Collection GB 1556 WL 573 - Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda : Correspondence and papers

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GB 1556 WL 573

Title

Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda : Correspondence and papers

Date(s)

  • 1944-1945 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

c145 frames

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Name of creator

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.

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GB 1556 WL 573 1944-1945 collection c145 frames Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda

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.

Jewish Central Information Office

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.

Chronological.

Open

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

German

Microfilm.

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

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 Antisemitism Communication process Europe Fascism Germany Nazism Persuasion Political doctrines Propaganda Racial discrimination Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda x Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Scope and content

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.

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Chronological.

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

German

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Finding aids

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

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Wiener Library

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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