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

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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

Date (inclusive): 1945-1948

Collection Number: XX416

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English and German

Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes (5.2 Linear Feet)

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.

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

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 1975.

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 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 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)

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 Records, 1943-1950, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees

Germany -- History -- 1945-1955

Military government

Refugees

Denazification

Bavaria (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-

Traunstein (Germany) -- Politics and government

box 1

Office of Military Government (U.S. Zone) (OMGUS) 1945-1947

box 1, folder 1

Conference of Military Government Officers, American Zone of Occupation, Heidelberg, Germany 1945 November

box 1, folder 2

Amendment to Laws 1945

box 1, folder 3

Land and Local Government in the U.S. Zone of Germany, by Civil Administration Division 1947

box 1, folder 4

Analysis of Nazi Criminal Organizations, by Public Safety Branch 1947

box 1, folder 5

Military Government Gazette 1947

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) 1944-1945

box 1, folder 6

Directives for the administration of Military Government in the U.S. Zone in Germany 1945

box 1, folder 7-9

Displaced persons, refugees, and welfare directives 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes map of billeting and control facilities for displaced persons

box 1, folder 10-13

Special Legal Unit of Germany and Austria, reports 1944-1945

box 2, folder 1-2

Administrative memoranda 1944-1945

box 2, folder 3

Technical Manual for Industry and Trade: Rationing (other then Food) and Price Control in Germany, 1945 May

box 2

Headquarters, U.S. Forces European Theatre (HQ USFET) 1944-1946

box 2, folder 4-7

Directives for the administration of Military Government in the U.S. Zone in Germany 1945

box 2, folder 8-9

Regulations 1945

box 2, folder 10

Office of Controller of Finance and Accounts, directives 1944

box 2, folder 11

Recurring Reports Register, 1946

box 2, folder 12

Administration of Military Government in the U.S. Zone in Germany, directives 1945

box 2, folder 13

Reports and Information, instructions 1945

Headquarters 6th Army Group, G-5 Section, APO 23, U.S. Army 1944-1945

box 2, folder 14

Responsibilities and Policy of the Public Safety Division 1944-1945

box 2, folder 15

Detachments reports 1945

box 3, folder 1-2

German Courts and prisons 1944-1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes List of personnel in Government agencies at Traunstein

box 3, folder 3

Financial instructions 1945

box 3, folder 4-5

Directives 1945

box 3

Headquarters, 3rd United States Army 1945-1946

box 3, folder 6

Regulations 1945

box 3, folder 7

Wanted Prisoners of War, War Criminals and Witnesses, lists 1945

box 3, folder 8

Occupational incident reports 1946

box 3

Headquarters, 9th United States Army, Office of Commanding General 1944-1945

box 3, folder 9

Directives 1944-1945

Office of Military Government for Bavaria (OMGB) 1943-1950

Detachment G-233, Kreis Traunstein 1943-1947

box 3, folder 10-13

Denazification of Public Service, reports and list of persons dismissed from public employment because of former Nazi connections 1946

box 3, folder 14-16

German civilians' requests for allocation of materials and machinery 1945-1946

box 3, folder 17

Employment requirements and reports 1945

box 3, folder 18

Appointments 1945

box 3, folder 19

Circulars of the Ministry for Political Liberation 1947

box 3, folder 20

Price control regulations 1945-1946

box 3, folder 21

Special Industry Survey, reports 1945

box 4, folder 1-9

German civilians' weight and health reports 1945-1947

box 4, folder 10-11

Manpower reports 1945

box 4, folder 12

Daily reports 1945-1946

box 4, folder 13-17

Weekly reports 1945

Correspondence, reports and memoranda by subject 1945-1947

box 5, folder 1

Arrests 1945

box 5, folder 2

Communicable diseases 1945-1946

box 5, folder 3-4

Courts 1945-1946

box 5, folder 5

Crime and prison 1945-1947

box 5, folder 6

Denazification 1945-1946

box 5, folder 7

Displaced persons 1945-1946

box 5, folder 8

Distribution 1945-1946

box 5, folder 9

Election 1945-1946

box 5, folder 10-15

Employment 1945-1946

box 6, folder 1-2

German labor 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes Official Gazette of the Control Council for Germany, no. 4, 1946 February 28

box 6, folder 3

Industrial 1945

box 6, folder 4

Information 1946

box 6, folder 5

Intelligence 1945-1946

box 6, folder 6

Investigations 1945-1946

box 6, folder 7-9

Legal affairs 1945-1946

box 6, folder 10

Liquor 1946

box 6, folder 11-12

Military travel permits 1945-1946

box 6, folder 13

Monthly historical reports 1946

box 6, folder 14

Payment of bills 1946

box 6, folder 15-18

Personnel 1945-1946

box 7, folder 1-2

Police 1945-1946

box 7, folder 3

Political activity 1945-1946

box 7, folder 4

Political parties 1945-1946

box 7, folder 5

Public health 1946

box 7, folder 6

Real estate 1945-1946

box 7, folder 7

Releases 1945-1946

box 7, folder 8-14

Requisitions 1945-1946

box 7, folder 15

Screening 1946

box 7, folder 16

Sport 1946

box 8, folder 1-2

Supplies 1945-1946

box 8, folder 3-4

Transmittals 1945-1946

box 8, folder 5

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) 1945-1946

box 8, folder 6-7

Vehicles 1946

box 8, folder 8-14

William Marvin, Property (Finance) Control Officer files 1945-1946

box 8, folder 15

Brewery operations 1945-1946

box 8, folder 16

Cigars sale 1945

box 9, folder 1

Public health directives 1945

box 9, folder 2

Orders for supplies 1945

box 9, folder 3-11

German civilians requests, petitions and appeals 1943-1946

box 9, folder 12

Lists of officials 1945

box 9, folder 13

Sanitation and public welfare, directives and reports 1945

box 9, folder 14-15

Lists of the employees of Public Office, showing party affiliations and dismissals 1945

box 9, folder 16

Fragebogen (questionnaire) 1945-1946

box 10, folder 1-3

Fragebogen (questionnaire) 1945-1946 contd.

box 10, folder 4-8

Josef Keine, Landtagsabgeordnete of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Upper Bavaria 1946-1948

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence, memoranda, lists and clippings,

box 10, folder 9

Michael Utzmeier, military documents 1935-1945

box 10, folder 10

Frederich-Wilhelm Posnien, Frontalier Permit 1946-1948

box 10, folder 11

Table of organization 1947 January

box 10, folder 12

List of communities circa 1945

box 10, folder 13

Youth hostels, location and capacity circa 1945

box 10, folder 14

Statistical News, no.12, bulletin, Economic Division 1946

box 11, folder 1

3 Aastat Geislingenis, albumi koostaja, in Estonian 1948

box 11, folder 2

Public safety regulations 1945

Field Operation Division, Area Offices Annual Historical Report, 1948

box 11, folder 3-4

Amberg

box 11, folder 5

Ansbach

box 11, folder 6-7

Augsburg

box 11, folder 8

Bad Kissingen

box 11, folder 9

Bamberg

box 11, folder 10

Bayreuth

box 11, folder 11-12

Coburg

box 11, folder 13

Eggenfelden

box 11, folder 14

Erlangen

box 11, folder 15

Friesing

box 12, folder 1-2

Hof

box 12, folder 3

Garmisch

box 12, folder 4

Ingolstadt

box 12, folder 5-6

Kempten

box 12, folder 7

Kitzingem

box 12, folder 8

Miesbach

box 12, folder 9

München

box 12, folder 10

Nürnberg

box 12, folder 11-12

Passau

box 12, folder 13-15

Regensberg

box 13, folder 1-6

Regensberg (contd.) 1946-1950

Scope and Contents note

Includes miscellany materials of Ukrainian Committee in Regensburg,

box 13, folder 7-8

Rosenheim

box 13, folder 9

Straubing

box 13, folder 10

Tölz

box 13, folder 11

Vilshofen