Arminuis 1926

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Arnhould, Richard 1928

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Bannke, A. 1926

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Beck, (First name unknown) 1936

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Berlin Stadt/Bezirksamt Schoeneberg 1927 1936

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Bonsell, (First name unknown) 1927

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Bovenschen, (First name unknown) 1926

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Braune, Hans 1925

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Breitenfeldt, J. 1936

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Budenbender, (First name unknown) 1929

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Buehler, Anton 1932 1936

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Burr, Hermann 1933-1934

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Deutscher Kolonialverein Gesellschaft feur Nationale Siedlungs und Auslandspolitik 1925

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Diersch, Rose 1925

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Dinter, Artur 1925

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Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten 1925

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Engels, Willy 1927

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Fintelmann, (First name unknown) 1933

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Das Freie Wort

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Fritzsche, Georg 1930-1933

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Fuegner, Kurt 1936

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Funk, K., (First name unknown) 1936

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Geck, (First name unknown) 1926

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Hagemeher, Hans 1935

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Hall, (First name unknown) 1933

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Heimburg, von, (First name unknown) 1935

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Hellischer Voerkaempfer 1925

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Hennig, Georg Otto 1935

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Hermann der Deutsche (pseudonym) 1930

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Heyden, Helmuth von 1933

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Hoffmann 1932

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Jaeger, Wilhelm 1925

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Jenaische Zeitung 1924

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Junkermann, (First name unknown) 1933

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Kurier fuer Niederbayern 1926

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Koch, Erich 1930

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Koerber, A.-V. von 1925

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Lehmann, Otto 1924 1925

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Lenk, Adolf 1925-1927

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Liebmann 1936

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Ludendorff, General Erich 1925-1936

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Mack, Christian Wilhelm 1927

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Martin, Benno 1926

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Marx, Robert 1931-1932

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Mischke, Ernst 1932

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Medem, Herold von (Graf) 1926

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Moltke Graf von, (First name unknown) 1933

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Muelheim, L. Mueldner von 1926

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National Nothilse 1929

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Pommern Ost Tannenbergbund representative 1932

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Potsdam Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold Bund 1924

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Prathmann, Wilhelm 1936

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Prusshke, Max 1932

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Recke von Valmeistein, Friedrich Wilhelm von undated

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Roethke, Heinrich 1930 1933

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Sack, Dr., (First name unknown) 1926

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Schedensack, Ernst Albrecht 1936

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Schellendorff, Bonsart von 1932-1933

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Schemmel, (First name unknown) 1926

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Schiebuhr, Fritz 1925

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Schlageter, Albert Leo 1925

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Schmidt, Georg 1924

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Schmold, Dr. 1933

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Senftenberg, Der Buergermeister als Ortspolizei 1933

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Sonnenheim, Theodore Herrmann von 1927

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Thalacher - Schwarz Verlag 1925

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Tiemann, H., (First name unknown) 1912 1914

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Unruh, Walter von 1933

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Wartmann, Rudolf, Jr. 1926

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Weberstedt, Hans von 1925-1927 1932-1933

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Weichart, Kurt 1929

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Weicher, Theodore 1936

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Weidner, Edmund 1927

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Weikerstahal, Fischer von 1935

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Weiss, Carl 1925 1932

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Weide, Dr. 1926

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Winter, August 1927

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Witte, Gerhard 1932

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Wulle, R. 1925

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Ziegesar, Freiherr Bernhard 1926

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Ziegler, F. 1925

Subject File 1923-1939

Scope and Contents note

Addresses, letters, speeches, clippings, financial reports, notes, circulars, leaflets, newspapers, testimonials, pamphlets, memorabilia, arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Anti-political/religious propaganda

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Free Masons

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Ludendorff, General Erich

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Nationalsozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiter Partei

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Tannenbergbund

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Tannenbergbund

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"Folkish Movement"

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"Folkish Movement"

Miscellaneous 1912-1941

Scope and Contents note

Album of miscellaneous letters, clippings, leaflets, articles, money, maps.

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Album of miscellaneous letters, clippings, leaflets, articles, money, and maps

box 8

Album of miscellaneous letters, clippings, leaflets, articles, money, and maps

Microfilm

reel 1-3

Negative microfilms of the correspondence series (boxes 1-3).

Photographs undated

envelope A

11 photos including 2 photos of Adolf Hitler; 4 photos of Erich Ludendorff; 5 photos of members of the Tannenbergbund undated

envelope mB

Print of Erich Ludendorff; a photo of Adolf Hitler and World War I German officers undated