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Stutz collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 204

Scope and Contents

The Stutz Collection consists of correspondence of Nazi Party officials, including Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels (1928-1944). Several letters are to Nazi officials from other sources including one from Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII. Letters to Franz Gurtner and Otto George Thierack from Himmler and Heydrich reveal the political intrigue and extra-legal practices carried on without the knowledge of the Ministry of Justice. Also included in the collection are postcards showing Hitler and other Third Reich officials.

Since the collection is entirely in German, the more important items have been translated into English and interfiled with the individual letters in the collection.

For more information about the collection, please consult the followingarticle:

Gotlieb, Howard B. "Documenting the Third Reich: The Stutz Collection of Nazi Manuscripts." Yale University Library Gazette 37.3(1963): 109-117.

Dates

  • 1928-1944

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Rolf Stutz in 1961.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0204

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence of Nazi Party officials, including Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels, before and during Hitler's rise to power. Several letters are to Nazi officials from other sources, including one from Cardinal Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII. Letters to Franz Gurtner and Otto George Thierack from Himmler and Heydrich reveal the political intrigue and extra-legal procedure carried on without the knowledge of the Ministry of Justice. English translations of the more important letters have been interfiled with the collection. Includes postcards of Hitler and other officials.

Other Finding Aids

For a published article In the Yale University Libraries Gazette describing the collection contents, please consult thePublished Description.

For a listing of selected correspondents represented in this collection, please consult theCorrespondents Index.

List of Most Prominent Correspondents

  1. Adolf Friedrich, Herzog zu Mecklenburg, 1873-1969
  2. Blomberg, Werner Eduard Fritz von, 1878-1946
  3. Bormann, Martin, 1900-1945
  4. Carl Eduard, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, 1884-1954
  5. Christiansen, Franz
  6. Conti, Leonardo, 1900-1945
  7. Darré, Richard Walther, 1895-1953
  8. Eltz-Rubenach, Peter Paul, Freiherr von, 1875-1943
  9. Epp, Franz, Ritter von, 1868-1946
  10. Fiehler, Karl, 1895-1969
  11. Frank, Hans, 1900-1946
  12. Frank, Karl Hermann, 1898-1946
  13. Frick, Wilhelm, 1877-1946
  14. Fritsch, Werner Thomas Ludwig, Freiherr von, 1880-1939
  15. Funk, Walther, 1890-1960
  16. Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945
  17. Göring, Hermann, 1893-1946
  18. Greiser, Arthur Karl, 1897-1946
  19. Grohè, Josef, 1902-
  20. Haushofer, Karl, 1869-1946
  21. Helldorf, Wolf Heinrich, Graf von, 1896-1944
  22. Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987
  23. Heydrich, Reinhard, 1904-1942
  24. Hierl, Konstantin, 1875-1955
  25. Himmler, Heinrich, 1900-1945
  26. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
  27. Hugenberg, Alfred, 1865-1951
  28. Kaltenbrunner, Ernst, 1903-1946
  29. Keitel, Wilhelm, 1882-1946
  30. Kerrl, Hanns, 1887-1941
  31. Koch, Erich, 1896-1986
  32. Lammers, Hanns Heinrich, 1879-
  33. Leeb, Wilhelm, Ritter von, 1876-1956
  34. Ley, Robert, 1890-1945
  35. Lutze, Viktor, 1890-1943
  36. Mackensen, Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von, 1849-1945
  37. Mackensen, Hans Georg von, 1883-1947
  38. Meissner, Otto, 1880-1953
  39. Miklas, Wilhelm
  40. Milch, Erhard, 1892-1972
  41. Muhs, Hermann, 1894-
  42. Neurath, Constantin, Freiherr von, 1873-1956
  43. Niedermayer, Oskar von, 1885-1948
  44. Ohnesorge, Wilhelm, 1872-1962
  45. Papen, Franz von, 1879-1969
  46. Philip, Prinz von Hessen,
  47. Pius XII, Pope, (Pacelli, Eugenio, Cardinal), 1876-1958
  48. Raeder, Erich, 1876-1960
  49. Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 1893-1946
  50. Rohm, Ernst, 1887-1934
  51. Rosenberg, Alfred, 1893-1946
  52. Rundstedt, Gerd von, 1875-1953
  53. Rust, Bernhard, 1883-1945
  54. Schacht, Hjalmar, 1877-1970
  55. Schepmann, Wilhelm,
  56. Schirach, Baldur von, 1907-1974
  57. Scholtz-Klinck, Gertrud,
  58. Schwerin von Krosigk, Lutz, Graf, 1887-1977
  59. Seldte, Franz, 1882-1947
  60. Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946
  61. Speer, Albert, 1905-1981
  62. Strasser, Gregor, 1892-1934
  63. Stuckart, Wilhelm, 1902-1953
  64. Stulpnagel, Otto von,
  65. Stumpff, Hans-Jurgen,
  66. Thierack, Otto Georg, 1889-1946
  67. Todt, Fritz, 1891-1942
  68. Tzchammer und Osten, Hans von, 1887-
  69. Wagner, Josef, 1899-1945
  70. Wiedemann, Fritz, 1891-

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rolf Stutz Collection
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
April 1982
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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