NSDAP Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord (North Rhine-Westphalia): circulars and information sheets (1941)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 841
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: NSDAP Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord (North Rhine-Westphalia): circulars and information sheets (1941)
Date(s)	: 1941
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: National Socialist German Workers Party x Nazi Party

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Nazi party disseminated information to the regional and area offices such as NSDAP Westfalen-Nord.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Information sheets and circulars disseminating information and instructions from the Nazi party hierarchy, via the regional offices of the NSDAP Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord (North Rhine-Westphalia) to lower level officials, 2 Apr 1941-25 Aug 1941. Topics include orders on the evacuation of women and children; instructions regarding restrictions of Mischlinge and Gypsies and advice on how to deal with enemy propaganda.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

The material has been arranged chronologically, ranging in date from April through to August 1941 with gaps between issues. The first 5 items are Informationen, information sheets in which each item is numbered, continuing into subsequent issues. The last 3 items are Rundschreiben, circulars, with a slightly different format but containing essentially the same kind of information.

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