Inventory of the Louis Paul Lochner collection
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Louis Paul Lochner collection
Date (inclusive): 1925-1966
Collection Number: XX031
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes
(3.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter relating to the Nazi party, domestic conditions in Germany and German
foreign policy before and during World War II, post-war occupation of Germany, denazification efforts, and communist party
activities in Germany. Includes correspondence of Joachim von Ribbentrop.
source:
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975
Creator:
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 1893-1946
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
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Louis Paul Lochner Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical note
American political activist, journalist, and author.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter relating to the Nazi party, domestic conditions in Germany and German
foreign policy before and during World War II, post-war occupation of Germany, denazification efforts, and communist party
activities in Germany. Includes correspondence of Joachim von Ribbentrop.
The individual folder titles are Lochner's.
Separated Materials Note
Some items have been transferred to the Hoover Institution Library or incorporated into the following collections:
Franz von Papen miscellaneous papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Benno Reifenberg typescript, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Hellmuth Wissmann writings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Denazification
Communism -- Germany
National socialism
Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945
Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
box 1, folder 1
Register
undated
Scope and Contents note
Written by Lochner, contains his own descriptions of the material found in the collection along with his opinion of their
significance.
Ribbentrop Office File
1933-1936
1966
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with Hitler and Hitler's Adjutants, etc. (originals and carbons) regarding German-British relations. Includes
newspaper clippings.
box 1, folder 2
General
circa 1966
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten note explaining the provenance of these papers, as well as copies of original folders with notes by Herbert Hoover
and Agnes Peterson.
Correspondence
1935-1936
Scope and Contents note
Also included in the correspondent files are letters from Ribbentrop's office staff (Abetz, Bottiger, Falke, von Raumer, Rodde,
and Thorner).
box 1, folder 3
Unidentified
1935 December 10
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Ribbentrop re problems of authority in German-British relations. Carbon copy.
box 1, folder 4
Hassel, Ulrich von
1935 March 29
Scope and Contents note
Report from Rome on a meeting with Suvich. Telegram.
box 1, folder 5
Hess, Rudolf
1934 September 13
Scope and Contents note
Re Daniel Vincent. Telegram.
Hitler, Adolf
1935-1936
Scope and Contents note
Contains Ribbentrop correspondence only.
box 1, folder 6
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph in pencil re Sir Ruthermere's visit to Germany.
box 1, folder 7
1935 January 6
Scope and Contents note
Holograph in black ink with attached translation of letter by A. L. Kennedy to Ribbentrop re his article in the
Times.
box 1, folder 8
1935 January 16
Scope and Contents note
Telegram re Genfsitzung.
box 1, folder 9
1935 January 20
Scope and Contents note
Signed typescript re Lord Allen of Hurthwood's visit to Germany.
box 1, folder 10
1935 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Holograph with attached "Entwurf eines Briefes des Reichsaussenministers an den Staatssekretar des Ausseren Sir John Simon,
London, Foreign Office."
box 1, folder 11
1935 July 19
Scope and Contents note
Signed typescript re visit of British soldiers.
box 1, folder 12
1936 August 11
Scope and Contents note
Signed typescript re Ribbentrop's nomination as German ambassador to London. Includes two notes for the press and note by
[Constantin] Freiherr von Neurath.
box 1, folder 13
Hoare, Samuel
1935 June 18
Scope and Contents note
Typescript re limitation of naval forces.
box 1, folder 14
Schaub, Julius
1936 October 29
box 1, folder 15
Wiedemann, Fritz
1935 January 30-1936 September 28
Reports
1933-1936, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes reports, translations of letters and articles from the foreign press, notes for Hitler (Notizen für den Kanzler),
telephone conversation transcripts, etc., arranged in chronological order, signed or with written notes by Ribbentrop. Typescripts
unless otherwise noted. The documents often explicitly mention Hitler as the addressee. If the documents carry a title, these
are given in German.
box 1, folder 17
General
1933-1936
Scope and Contents note
Not signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop. Includes DNB (Deutsches Nachrichtenburo) press reports, as well as undated documents.
box 1, folder 18
"Aktennotizen" re German British relations
undated
box 1, folder 19
"Besprechung mit dem baskischen Abgeordneten Ybornegeray und Herrn Pirroneau, massgebender Mann beim
Echo de Paris bei Brinon in dessen Wohnung,"
undated
box 1, folder 20
"Fruhstuck bei General Bourret,"
undated
box 1, folder 21
"Material für den Kanzler" re French and English press
undated
box 1, folder 22
"Notiz für den Kanzler, Frankreich,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph.
box 1, folder 23
"Notiz für den Kanzler, England,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph.
box 1, folder 24
"
Times Atrikel von morgen,"
undated
box 2, folder 1
"Unterredung eines Freundes von mir mit dem englischen Konig,"
undated
box 2, folder 2
"Aktennotiz,"
1933 November 20-26
Scope and Contents note
Re meetings with British statesmen that lead to more friendly German-British relations.
box 2, folder 3
"Besprechung zwischen Monsieur Dupuy, Herrn de Brinon und mir,"
1933 December 1
box 2, folder 4
"Notizen für den Kanzler" re Great Britain and France
1934 January 9
box 2, folder 5
"Notizen für den Kanzler" re meeting with von Neurath
1934 February 2
box 2, folder 6
"Ubersetzung eines Briefes von Mr. Tennant...,"
1934 February 7
box 2, folder 7
"Notizen für den Kanzler,"
1934 February 9
box 2, folder 8
"Betrifft Besuch Eden,"
1934 February 19
box 2, folder 9
"Betrifft Besprechung Eden,"
1934 February 21
box 2, folder 10
Re Hitler's meeting with Eden and re Ribbentrop's role as Hitler's confidant in questions of foreign policy
1934 February 21
box 2, folder 11
"Notiz für den Kanzler" re trip to Paris and "Allgemeine Eindrucke in Frankreich,"
1934 February 28
box 2, folder 12
"Besprechung mit Herrn Louis Barthou, franzosischem Aussenminister,"
1934 March 4
Scope and Contents note
Signed holograph note attached.
box 2, folder 13
"Notiz für den Kanzler" re France and Austria
1934 March 15
box 2, folder 14
Re meeting with Sir Eric Phipps
1934 April 28
box 2, folder 15
"Notiz für den Kanzler über englische Reise,"
1934 August 25
box 2, folder 16
"Besprechungen der franzosischen Frontkampferfuhrer mit Vertretern ihrer Regierung im Anschluss Berliner Reise 2-3 November
1934,"
1934 November 8
box 2, folder 17
"Unterhaltung mit dem franzosischen Aussenminister Laval,"
1934 December 6
box 2, folder 18
"Notiz für den Kanzler. Betrifft: Rothermere-Atrikel,"
1934 December 6
box 2, folder 19
"Bericht uber drei Wochen in England,"
1934 December 18
box 2, folder 20
"Ubersetzung,"
1934 December 22
Scope and Contents note
Translation of a letter by George Chichester to von Ribbentrop.
box 2, folder 21
"Zusamnenfassender Bericht uber die deutschfanzosische Frontkampferaktion von Winter 1933/1934 bis Jahresende 1934,"
1934 December 31
Scope and Contents note
Written by Abetz, signed by Ribbentrop.
box 2, folder 22
"Auszug aus einem Interview, das Jean Goy der Wochenschrift
Notre Temps am 5.1.1935 gab,"
1935 January 5
box 2, folder 23
"Ubersetzung aus der
Times vom 5.1.1935" re Eden
1935 January 5
box 2, folder 24
"Einige in den letzten Tagen vom Ausland erhaltene Nachrichten," and "Notiz für den Fuhrer und Reichskanzler,"
1935 January 14
Scope and Contents note
Re an important article by A.L. Kennedy (
Times).
box 2, folder 25
"Notiz für den Fuhrer und Reichskanzler,"
1935 January 14
Scope and Contents note
Includes six articles from the foreign press.
box 2, folder 26
"Betrifft Londoner Reise zwecks Forderung deutsch-englischer Wirtschafts-beziehungen. Entsendung einer offiziellen Goodwill
Commission nach Deutschland...,"
1935 February 14
box 2, folder 27
"Brief von Lord Lothian," and "Vertrauliche Ausserungen von Lord Lothian uber Gegensatze in Berlin,"
1935 February 20-26
box 2, folder 28
"Abetz: Bericht Reise Paris-Brussel 16-25 Februar 1935,"
1935 February 25
box 2, folder 29
"Notiz fur den Fuhrer" re tactical areas
1935 February 27
box 2, folder 30
"Notiz für den Kanzler. Italienische Verstandigungspropaganda in Frankreich,"
1935 February 27
box 2, folder 31
"Notiz für den Fuhrer,"
1935 April 3
Scope and Contents note
Re foreign relations with France and England.
box 2, folder 32
"Notiz für den Fuhrer. Betrifft Osterreichfrage,"
1935 July 4
box 2, folder 33
"Notiz für den Fuhrer. Betrifft englischen Frontkampferbesuch,"
1935 July 4
box 2, folder 34
"Betrifft Herrn von Stohrer, Herrn von Keller, Pg. Reinebeck,"
1935 July 19
box 2, folder 35
"Notiz für den Fuhrer" re England
1935 October 29
box 2, folder 36
"Notiz für den Fuhrer Betr. Reichsbankprasident Schacht,"
1935 November 12
box 2, folder 37
"Notiz für den Fuhrer" re Rustungsproblem
1935 December 8
box 2, folder 38
Translation of letter by Londonderry to von Ribbentrop
1936 February 21
box 2, folder 39
Re Ribbentrop's and Dieckhoff's handing over a German document to Eden
1936 April 1
Scope and Contents note
Sent as telegram from London to Berlin. The document was titled "grosser konstruktiver Friedensplan" and was handed over in
the presence of Lord Halifax and Mr. Wigram.
box 2, folder 40
Re instructions to Furst Bismarck in London
1936 July 22
box 2, folder 41
Re visit of Sir Oswald Mosley
1936 September 11
box 2, folder 42
Re visit of Graf Bonmartini, owner of
Giornale d'Italia
1936 September 13
box 2, folder 43
Translation of letter by Londonderry to von Ribbentrop
1936 September 16
box 2, folder 44
"Betrifft Besuch Sir Oswald Mosley beim Fuhrer,"
1936 September 17
box 2, folder 45
Re Degrelle's visit
1936 September 25
box 2, folder 46
"Betrifft Reichskolonialbund,"
1936 Semptember 25
box 2, folder 47
Re Italy
1936 October 11
Scope and Contents note
Includes a copy of Ribbentrop's letter to German ambassador to Italy von Hassel.
box 2, folder 48
"Betrifft den lettischen Aussenminister Munters,"
1936 October 12
box 2, folder 49
"Notiz für den Fuhrer Beiliegend einte korrespondenz mit Lord Londonderry,"
1936 October 12
box 2, folder 50
"Betrifft Japan-Verhandlungen,"
1936 October 13
box 2, folder 51
Austria
1936 July 25
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Hitler to Franz von Papen nominating him ambassador to Austria.
box 2, folder 52
Ribbentrop, Joachim von
circa 1935-1936
Scope and Contents note
Contains a report on a car accident in which Ribbentrop was involved; three letters of congratulation on Ribbentrop's birthday
from Hitler, Bruckner, and Schaub; and a letter from Richard Ribbentrop thanking Hitler for a Christmas gift.
box 2, folder 53
Miscellaneous
1936 July 24
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Staatssekretar Otto Meissner to Julius Schaub.
German-Russian relations
1939-1940
Scope and Contents note
Lochner's translations of documents and telegrams.
box 2, folder 54
Summary
1946 September 19
Scope and Contents note
Based on documents found in the German Foreign Office. Contains information on German-Russian relations from 1922 to June
24, 1941.
box 2, folder 58
"Accord on Spoils Cited by Germans,"
Times
1946
box 2, folder 59
"Molotov-Ribbentrop Secret Protocol,"
The Tablet (London)
1946 October 19
box 2, folder 60
Nine letters from Count Potocki to Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1937-1939
box 3, folder 1
Bernard, General
1945 May 28
Scope and Contents note
Contains a report of a meeting with Hitler.
box 3, folder 2
Brauchitsch
1941
Scope and Contents note
Contains a letter from a member of resistance to Brauchitsch.
box 3, folder 3
Church - in Germany prior to WWII
circa 1933-1937
box 3, folder 4
Church - in Germany after WWII
circa 1945
box 3, folder 6
Correspondence - miscellaneous
circa 1925-1946
box 3, folder 7
Documents
1940 August
Scope and Contents note
Contains copies of documents drawn up by Keitel and Ribbentrop.
box 3, folder 8
Essays
circa 1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Re conditions in Germany during and after WWII.
box 3, folder 9
French Occupation Zone, essay
undated
box 3, folder 10
German Law
1935 August 24
Scope and Contents note
Contains a history and interpretation of certain paragraphs of the law.
box 3, folder 11
Gestapo - Arrest of Pastor Moerike
1938 April 10
box 3, folder 12
Goerdeler, Karl
circa 1945 February
Scope and Contents note
Contains a copy of a letter to Mrs. Goerdeler in commemoration of her husband's death.
box 3, folder 13
Hitler and Christianity
circa 1941
box 3, folder 14
Jews - persecution of during WWII
circa 1941
box 3, folder 15
Kleffel, Walter
circa 1946
Scope and Contents note
A well-known publicist. Contains his thoughts about Germany.
box 3, folder 16
Lammers, Clemens (Dr.)
1948 July 14
Scope and Contents note
Leading German industrialist. Contains excerpts from a letter to Lochner.
box 3, folder 17
Lochner, Louis
circa 1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Includes requests, thank yous, and other personal documents.
box 3, folder 18
Miscellaneous
circa 1931-1949
box 3, folder 19
Miscellaneous requests to Occupation Forces in Germany
circa 1945
box 3, folder 20
Nazi concentration camps
circa 1945 April
box 3, folder 21
Polish and Russian occupation
circa 1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains reports from East German provinces.
box 3, folder 22
Politics - Germany after WWII
circa 1945
box 3, folder 23
Press
1945 July 25
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript re the reconstruction of press in post-Hitler Germany.
box 3, folder 24
Refugees (German)
circa 1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Includes information about their hardship and appeals for help.
box 3, folder 25
Relief work of churches in Germany after WWII
circa 1947
box 3, folder 26
Reports from West Germany after WWII
circa 1947-1948
box 3, folder 27
Rommel, Erwin Generalfeldmarschall
1945 March 7
Scope and Contents note
Contains a copy of a letter to Mrs. Rommel regarding the erection of a monument honoring Rommel.
box 3, folder 28
Russian occupation
circa 1945
Scope and Contents note
Contains documents re the events in Koenigsberg since April 9, 1945, including a partial list of persons arrested.
box 3, folder 29
Schroder, G. (Pastor)
1946 March 30
Scope and Contents note
Contains a bound typewritten manuscript, "Aber von innen gesehen...," which details Schroder's experiences and some events
during the Third Reich.
box 3, folder 30
SS (Schutzstaffel) - history
circa 1938-1939
box 3, folder 31
Some opinions
circa 1948-1951
Scope and Contents note
Contains typescripts, an article, and a report written right after the German collapse and in the years following. Includes
a typescript by Dr. Piening.
box 3, folder 32
"Sowjet Union" - German report
1945
box 4, folder 1
Thomas, General (German)
1945 July 20
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript discussing his position regarding Hitler prior to WWII and his arrest in connection with the July 20,
1944 Hitler assassination attempt.
box 4, folder 2
U.S. and British Occupation Forces
circa 1945-1948
box 4, folder 3
Vorspiel Zum Krieg Im Osten
1944
Scope and Contents note
Contains a review of book by Grigore Gragencu.
box 4, folder 4
Wulle, R.
1938-1942
Scope and Contents note
Contains an appeal describing Wulle's experiences under the Nazi Party.
box 4, folder 5
Zienau, Oswald
1946 June 13
Scope and Contents note
Contains a letter to Lochner with a list of 126 persons executed by the Nazis.
box 4, folder 6-7
Anti and pro-Nazi underground materials
1939, 1943-1944
Scope and Contents note
Contains leaflets, newsletters, news clippings, and other printed matter. Includes a copy of the publication
Hitler: Doomed to Die.
box 4, folder 8-14
Miscellaneous printed matter
circa 1929-1956
Scope and Contents note
Contains articles, magazines, pamphlet, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter mainly regarding Nazi Germany. Includes
a copy of the speech "Erfahrungen in Russland und Folgerung für die sozial-politsche Aufgabe der Christen im Westen" by H.
Gollwitzer given on March 26, 1953, a memo titled "Denkschrift über die gegenwärtigen Probleme der Entnazifizierung," and
the book
Wir Kriegsblinden und Unsere Gemeinschaft 1916-1956.
box 5, folder 1
Excerpts from
Weekly Political Intelligence and German Opinion Review
1945-1946, undated
box 5, folder 2
Resolution by all political parties represented in the Provisional Parliament of Great Hesse,
1946 June 7
Scope and Contents note
Objects to the manner in which houses were being requisitioned for occupation troops.
box 5, folder 3
Documents re the sufferings and migrations of German Expelles from Silesia and the Sudetenland,
undated
Scope and Contents note
The papers were contributed by the Office of the Catholic Monsigneur Albert Buttner, who conducted a Kirchliche Hilfsstelle
in Frankfurt, Germany and include eye-witness accounts of the migrations, mainly in German. Includes the typescript "The Czech
Conquest of Saaz, Sudetengau."
box 5, folder 4
A Check List of Current Serials in the United States Zone of Germany
1946 September
Scope and Contents note
Prepared by the Library of Congress Mission HQ, U S. Forces, European Theater, APO 757, U.S. Army.
box 5, folder 5
One page memorandum
undated
Scope and Contents note
Discusses how the Soviets tried to make the other parties in the town of Parchim, Mechlemberg in Germany come into the communist
fold. Contributed by Gerd Niehoff.
box 5, folder 6
Bierzeitung
1935 September
Scope and Contents note
A humorous mimeographed monthly paper published by the staff personnel of the 2nd German Infantry Regiment stationed at Munster.
box 5, folder 7
Case history of a complaint and its disposition By Dr. Clemens Kauffmann,
1946
Scope and Contents note
Kauffmann was an appointed health officer of the Berlin section of Lichterfelde. The complaint regards Kauffmann's ejection
from his home after being assured that it would not be requisitioned upon assuming his post as a health officer.
box 5, folder 8
Three papers on German Finance
1946, undated
Scope and Contents note
Submitted by Dr. Noll Von Nahmer, a ministerial director in the Reich Ministry of Finance.
box 5, folder 9
Project for a periodic correspondence letter
undated
Scope and Contents note
Submitted by Dr. Theordore Beuchner, a German journalist. Includes material in German with Buechner's English translations.
box 5, folder 10
"Imperialist Methods of Government,"
1946
Scope and Contents note
Copy of an article supplied to the students of the English Seminary of Berlin University, which was then located in the Russian
sector of the city. The article contains criticisms of the Britain and the United States.
box 5, folder 11
Case History of Dr. Rudolf Pander
1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains a request by Palmer in English for better treatment as a prisoner of war. Also includes a letter to Lochner in German.
box 5, folder 12
"Die Bruecke" (The Bridge),
1946
Scope and Contents note
A typescript copy of an article written by a German prisoner of war in Egypt. This soldier tries to make clear to the youth
of Germany how wrong the ideologies which they followed were. He discusses constructing "The Bridge" toward establishing a
New Germany which shall lead Germany back into the family of nations.
box 5, folder 13
"Der Brand von Wurzburg" (The Wurtzburg Fire)
1946 March 16
Scope and Contents note
Contains an eye-witness account of the disaster by Prof. Dr. Hermann Luedke, a native of Wurzburg until 1946, when he was
appointed chief of all the city hospitals in Schweinfurt and health officer for the district.
box 5, folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, play by Dr. Hermann Leudke
1938
Scope and Contents note
Includes a copy of a letter by Leudke.
box 5, folder 15
"Germany" letter
undated
Scope and Contents note
Copy of a letter in German written by Ruth Fischer. The letter was screened by Germany's Civil Censorship Division at Offenbach
and was deemed important enough that a copy of it was made for intelligence purposes. In it the writer outlines a Soviet Russian
plot for turning Germany into a Bolshevik State.
box 5, folder 16
Exposé on the future of the German press
undated
Scope and Contents note
Written at the request of the German government by Dr. Hermann Katzengerger, former press-officer in the German Foreign Office.
box 5, folder 17
Clay and the Catholic Bishops
1946 July 3
Scope and Contents note
Contains a letter written by General Clay stating that he is unwilling to pass along a petition to President Truman, written
by a group of Catholic bishops assembled in Fulda, Germany, asking that assistance be given to expellees from Eastern Germany
to ease their suffering.
box 5, folder 18
Story of the surrender of the city of Heidenheim by Hans Voith
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript in German describing how the citizens of the Suabian city of Heidenheim outwitted the Nazis who had intended to
bomb the city. Given to Lochner by a Stuttgart military intelligence officer.
box 5, folder 19
Sidelights on Soviet occupation
1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains documents from intelligence officers in Berlin which discuss the daily disagreements between American and Russian
authorities in Berlin.
box 5, folder 20
Speech ascribed to Cardinal von Galen,
circa 1946
Scope and Contents note
Copy of a speech in German that circulated widely among Catholics with the claim that it was delivered in Rome by Cardinal
von Galen in March 1946. It aims to provoke suspicion in the occupation authorities.
box 5, folder 21
Protocols of the first two sessions of the provisional people's parliament for Wurtemberg-Baden
1946 January 16
Scope and Contents note
Contains two copies of "Verhandlungen der Vorläufigen Volksvertretung für Württemberg-Baden."
box 5, folder 22
Sidelights on the German Communist Party
1946 August 12
Scope and Contents note
Contains a typescript in German regarding the Communist Party's demand for land reform as well as their objection to the writing
of constitutions for the three sections of Germany and to occupation by American troops on the grounds that it would prevent
German unity. Also includes a summary of Soviet tactics in Berlin and their dealings with the Democratic parties.
box 5, folder 23
Stuttgart politics
1946, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a report by Lord Mayor Klett on one year of occupation and reconstruction; a special edition of
Rhine Neckar Zeitung showing the results of the election of delegates to the provisional parliament of Wurtemburg-Baden; an edition of
Stuttgart Zeitung; three copies of an open letter to Dr. Schumacher, leader of the Social-Democrats; and a copy of the speech
Für Frieden, Freiheit, und Sozialismus (Peace, Freedom, and Socialism) by Dr. Kurt Schumacher.
box 5, folder 24
Nazi card of condolence
undated
Scope and Contents note
A copy of a stock card sent to the families of fallen German soldiers.
box 5, folder 25
Economic news on the Soviet Union
1945 February 2
Scope and Contents note
Contains a German report.
box 5, folder 26
"Faces in the Night,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains photographic copies of artwork by German artist Erich Martin, an opponent of Nazism. Also includes a typescript copy
of Martin's description of the work as well as a handwritten explanation of the significance of each photo written by H. Hartel,
an American censor at Offenbach who contributed the contents of this file to Lochner.
box 5, folder 27
The Hartel collection of documents
1945-1946, undated
Scope and Contents note
Various documents collected by H. Hartel consisting of election flyers for the Kassel district and election programs from
a new party, the National-Democrats, and the Democratic Peoples' Party. It also contains a list of all the former Nazi Party
members in Wiess-Baden; a speech by Dr. Wagembach of Giessen; a speech by the Social-Democratic leader for Greater Hesse,
Wilhelm Knowthe; and a pamphlet, "Questions and Answers," by Anton Ackermann on the alleged necessity for a union of the Communists
and Social-Democrats. Finally, it contains excerpts from letters by refugees that went through the censorship as well as a
few poems written under the impact of expulsion.
box 6, folder 1
Damm, Paul correspondence,
1946-1948
box 6, folder 2
Sudeten material
1946
Scope and Contents note
Documents in German related to the feeding of the Germans, especially Catholics, ejected fro the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia.
box 6, folder 3
Copy of letter by the sub-prefect of the French Zone at Freiburg
1946 June 18
Scope and Contents note
Informs all the German political parties that in election speeches there must be no mention of a German central government,
of the internationization of the Ruhr and Rhineland, and of the economic junction of the Saar to France.
box 6, folder 4
Denazification of Material--Austria
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
A collection of Austrian denazification laws supplied by the principal denazification officer for American Military Government
in Austria, Mr. M. Wallach.
box 6, folder 5
Denazification material--Germany
1946-1947
Scope and Contents note
Contains government orders, posters, graphs, a British questionnaire (Fragebogen), directives, a registration blank (Meldebogen),
and two monthly denazification reports. Also included is a "Note on Denazification in the Hansestadt Hamburg," a copy of a
letter by Franz Karl Maier charging the Prime Minister of Wuerttemberg-Baden with collaborating with the Nazis, a request
for the denazification minister, a Dr. Kamm, to rule on his objections to certain phases of denazification, and a plan for
changing the Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism.
box 6, folder 6
Political pamphlets and documents from Wurttemberg-Baden
circa 1936
Scope and Contents note
Handbills and appeals issued during the 1936 election campaigns.
box 6, folder 7
Program and other details of the First Convention of the Federation of Trade Unions of Wurttemberg-Baden
1946
Scope and Contents note
This convention was held August 30-September 1 of 1946 at Kornwestheim near Stuttgart.
box 6, folder 8
Gestapo document
1939 February 11
Scope and Contents note
Contains an indictment against a man from Stuttgart named Richard Schmid, who was accused of complicity in a treasonable plot.
box 6, folder 9
"Requests of the Laenderrat to Military Government,"
1946 Decmber 3
Scope and Contents note
A report detailing the decisions and results of the Laenderrat meeting in Stuttgart.
box 6, folder 10
The situation in Stuttgart
1946-1947, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains documents indicating the problems of the capital of Wurttemberg-Baden, Stuttgart.
box 6, folder 11
Documents regarding the American Zone
undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains a document explaining the Regional Government Coordinating Office in the American Zone, as well as biographical material
concerning various German officials in the American Zone.
box 6, folder 12
Refugee camp overcrowding
1946 October 19
Scope and Contents note
Contains a report by a health officer to the American military in Wurttemberg-Baden, indicating an increase in various epidemics,
especially diphtheria.
box 6, folder 13
Goodwill Youth Club, Stuttgart
1946
Scope and Contents note
A copy of the by-laws of a club for young Germans and Americans, formed under American auspices. In German.
box 6, folder 14
Writings of Emmy Dorthea Dill
1947
Scope and Contents note
Contains various writings in English and German by Dill, who described herself as an authoress of Bad Durkeim in the French
Zone.
box 6, folder 15
Law for making farmland available for settlement in the American Zone
1946 August 13
Scope and Contents note
In German.
box 6, folder 16
Der Wirtschaft Spiegel (Economic Mirror)
1946-1947
Scope and Contents note
Two copies of the issue for December-January, 1946-47.
box 6, folder 17
Typescript by A. von Megulnoff, Berlin
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript titled "Gefahr für den Welfrieden" (Danger to World Peace) describing an antibolshevik Russian living in exile
in Berlin.
box 6, folder 18
"Die Existenzmoglichkeit Deutschlands in Beziehung zur Festlegung seiner Grenzen" (The Possibilities for Existence for Germany
as Related to the Fixation of Her Boundaries)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Two copies of a document written by Dr. Grimm, former executive director of the Chamber of Commerce of Hirschberg, Silesia.
Dr. Grimm seeks to prove that the eastern boundaries of Germany as then interpreted by Russia and Poland will mean a catastrophe.
Contributed by A. von Megulnoff.
box 6, folder 19
"Zer Frage der Bodenreform,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Describes developments in the Russian Zone concerning land reform, provisioning of greater Berlin, and the deportation of
German skilled workers. Contributed by Rev. Jochen Wilde, a Lutheran pastor who opposed Hitler and communism.
box 7, folder 1
Helmuth Wissmann collection
1944-1946
box 7, folder 2
Photostat of typical Russian Secret Service (NKVD) passport
circa 1946
box 7, folder 3
Major Merle A. Potter collection
1946
box 7, folder 4
Sudeten documents
1941-1945, undated
box 7, folder 5
Proceedings of the Social Democratic Party Convention at Hanover
1946 May 8-11
box 7, folder 6
Documents from the Hohenzollern Archives
1924-1946
box 7, folder 7
Papers Submitted by Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
1945-1946
box 7, folder 8
Otto Nuschke papers
1932-1934
box 7, folder 9
Article by Max Schnitzer on the Hoover War Library
undated
box 7, folder 10-12
Die Ernaehrung des Deutschen Volkes (The Nutrition of the German People) by Dr. Wilhelm Ziegelmayer
1947
box 8, folder 1
"Das Demokratische Deutschland,"
1945
box 8, folder 2
Kurt Heyd collection
1933-1945, undated
box 8, folder 3
Economic data concerning Germany
1941-1947
box 8, folder 4-7
Troop information and education
1946-1947
box 9, folder 1
Karl Brammer, "So lebten sie: 700 Milliarden Schulden,"
1946
box 9, folder 2
Rudolf Diels, "Die Amfänge der Gestapo,"
1946
box 9, folder 3
Hans Karl Ernst Ludwig Keller
1946, undated
Scope and Contents note
Contains two typescripts: "Die Akademie für die Rechte der Völker und die Freiheit der Wissenschaft" and "The History of the
Academy for the Rights of Nations."
box 9, folder 4
Walther F. Kleffel
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains four typescripts: "Zeitliches," "Die grosse Enttäuschung," "Der Bannstrahl," and "Auf falschen Wegen."
box 9, folder 5
Clemens Lammers, "Reichsverband der Deutschen Industrie und Machtergreifung,"
1946
box 9, folder 6
Cornelia and Uta Maass, letter to Adolf Hitler
1944 October 10
Scope and Contents note
A plea for Hermann Maass who was sentenced to death for his part in the attempt on Hitler's life at Potsdam.
box 9, folder 7
Eva Maass, letter Otto Thierack, Minister of Justice
1944 October 21
Scope and Contents note
Sent on behalf of Hermann Maass who was sentenced to death for his part in the attempt on Hitler's life at Potsdam.
box 9, folder 8
Hermann Maass, letter to his wife
1944 August 12-13
Scope and Contents note
Written shortly before Maass' execution.
box 9, folder 9-11
Kurt Mair
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains "Seven Documents Relating to the Operation of the Interradio A. G.," a letter addressed to General Mark Clark requesting
the speedy investigation of internees in Walchsee, and "Teilabschrift aus Briefen an österreichische Regierungsmitglieder
und an österreichische Nationalräte."
box 10, folder 1-3
Hansjörg Maurer
1936-1947
Scope and Contents note
Contains "Mein Tagebuch," "Meine politischen Tagebuch-Blätter," and "Meine Confessio Vitae" (My Confession of My Life)."
box 10, folder 4
Horst Pelskmann, "Plaidoyer fuer die 'SS' Schutzstaffel der NSDAP gehalten vor dem Internationalen Militaergerichtshof, Nürnberg,"
1946
box 10, folder 5
Ernst Poensgen, "Hitler und die Ruhrindustriellen: ein Rückblick,"
circa 1945
box 10, folder 6
Winifred Wagner's defense
circa 1946
box 10, folder 7
Albert Wolf, "Der Weg in den Abgrund" (The Road into the Abyss)
circa 1946
