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- 1934-1936 (Creation)
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The Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (AO) was an umbrella organisation of Nazi party groups abroad, founded in 1930 on the initiative of Bruno Fricke, from Paraguay, and Gregor Strasser, who at the time was in charge of the Nazi Party organisation in Germany. In May 1933 Ernst Wilhelm Bohle became its director. The organisation provided Nazi Party members abroad with political and ideological instructional propaganda material; it also organised travel in the Reich and set up sister-city arrangements. Although the AO proclaimed its strict non-intervention in the affairs of host countries, it used its connections for espionage and political pressure.
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Whilst the provenance is not known, it appears that the extracts were compiled contemporaneously, possibly by the Jewish Central Information Office. The date of the last extract, Jan 1936, gives some indication as to the date of completion. The choice of extracts is explained in a footnote to a summary of the extracts, which states that only those articles were chosen which contained particularly interesting items of news and announcements.
GB 1556 WL 840 1934-1936 Collection level (fonds) 1 folder [Jewish Central Information Office]
The Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (AO) was an umbrella organisation of Nazi party groups abroad, founded in 1930 on the initiative of Bruno Fricke, from Paraguay, and Gregor Strasser, who at the time was in charge of the Nazi Party organisation in Germany. In May 1933 Ernst Wilhelm Bohle became its director. The organisation provided Nazi Party members abroad with political and ideological instructional propaganda material; it also organised travel in the Reich and set up sister-city arrangements. Although the AO proclaimed its strict non-intervention in the affairs of host countries, it used its connections for espionage and political pressure.
Whilst the provenance is not known, it appears that the extracts were compiled contemporaneously, possibly by the Jewish Central Information Office. The date of the last extract, Jan 1936, gives some indication as to the date of completion. The choice of extracts is explained in a footnote to a summary of the extracts, which states that only those articles were chosen which contained particularly interesting items of news and announcements.
Jewish Central Information Office
Papers relating to the Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (AO), 1934-1936, including typescript extracts of Mitteilungsblätter der Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (the newsletter of the AO), Jul 1934-1936 on topics including finance, economics, schools and the welfare of German women abroad, and issues of race; typescript overview of the contents of the newsletters, [1936] and copy of a distribution list of films of the Ausland-Abteilung des Lichtbild-Dienst,18 May 1936.
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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
The Wiener Library holds on microfilm the Mitteilungsblätter der Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (the newsletter of the Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP) from 1934-1939, (Wiener Library Periodical series reference p667). Those issues not covered on microfilm and for which extracts exist in this collection comprise: 1934- Nos. 6, 8, 9, 13, 15; 1935- Nos. 18, 21, 22, 23-29, 32, 33-35.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Mar 2008 Communication process Economics Ethnic groups History Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP International organizations International politics International relations National Socialist German Workers Party x Nazi Party Nazism Nongovernmental organizations Organizations Persuasion Political doctrines Propaganda Third Reich Totalitarianism Womens history
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Jewish Central Information Office
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Papers relating to the Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (AO), 1934-1936, including typescript extracts of Mitteilungsblätter der Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (the newsletter of the AO), Jul 1934-1936 on topics including finance, economics, schools and the welfare of German women abroad, and issues of race; typescript overview of the contents of the newsletters, [1936] and copy of a distribution list of films of the Ausland-Abteilung des Lichtbild-Dienst,18 May 1936.
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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German
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The Wiener Library holds on microfilm the Mitteilungsblätter der Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP (the newsletter of the Auslandsorganisation der NSDAP) from 1934-1939, (Wiener Library Periodical series reference p667). Those issues not covered on microfilm and for which extracts exist in this collection comprise: 1934- Nos. 6, 8, 9, 13, 15; 1935- Nos. 18, 21, 22, 23-29, 32, 33-35.
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Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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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.
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