SD-Hauptamt Mobilization Calendar (Mob-Kalender) (Irving File 3F)

This document is a detailed Nazi-era mobilization plan, titled Mob-Kalender des SD-Hauptamtes, which translates to Mobilization Calendar of the SD Main Office (Sicherheitsdienst des RFSS – Reich Security Main Office). It was a secret administrative and operational manual used to prepare the SD (the intelligence service of the SS and the Nazi Party) for different stages of a potential war.

It includes:

• Instructions, regulations, and staged checklists on how the SD was to transition from peacetime to various levels of wartime activity.

• Administrative tables, official correspondence, directives, telegram regulations, and lists of individuals or personnel assignments.

• Coordination procedures with other Nazi state and party agencies.

 Disclaimer: Historical Document

This document, “SD-Hauptamt Mobilization Calendar (Mob-Kalender)”, is a primary source record created and used by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) of the SS, a key intelligence and security agency under the Nazi regime. It originates from a period of extreme violence, systemic oppression, and genocide carried out by the Third Reich.

📌 Caution and Context

• The content includes official Nazi administrative procedures, personnel records, mobilization instructions, and internal communications.
• It reflects the language, ideology, and bureaucratic processes of a totalitarian regime, including antisemitic, militaristic, and authoritarian policies.
• Some passages may contain offensive terminology, propaganda, or material that promotes or normalizes the actions of the Nazi state.

❗ Use and Interpretation

This document is presented solely for scholarly, archival, or educational purposes. It does not condone, endorse, or promote the ideologies or actions contained within.

Researchers, students, and readers are urged to:

• Approach the material with critical historical awareness.
• Understand its context within World War II and the Holocaust.
• Recognize the role such documents played in the implementation of state terror and crimes against humanity.

📚 For Responsible Research

If used in publications, exhibitions, or teaching, the material should be accompanied by:

• Proper historical framing.
• Clear indication of source and provenance.
• Sensitivity to the impact of its content on survivors, descendants, and communities affected by the events described.

Condition Note

Condition: Digitized reproduction of an original Nazi-era administrative manual.
Format: Clean OCR-processed PDF, fully searchable with embedded metadata.
Visual Quality: The original document shows signs of historical use — including uneven typewriter ink, marginal annotations, faded stamps, and occasional page skew. Most pages exhibit typical signs of wear such as creases, hole punches, or light stains — faithfully reproduced in the scan.
Legibility: Text is mostly sharp and legible across all 844 pages, though a few pages contain smudged type or partially obscured characters due to ink fading or carbon copy impressions. Handwritten additions and signatures are present in some sections.
Completeness: Appears complete and unabridged. Includes introductory directives, mobilization matrices, and supplemental letters or personnel assessments.

No redactions are visible; document reflects its full original bureaucratic structure.