International Military Tribunal, Records
Title: International Military
Tribunal, Records
Creator: Rosenberg, Alfred, et all
Creator: International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)
Dates: 1923-1947
Quantity: 2
boxes (0.9 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS
0010
Language: German, English
Restrictions: Identification of author of Series 14, item 1 is restricted.
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Preferred Citation: International Military Tribunal Collection (MS 0010). Archives & Special Collections,
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Historical Note:
Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France organized
the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in 1945 to try cases against twenty-four Nazi leaders:
Martin Bormann, Karl Dönitz, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Hans Fritzsche, Walter Funk, Hermann
Göring, Rudolf Hess, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
und Halbach, Robert Ley, Konstantin von Neurath, Franz von Papen, Erich Räder, Joachim von
Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Horace Greely Hjalmar Schacht, Baldur von Schirach,
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Albert Speer, and Julius Streicher. Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October
1946 the IMT was convened, and verdicts were handed down on 30 September and 1 October 1946. The
verdicts resulted in twelve death-by-hanging sentences, seven life terms, and three
acquittals.
ROSENBERG, Alfred: Born in Revel (now Tallinn) in Estonia, Rosenberg was of Baltic German
descent. He fled to Germany in 1918. There he joined the pan-Germanic and occult Thule Society.
He spread his antisemitic and anti - Bolshevik views through such works as Die Spur der Juden im Wandel der Zeiten (The Track of the Jews through the Ages [1919])
and Unmoral im Talmud (Immorality in the Talmud [1919]). In his
popular work, Der Mythos des 20. Jahrhunderts (The Myth of the Twentieth
Century [1935]), he argued that race was the main influence that shaped all aspects of
culture and that Teutonic honor and religion should replace the traditional Judeo-Christian
emphasis on compassion and "weakness." Impressing Hitler with
his theories of a Judeo-Bolshevik Masonic world conspiracy, Rosenberg climbed the ranks of the
National Socialist German Workers' Party. As the editor of the main Nazi paper Völkischer Beobachter and head of the Foreign Policy Department,
Rosenberg worked to systematize Nazi philosophy and ideology as head of the Foreign Policy
Department. In 1946, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg sentenced him to death. He
died by hanging on 16 October 1946.
Scope and Content:
The material contained in Series 1-11 in the collection consists of the original papers and
documents of Nazi officials, mostly those of Alfred Rosenberg, but a smaller amount of material
from Martin Bormann, Wilhelm Frick, Joseph Göbbels, Heinrich Himmler, Hans Heinrich Lammers,
Robert Ley, Rudolf Hess, Rudolf Hoess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and several
others is also present. These documents are of interest as they often deal with high-level Nazi
policy decisions. They have apparently not been microfilmed, but similar or identical materials
in other American or European archives most likely have been microfilmed. A few photostatic
copies of original Himmler and Hitler documents generated in National Socialist German Worker's
Party (NSDAP) offices or later at the IMT are also included. The materials in Series 1-11 were
among the allied Captured War Records, some of which were entered as evidence at the IMT. In
some instances, similar but not identical NSDAP materials are listed in Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Va. (Washington: National Archives
and Records Service. General Services Administration), volumes 3, 20, 35, and 77 on the NSDAP
files. Series 12 and 13, which are not related to Rosenberg, include materials apparently from
the personal files of IMT allied interrogators Philipp Fehl and Werner Peiser concerning
defendants or witnesses Edmund Vesenmeyer, Franz von Papen, Werner Best, Hans Frank, Fritz
Wiedemann, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hoess, Julius Streicher, Konstantin von Neurath, Konrad
Morgen, Hans Heinrich Lammers, Heinz Fanslau, and others. The titles for Series 1-13 are placed
within quotation marks to indicate that they appear to have been borrowed directly from the
titles created for these materials at the IMT. Series 14 was later added to the collection in
1978 and is an anonymous handwritten assessment of Rosenberg written by a former employee of the
Aussenpolitisches Amt (Foreign Relations Department) headed by Rosenberg in the Nazi era.
Subjects:
Bormann, Martin, 1900-1945
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954
Göbbels, Joseph, 1897-1945
Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946
Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
Hindemeth, Paul, 1895-1963
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Hoess, Rudolf, 1900-1947
Lammers, Hans Heinrich, 1879-1962
Ley, Robert, 1890-1945
Orff, Carl, 1895-1982
Ribbentropp, Joachim von, 1893-1946
Rosenberg, Alfred, 1893-1946
Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Germany -- Nazi
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933
Germany -- Religion - 1933-1945
Jews -- Germany
National Socialism
Nuremberg Trial
Socialists -- Germany
Church and state -- Germany -- 1933
Die National Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei/The National
Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Series Description:
Series 1: "General Correspondence"The first series contains six miscellaneous papers and documents, including a photostatic
copy of an informal note from Hitler to Rosenberg (1923), three anti-Vatican items from 1930
to 1931, and two items from 1933 on Colonel Etherton and Ernst Hanfstängel.
Series 2: "NSDAP, Beauftragter des Führers für die Überwachung der
gesamten geistigen und weltanschaulichen Schulung und Erziehung" (The Führer's Deputy
for the Supervision of Comprehensive Intellectual and Ideological Training and
Education)This series is comprised of papers and documents, 1933-1944, by Rudolf Hess, Martin Bormann,
Wilhelm Frick, Robert Ley and others concerning NSDAP propaganda, educational, and cultural
activities relating to art, artists, plays, and authors; conflicts with Göbbels and
Rosenberg's fears of a takeover of the Propaganda Ministry; and conflicts between Otto
Dietrich and Rosenberg.
Series 3: "NSDAP, Beauftragter des Führers für die Überwachung der
gesamten geistigen und weltanschaulichen Schulung und Erziehung. Amt Musik" (The
Führer's Deputy for the Supervision of Comprehensive Intellectual and Ideological Training and
Education. Music Office)This series contains papers and documents, 1937-1944, about music and past and living
composers, including Anton Bruckner and Richard Strauss, books about composers, etc. Series 3
contains correspondence from Herbert Gerigk, Walter Pudelko, Norbert Schultze, Julius Kopsch,
Wolfgang Böttcher, Joseph Göbbels, and others.
Series 4: "Germany, Reichsministerium für die besetzten
Ostgebiete" (Reich Ministry for the Occupied Territories in the East)This series includes papers from 1942-1944 about Wilhelm Kube and his death and about
economic and religious matters in Russia during war time. Correspondence from Wilhelm Kube, A.
E. Frauenfeld, Hans Heinrich Lammers, and others is to be found in the series.
Series 5: "NSDAP, Stellvertreter des Führers" (Representative
of the Führer)Series 5 contains four letters dated 1939 from Martin Bormann to Rosenberg regarding various
publications, sculptor Ernst Paul Hinkeldey, and German-occupied territories.
Series 6: "NSDAP, Völkischer Beobachter" (National
Observer)Series 6 consists mostly of materials from 1928-1934 about the periodical Völkischer
Beobachter and about matters concerning other German press publications.
Series 7: "Germany, Spruchkammer" (De-Nazification
Court)This series contains documents from Jan. to Feb. 1947 about legal action against Franz von
Papen by the County Court of Nuremberg.
Series 9: "German Ministries"This series includes papers and documents from 1940-1944 concerning minority groups (ethnic
Poles and others) in Germany and eastern Germany; the Auschwitz death camp; Italian fascism;
etc.
Series 10: "NSDAP, Austria"Series 10 consists of correspondence dated between 1926-1938 from Arthur Seyss-Inquart
concerning philosophical and German race questions and the 1939 Anschluss of Austria.
Series 11: "NSDAP, History"Series 11 contains four miscellaneous items from 1923-1943(?): including a copy of a letter
by Hitler written from prison (1923), a denunciation of sculptor von Gosen, a circular letter
about a Hitler visit to the 1936 NSDAP convention, and a circa 1943 German legal book.
Series 12: "International Military Tribunal,
Miscellany"This series is comprised of miscellaneous materials generated during the IMT for presiding
judges and for prosecution and defense teams and other documents relating to Werner Best and
Fritz Wiedemann. Original materials from the files of IMT interrogators Peiser and Fehl are
also in Series 12.
Series 13: "International Military Tribunal,
Prosecution"Additional documents generated during the IMT including interrogation transcripts and/or
affadavits from the following defendants: Edmund Vesenmeyer, Franz von Papen, Werner Best,
Hans Frank, Fritz Wiedemann, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hoess, Julius Streicher, Konstantin von
Neurath, Konrad Morgen, Hans Heinrich Lammers, and Heinz Fanslau. Additional materials from
interrogators Fehl and Peiser are also included in Series 13.
Series 14: Rosenberg AssessmentA four-page handwritten copy made in 1969 for British Prof. Robert Cecil of an original
April 13, 1947 assessment of Rosenberg that had been written by a former employee of the
German Aussenpolitisches Amt who wished to remain anonymous. The 1969 copy was made by the
author from the 1947 original.
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. General correspondence, 1923-1933
Box 1. Folder 2. NSDAP correspondence, 1933-1938
Box 1. Folder 3. NSDAP correspondence, 1938-1944
Box 1. Folder 4. NSDAP correspondence, 1942(?)
Box 1. Folder 5. NSDAP Amt Musik, correspondence, artist surveillance reports, 1937-1943
Box 1. Folder 6. NSDAP Amt Musik, correspondence, undated
Box 1. Folder 7. Reichsministerium für die besetzten Ostgebiete, correspondence, 1942-1944
Box 1. Folder 8. NSDAP, Stellvertreter des Führers, corresponence, 1939
Box 1. Folder 9. Völkischer Beobachter, correspondence, 1928-1934
Box 1. Folder 10. Spruchkammer, legal records, Franz von Papen, 1947
Box 2. Folder 1. NSDAP, Aussenpolitisches Amt, intelligence reports, NSDAP
correspondence, 1933-1944
Box 2. Folder 2. German Ministries, correspondence, 1940-1944
Box 2. Folder 3. NSDAP Austria, correspondence, 1926-1938
Box 2. Folder 4. NSDAP History, correspondence, 1923-1943(?)
Box 2. Folder 5. International Military Tribunal, prosecution documents, 1945-1946
Box 2. Folder 6. International Military Tribunal, prosecution documents, 1946
Box 2. Folder 7. International Military Tribunal, interrogation transcripts, 1946
Box 2. Folder 8. Rosenberg assessment, 1947 1969
Box 2. Folder 9. Fehl manuscript, 1928 1945
Related Material and Resources: Note: Additional materials from the files of Philipp Fehl relating to the International
Military Tribunal have been assigned the following call numbers: Frank, Hans, and International Military Tribunal. Tagebuch des Herrn
Generalgouverneurs für die Besetzten Polnischen Ostgebiete, 15. Oktober 1939 bis 3. April
1945. Krakau: s.n., Bound photostat copies of International Military Tribunal documents.
1939-1945 (Spec D 804 G4F7 (4 vols.)Der Stürmer. Nürnberg, 1923-1944. (Spec Oversize DS 145.A1 s8 v.20
) Peiser, Werner. German Government and Administration. An
Historical-Political Introduction. January 31, 1947. (Spec Folio 342.43 fP358q) Typed
manuscript with photostats of International Military Tribunal documents.. Groener, Wilhelm. Denkschrift des ersten General quartiermeisters,
Generalleutnant Groener über die Lage am 17. Juni 1919. [S.l., ????]. (Spec Folio 940.3
fG892d). Photocopy of typed manuscripts. |