Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda : Correspondence and papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 573
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda : Correspondence and papers
Date(s)	: 1944-1945
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: c145 frames
Name of creator(s)	: Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda or Propagandaministerium) was the Nazi ministry dedicated to enforcing the Nazi ideology in Germany and regulating its culture and society. Founded on March 13 1933 by Adolf Hitler's new National Socialist government, the Ministry was headed by Dr Joseph Goebbels and was responsible for controlling the press and culture of Nazi Germany.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Microfilm of correspondence and papers of the Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), 1944-1945, chiefly comprising anti-semitic material.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

Chronological.

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