Inventory of the Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann papers

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Title: Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann papers
Date (inclusive): 1946-2019
Collection Number: 2005C45
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: German
Physical Description: 166 manuscript boxes (69 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, clippings, press releases, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, correspondence with German and Swiss politicians, and other printed matter relating to post-World War II anti-communist movements in East Germany, communist movements in West Germany, propaganda and espionage in East and West Germany, neo-Nazi movements, and communism in China and North Korea.
Creator: Schlomann, Friedrich-Wilhelm
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 131 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. 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.

Use

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

German journalist and author.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, clippings, press releases, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, correspondence with German and Swiss politicians, and other printed matter, relating to post-World War II anti-communist movements in East Germany, communist movements in West Germany, propaganda and espionage in East and West Germany, neo-Nazi movements, and communism in China and North Korea.
For Schlomann's speeches and writings, see boxes 4-5, 53-54, 56-63, 65-77, 81-86, 95-104, 108-110, 125-127, 132, 142, 144, and 147.
Throughout the finding aid, the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security) is referred to as the Stasi.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Communism -- China
Communism -- Germany (West)
Anti-communist movements -- Germany (East)
Espionage -- Germany (West)
Espionage -- Germany (East)
Propaganda -- Germany (West)
Propaganda -- Germany (East)
Neo-Nazism
Communism -- Korea (North)
Personal correspondence

box 1

Reports of German Länder (Interior Ministries) related to extremism and terrorism 1960s-1980s

box 2

Reports of German Länder (Interior Ministries) related to extremism and terrorism 1960s-1980s

box 3

Reports of German Länder (Interior Ministries) related to extremism and terrorism 1960s-1980s

box 4

Reports of German Länder (Interior Ministries) related to extremism and terrorism 1960s-1980s

box 4

Speeches and writings 1960s-1990s

Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts, clippings, and radio broadcasts related to espionage
box 5

Speeches and writings 1960s-1990s

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescripts, clippings, and radio broadcasts related to espionage
box 5

Espionage 1977-1988

box 6

Stasi and security 1976-1985

box 7

Espionnage 1961-1987

box 7

KGB 1971-1990

box 8

KGB in Berlin-Karlshost 1990s

box 8

Pin undated

box 8

KGB and Soviet espionage 1960s-1980s

box 8

Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate/Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye (GRU) 1983, undated

box 9

GRU and Spetsnaz 1983-1986

box 9

Soviet espionage (cases), Soviet military missions (GRU), Spetsnaz, vehicles, KGB, 1964-1990

box 9

Information and espionage agencies (Czechoslovakia and Romania) 1960s

box 10

Polish and Bulgarian intelligence and espionage agencies, 1959-1989

box 10

Hungarian intelligence and Cuban espionage 1971-1984

box 10

Yugoslavian intelligence 1982-1988

box 10

Chinese espionage 1983-1989

box 11

North Korean espionage 1982-1996

box 11

German Democratic Republic (GDR) attitude towards espionage 1970-1985

Scope and Contents

Includes documentation on espionage in the field of "pacific coexistence," "Détente," and "communist tradition" (Dr. Sorge)
box 11

Stasi and leaders (including Rüdi Mittig) 1933-1994

box 12

Stasi and leaders (including Rüdi Mittig) 1933-1994

box 12

Stasi's Main Directorate for Reconnaissance/Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) and Werner Grossmann 1979-1991

box 13

Stasi's Main Directorate for Reconnaissance/Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) and Werner Grossmann 1979-1991

box 13

Markus Wolf, leader of the GDR's espionage 1979-1997

box 14

Intelligence Administration/Verwaltung Aufklärung (VA), 1986-1994

box 14

HAZ (Department 1 of the Stasi) 1963-1987

box 14

Recruitment process in espionage 1979-1994

box 15

Recruitment in GDR and in Eastern Europe 1965-1987

Scope and Contents

Includes topics such as wages, networks, threats, coercion, and political motives
box 15

Recruitment in the Federal Republic of Germany/Bundesrepublik Deutschland (FRG) 1962-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes topics such as motives, advantages, threats, ideology, and compensation
box 16

Recruitment in the Federal Republic of Germany/Bundesrepublik Deutschland (FRG) 1962-1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes topics such as motives, advantages, threats, ideology, and compensation
box 16

Recruitment methods and double agents 1957-1999

box 16

German emigrants from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, and the Soviet Union, 1974-1988

box 16

Back-door recruitment of spies from GDR in BRD (and emigration from GDR to BRD) 1967-2003

box 17

"The Spy," ideology, outfit, wages 1959-1988

box 17

Different kinds of agents (perspectives, influence, skimming) 1981-1999

box 18

Different kinds of agents (perspectives, influence, skimming) 1981-1999

box 18

"Secretaries' love," 1962-1999

box 19

Journalists and authors 1990-2003

box 19

GDR forgien espionnage 1965-1993

box 20

GDR forgien espionnage 1965-1993

box 19

Transmission

box 20

Transmission

box 21

Counts and quantities of operations and agents

box 21

Political espionage (Office of the Federal President, Federal Chancellery, Guillaume couple)

box 22

Political espionage (Office of the Federal President, Federal Chancellery, Guillaume couple)

box 22

Guillaume couple 1974-1993

box 23

Guillaume couple 1974-1993

box 23

Foreign Affairs Ministry and other Ministries in Bonn 1970-1998

box 24

German Parliament (Bundestag) in Bonn 1961-2000

box 24

Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtdendienst) 1961-2004

box 25

Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz) in Cologne 1985-1998

box 25

State Office for the Protection of the Constitution/Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz (LFV), Office for the Protection of the Army/Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD), Federal Criminal Police Office/Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), and Federal Joint Committee/Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (GBA) 1962-1993

box 26

State Office for the Protection of the Constitution/Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz (LFV), Office for the Protection of the Army/Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD), Federal Criminal Police Office/Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), and Federal Joint Committee/Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (GBA) 1962-1993

box 26

Political parties in the GDR 1968-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes Social Democratic Party of Germany/Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Chritian Democratic Union of Germany/Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU), Christian Social Union in Bavaria/Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (CSU), Free Democratic Party/Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP), Party of Democratic Socialism/Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus(PDS), Green Party/Grüne, and the Left/Die Linke
box 26

Subordinate federal offices 1984-1995

box 26

Regional authorities 1990-1995

box 27

Police, border protection, and trade unions 1960-1996

box 27

Escape organizations, deviationists (Trotskyists and Maoists) and strangers 1974-1994

box 27

Right-wing extremism and war criminals (Schutzstaffel/SS) 1989-2000

box 27

Churches and human rights organizations 1981-1996

box 28

Churches and human rights organizations 1981-1996

box 28

Forgery and fakes (disinformation), including peace movements 1953-2001

box 29

Forgery and fakes (disinformation), including peace movements 1953-2001

box 29

German Communist Party/Deutsche Kommunistische Partei (DKP) military organization and camouflaged documents of the illegal Communist Party of Germany/Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) 1954-1990

box 29

Wiretapping 1984-2001

box 30

Wiretapping 1984-2001

box 30

"Wet Things" (murders, assassinations) 1974-2003

box 31

Stasi and terror (RAF, Carlos, Abu-Nidal, South-Tirol) 1976-2003

box 31

HVA, including against opposition in the GDR 1990-1995

box 31

Military espionage 1989-1994

box 32

Defense Committee of the GDR 1960-1978

box 32

Ministry of Defense 1961-1991

box 33

Espionage case against the Army 1961-1994

box 33

East espionage against foreign troops (US, Britain, France, Belgium, Holland) 1961-1996

box 33

Espionage against NATO in Brussels 1968-1999

box 34

Espionage against NATO in Brussels 1968-1999

box 34

Espionage on arms industry 1959-1994

box 34

GDR's border patrols, Grenzaufklärer (GAK), 1981-1989

box 34

Sabotage 1955-1996

box 35

Sabotage 1955-1996

box 35

Economic espionage 1962-1994

box 36

Economic espionage 1962-1994

box 37

Economic espionage 1962-1994

box 37

Embargo and smuggling 1982-1997

box 38

Embargo and smuggling 1982-1997

box 39

Embargo and smuggling 1982-1997

box 40

"Koko" (Ministry for Foreign Trade, Dr. Schalck-Golodkowski, Dr. Forgber) 1984-2001

box 41

"Koko" (Ministry for Foreign Trade, Dr. Schalck-Golodkowski, Dr. Forgber) 1984-2001

box 41

Trials, foreign agents and ex-spies 1969-1996

box 42

Trials, foreign agents and ex-spies 1969-1996

box 42

Lengths of espionage 1955-1992

box 43

New lives of agents in the GDR 1967-1993

box 44

Return of agents from the GDR 1962-1987

box 44

1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall 1988-1992

box 44

Bürgerkomitees and Stasi 1992-2004

box 44

Office for National Security/Amt für Nationale Sicherheit (AFNS) 1989-1993

box 45

Office for National Security/Amt für Nationale Sicherheit (AFNS) 1989-1993

box 45

End of the AFNS 1989

box 45

"Further developments," 1990-1994

box 45

Development from VA (Verwaltung Aufklärung) to IZ (Informationszentrum) 1990-1993

box 45

End of GDR espionage 1992-1999

box 46

Transfer of GDR spies (HVA, VA) to the KGB and GRU 1991-1992

box 46

Culpability of GDR espionage 1990-1999

box 46

Germany as a constitutional state 1973-1995

box 47

Germany as a constitutional state 1973-1995

box 47

Amnesty for spies 1989-1995

box 48

Stasi (destruction, controversies) 1990-2002

box 48

Rosenholz documents (Stasi) 1990-2002

box 49

Examination of ex-Stasi agents working in public services 1991-1996

box 49

Potential renouncement of German services after reunification 1988-1993

box 50

Potential renouncement of German services after reunification 1988-1993

box 50

FRG's thesis about GDR espionage after reunification 1990-1992

box 50

FRG's services 1968-1993

Scope and Contents note

Includes Federal Intelligence Service/Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/ Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BFV), Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), and SG (possibly Schutzgruppe)
box 51

FRG's services 1968-1993

Scope and Contents note

Includes Federal Intelligence Service/Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution/ Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BFV), Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), and SG (possibly Schutzgruppe)
box 51

FRG's mentality 1954-1994

box 52

FRG's mentality 1954-1994

box 52

Albanian printed matter 1965-1974

box 53

Albanian printed matter 1965-1974

box 53

Speeches and writings, addendum to broadcasts 1950-2001

Scope and Contents

Includes topics such as psychologic warfare in Bonn, GRD's propaganda against the army, and illegal resistance against the GDR
box 54

Speeches and writings, addendum to broadcasts 1950-2001

Scope and Contents note

Includes topics such as psychologic warfare in Bonn, GRD's propaganda against the army, and illegal resistance against the GDR
box 54

Chinese printed matter related to the Sino-Soviet dispute and Chinese propaganda in Western Europe 1960s

box 55

Chinese printed matter related to the Sino-Soviet dispute and Chinese propaganda in Western Europe 1960s

box 55

Maoist groups in Western Europe 1964-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes Schlomann's speeches and writings
box 56

Speeches and writings, 1962-1974

box 57

Speeches and writings 1962-1974

box 57

Schlomann's activities and reviews of his books 1950-1992

box 58

Schlomann's activities and reviews of his books 1950-1992

box 58

Speeches and writings 1955-1992

box 59

Speeches and writings 1955-1992

box 59

Schlomann's global activities, networking, and publications 1948-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and awards
box 60

Schlomann's global activities, networking, and publications 1948-2003

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence and awards
box 60

Speeches and writings 1944-1998

Scope and Contents

Includes printed matter related to the GDR
box 61

Speeches and writings 1944-1998

Scope and Contents note

Includes printed matter related to the GDR
box 61

GDR (especially the PSK) 1950-2005

box 62

GDR (especially the PSK) 1950-2005

box 62

Speeches and writings, Korea 1972-2002

box 63

Speeches and writings, Korea 1972-2002

box 64

Social Democratic Party of Germany/Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)

box 65

Beijing's propaganda and political work in Eastern Europe 1971-1975

box 65

Beijing's illegal activities in Eastern Europe 1963-1970

box 66

Beijing's illegal activities in Eastern Europe 1963-1970

box 65

Speeches and writings and conference file 1961-2004

Scope and Contents

Includes documentation on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany
box 66

Speeches and writings and conference file 1961-2004

Scope and Contents note

Includes documentation on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany
box 67

Speeches and writings 1959-1994

box 68

Speeches and writings 1959-1994

box 68

Espionage, GDR 1950-2002

box 69

Speeches and writings, espionage 1960-1999

box 70

Speeches and writings, Taiwan, Hong-Kong 1967-2005

Scope and Contents

Includes documentation on Exil-CUD and SPD
box 71

Speeches and writings, GDR

Scope and Contents note

Includes documentation on the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS)
box 72

Speeches and writings, GDR

Scope and Contents note

Includes documentation on the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS)
box 72

Speeches and writings 1947-1994

Scope and Contents

Includes documentation on the GDR (including illegal opposition)
box 73

Speeches and writings, Korea 1947-1994

box 74

Speeches and writings, GDR 1956-1990

box 74

Conference file and book reviews 1980-2003

box 75

Conference file and book reviews 1980-2003

box 75

Speeches and writings, Korea 1972-1985

box 76

Speeches and writings, Korea 1972-1985

box 77

Speeches and writings, Korea 1972-1985

box 77

Monographs and pamphlets 1956-2000

box 78

Monographs and pamphlets 1956-2000

box 78

GDR newspapers about 1989 1986-1990

box 79

GDR newspapers about 1989 1986-1990

box 79

Pamphlets of the Untersuchungsausschuss Freiheitlicher Juristen (UFJ), printed matter related to Baltic States and Korea 1975-2004

box 80

Pamphlets of the Untersuchungsausschuss Freiheitlicher Juristen (UFJ), printed matter related to Baltic States and Korea 1975-2004

box 80

North Korean pamphlets 1968-1975

box 81

Speeches and writings 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 82

Speeches and writings 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 83

Speeches and writings

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 84

Speeches and writings 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 85

Speeches and writings 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 86

Speeches and writings 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes broadcasts
box 87

GDR (politics, communism, security, prison) 1961-1999

box 88

GDR (politics, communism, security, prison) 1961-1999

box 88

China's relations with Germany 1969-1974

box 89

China's relations with Germany 1969-1974

box 89

China's relations with Europe (especially Germany) 1970-1987

box 90

China's relations with Europe (especially Germany) 1970-1987

box 90

China's attitude towards divided Germany 1955-1970

box 91

China's attitude towards divided Germany 1955-1970

box 91

Korea 1975-1980

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs
box 92

Korea 1975-1980

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs
box 92

Foreign Nazi propaganda towards Germany 1992-2005

box 93

Foreign Nazi propaganda towards Germany 1992-2005

box 94

Foreign Nazi propaganda towards Germany 1992-2005

box 95

Foreign Nazi propaganda towards Germany 1992-2005

 

Speeches and writings

box 95

GDR 1992-2005

box 96

GDR 1992-2005

box 97

GDR 1992-2005

box 98

GDR 1992-2005

box 99

China 1960-1999

box 100

General 1963-2004

box 101

China and Germany 1971-1972

box 101

General 1954-1999

box 102

General 1954-1999

box 103

General 1954-1999

box 104

General 1954-1999

box 105

Weapons (America, Asia, Europe) 1965-2004

box 105

Personal documents 1950-2006

box 106

Personal documents 1950-2006

box 106

Propaganda, espionage, intelligence, army (mainly GDR and USSR) 1960-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes cloth flag
box 107

Propaganda, espionage, intelligence, army (mainly GDR and USSR) 1960-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes cloth flag
box 108

Propaganda, espionage, intelligence, army (mainly GDR and USSR) 1960-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes cloth flag
box 108

Speeches and writings 1964-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes writings on espionage and reviews of Schlomann's writings
box 109

Speeches and writings 1964-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes writings on espionage and reviews of Schlomann's writings
box 110

Speeches and writings 1964-2006

Scope and Contents

Includes writings on espionage and reviews of Schlomann's writings
box 111

USSR's army and foreign affairs 1994-2005

box 112

USSR and Russia 1987-2000

box 113

USSR and Russia 1987-2000

box 114

Conference file and reviews 1993-2006

box 115

Military issues, especially in the ex-USSR 1995-2001

box 115

Russian military and espionage 1946, 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 116

Russian military and espionage 1946, 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 117

Russian military and espionage 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 118

Russian military and espionage 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 119

Russian military and espionage 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 120

Russian military and espionage 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 121

Russian military and espionage 1985-2002

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI), Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), and Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
box 121

Biographical file and documents related to GDR and communism 1955-1995

box 122

Russian army, 1992-2003

box 123

Russian army, 1992-2003

box 124

Russian army 1992-2003

box 125

Speeches and writings, 1949-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to "Tarnliteratur," GDR propaganda, and psychological warfare
box 126

Speeches and writings 1949-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to "Tarnliteratur," GDR propaganda, and psychological warfare
box 127

Speeches and writings 1949-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes documents related to "Tarnliteratur," GDR propaganda, and psychological warfare
box 127

Correspondence and printed matter 1966-2010

box 128

Correspondence and printed matter 1966-2010

box 128

Legal documents 1955-1992

box 129

Legal documents 1955-1992

box 129

Conference file, espionage, 1954-2010

Scope and Contents note

Includes speeches and writings
box 130

Conference file, espionage, 1954-2010

Scope and Contents note

Includes speeches and writings
box 131

Awards

Access

Box 131 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 132

Speeches and writings, documents related to GDR, Europe, and USSR 1968-2006

box 133

GDR's dictatorship 1953-1992

box 134

Division of Germany 1946-2007

box 135

Anti-communism 1953-2010

box 136

Espionage 2000s

box 137

Espionage in Germany, Switzerland, and other countries 1991-2008

Scope and Contents

Includes 1 3.5 inch floppy disk
box 138

GDR's intelligence 1973-2012

box 139

Anti-communism 1989-2012

box 139

Germany 1958-2012

box 140

Germany 1958-2012

box 140

Anti-communism, 1959-2012

Scope and Contents

Includes CDU pins
box 141

Anti-communism 1966-2013

box 142

Anti-communism 1966-2013

box 142

Speeches and writings 1998-2013

Scope and Contents

Includes writings published in Germany, Switzerland, and Luxembourg
box 143

GDR and extremism 1981-2015

box 144

Speeches and writings 1990-2004

Scope and Contents

Includes writings published in Switzerland
box 145

Neo-Nazis, Germany, democracy 1968-2014

box 146

GDR and Germany's reunification 1986-2014

box 147

Speeches and writings 2013-2015

Scope and Contents

Includes writings published in Luxembourg
box 148

Undescribed materials

box 149

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box 150

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

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Undescribed materials

box 164

Audiovisual materials related to the GDR

Scope and Contents

Includes 12 CD sound discs, 3 compact sound cassettes, and 1 VHS videocassette
box 165

Letters, writings and printed matter 1957-2018

Scope and Contents

In German
box 166

Publications regarding Schlomann's 90th birthday, correspondence, and identity papers

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with German and Swiss politicians, especially Dr. Wieck (president of BND) and Peter Regli (former president of the NDB in Switzerland).