Documentation on matters pertaining to administration, finance, personnel and service conditions in the SS and the Waffen SS from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1943

Documentation on matters pertaining to administration, finance, personnel and service conditions in the SS and the Waffen SS from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1943
 
 Among other items, the collection contains correspondence, circulars and guidelines of various bodies within the SS and the Waffen SS regarding matters pertaining to administration, finance, personnel and the service conditions of their people. In the material there are reports regarding promotions and postings to new positions; general guidelines concerning SS and Waffen SS personnel and their service conditions, some of signed by Himmler himself (some of the guidelines sent by Himmler, as well as guidelines from the Parteikanzei [Nazi Party Office] signed by Bormann were transferred through the SS Hauptamt [Main Office] along with guidelines and explanations of Gottlob Berger); the construction of camps and facilities, including construction plans (including Auschwitz as well); standard forms; supplies (clothing, food, office equipment and so on, and even daggers); guidelines regarding training exercises (physical fitness, weapons); disciplinary and conduct investigations; courses and vocational training, including training and study facilities); medals; horseback riding; vacations, recreation and more.
 
 Among the guidelines are those related to the behavior of SS personnel in their private lives, for example the sending of Christmas greetings, the names of the only clubs at which they are permitted to dance in uniform and so on.
 
 Among the bodies whose correspondence and documents are in the collection:
 
 SS Hauptamt
 
 Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (Race and Settlement Main Office-RuS-SS)
 
 SS Personalhauptamt
 
 Hauptfuersorge- und versorgungsamt SS (SS Head Office for Welfare and Supplies)
 
 Hauptfuersorge- und versorgungsamt der Waffen SS (Waffen SS Head Office for Welfare and Supplies)
 
 Among other items in the files:
 
 - Lists of SS offices with addresses and telephones (as of 01 September 1936 - Microfilm JM/29522, Frames 2169-2194; as of 01 February 1940 - Microfilm JM/29255, Frames 2059-2073; and an additional undated list in Frames 2074-2102; as of 15 May 1941 - Microfilm JM/29522, Frames 1601-1613);
 
 - Termine (appointment diary) of Himmler, 1941-1942 (beginning of Microfilm JM/29523 until Frame 580; a page for each day; the pages are arranged by date from the most recent to the earliest date);
 
 - Files of regulations and guidelines related to personnel matters and service conditions (Microfilm JM/29524, Microfilm JM/29526, Scan 1717 and following);
 
 - Correspondence with the SS Uebunslager (training camp) and Fuehrerschule (leadership school) in Dachau (Microfilm JM/29526);
 
 - File regarding construction work in Auschwitz, including construction plans (Microfilm JM/29526, Scan 1270-1573);
 
 - File regarding the registration of Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) from Bulgaria (JM/29526, Scan 1917-19457[?]);
 
 - Germans requesting to settle in eastern areas (beginning of Microfilm JM/29527);
 
 - Postcards of the periodical, "SS Leitheft", from 1937 (Microfilm JM/29527, Scan 452-672);
 
 - Postcards of the RuS-SS Nachrichtendienst (news agency)(excerpts from notices and articles from newspapers in Germany and abroad on matters pertaining to Race and German settlement), 1936-1937 (Microfilm JM/29527, Scan 674-1812);
 
 - Reports regarding Allied propaganda (beginning of Microfilm JM/29528);
 
 - "Germanische Gemeinschaft" (German Community), a propaganda book (mostly photographs) (Microfilm JM/29528, Scan 211-277);
 
 - Correspondence regarding financial support for the families of Waffen SS personnel who were killed (end of Microfilm JM/29527).