From the 1960s through the 1990s, the U.S. Government declassified the majority of its security-classified records relating to World War II. Yet, 60 years after the war, millions of pages of wartime and postwar records remained classified. Many of these records contained information related to war crimes and war criminals. This information had been sought over the years by congress, government prosecutors, historians and victims of war crimes. In 1998, the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial...
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, World War 2, World War II,...
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National Archives Microfilm Publications - Microfilm Publication M892 Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trial United States of America v. Carl Krauch Et Al. (Case VI) Digitized by the Dr. Rath Health Foundation.
Topics: 1893-1946, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946, Nuremberg...
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Unabridged microfilm records of United States military commissions for investigating and prosecuting Axis war crimes. Reel 93 is missing. Originally digitized by unwcc.org
Topics: United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes, Japanese War Crimes
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Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945 - 1 October 1946 in 42 volumes
Topics: 1893-1946, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946, Nuremberg...
This information sheds important historical light on the Holocaust and other war crimes, as well as the U.S. Government’s involvement with war criminals during the Cold War. These records include operational files of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Central Intelligence Group (CIG), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Topics: War crimes, Nazi
A 240 page report completed in October, 1943, by Harvard psychologist Dr. Henry A. Murray. The report attempted to present an analysis of Adolf Hitler's personality and its development. This analysis was then used to make predictions about what Hitler would do after an Allied victory and how he should be dealt with if taken into custody. The reporting sought to give the OSS an understanding of how it may be able influence Hitler's mental condition and behavior. Murray correctly predicted that...
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, World War 3, World War Two, WW3
A secret wartime 281 page report, authored by Walter C. Langer in 1943. Office of Strategic Services director General William J. Donovan suggested to psychologist Walter C. Langer that a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler needed to be developed. It was hoped that an accurate study would be helpful in gaining a deeper insight into Adolf Hitler and the German people and that the study might serve as a guide for Allied propaganda activities as well as for future dealings with Hitler and the...
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, World War 2, World War Two, WW2
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National Archives Microfilm Publications - Microfilm Publication M887 Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trial United States of America v. Karl Brandt et al. (Case I) Roll 1 - Documents of Authorization, Lists of Tribunal Members, Covers of Transcripts, Minute Books, Prosecution and Defense Exhibit Index, Court Docket, List of Witnesses Roll 2 - Transcript Volumes 1-3 Roll 3 - Transcript Volumes 4-6 Roll 4 - Transcript Volumes 7-9 Roll 5 - Transcript Volumes 10-12 Roll 6 -...
Topics: 1893-1946, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946, Nuremberg...
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Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10. Nuremberg, October 1946 - April, 1949 Volume 1 - The Medical Case Volume 2 - The Medical Case/The Milch Case Volume 3 - The Justice Case Volume 4 - The Einsatzgruppen Case/The RuSHA Case Volume 5 - The RuSHA Case/The Pohl Case Volume 6 - The Flick Case Volume 7 - The IG Farben Case Volume 8 - The IG Farben Case Volume 9 - The Krupp Case Volume 10 - The High Command Case Volume 11 - The High Command...
Topics: Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War...
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Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression
Topics: War crime trials, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War...
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War Crimes Military Tribunal of the Ministry of National Defence
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Documents from Nationalist Chinese (Taiwan) war crimes trials of Japanese personnel. Digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nation War Crimes Commission, Japanese War Crimes
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Lists compiled by the United Nations War Crimes Commission indexing known war criminals during World War II. These records would eventually be consolidated into the CROWCASS lists. Originally digitized by unwcc.org.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes
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Hearings on dismantling German war industry, particularly the dissolution of IG Farben. Volume 7 was also published independently by the Office of Military Government.
Topics: War crime trials, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War...
AEDEPOT (formerly AEREADY) (1957-65) was designed to provide a trained "Hot War" cadre of agents who could be used during a period of heightened tensions/increased alert or during actual hostilities against the Soviet Union. Mikola Abramtchik, Constantine Mierlak, Tscherim Soobzokov associated with Project.
Topic: OSS
AEACRE (1952-64) established a mechanism for the planning and conduct of REDSOX operations via a Domestic Operations Base (DOB) used for the interrogation, assessment, training, briefing, and preparation for dispatch of agents for infiltration into the USSR. Aleks Kurgvel, Tscherim Soobzokov associated with Project.
Topic: OSS
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Records from American, Australian, and British military tribunals compiled by the United Nations War Crimes Commission on the prosecution of Japanese personnel. Records digitized by unwcc.org
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Japanese War Crimes, United Nations War Crimes Commission
Abramtchik, Mikola
Topic: OSS
AECOB, approved in 1950, was a vehicle for foreign intelligence (FI) operations into and within Soviet Latvia and involved infiltration and exfiltration of black agents and the recruitment of legally resident agents in the USSR, especially Latvia. ZRLYNCH was approved in 1950 for use of the Latvian Resistance Movement, which had been formed in 1944, as a vehicle for clandestine activities within the USSR. ZRLYNCH was renewed in 1952 as a part of AECOB, which then provided both FI and political...
Topic: OSS
A 1,019 page Office of Strategic Service document produced by Walter C. Langer. This report contains typed up abstracts taken from source material used by Langer, when he was working on the report "A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler: His Life and Legend." The report contains extracts of key points from 211 different sources.
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, World War 5, World War Two, WW5
OSS/CIA files on Adolf Hitler.
Topics: OSS, CIA, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act, Office of...
AEDOGMA / AEBATH (1947-61), which supported the activities of the Principal Agent (PA), Michael Korzhan, was designed to produce CI/CE information on two Ukrainian nationalist groups in Germany; positive intelligence on other Ukrainian groups in Germany and Western Europe; information on Soviet penetration of Orthodox churches; and miscellaneous CE and other support activities beginning in 1947. In 1959, the PA was transferred to Paris to report on the efforts of the Soviet Services in emigre...
Topic: OSS
Documents relating to the creation of [the] Central Intelligence Agency.
Topics: CIA, OSS, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Strategic Services, CIG, Central Intelligence...
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United States. Department of the Army. Military Commission at Yokohama.
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Trial documents from American military tribunals of Japanese war criminals digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Japanese War Crimes, Yokohama
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Records of war crimes trials conducted by the Netherlands primarily against Japanese war crimes committed in Indonesia. Digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: Japanese War Crimes, Dutch East Indies
Hitler Youth - U.S. Intelligence Files and Photos
Topics: Hitler Youth, Hitler Jugend, OSS, Germany, Nazi Germany, FOIA, Freedom of Information, Freedom of...
Office of Strategic Services
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January 17, 1944. "This information is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it." Digitized by the Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, US Army Combined Arms Center. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/
Topic: OSS,Sabotage,Firearms,Guerrilla warfare -- Handbooks, manuals, etc,WWII,Counterinsurgency --...
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Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals
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Documents and transcripts from United Kingdom v, Heinz Wilhelm Eck digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, SS Peleus, British Zone of Occupation, unrestricted submarine warfare
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Judicial summaries of WWII war crimes trials operating under United Nations observation.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, United Nations War Crimes Commission, International Law
A guide to sabotage written by the OSS and later used by CIA.
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, CIA, Sabotage, Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Strategic Services
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GERMAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (WWII), VOL. 1_0002
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Senate hearings on the Malmedy Massacre. Digitized by the Library of Congress.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Malmedy Massacre, Joachim Peiper
Office of Strategic Services
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CIA AND THE ORIGINS OF THE BND, 1945-49 VOL. 1_0001
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services
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NAZI ESCAPE ROUTES TO ARGENTINA_0003
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Report submitted to the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes
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Department of Justice report on the investigation of Mengele's escape from justice and fugitive activities.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Office of Special Investigations, Department of Justice, Josef Mengele
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Digitized by NTIS.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Looting, Economic Warfare, Restitution, Assets, Holocaust
Lucien Conein OSS Personnel File
Topics: Conein, Lucien Conein, OSS, CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Strategic Intelligence
James Hugh Angleton OSS Personnel File
Topics: Angleton, OSS, Office of Strategic Services
OSS branch liquidation files.
Topic: OSS
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Report by the Department of Justice investigating the U.S. Government's protection of Klaus Barbie.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Klaus Barbie, Counter Intelligence Corps, Office of Special Investigations
AEFREEMAN (1953-64), which included AEBASIN/AEROOT (1953-60), AEFLAG (1955-62), and AEPOLE (formerly AECHAMP (1949-59)), was designed to strengthen resistance to communism and harrass the Soviet regime in the Baltic countries. AEBASIN/AEROOT supported Estonian emigres and émigré activities aganist the Estonian SSR. AEFLAG was aimed at people of the Latvian SSR. AEPOLE (formerly AECHAMP (formerly BGLAPIN)) targeted the Lithuanian SSR. These projects provided intelligence and operational data...
Topic: OSS
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services
An assortment of 110 pages of OSS and CIA files related to Adolf Hitler. Files date from 1941 to 1955. Includes analysis of Hitler's speeches and plans concerning the creation of false information campaigns in Germany to sabotage Hitler's reputation.
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, Hitler, Adolf Hitler, World War 6, World War Two, WW6
Office of Strategic Services
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OBOPUS BGFIEND VOL. 8_0006
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Office of Strategic Services
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PLAN IVY_0078
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
OSS War Report HQ And Organization
Topic: OSS
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ROEDER, MANFRED_0013
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Selected documents from German civilian courts pursuing war crimes cases in the British Zone. Digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topic: British Zone of Occupation
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PFAHLS, LUDWIG_0005
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Records compiled by Allied forces regarding the indexing of wanted war criminals and witnesses. Originally published by unwcc.org
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes, CIOS Black List, SHAEF Black List
Office of Strategic Services
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GREEK HELLENIC INFORMATION BULLETIN_0008
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, weekly reports, World War II
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Military Court for the Trial of War Criminals
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Document and transcripts from the case United Kingdom v. Erich Heyer digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: Nazi War Crimes, Essen Lynching, Erich Heyer, British Zone of Occupation
OSS Liquidation Files
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, WW2, World War 2, World War Two, World War II, WW II, WWII
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BRAZAITIS, JUOZAS_0018
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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PANNWITZ, HEINZ VOL. 1_0006
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Foreign Languages Publishing House
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Compilation of selected material from the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials, the tribunal of twelve Imperial Japanese Army members captured in Manchuria.
Topics: Khabarovsk War Crime Trials, Soviet Union, Japanese War Crimes, Unit 731, Biological Warfare,...
OSS War Report Operations In The Field
Topic: OSS
Office of Strategic Services
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SCHREIEDER, JOSEPH_0003
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Office of Strategic Services
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FLEGEL, ARWED_0002
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Member of the board of directors of Deutsche Bank from 1938 to 1945. After World War II he was chairman of Deutsche Bank, and contributed to the reconstruction of the German economy. Played a key role in the economic design and stabilization of Nazism.
Topic: OSS
Office of Strategic Services
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GREEK HELLENIC INFORMATION BULLETIN_0001
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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Original title: La Civilisation de l'Italie Fasciste en Ethiopie Two-volume photo album compiled by Ethiopian authorities. Contains graphic material. Originally digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services
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Synopses of war crimes trials as presented to the United Nations War Crimes Commission
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes
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MUELLER, HEINRICH VOL. 3_0002
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
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DEGRELLE, LEON_0026
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services
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Report submitted to the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Digitized by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes. Yugoslavia
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Digiitzed by the International Criminal Court.
Topics: UNWCC, United Nations War Crimes Commission, Nazi War Crimes
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HITLER, ADOLF_0003
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
Digitized by FDR Library
Topics: OSS, Office of Strategic Services, William J. Donovan
"World War II is unique in its breadth of coverage, its detail concerning individuals, its documentation, and its readability. The product of an Individual Research Project during the1978-1979 academic year at the Marine Corps' Command and Staff College, 'Herringbone Cloak GI Dagger' won the school's Clifton B Cates Award for Research. We are particularly pleased that it was prompted in part by messages about OSS Marines in Europe that occurred in the POW appendix to the final volume of...
Topic: United States. -- Marine Corps -- History,World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United...
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LANGE, HERBERT_0010
Topics: Nazi, War crimes, Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, OSS, World War Two, WWII, WW2
