Lammers, Reichsminster Hans Heinrich: Letter on the events of 20 Jul 1944

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 659
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Lammers, Reichsminster Hans Heinrich: Letter on the events of 20 Jul 1944
Date(s)	: 1944
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Lammers | Hans Heinrich | 1879-1962 | Reichsminister

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Hans Heinrich Lammers (1879-1962), was a career civil servant, who joined the Nazi party in 1932 and was appointed by Hitler to chief of the Chancery on 30 January 1933, and promoted to Reichsminister on 26 November 1937. After 1941, the power and influence that Lammers was used to wielding passed increasingly to Martin Bormann.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Confidential circular letter to leading government officials, 27 Jul 1944, from Dr Lammers, Reichsminister and Chef der Reichskanzlei, regarding the Nazi government's public treatment of the bomb plot of 20 July 1944.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

N/A

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2008