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German Foreign Office Documents (Irving File F17)
Add to cartThis file contains a collection of German WWII-era documents, including Foreign Office correspondence and propaganda material, illustrating the administrative and ideological operations of the Third Reich. It provides researchers with primary-source insight into wartime diplomacy, bureaucracy, and state-controlled media.
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German Army High Command Coastal Defence Directives and Atlantic Wall Planning Papers 1942–1944 (Irving File T78-317)
Add to cartComprehensive collection of German Army High Command (OKH/OB West) directives and planning papers from 1942–1944 , detailing the organisation, construction, and defence strategy of the Atlantic Wall and Channel coastal fortifications in preparation for an anticipated Allied invasion of Western Europe.
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German Foreign Office Reports and Propaganda Material (Irving File F12)
Add to cartA wartime compilation of German Foreign Office reports and propaganda material, documenting Nazi diplomacy, political analyses, and ideological communications during the Second World War.
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German High Command Documents – FHQ OKW OKH 1944–45 (Irving File T78-339)
Add to cartA collection of late-war German military communications and directives exchanged between the Führerhauptquartier (FHQ), Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), and Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) during 1944–45, documenting operational orders, situation reports, and the collapse of the German High Command.
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Appointments Diary
Priesdorff Correspondence During the Fritsch Crisis, 1938 (Irving File T78-281)
Add to cartCorrespondence between military historian Kurt von Priesdorff and the German Army High Command (1935–1940) concerning officer biographies and a Gneisenau manuscript project, which was abruptly canceled during the 1938 Fritsch crisis due to political fallout. The file reveals how military historiography intersected with institutional censorship and regime loyalty under Nazi pressure.
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Guide to the Berlin Document Center Microfilm Collection (Irving File T-580)
Add to cartAn index-style finding aid from the U.S. National Archives’ Microfilming Program at the Berlin Document Center, listing roll numbers, boxes, and “Ordner” with brief scope notes to navigate the BDC microfilm. It spans major Nazi-era bodies—including the Propaganda Ministry, the Reichsorganisationsleiter of the NSDAP, the SS “Ahnenerbe,” the Reichskulturkammer, and the Einwandererzentrale (EWZ).
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Police and SA Records on Surveillance, Discipline, Purges, and Training, 1921–1944 (Irving file T81-90)
Add to cartComposite police, SA, and security service records documenting surveillance, discipline, internal purges, and training of the Sturmabteilung from the Weimar period through the Second World War. The file exposes how the SA was monitored, controlled, and periodically dismantled through bureaucratic procedure, including the 1934 purge and later wartime repurposing.
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Archives
Nazi Security Police Administrative and Organizational Records, 1944 (Irving file T175-432)
Add to cartAdministrative and organizational records documenting the structure, procedures, and internal operations of the Nazi security police in 1944, reproduced from U.S. National Archives microfilm. The file illustrates how the RSHA, Gestapo, and criminal police maintained bureaucratic control and reporting systems during the final phase of the Third Reich.
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Directives
SS Correspondence and Security Instructions for Hitler’s Entry into Austria, 1938 (Irving file T175=241)
Add to cartPrimary SS and RSHA records containing correspondence, personnel lists, and security instructions documenting the planning and execution of Adolf Hitler’s protected entry into Austria during the 1938 Anschluss.








