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Title: Heinrich Himmler papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1945
Collection Number: XX060
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
16 manuscript boxes, 5 microfilm reels, 2 photo albums, 27 sound tape reels
(8.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries (1914-1924); photographs; photocopies and microfilm of correspondence, reports, and memoranda from the office files
of the personal staff of Heinrich Himmler (1942-1944); and recordings of speeches by Himmler (1940-1944) relating to national
socialism in Germany, and activities of the German police and Schutzstaffel during World War II. In part, photocopy and microfilm.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
Creator:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reichsführer-SS.. Persönlicher Stab. Schriftgutverwaltung.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 16 and Photo albums may not be used without permission of the Archivist; there is digitized content from this collection
available. The remainder of 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.
One folder in Box 15 may not be quoted. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Heinrich Himmler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Originals in the German Bundesarchiv.
Reichsführer SS und Chef der deutschen Polizei, 1934-1945.
The Heinrich Himmler papers are largely comprised of a set of photostat documents of the Persönlicher Stab der Reichsführer-SS.
The originals of these papers were located in a salt mine in the Salzburg region and seized in 1945 by American forces. In
1946 they were filmed at the Berlin Document Center. These office files include internal office memoranda, correspondence,
case files, reports, telegrams, cables, copies of periodicals, remarks, statements, decrees, clippings, drawings, and press
releases relating to a variety of topics. The collection also includes speeches and writings, correspondence, diaries, photo
albums, and sound recordings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
National socialism
Police -- Germany
Statesmen -- Germany
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel