Records of the Office of the Finance Adviser and the Financial Division (RG 260) [Theaters of Operations Records]


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Records of the Finance Division

Records Regarding Financial Policy and Advising

Correspondence and Related Records

General Records ("Floater File") 1947-1948
   
                Boxes 1-8  location: 390/45/35/05

Records Maintained by Colonel David L. Robinson, Jr. 1945-1946

        Box 9  location: 390/45/35/06

Correspondence and Other Records Maintained by Joseph M. Dodge 1945-1946

        Box 10  location: 390/45/35/06

Miscellaneous and Other Records 1945-1946

        Boxes  11-13  location: 390/45/35/06

Miscellaneous Records

Records Pertaining to Policy and Procedures ("Policy File") `1946-1948

        Boxes 21-40  location: 390/46/1/01

        Box #  File Title
        22  Banking-Restitution of Looted Movable Assets (2 folders)
                        Banking Committee-I.G. Farben (4 folders) location: 390/46/1/01
        24  Claims by Military Missions on Behalf of their Nationals
                                location: 390/46/1/01
        26  Decartelization, Deconcentration of German Economic Power, etc.
            Decartelization-Insurance Industry location: 390/46/1/01
        27  Elimination of Excessive Economic Power in Insurance
                location: 390/46/1/02
        28  I.G. Farben Report (2 folders)
        29  Foreign Currencies and Securities Found in Germany
            Former German Economic Ministry-Liquidation of
            Funds of Former German Diplomatic Missions Abroad and Return of  German Military Internees location: 390/46/1/02
        30  Insurance (7 folders) location: 390/46/1/02
        31  Insurance (4 folders) location: 390/46/1/02
        33  Polish Property, Confiscation of
            Precious Metal Requirements for Germany
            Procedures for the Release of Non-German Securities
            Properties, Disposition of Reich-Owned
            Property of Interned Germans location: 390/46/1/02
        35  Reparation location: 390/46/1/03
        36  Report by the I.G. Farben Control Committee
            Restitution-Misc.
            Restitution of Securities
            Restitutions location: 390/46/1/03
        37  Securities-Non German-Release of
            Hungarian Gold Restitution History location: 390/46/1/03
        38  Subcommittee for Insurance (2 folders)
            Subcommittee for Property Control (2 folders) location: 390/46/1/03
        39  Swiss Property-German Owned location: 390/46/1/03

Miscellaneous Records Relating to Blocking, Cloaking, and Identification of Assets  1944-1945

        Contains files pertaining to Nazis traveling and closing out accounts; German  control of banking in Europe; German financial activities in France; Safehaven  reports on suspect companies; and Swiss law on blocking assets. Also included  are numerous reports on Switzerland and ledgers written in German.
        Boxes 41-43  location: 390/46/1/04

Records Regarding Investigations

Records Regarding Bank Investigations 1945-1947

        Includes numerous reports on banks, Nazi gold, the use of Swiss banks, links  between German and Swiss banks, and the special account used to handle Swiss  trade by the Reichsbank. Boxes 44-55 location: 390/46/1/04

Records Relating to Interrogations of Nazi Financiers 1946-1947

        Box #  File Title
        56  Alzheimer Interrogations 17 July 1947
            Draft of Schmitt Report
            Exhibits to Finck Report 1-53
            Dr. W. Eggress Interrogation 17 August 1947
        57  Interrogations of August von Finck 22, 23, 25, September 1947
            Interrogation re von Finck
            Hilgard Interrogations 14, 16, 22 July 1947
            Illies and Co. Hamburg/Berlin; Illies Hamburg/Berlin
        58  Schmitt Interrogations 8, 21 July 1947
            Reichswirtschaftsimister
            Schmitt Report
            Stock Exchange Statistics; Stock Exchange Supervisory Board
            Schmitt Interrogations 9, 15 July 1947; Schmitt Interrogations Exhibits. 2-  43; Schmitt Statement 24 August 1947
            Schwede-Coburg Interrogation 25 June 1947
            Statement by Mr. Aloys Ade
            Zach Interrogation 27 May 1947 location: 390/46/1/06

Records of the Financial Institutions Branch

Records Relating to Insurance and Central Bank Policies 1945-1948

        Boxes 59-63 location: 390/46/1/06 

        Box #  File Title
        60  Activities of Berlin Insurance Companies Outside Berlin
            Berlin Insurance Companies
            Blocking Control Etc. and Insurance
            CC Law No. 57 Dissolution and Liquidation of Insurance Companies  Connected with the German Labor Front I location: 390/46/1/06
        61  CC Law No. 57 Dissolution and Liquidation of Insurance Companies  Connected with the German Labor Front II
            Czechoslovakian Insurance Companies
            Correspondence - German Insurance Policies
            DAF Insurance Interests
            Death Risk Insurance location: 390/46/1/06
        62  Foreign Insurance Companies - German Laws and General
            Insurance Companies in Berlin: Lists by Sectors
            Foreign Insurance Companies Operating in Germany
            War Risk Insurance Pool location: 390/46/1/07
        63  Insurance Supervision US Zone
            Insurance Supervision - Berlin
            Insurance Committee - Agenda and Minutes (2 folders)
            Insurance - French Zone
            Insurance - Soviet Zone location: 390/46/1/07

Records of the Office of the Finance Adviser

General Records Regarding Financial Policies and Military Government Legislation

General Records Regarding Financial Policy and Legislation 1945-1949

        Boxes 64-77 location: 390/46/1/07

Correspondence and Other Records Regarding Financial Policy and Operations 1946-  1949

        Boxes 90-103 location: 390/46/2/04

Records Relating to Specific Functional Policy Programs

Records Pertaining to the Allied Bank Commission 1948-1949

        Boxes 125-126 location: 390/46/3/02

Records Relating to External Assets 1946-48

        Box 130 location: 390/46/3/02
        File Titles
        Claims-Restitution
        External Assets (3 files)
        Compensation
        GEPC [German External property Commission] Agenda and Minutes
        GEPC Material
        Procedures for the Release of Non-German Securities located in Germany or held  outside of Germany in the name of German Banks, which securities are  owned by persons permanently residing outside of Germany
            Switzerland

Records Relating to Financial Institution Policy 1945-1949 

        Boxes 131-158 location: 390/46/3/02

Records Relating to Foreign Exchange and Blocking Policies 1946-1949

        Box 159 location: 390/46/3/06

Records Regarding the Foreign Exchange Depository 1947-1949

        Boxes 160-167 location: 390/46/3/07
        Box #  File Title and/or Subject
        160  Auswanderungterel-Prague
            Authorizations for Assets Released by FED [Foreign Exchange  Depository]
            Claims 1948-1949
            Claims Instigated by Publicity given Non-Monetary Gold turned over to  IRO [International Refugee Organization] {Note 1}
            Correspondence re Transfer of Funds out of Germany
            Crown Jewels
            Currencies; Currencies Restitution
            Currencies Section FED
            Customs
        161  Dachau Envelopes
            Disposition (Restitution) of Foreign Currencies and Securities Found in  Germany
            Disposition of Valuables
            Eva Braun's Assets{Note 2}
            Engraving Plates-German Currencies
            FED; FED Admin.
        162  FED Correspondence Since 1 March 1948
            FED Daily Reports (1948-1949)
            FED Monthly Reports (1948-1949)
            FED-IRO [International Refugee Organization]
            FED Item No. 3; FED Item No. 32
        163  FED Releases 1948; FED Releases 1949
            FED Tripartite Commission
            Foreign Exchange Depository
        164  Gold File (Brussels)
            Goering Jewels
            Foreign Exchange Depository-1948
        165  Hohenzollern Jewels
            Hungarian Gold
            Inquiries from Soviet Zone re Stock held US  Zone 
            International Bank for Reconstruction & Development
            Inventory of Certain Currencies & Securities  .  166  Investment Moratorium
            Krucken Case
            Pierre Laval Assets
            Linanses-Credit Lyonais
            Misc. Fepg Policy
            Monetary Gold (2 files)
            Monetary Gold 1948-1949
        167  Non-Monetary Gold Turnover of 5 September 1947
            Non Monetary Gold (contains file 1/167/5 that contains SS Captain  Melmer's statement, {Note 3} cables, and complete inventory of items  transferred to  PCIRO{Note 4} in September 1947.
            Precious Metals other than Gold & Silver
            Restitution of Coins
            Restitution of Monetary Gold
            Weekly Reports or items held at FED 3 September 1948-22 April 1949
            US Dollars FED
            Reports Covering the Discovery, Removable, Gold, Silver, Platinum,  and Currency

Records of Subordinate Agencies

Records of the Financial Intelligence Group

Records of the Financial Intelligence Group General Records 1945-49

        Boxes 68-226 location: 390/46/4/01
Records Regarding Intelligence and Financial Investigations 1945-49

        Boxes 227-237 location: 390/46/5/02
        Box #  File Title
        227  Allied Control Authority
            American Zone (11 files)
            Austrian Accounts Reconcili. location: 390/46/5/02
        228  Balance Sheet of Banks in U.S. Zone
            Berlin-Statistics General Info
            Black List (Berlin) Working File
            Civil Government
            Claims and Liabilities against Persons in Germany
            Commer Bank-Frankfurt  Stock Exchange
            Complaint and Protection -Writings- Dr. Hjalmar Schacht
            Control Council - Denazi  Directives
            Control Council Law #10
            Currency and Bank Statistics
            Copies of MG Law #60  location: 390/46/5/02
        229  Denazification; Denazification - Frankfurt
            Denazification Checks and Air Priorities
            Denazification Intercepts
            Depositions and Interrogations
            Deutsche Bank Frankfurt-Stock Exchange Dealings
            Deutsche Bank Report. This report is about the bank's cloaking activities.  location: 390/46/5/02
        230  Dresdner Bank
            Finance and Economics
            Finance Division External Assets  location: 390/46/5/03
        231  F.O. Banking
            General on Stock Exchange
            Foreign Exchange Fund
            German Stock Exchange Report
            Frankfurt Stock Exchange
            General Intelligence
            Goldcup General Plan
            Guide of Banking Positions  location: 390/46/5/03
        232  Intelligence Information on Fiscal condition in Czechoslovakia
            Intelligence Information on Fiscal condition in Belgium  Intelligence Information on Danish Economic and Fiscal Conditions in  Denmark
            Index of files from Berlin  location: 390/46/5/03
        233  Intelligence Information on Fiscal Condition in Holland
            Intelligence Reports - Nurnberg
            Interrogations of Ohlendorf
            Investigations - Henkel and Co.
            Investigation - Kurt Schmitt
            Investigation - Vereinigte Stahlwerke
            Leaders on German Foreign Exchange Agencies
            M.G. Law 52- Dr. Binder
            Men to be placed on Watch List
                location: 390/46/5/03
        234  Nazis dismissed from the German Banking 360
            Nurnberg
            Nurnberg - Lt. Nixon
            OSS Recommendations and others
            Personalities re Watch List
            Preliminary Interrogations of  Heinrich Hunke
            Reichsbank Reports  location: 390/46/5/03
        235  Removals - Nurnberg
            Report on Dresdner Bank
            Report on the Investigation of the Reichs-Kredit-Geselischaft
                location: 390/46/5/03
        236  Report on Hjalmar Schacht (3 files)  Russian Zone for Distribution location: 390/46/5/03
        237  Schmid, Lossberg
            Special Reports (Denazification Teams)
            Six Months Review
            Stock Exchange and Stock Statistics
            Switzerland Economics
            Johannes Tuergeler
            Weekly Report of Activities
            Weekly Statistical Data from German Department for Finance
            White List
            Year End Statements  location: 390/46/5/04

Reports of Assets and Liabilities of Insurance Institutions 1947-1948

        Boxes 260-264 location: 390/46/5/07


Footnotes

{1}Return to text The IRO was established in 1948.

{2}Return to text Adolf Hitler's mistress from 1932 and his wife for a few hours in 1945.

{3}Return to text "Melmer" gold or loot was used to describe SS loot from the Kaiseroda Mine. Term Melmer gold was derived from the name of the SS officer, Hauptsturmfuhrer Bruno Melmer, Chief of WVHA AII-II (finance and payroll), responsible for receiving property from Jewish victims. He supervised their deposit at the Reichsbank in Berlin.

{4}Return to text The Prepatory Committee for the International Refugee Organization. It was established on July 1, 1947.


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