Typescript article, in German, relating to German military leadership during the Battle of Stalingrad, Sep 1942-Jan 1943, based on the recollections of FM Friedrich Paulus, commander German 6 Army at Stalingrad, 1942-1943, and prisoner of war in the Soviet Union, 1943-1950; the article is entitled Beitrag zum Verständnis von Führungsentscheidungen während der Schlacht um Stalingrad 1942-43 and was written and edited by Paulus's son, Ernst Alexander Paulus, 1959-1963

Cuttings from the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 1946-1947, including serialised extracts from The Last Days of Hitler (Macmillan, London, 1947), by Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, 26 Nov-11 Dec 1946; three serialised extracts from Calculated Risk: the story of the war in the Mediterranean (Harper and Bros, 1950), about the Allied landings in North Africa, 1942, by Gen Mark Wayne Clark, 27-29 Jan 1947; article by former US Secretary of State for War, Henry L Stimson, entitled 'The decision to use the atomic bomb', 14 Feb 1947; three articles by former Prime Minister Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill relating to the development of the Truman Doctrine and aid to Greece and Turkey, 12-15 Apr 1947.

Potsdam Conference Documents, 1945: The Presidential Documents Series is a themed microfilm collection including the personal and official documents and correspondence of President Harry S Truman during proceedings of the Potsdam Conference, 29 Mar-2 Aug 1945. Papers are drawn from a variety of originating bodies including US President Harry S Truman; US Gen of the Army George Catlett Marshall; US Gen of the Army Douglas MacArthur; Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Forces Europe; George Frost Kennan, US Chargé d'affaires in Moscow; Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain (until 26 Jul 1945); Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, Prime Minister of Great Britain (after 28 Jul 1945); Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek; Soviet Premier Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin; the US Joint Chiefs of Staff; and the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Papers relate to US foreign policy concerning the reconstruction of Western Europe; the partition, de-nazification, demilitarisation, and future reparations payments of Germany; the trial of major war criminals; the unconditional surrender of Japan; former Axis satellite states; Austria; Yugoslavia; the withdrawal of Allied forces from Iran; the retention of Allied forces in Italy; Lend-Lease liquidation; Bulgarian reparations payments to Greece; the reconstruction of Poland, Czechoslovakia; Yugoslavia and the Balkans; Anglo-Soviet rivalry in the Middle East; civil affairs in China.

Papers of Brig George Fothergill Ellenberger, 1916-1932, including operational orders for 64 Infantry Bde, 21 Div, Western Front, May 1916-Nov 1917, including assault on Flers-Courcelette, Battle of the Somme, Sep 1916, Battle of Arras, Apr 1917, and Third Battle of Ypres, Oct 1917; facsimile of report by Ellenberger and Maj William Wyndham Torrs Torr, West Yorkshire Regiment, on a reconnaissance of eastern Belgium and Luxembourg, 1930; two facsimiles of reports by Ellenberger on military liaison tours to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Austria, 1930-1931; facsimile of report by Ellenberger on the political situation in Austria and Hungary, 1931; facsimile of report by Ellenberger on the growth of National Socialism in Austria, 1932.

Personal correspondence of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch with family members, documenting in part the experiences of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her sisters in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and in England, 1945, and the experiences of their parents prior to transportation to their deaths, close to the Lublin Ghetto, 1942.

Heilbrunner's account of life in Dachau, 1933, is a typescript memoir of Jewish inmate, Heilbrunner, in 1933. Written in the form of a narrative in the first person; structured into four chapters, describes in some detail the conditions in the camp and the brutality of the camp guards, contains manuscript annotations and corrections.

Papers concerning Theresienstadt, 1940s, comprise copies of a report by Dr Muneles on the Hebrew book cataloguing project at Theresienstadt, 1945; typescript report regarding Theresienstadt, an inventory of the land and property, 1945; history of Theresienstadt during the Nazi era and typescript report on the situation there, providing statistical information relating to the inmates and transcriptions of documents produced during the camp's existence by both the Nazi camp authorities and the Jewish self-governing body.

Papers concerning antisemitic discrimination in the Third Reich, 1935-1940, relating to the workplace discrimination against Jews during this period and notably comprise copies of correspondence including a notification to Willy Kroener, a dentist, that he must have a plaque outside his house stating that treatment is restricted to Jews only, 20 Feb 1939; correspondence to Magdalena Meyerstein, Leipzig, from the Reichstheaterkammer that she can no longer be a member of that organisation, 9 Apr 1937-6 Sep 1940 and a pro-forma letter from the Reichsnährstand, Kleve, Rheinland, regarding the treatment of those who have dealings with Jewish traders, [1930s].

Papers of the office of Reichsführer SS, 1938-1944, mostly emanate from the office of Reichsführer SS and deal with administrative matters. The collection comprises correspondence between the office of the Reichsführer SS and Reichskulturwalter Hans Hinkel (mainly) regarding administrative and cultural matters, 1939-1944 and an incomplete monthly information sheet Befehle und Mitteilungen, 1939-1942. It most notably includes two original letters from Reichsführer SS, Himmler (1144/1/14-/23); an incomplete set of an in-house information sheet providing instructions to SS members on a variety of matters such as dress protocol for visits to concentration camps by SS members (1144/2/4); qualification for wearing the 'Death's Head' ring of the SS (1144/2/2); and orders forbidding membership of clubs deemed inappropriate.

Papers of the Reichsminister des Innern, 1944, comprise a list of addresses of the main Nazi government officials produced by the Reichsminister des Innern, marked 'Secret'.

Copies of court judgements of the Verwaltungsgerichtshof, Vienna, 1954-1956, including judgement in which the appeal of David Lustig (former inmate of a camp in Italy) against an earlier court decision denying his claim of nazi-victim status is upheld, 16 Sep 1954 and judgement in which the appeal of Dr Jacques Karl Wechsler against an earlier court decision denying his claim of nazi-victim status is upheld on account of his detention in camps in Italy and loss of earnings and pension which resulted therefrom, 21 Jun 1956.

Papers of Ferdinand Schwarz documenting, in part, the process of emigration from Germany to England in 1939, comprising correspondence from Ferdinand Schwarz and his father, Max Schwarz to Ella Courts on emigration procedures from Germany to England; copy of a letter from the Jüdische Beratungsstelle für Wirtschaftshilfe to Schwarz confirming that the latter will receive a permit from the German Jewish Aid Committee; application form from the German Jewish Aid Committee for persons desiring to leave Germany on political, racial or religious grounds and a stamp coupon.

Reports on the situation of Jews in Sudetenland, [1939], including report on conditions for Jews in various Sudetenland towns and cities, 6 Mar 1939; report reviewing conditions for Jews throughout the whole of Sudetenland under the headings of 'welfare', 'old people's homes', 'children's schooling' and 'emigration', 9 Mar 1939 and report reviewing the social, economic and legal situation of the Jews in Sudetenland and recommending action to address problems arising from the report.

Letter from the German Ministry of Education and Science conveying Hitler's order to employ Hitler Youth over the age of 17 for anti-aircraft batteries, 21 May 1942.

Copy of a list of Jews to be arrested by the Gestapo, Düsseldorf, 21 Sep 1938.

Copy of a letter from the Gestapo, Essen, to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf on the reaction of Jews to the wearing of the Star of David from evidence in confiscated letters, parts of which are quoted here, 27 Sep 1941.

Copies of letters from German trade organisations outlining the extent and nature of their antisemitic measures, 1934-1935, including letter from the Handwerkskammer, Halle, stating that Jews will no longer employ Jewish apprentices, 1 Nov 1934; letter from the Buch und Tiefdruck- Gesellschaft stating that no books including scholarly works by Jewish authors are to be advertised, 6 Nov 1934; letter from the Bund deutscher Friseure stating that no German master is obliged to supervise the final examination of a Jewish apprentice, 12 Dec 1934; letter from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, Ludwigshafen, stating that there is to be no socialising with Jews, 21 Jan 1935 and letter from Paul Krusenbaum, Blockleiter der NSDAP, on Jewish business restrictions, 8 Feb 1942.

Copies of the papers of the Oppenheim family of Kassel, 1939-1943, including travel documents, references, correspondence with the Refugee Children's Movement and typescript family history by Julius Oppenheim.

Typescript copy of a report, 1975, on the Sekretariat Warburg, by Robert Solnitz, former head of the organisation, including mention of Dr. Josef Carlebach, the Chief Rabbi of Hamburg, who gave his life in order to stay with his congregation; Claus Göttschethe, Gestapo head of the Jewish department, Hamburg, in relation to assistance to Hamburg's Jews and Max Plaut, the leader of Hamburg's Jewish community.

Papers of Lilli Segal, 1987-1995, comprise correspondence including letters to Professor Müller Hill regarding Nazi medical experiments (895/1-4); letter regarding numbers of Holocaust victims from Hans Mommsen (895/28); correspondence with the Nationale Mahn und Gedenkstätte Buchenwald regarding the memorialisation of the Holocaust (895/13-16) and copies of relevant newspaper cuttings, book extracts and photographs.

Papers of Paul Dickopf, 1942, document the life and career of Paul Dickopf, former head of Interpol and notably include items such as his cv, written in his own hand, and evidence on wanted lists of the Reichskriminalpolizeiamt.

Papers concerning South America as a haven for refugees from Nazi Germany, 1937, comprise a series of reports regarding emigration possibilities to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay for German Jews, by Bruno Weil.

Letter seeking advice regarding behaviour, c 1931, comprises a letter addressed to the leadership of the 'NSDAP', Muenchen Braunes Haus, with response from R L Uschla, requesting advice on how to conduct oneself with a Jew.

Personal and family papers, 1900-1939, ranging from First World War army records to correspondence and passports of several hundred Jews, handed over to the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland whilst the individuals were waiting in collection centres, having been rounded up by the Nazis prior to deportation to Eastern Europe. Includes index.

Copy of a summary of the case against Seventh Day Adventists Reformists at a special court in Mannheim, Hesse, Germany, 1937. Includes a history of the origins of the church during World War One; short biographical accounts of some of its members; and list of defendants and their legal representatives. Under the names of each of the accused are listed the particular charges. Robert Eduard Rupprecht is listed first as leader of the Mannheim branch of the organisation.

War crimes trials: trial papers including detailed indictments and verdicts of various post-World War Two war crimes trials; reports on trials by observers; copy statements and other papers, 1947-1967.

Original (and some copy) correspondence between friends and relatives of the Cahn Hepner family, 1874-1952, many of whom perished in the Holocaust.

Papers relating to Joachim Prinz, 1936-1937, including text of a speech by former members of Joachim Prinz's congregation, prior to Prinz's departure to the US, [1937]; newspaper cuttings including an article entitled 'Unsere jüdische Kultursituation' by Prinz from the Israelitisches Familienblatt, 7 Oct 1936 and an article written in honour of Prinz shortly prior to his departure to the US, 11 Jun 1937.

Papers of Neues Leben, the club devoted to nudism, including a membership list, 1934; article on its foundation; and miscellaneous papers.

Typescript report on the fate of Rabbi Dr F Steckelmacher and his wife during the Nazi era.

Copy letter from Josef Weisz in Loosdrecht, Netherlands to his family, 1945, in which he describes his experiences as an inmate in Westerbork and Bergen Belsen concentration camps; copy statement made by Josef Weisz regarding his experiences as a victim of Nazi persecution, Amsterdam; copy part statement made by Josef Weisz regarding conditions in Bergen Belsen.

Copy papers regarding the trial of Gertrud Wilmersdörfer and others for intent to commit a treacherous act, namely the publication and distribution of communist material, including indictment, verdict and newspaper report relating to the trial; copy article and correspondence containing biographical material on Alexandre Morgune, a former French Resistance colleague of Gertrud Wilmersdörfer, who received the French honour Citation à l'Ordre de la Division; copy article regarding Ravensbrück concentration camp by Nedjalka Tschernaeva.

Copy of a school book which was originally the property of the depositor, Doris Winter, a pupil in a school in Cologne, 1933-1934. The contents of the book were dictated by the teacher and consist of notes on the racial characteristics of the various ethnic groups which comprise the German people, also notes on the theory of racial hygiene.

Copy of a circular issued by the Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten to all members regarding Jewish mixed race membership of the RDB, 1939, stating that whereas full Jews can no longer be members, Jews of mixed race can still be members under certain conditions.

Copy of an eyewitness report by Hedwig Forester of his arrest by the Nazis in Brussels, May 1940, transportation in cattle wagons, and arrival in Gurs concentration camp, France, 2 weeks later.

Goldschmied family papers, 1938-1971, document the fate of a Jewish mixed race family in Vienna during the Nazi era and notably include passport ID cards and correspondence, personal accounts by Maria Goldschmied and photographs.

Transcript of a telex of the names on the Nazi Black List of people to be arrested in the event of a successful German invasion of Great Britain, dated 1945.

Account of Paul Loebl's experiences during the Nazi era. It is described as 'a translation of a report to the Director of the VAD'. The original is thought to have been in German. It is not known what the VAD is.

Papers of the Ullstein family, 1856-1998, comprising papers from a number of separate deposits from members of Frederick Ullstein's family. It contains both personal and family papers arranged by individual family members (1361/1-9) and material relating to the pre and post war Ullstein publishing business (1361/10-28). The latter contains correspondence regarding the take over of Ullstein by the Axel Springer Verlag (1361/17; 1361/22-23). In addition there is a quantity of material which Frederick Ullstein appears to have inherited from his former employer, Wolfgang Foges, managing director of Aldus Books (1361/29-85).

Papers of the Inow family, 1938-1939, consist of correspondence between Renate Inow, in England, her sister, Margalit in Sweden and Palestine and their parents in Wuppertal, Germany. The collection comprises 2 parts: an unbound volume of translations and partial translations of letters addressed to Margalit mostly whilst she was in Sweden entitled 'Voices from the Past'. The collection includes reproductions of photographs of the parents and a family tree.

Papers concerning Former Nazis in the Middle East, 1960s, comprise leaflets and flyers on Arab Anti-Semitism and articles on former Nazis in Arab countries.

Microfilm of a dossier produced by the Sicherheitsdienst der Reichsführung SS, 1936-1937, the result of an extensive investigation into Carl Schmitt, constitutional theorist of the Weimar Republic and 'Crown Jurist' of the Nazi era. It contains correspondence and reports from former colleagues of Schmitt and others, denouncing his alleged anti-Nazi, pro-Jewish background. Also included is correspondence between the editor of Das Schwarze Korps, and officials within the RFSS SD, in which an anonymous article first appeared (c1936), questioning Schmitt's Nazi credentials.

Correspondence and papers of the Committee for the Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in Baltic Countries, 1948-1971, including the following correspondents: Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes; Hauptamt Opfer des Faschismus; Foreign Office; Central Committee for Liberated Jews in the US Zone of West Germany; Canadian Jewish Congress; World Jewish Congress; Wiener Library.

Also authenticated statements and affidavits from eyewitnesses with covering letters relating to the crimes of the following indiviuals (amongst others): Herbert Cukurs, 'the hangman of Riga' (1900-1965); Harry Hanke; Hans Hoffmann; Hans Lange; Kurt Migge, Kriminalsekretär (1908-); Albert Sauer; Willy Tuchel; Rudolf Lange, SS Standatenführer (1910-); Viktor Arajs.

Reports on the fate of Polish Jewry during the Nazi era, [1940-1949]. In addition there is an extract from a captured German archive and a typescript account of a French Jew's experience of Auschwitz.

Microfilm of papers of the League of Nations, in particular with regard to the problem of Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany, [1938-1939], comprising memoranda including on treatment of refugees in Great Britain, 3 May 1938; of the 'Comité National Tchecoslovaque pour les refugiés provenant d'Allemagne' for the conference of the High Commissioner for German Refugees, Geneva , 6 July 1936; on refugees in Czechoslovakia, 13 Oct 1938 and League of Nations memorandum to UK delegates of the Intergovernmental Commission on Refugees, Evian, July 1938. Correspondence including of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1938. League of Nations publications including on the status of refugees coming from Germany, 10 Feb 1938 and on international assistance to refugees. League of Nations reports including on international assistance to refugees, 13 May 1938 and Evian conference report, July 1938. Papers of the League of Nations refugee committee including agenda, minutes and correspondence and papers of the Liaison committee of High Commission for Refugees under the protection of the League of Nations.

The bulk of this microfilm collection consists of material emanating from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), 1933-1939. Included are documents marked 'secret' which record the prevailing views within the Deutsche Arbeitsfront on the extent of industrial action in the Third Reich and other issues relating to industrial relations. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence from the DAF to the company Wilhem Edel, margarine manufacturers, covering a variety of matters related to worker/employee relations. In addition there are number of publications and periodicals on the subject.

Microfilm of reports, Jul-Oct 1941, amassed by the Kommandostab RFSS Nachrichtenkompagnie from regional HSSuPF, (Higher SS and police leaders) headquarters in North, South and Central Russia documenting the actions and movements of various battalions and regiments either linked with or part of the Einsatzgruppen. In particular they provide details of the murder of Jews, partisans and other civilians.

Microfilm of papers relating to the enactment of racial laws in the Third Reich including the Sudetenland, 1935-1943.

Microfilm of anti-Nazi propaganda leaflets comprising leaflets produced by the US Office of Strategic Services (especially by W Necker), 1944-1945, for distribution in Germany, 1944-1945, partly in draft form; drafts of letters to be sent to party officials and ministers and serving as disinformation and black propaganda; leaflets possibly from German underground organisations including 'Aktionskomitee West, Abteilung 6 Panzerarmee' and two leaflets directed at Polish soldiers in the German occupation forces in France (in Polish). Leaflets circulated by the Antifaschistisches Deutsches Kampf Komitee Hamburg, April 1945 and nd, and the Antifaschistischer Gewerkschafts-Ausschuss Elmshorn, May 1945.

Microfilm of papers documenting the fate of Jews in Romania, 1930s-1940s, including report on anti-Semitism, 'La situation en Roumanie', Jan 1937; leaflets and correspondence of 'United Roumanian Jews of America', [1940s]; list of survivors in the liberated city of Botosani and statement by Wilhelm Fabricius, formerly German ambassador in Bucharest, Apr 1936-Jan 1941, describing anti-Jewish measures.