Military Agency Records
Theaters of Operations
Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II (RG 260)
PROPERTY DIVISION
Property Control and External Assets Branch
The Property Control and External Assets Branch was established by Property Division Memorandum No. 4 of March 22, 1948. The Branch assumed and performed the functions of its predecessors, or the Property Control and the External Assets branches of various divisions of OMGUS and OMGUS's predecessor, the U.S. Group Control Council. The Branch developed and executed policies and procedures for taking control, holding, and administering all types of tangible property in the U.S. zone of occupied Germany and in the U.S. Sector of Berlin-- property that OMGUS had ordered taken into custody. The Branch also assisted in the work of formulating policies and establishing procedures for the disposition of the properties under control and provided general supervision over the administration of the internal restitution program for the return of identifiable property confiscated from victims of Nazi persecution. Regarding external assets, the Branch conducted all investigations within the U.S. zone and the U.S. Sector, Berlin, to develop evidence of German ownership of property outside of Germany. Through its U.S. Census Section, the Branch conducted a census of German external assets and obligations in the U.S. zone and the U.S. Sector, Berlin, and prepared and distributed to government agencies throughout the world the results of the census. Further, the Branch made recommendations to the Department of State and its foreign missions and the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency concerning policies and procedures affecting German external assets.
On July 1, 1949, OMGUS property control offices were completely liquidated. Certain residual property control duties were transferred to a Central German Property Control Coordinating Committee composed of four Land civilian agency offices. Other property control functions, which could not be transferred to the Committee, were made the responsibility of the Military Governor’s Economic Adviser.
Records of the Branch Chief, 1944–1950 (A1, Entry 413)
Boxes 1–33
| Box | Selected File Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Authorities, Property Control Authority for Release, Release and Receipts: Netherlands |
| 2 | Agencies of German Government with Possible Records on External |
| Assets | |
| Allied Property | |
| Analysis of Properties Under Control | |
| Axis Victims League | |
| 3 | Banking Procedures |
| Brazil | |
| Blocking Control Procedures | |
| 4 | Bonds Held for Safekeeping |
| Claims Against German Reich and NSDAP [Nazi Party] | |
| Collection of Rent (Duress) | |
| Classification of Property | |
| Dachau Concentration Camp | |
| 5 | Czechoslovakian Property |
| Canadian-Owned Property | |
| C.C. Dir. 57: Disposition of Property of Nazi Members | |
| Decontrolled Properties (1949) | |
| Decontrol of Property of Certain Citizens and Residents of United Nations and Neutral Countries | |
| 6 | Decontrol (Current) |
| Decontrol: Permanent | |
| Decontrol: Comments, Analysis | |
| Decontrolled Properties (1948) | |
| Denazification | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa AG Berlin | |
| Dutch Interest | |
| Devisentelle (Negative Report) | |
| The Devisentelle | |
| Devisenstelle Organization and Functions | |
| Devisenstelle: Frankfurt | |
| Devisenstelle: Cologne | |
| Devisenstelle: Karlsrule | |
| Devisenstelle: Hamburg | |
| Devisenstelle: Castle Devisenstelle | |
| 7 | Devisenstelle: Nurnberg |
| Devisenstelle: Munich | |
| Devisenstelle: Stuttgart | |
| Devisenstelle: Wien | |
| Devisenstelle: Reports | |
| Devisenschutz: Kommando | |
| Devisenstelle: Berlin | |
| Duress Properties | |
| Deceased Persons’ Property | |
| Dismantling Program: German Sources | |
| Document Section | |
| Documents | |
| 8 | Decontrol British and French |
| Disposition of Valuables | |
| Disposition of Valuable Personal Property Looted by Nazis | |
| Deutsche Sieslungsbank Berlin | |
| Devisenstellen Miscellaneous | |
| External Assets: Spain | |
| Enforcement of Military Government Law 52 | |
| Exportkreditbank A.G. Berlin | |
| External Assets/Properties Reports on Form MGAF-I | |
| replace | |
| 9 | External Assets: Inventory of German War Material in Neutral Countries |
| Miscellaneous External Assets | |
| Forfeited or Confiscated Property | |
| Rudolf Erhard, Berlin | |
| French Property Control Section | |
| French Property | |
| Foreign Investment Register and Syndicate for Trade Company | |
| French Element (Copies of Reports, etc.) | |
| MCC [Ministerial Collecting Center] | |
| Film: Reich | |
| 10 | French Group Control Council |
| Freezing of Equipment | |
| Foreign Exchange Depository | |
| Generalbaurat of Munich | |
| Gebistsfuehrerschule Solitude | |
| Glossary of German Financial and Administrative Terms | |
| German Property in Russian Zone | |
| 11 | General Property Control Authorities |
| German External Property Commission | |
| GEPC: Miscellaneous | |
| GEPC: PendingAction | |
| GEPC | |
| German Insurance Companies | |
| German Travel in S.A. [South America] | |
| 12 | Social Insurance in Germany |
| Social Insurance Contributions | |
| Internal Restitution Law (MG Law No. 59) | |
| Interrogations (Cooperatives) | |
| I.G.Farben | |
| 13 | I.G. Farben |
| I.G. Farben: Subsidiaries | |
| Internal Restitution Reports | |
| Indian Property | |
| Irgun Oley Merkas Europa | |
| Inquiries of Attorneys | |
| Investigation of Properties in Germany Allegedly Owned by American | |
| Citizens | |
| Iranian and Persian Government | |
| Jewish Displaced Persons and Property | |
| Joint German Committee for Finance | |
| Kaffee HAG Report | |
| Klipper | |
| 14 | Law 52 [Note 39] |
| Law 53 [Note 40] | |
| Law 56 | |
| Law 75 | |
| 15 | Law 52 (Amended) |
| Law 59 | |
| Law 75 | |
| Lufthansa Assets | |
| List of Division Experts [“Devisenexperts”] | |
| Luftfahrt Bank (and Others in Liquidation) | |
| List of Files in the Document Section | |
| 16 | Negotiations with Neutrals |
| Nurnberg Defendants | |
| Property Control 3-E | |
| Netherlands-Owned Property in the U.S. Zone | |
| Netherlands Property: Bremen | |
| Netherlands Property: Bavaria | |
| Netherlands Property: Württemberg-Baden | |
| Netherlands Property: Greater Hessen | |
| 17 | Operating Instructions (Currency Section for Germany) |
| Property Control Board Reports of Audits | |
| Peiser, Werner | |
| Operation Sparkler | |
| 18 | Movable Property |
| Miscellaneous Property | |
| Meeting of L.P.C. and G.R.A. Minutes | |
| Material for Monthly Reports: Internal Restitution Section | |
| Material for Monthly Reports: Reparations and Restitution Section | |
| Material for Monthly Reports: External Assets Section | |
| Material for Monthly Reports: General | |
| Minutes of HVW Meetings | |
| Policy Matters | |
| Material Records | |
| Ministerial Records Section Reports Rewrites | |
| Ministerial Records | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Memos by Burgess | |
| Memos by Cassady Berlin and Germany Property Section | |
| Memos to Mr. Hartzsch | |
| 19 | Memos by Mr. Hartzsch |
| Netherlands | |
| Norwegian Properties | |
| 20 | Property Control Committee |
| Presumption of Death | |
| Restitution Reports (Information) | |
| Policy Correspondence | |
| Polish File | |
| Polish Property | |
| Property Control Funds | |
| Property of Black-Listed Persons | |
| 21 | Property Control and External Assets Correspondence A–B |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence C–F | |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence G–J | |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence K–L | |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence M–N | |
| Properties of Victims of Nazi Oppression | |
| 22 | Reparations from Germany in the Form of Capital Industrial Equipment |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence S–T | |
| Property Control and External Assets Correspondence U–Z | |
| Releases and Receipts of Luxembourg Claims | |
| Releases and Receipts of Danish Claims | |
| Releases and Receipts of Czech Claims | |
| Releases and Receipts of Russian Claims | |
| Releases and Receipts of Norwegian Claims | |
| Releases and Receipts of Polish Claims | |
| Reparations | |
| 23 | Release of Properties Confiscated by Spruchkammern |
| Reports: Property Control Meetings | |
| Report for September, 1949 | |
| Requests for the Release of IG Farben Properties from Property Control | |
| Custody | |
| Restitutions | |
| Restitution Law | |
| Restitution Law 59, etc. | |
| Release of Material | |
| Return of Machinery to France | |
| 24 | Release of Properties of Class III or IV Offenders |
| Release of Property of Nazi Members to Qualified Heirs | |
| Reichskommissar Fur Die Behandlung Feindlichen Vermogens | |
| Restitution Law for Berlin | |
| Reports | |
| Reichsbahnzentrale Fur Den Deutschen Reiseverkehr GmBH, Berlin | |
| Reparations | |
| 25 | Restitution Law |
| Restitution Agencies | |
| Red Cross | |
| Release and Receipt for Restitution Claims: General | |
| Receipts, Jewelry, Cash, etc. | |
| Reich Social Insurance Agencies | |
| Standstill Interests: British and American Banks | |
| Statistics A&A | |
| United Restitution Office | |
| 26 | Safehaven Negotiations |
| Securities: British, Dutch, Swiss | |
| Soviet Zone | |
| SMA [Soviet Military Authority] Orders | |
| Social Democrat Party of Germany | |
| Sources to be Exploited and Results of Preliminary Investigations | |
| Staff Study: Bank der Deutschen Arbeit A.G. | |
| Standstill Agreements | |
| Switzerland | |
| 27 | Translations of Reports |
| Title XVII Property Control | |
| Vesting Decrees | |
| Holding Company of the UFA Concern | |
| US Property in French Zone | |
| 28 | Wehrmacht |
| War Criminals | |
| Turkish Property | |
| Yugoslav Nationality | |
| Carl Zeiss, Jena | |
| 29 | Directive No. 50 |
| NSDAP [Nazi Party] Property, 1945–1949 | |
| 31 | Reich Properties |
| 32 | Distribution of Liquid Assets Under C.C. Dir. No. 50 Staff Study |
| External Restitution | |
| Dissolution and Liquidation of Insurance Companies Connected with the German Labor Front | |
| DAF Property | |
| 33 | Control Council Law No. 50 |
| Hungarian Property in U.S. Zone |
Property Control Case Files, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 414)
Boxes 34–78
Correspondence and Related Records Pertaining to Property Claims, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 415)
Boxes 79–86
| Box # | Selected File Title |
|---|---|
| 83 | Ford Werke AG |
Geographic Index to Control Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 416)
Boxes 1–23
Name Index to Control Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 417)
Boxes 24–54
Name Index to Numbered Property Control Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 418)
Boxes 1–21
Geographic Index to Numbered Property Control Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 419)
Boxes 22–42
Numbered Property Control Claims, 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 420)
Boxes 87–520
External Assets Investigation Section
The Section had begun as the “Spot” Investigative Section, Intelligence Branch, Division of Cartels and External Assets, so named to distinguish its type of investigations from those of the several branches whose efforts were directed against pre-determined target concerns. From June 1, 1946 to September 30, 1948, the Section completed 627 investigations, and had, on the latter date, approximately 100 requests. Somewhat more than one-half of the requests were received from the United States foreign missions, though the Office of Political Affairs, with Switzerland, Spain, and Italy accounting for the largest number of cases. The remaining requests were received from the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency (IARA) at Brussels, the British, the French, and various sources in the United States. By October 1948, the Section was the only unit still existing within Germany for the purpose of carrying out the functional responsibilities imposed by the Safehaven Program.
General Records Pertaining to External Assets Investigations, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 421)
Boxes 521–613
| Box # | Selected File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 526 | Banca De Italia Bank for International Settlements Bank Charles Bank Nationale de Belgique Gold |
| 526–529 | Bosch |
| 532 | Commerzbank Danish-German Insurance Companies |
| 533 | Deutsche Antioquia Bank |
| 534 | Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank: Venezuela |
| 535 | Deutsche Golddiskont Bank Deutsche Gold v. Silber Scheideanstalt (Degussa) |
| 537 | Deutsche Landerbank: General File Deutsche Uberseeische Bank |
| 538 | Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. German Diplomatic Funds Abroad |
| 539 | Dresdner Bank: Gold Dresdner Bank: Landerbank-Wein Dresdner Bank: Allwafinag Dresdner Bank: Berlin Dresdner Bank: Deutsche Orientbank Dresdner Bank: Deutsche Sudamerikanische Bank |
| 540 | Dresdner Bank: Schmidt-Branden, Paul Other European Camouflaging Complexes |
| 543 | Flick Concern Flick, Friedrich |
| 544 | German-Spanish Commercial Clearing: Miscellaneous German-Spanish Commercial Leasing |
| 545 | Goya [Art] |
| 546 | Ford Werke AG |
| 547 | German Ownership of Austrian Companies German External Assets, French Colonies and British Possessions Guterman & Cie: Interfina A.G. (Switzerland) |
| 549 | Haniel & Cie (Activities in Switzerland) |
| 550–552 | Henkel & Cie |
| 553 | Himmler, Heinrich |
| 554–559 | I.G. Farben |
| 560 | International Telephone and Telegraph International General Electric |
| 561 | Jurges, Heinrich |
| 562 | Kaltenbrunner, Ernst |
| 566 | Krupp, Friedrich Krupp, Friedrich (Switzerland) |
| 567 | Lahusen Y Cia: Buenos Aires: German Participation |
| 568 | Gesellschaft für Lindes Eismaschinen A.G. Switzerland Legal Division Study on Claims |
| 569 | Mandl, Friz |
| 570 | Interrogation of Hans Mueller |
| 571 | Maschinenfabrik, Augsburg-Nuernberg A.G. (Switzerland, France) Mauser, K.G. |
| 573 | Messerschmitt Metallgesellschaft A.G. Meyer-Ilschem, Wilhelm: Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: Concerning Swiss Participation |
| 574 | Mineral and Metall A.G., (Zurich), Switzerland Mitteleuropaisches Reiseburo: Amerop Travel Mitteleuropaisches Reise: Argentina Service |
| 575 | MGAX-(1): Munich Reinsurance Co. Munich, Concerning Schmitt, Kurt [Contains a bound 56 pp. report on Schmitt] |
| 578 | Nestler Family |
| 579 | Norddeutscher Lloyd Oetker, August Adam Opel AG: Von Opel Family Osram GmbH: General Osram GmbH (Switzerland) |
| 580 | Osram GmbH (Spain) Osram GmbH (Sweden) Osram Investigation Von Papen, Franz Peltzer-Siftung (Swiss Corporation) Paris Conference, January 1946 N.V. Philips |
| 581 | Plesch, Arpad |
| 582 | Raab & Karcher Radio Stations in Spain Reichsbahn |
| 583 | Deutsche Reichsbahn et al: Argentine Interests Deutsche Reichsbahn: Spain Deutsche Reichsbahn: Sale of Rolling Stock in Spain Reichsbank: Gold Charts Reichsbank Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft: Mittelneutsche Montanwerke |
| 584 | Reichswerke Hermann Göring A.G., Austria Reichswerke Hermann Göring A.G. Reichswerke Hermann Göring A.G.: Documents Sent Report Otto Wolff |
| 585 | German Industrial Complexes: The Hermann Göring Complex [234 pp. report] British Report: Repatriates Repatriates: General Repatriates: Spain China Repatriates: Working Papers |
| 586 | Repatriates: Japan Repatriates from Portugal Repatriates: South America |
| 586–587 | Repatriates from Spain |
| 587 | Repatriates: Swiss German Repatriates from Turkey Rheinisch-Westfählische Elektrizitäts A.G. |
| 589 | Roehm & Haas ROGES: Rohstoff-Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H. Rohtex A.G. Rommler, H. A.G. de Rothschild, Baron Eugene RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptant) |
| 590 | Rowak RUK Reparations Restitution Rutgerswerke A.G. Russian Zone Rumania Sale of Securities Formerly on Deposit in Berlin Banks Soviet Propaganda Soviet Order Soviet Relations: External Assets |
| 591 | Safehaven Reports Spain Securities and Assets of German Banks Which Were Deposited in the United States Schacht, Hjalmar Schering: General Schering: Thyssen |
| 592 | Schering, A.G. Schenker Group |
| 593 | Schicht Family Schiells Verlag; Schiessl, Georg Schering, A.G. Suez Canal |
| 594 | Schlayer, J.J. A.G. Schloemann A.G. Prof. Dr. Max Schloetter, Geislingen Schulte, Dr. Eduard Schriftgiesserei A.G.: D. Stempel Seiler and Company |
| 595 | Scipio & Co. |
| 596 | Schneider & Co. Siemens & Halske A.G. |
| 597 | Siemens-Reiniger-Werke A.G. Sofindus Spain |
| 598 | Skoda Works Slavia Insurance Spaeter, Carl GmbH Assets in Spain Spanish Negotiations and Accord Spain |
| 598–599 | Spain: Clearing |
| 599 | Spanish Civil War Debt to Germany Sponholz and Co. Bank, K.G. Standt & Co. |
| 600 | Standard Oil Staudt & Co. Stinnes, Hugo GmbH |
| 601 | Hugo Stinnes Corp. Sweden Safehaven Reports Straub, Carl: [Sitzmöbelfabrik], Knittlingen: Re Swiss Participation |
| 602 | Stroymeyer Sueddeutsche Bodencreditbank Swedish and German Insurance Companies Spain: Representatives of ACC (“Trusteeship”) Spanish Negotiations Suez Canal |
| 603 | Spanish Safehaven Accord Spain: Representatives of ACC (“Trusteeship”) Sweden: External Assets Swedish Accord Swedish Accord Correspondence August Thyssen Bank (Interrogation) Thyssen, Fritz: Investigation |
| 604 | Telefunken Telefunken Zurich A.G. Thomas, Heinrich |
| 605 | de Treeck, Madam Violette Causino Thyssen Report Thyssen, August Thyssen, Fritz |
| 606 | Thyssen: American Thyssen Companies (APC Report) Thyssen Thyssen: Bornemisza Concern |
| 606–607 | UFA |
| 607 | Underwood Corporation, New York Urbanek & Co. Vereinigte Finazkuntore Vereinigte Kugellageifabriken |
| 608 | Vereinigte Stahlwerke |
| 609 | van Vlissingen, F.H. Fentener |
| 610 | M.M. Warburg & Co. |
| 611 | Wendland, Hans |
| 611–612 | Wolff, Otto Württemberg: Royal Family |
| 613 | Zeiss, Carl |
Reports and Exhibits Relating to Investigations, 1945–1947 (A1, Entry 422)
Boxes 614–628
| Box # | Selected File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 617–618 | Bosch (Investigation) |
| 620–622 | I.G. Farben |
| 623 | Hazai Bank Financial Report |
| 625–626 | Safehaven Reports Report on Trip to Portugal Spanish Firms (Investigations) Safehaven Report on German Mining Companies in Portugal |
| 626 | Safehaven Reports Safehaven |
Interrogations and Reports Pertaining to German Financial Matters, 1945–1946 (A1, Entry 423)
Boxes 629–631
| Box # | Selected File Titles |
|---|---|
| 629 | Interrogation of All Close Friends of Nazi Big Wigs Interrogation of Dr. Walter Funk & Other Top Nazis Interrogation of Herman Göring & Mrs. Göring and Friends of Family |
| 630 | Safe Haven Reports and Interrogation of Top Nazis from A–G Safe Haven Reports and Interrogations of Top Nazis from G–R |
| 631 | Safe Haven Reports and Interrogations of Top Nazis from S–W Target List Spain (Interrogations) Status of the Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank |
Informational Reports Prepared by the Ministerial Records Section
[Note 41], 1945–1946 (A1, Entry 424)
This series contains records relating to the suspected cloaking of German assets, including securities and patents, in Great Britain, the United, States, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, and, several other countries, including various South American countries such as Argentina and Bolivia. Also includes files on bonds transmitted to Spain and Portugal and placed at the disposal of the German SS. The first box contains a card index to the series.
Boxes 632–643
| Box # | Selected File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 633 | Deutsche Lufthansa A.G., Berlin Accumulatoren-Fabrik A.G., Berlin Expro A.G. Zurich, Switzerland SS Funds in Spain |
| 634 | Telefunken Gesellschaft Deutsche Lufthansa A.G., Berlin Tiso & Company Insurance, Berlin |
| 635 | Knoll, A.G.-Ludwigshafen Concerning Cloaking of Swiss and United States Companies |
| 636 | Sundry German External Assets Sundry German External Assets: United States Sundry German External Assets: Great Britain Sundry German External Assets: South America |
| 637 | Bank Der Deutscher Luftfahrt Securities and Assets of German Banks in the United States Secret order of RWM of September 25, 1938 |
| 638 | Brown, Bovari & Company A.G. Mannheim, Concerning Switzerland H. Rommler A.G., Concerning Switzerland AEG, Berlin |
| 639 | Knorr A.G. Heibronn, Cloaking of Swiss Subsidiary |
| 643 | Bohmische Union Bank, Prague, Czechoslovakia German Sundry External Assets |
German Intelligence and Investigation Records Pertaining to German External Assets, 1945–1950 (A1, Entry 425)
Boxes 644–655
| Box # | Selected File Title |
|---|---|
| 644 | ACC Law No. 5 [Note 42] Albania Alien Property Custodian |
| 645 | Alien Property Custodian (Target Lists) Anti-Nazi Property Argentina Austria Belgium Black Lists, Watch Lists, etc. British Correspondence: Transmittal Letters |
| 646 | British Reports British Zone Bulgaria Canada Costa Rica Censorship Cables Currency Czechoslovakia Denmark Danish Securities |
| 647 | Denmark Detention Report Egypt Expellees Finance Director, Letters to External Assets: Prisoners External Assets: Miscellaneous External Assets Investigations Section |
| 648 | External Assets & Intelligence Branch Functions History Finland France Compensation Funds for Repatriated Germans French Transmittal Letters French Reports German Foreign Exchange Laws and Other Laws German Legislation German Mining Companies Gold: Gold Cup Gold Gold: Current Matters |
| 649 | Gold and Other Metals Value of German External Assets GEPC [German External Property Commission] Policy, 30 April 1945 February 1946; GEPC Policy 3 May [1946]; GEPC Policy 31 January–29 April 1946 GEPC Policy; GEPC: Miscellaneous GEPC-IARA: Trusteeship Relations |
| 650 | Gold I; Gold II Greece Policy: German External Assets Military Government Laws and Regulations |
| 651 | MGAX [Forms] [Note 43] |
| 652 | Netherlands Military Government Law No. 53 Mail Communications Between Germany and Outside Countries Netherlands Norway Peru Polish Administered Germany Portuguese Accord Portugal Consulate Portugal: Tabulations Proclaimed List |
| 653 | Switzerland RWM German External Assets Property Control German Reparation; German Reparation for Other Countries Swedish Negotiations Swiss Negotiations Before the Accord, 1945–April 1946 |
| 654 | Switzerland: German Assets Switzerland: List of Blocked Firms Switzerland: General Swiss Accord Correspondence Turkey USA |
| 655 | U.S. Census Section U.S. Census 1946; U.S. Census 1947 Liquidation of German Assets |
Accounting and Auditing Section
General Records, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 426)
Boxes 656–664
U.S. Census Section
As soon as Military Government Law No. 53 became effective, all persons in Germany, both natural and juridical, owning or controlling any property subject to Military Government Law No. 53 were required to execute and file with the nearest Reichsbank office Form MGAX-(1), declaring therein their assets in, and claims against foreign countries. The executed MGAX-(1) declarations were to be channeled by the various Reichsbank branches into the Reichsbank Frankfurt/Main which became the central German collection point in connection with the MGAX- (1) program in the U.S. Zone. As early as September 1945, the formation of a U.S. Census Section was outlined by John A. Banning, Chief of the External Assets Census Branch of the Division of Investigation of Cartels and External Assets. He proposed that the Section issue instructions requiring that all MGAX-(1) reports be delivered to the Section at its Frankfurt offices; that a program of procedures covering the coding, punching and tabulating by machine records of all such report forms was to be inaugurated (the purpose of which was to accomplish a breakdown as to the type of external assets, currency, location, and ownership); and maintain liaison with the British and French elements of the Office of Military Government for Germany with a view to urge adoption of a similar census program in the other zones. By October 31, 1945, the Section was functioning with Stanley M. Friedman as Chief. The program for tabulating Germany's external assets was submitted to Colonel Bernard Bernstein, the Director of DICEA. The program was promptly approved; the instructions to the Reichsbank were issued; and the forms distributed to the Reichsbanks.
In Early 1946 the Section moved to Berlin, as part of the External Assets Branch, Finance Division, OMGUS. In June 1946 Deputy Section Chief Frank J. Miller became the Chief. On August 1, 1947 Miller became the Deputy Chief of the External Assets Branch, and was succeeded by Jules Wangler.
During nearly three years of operation, the Section accumulated 774,000 MGAX-(1) and 30,800 BKAC-(1) (for the Berlin Sector) reports, in duplicate, as well as an index system containing 1.3 million cards. Subsequently one set of declarations, exclusive of expellee declarations, were sent to the Director of Alien Property Control (Department of Justice) and a full set of declarations (inclusive of expellee declarations) together with the card index was placed in the Bank Deutscher Laender, Frankfurt/Main. The Section was deactivated on 30 September 1948.
General Records of the Section Chief, 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 427)
Boxes 665–679
| Box # | Selected File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 665 | APC [Alien Property Custodian] German Ownership of Austrian Corporations Assets of Residents of Germany in United States Berlin Banks |
| 665–666 | Berlin Reports |
| 666 | Berlin Bank Problems BKAX (1) German External Assets and Liabilities |
| 667 | Thyssen Interrogation External Assets UFA [Film GmbH] |
| 667–669 | Correspondence |
| 670 | Deutsche-Suedamerik Bank |
| 670–672 | Dresdner Bank and Commerz Bank Reconciliation Lists |
| 672 | Enforcement and Investigations |
| 673 | Transfer of Custody of IG Garben Properties |
| 674 | GEPC: British GEPC: French GEPC: Soviet |
| 675 | IARA: Brussels IARA: Liquidations IARA Insurance Munich Reinsurance Co. |
| 676 | Portuguese-Spanish Property |
| 677 | Procedure for the Report on German Properties in Japan Operation Paperclip Restitutions |
| 678 | Reference Material Standstill Interests: British Banks and US Banks |
| 679 | Spot Investigation Summaries Lists of Securities Delivered Under K/O No.3 in Berlin State Department (Washington) Tabulations Tabulations: Summaries Soviet Zone Tabulations |
Hand Tabulations of German External Assets as Disclosed by Declarations Filed in the Soviet Zone of Germany, 1947 (A1, Entry 428)
Boxes 680–687
Financial Records Relating to I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktingesellschaft, 1946 (A1, Entry 429)
Boxes 688–698
Claims Section
General Records, 1947–1949 (A1, Entry 430)
Boxes 699–700
Copies of Letters Sent, 1946–1949 (A1, Entry 431)
Boxes 701–706
Records of Meetings, 1948–1949 (A1, Entry 432)
Box 707
Statistical Reports, 1947–1949 (A1, Entry 433)
Box 708
Inspection Reports, 1948–1949 (A1, Entry 434)
Box 709
Reparations and Restitution Branch
Branch Headquarters
General Records
Cables Relating to Reparations and Restitutions, 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 435)
Boxes 1–5
Records Pertaining to Hungarian Restitution Claims, 1946–1951 (A1, Entry 436)
Boxes 6–9
Records Pertaining to Restitution of Hungarian Horses, 1947–1949 (A1, Entry 437)
Box 10
Miscellaneous Publications Relating to Restitution and Reparations, 1947–1948 (A1, Entry 438)
Box 11
Records Relating to Reparations, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 439)
Boxes 12–16
Register of Securities Claimed under Military Government Law 59, 1948–1949 (A1, Entry 440)
Boxes 17–19
Records Related to the Restitution of Precious Metal, 1947–1950 (A1, Entry 441)
Boxes 20–28
| Box # | Selected File Title |
|---|---|
| 20 | Danish Gold Meritorious Claims (General) Evaluation Reports Meritorious Claims (Mr. de Keyserlin) Internal Restitution External Restitution Reparations Plants |
| 21 | Silver Securities 1947 Silver & Gold Inventory Precious Metals Degussa [Deutsche Gold und Silber Scheideanstalt] Gold & Silver Commercial Gold & Silver Precious Metals |
| 22 | Procedures: Disposition of Records Restitutions: General, 1948 STEG Lists Property Control Copies of Miscellaneous Releases Completed Krauss-Maffei Restitution Case Restitution: Outgoing Freund/Feigl Restitution Case Reichsbank U.S. Zone [25256] Special Investigation [Austrian Mission], 25 May–4 June 1948 Restitution Claim No. 11384-B: Belgium |
| 23 | Claim No. 18684-R: Russia (U.S.S.R.) Latukan Properties Czech Claims Restitution |
| 24 | Restitution Policy; Restitution French Claim 13802-F Bavaria Film-Kunst (Bendict) Czech Securities U.S.S.R. Confidential Russia: Meritorious Claims Claim No. 18746-R Miscellaneous Restitution |
| 25 | Restitution in Greater Berlin Restitution Policy Miscellaneous |
| 26 | List of Reparations Strategic Commodities (Reparations) U.S. Ownership (Reparations) Reparations Precious Metal Reparations |
| 27 | Reparations Miscellaneous Reciprocal Deliveries Restitution Policy & Action |
| 28 | Copies of Semi-Monthly Reports to P.D. & Rep. Rest. Restitution Shipping Reports for Bremen, 1948; Bavaria 1948; Hesse, 1948; and Württemberg-Baden, 1948 Reparation Shipping Schedule, 1948 Reparation Tonnage Allocation Reports, 1948 Restitution: Statistics, 1948 Schedule Completion: Deliveries Reparation Plants Allocated Status Reports, 1948 Restitution Claims |
Claims
Records Related to Completed Russian Restitution Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 442)
Boxes 29–32
Records Related to Rejected Russian Restitution Claims, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 443)
Boxes 33–40
Records Relating to the Italian Mission for Restitution Claims, 1946–1949 (A1, Entry 444)
Box 41
Records Filed by the Italian Mission for Restitution, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 445)
Boxes 42–50
Records Relating to the Hungarian Mission for Restitution Claims, 1946–1949 (A1, Entry 446)
Boxes 51–52
Records Filed by the Hungarian Mission for Restitution Claims, 1946–1949 (A1, Entry 447)
Boxes 53–92
Restitution Claims Initiated by Foreign Missions for Restitution, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 448)
Boxes 93–597
Claims Processing Records, 1949–1951 (A1, Entry 449)
Boxes 598–599
Register of Claims and Releases of Property, 1947–1948 (A1, Entry 450)
Box 600
Sections and Offices
Restitution Liaison Office
Cables and Messages, May 1947–August 1949 (A1, Entry 460)
Box 669
Records Relating to Meritorious Restitution Claims, 1949–1950 (A1, Entry 461)
Box 670
List of Meritorious Restitution Claims, 1949 (A1, Entry 462)
Box 671
Consolidated Restitution Report of Württemberg-Baden, 1949 (A1, Entry 463)
Box 672
Records of the Chief of the Reparations and Restitution Liaison Office, 1946–1949 (A1, Entry 464)
Box 673
Meritorious Restitution Claims, 1948–1949 (A1, Entry 465)
Boxes 674–701
Restitution Section
Correspondence and Related Records, January 1946–March 1949 (A1, Entry 466)
Boxes 702–706
Semimonthly Reports, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 467)
Box 707
Monthly Restitution Reports, June 1946–October 1948 (A1, Entry 468)
Box 708
Restitution Shipment Reports, 1948 (A1, Entry 469)
Box 709
Records Relating to the Exploitation of Rohstoff-Handel-Gesellschaft, m.b.H. (“ROGES”), 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 470)
Boxes 710–711
Reports and Related Records Pertaining to Restitution, 1945–1950 (A1, Entry 471)
Boxes 712–719
| Box # | Selected File Title or Subject |
|---|---|
| 712 | Final Report: Reparations and Restitution Restitutions: Jewish Cultural Property |
| 713 | Restitution Claims Report By Countries Restitution: General (Prior to Autumn 1948) Meritorious Claims Reports Restitutions (General): Cultural, 1949 |
| 714–719 | Information on Various Companies, Including I.G. Farben |
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) Section
[M1949, Rolls 1–43]
The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) Section had its origins in SHAEF. During the occupation of Germany the MFAA Section was first a section of the Restitution Branch of the Economics Division. It would be reorganized many times, including being transferred in March 1948 to the Property Division, along with the Restitution Branch. When the cultural restitution program ended in December 1948, the remaining MFAA functions were transferred to the Cultural Affairs Branch of the Education and Cultural Relations Division, where they remained until the end of OMGUS in September 1949.
General Records of the Section Chief, 1944–1949 (A1, Entry 472)
[M1949, Rolls 1–3]
| Roll # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | General Statements: Policy and Procedure: Now Valid |
| OMGUS Organization December 1945 | |
| Reports, Surveys, Statistics | |
| Final Report and Recommendations of the Committee on Disposition of Nazi Documents and Related Materials | |
| Title 18 MGR | |
| Central Card File | |
| Libraries | |
| British | |
| 2 | Germany MFA&A |
| Restitution: General | |
| Archives and Libraries | |
| Microfilming and Photo Duplication | |
| Enemy Wartime Publications (Requirements) Committee (British) | |
| Miscellaneous: U.S. Organization | |
| Library of Congress Mission | |
| Ministerial Collecting Center, G-2 | |
| Repositories, Targets, etc. | |
| 3 | Restitution of Various Libraries |
| Availability and Status of Resources | |
| Offenbach Archival Depot | |
| Jewish Archives and Libraries: General | |
| Lists, Inventories (General, Covering Large Field) | |
| Plans: British-U.S. Cooperation: Overall Coverage, etc.: Not Current | |
| Ministerial Collecting Center Reports | |
| Directives; Plans, 1944–1945 |
Records Pertaining to Restitution, 1945–1948 (A1, Entry 473)
[M1949, Rolls 4–5]
| Roll # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | Dutch |
| Egypt 1 Government | |
| External Loot | |
| Germany | |
| Germany: General | |
| Germany: Restitutions | |
| Great Britain: Miscellaneous | |
| Italy: Miscellaneous | |
| 5 | OMG for Hesse: Wiesbaden CCP: Internal Restitution Claims |
| Palestine: Miscellaneous | |
| Switzerland | |
| USSR: General [Russia] | |
| USSR: Restitution [Russia] | |
| U.S. Civilians: Not Looted Items | |
| United States Claims: Suspense File | |
| United States: Miscellaneous | |
| Bett, Mr. L. (England) | |
| Craig, Gordon: Paris, USA | |
| Graupe, Paul: New York, USA | |
| Herzog, Wilhelm: Santa Monica, USA | |
| Huth, Hans: Chicago, USA | |
| von Unruh, Fritz |
Miscellaneous Records, 1945–1949 (A1, Entry 474)
[M1949, Rolls 5–6]
| Roll # | File Title |
|---|---|
| 5 | German Denazification Laws, Regulations, etc. |
| Invaluable Aids: OMGUS: Abbreviations & German-English | |
| List of States & Counties in U.S. Zone | |
| Monthly MFA&A Field Report, November 1944 | |
| Monthly MFA&A Report, May and June 1945, G-5, USFET | |
| 6 | Organization Charts of German Ministries |
| Soldiers Guides: I&E MTOUSA | |
| Vaucher Commission Lists of Art Dealers, 16 July 1945 | |
| Receipts: Munich CCP: Transfer to Wiesbaden |
Photographs of Art Works, 1945 (A1, Entry 475)
[M1949, Roll 6]
Records Pertaining to Interzonal Restitution Transfers, 1946–1947 (A1, Entry 476)
[M1949, Rolls 6–7]
Maps, 1937–1952 (A1, Entry 477)
[M1949, Roll 7]
Administrative Maps, 1945 (A1, Entry 478)
[M1949, Roll 8]
Cultural Property Claim Applications, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 479)
[M1949, Rolls 8–26]
Claims of Cultural Property Removed by German Forces, 1946–1948 (A1, Entry 480)
[M1949, Rolls 26–29]
Records Pertaining to the Use of Declarations of Property Removed from Areas Occupied
by German Forces, 1947–1948 (A1, Entry 481)
[M1949, Roll 29]
Photographic History of the Offenbach Archival Depot, 1946 (A1, Entry 482)
[M1949, Roll 29]
Photostatic Copies of Book Plates, ca. 1946 (A1, Entry 483)
[M1949, Roll 30]
Photostatic Copies of Library Markings, ca. 1946 (A1, Entry 484)
[M1949, Roll 30]
Lists of Property Removed From France During the War, 1939–1945 (A1, Entry 485)
[M1949, Rolls 31–35]
Records Related to Historic Places and Monuments Damaged by War Action, 1946–1947 (A1, Entry 486)
[M1949, Rolls 36–42]
Report of Historical Sites in Frankfurt/Main Damaged by War Action, 1946–1947 (A1, Entry 487)
[M1949, Roll 43]
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