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Brief of DOWNFALL

21/6/1945

Author: Douglas MacArthur

Description: This is General Douglas MacArthur's Brief of Operation DOWNFALL, prepared for George Marshall in June 1945

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Declaration of immediate causes of secession of South Carolina from the Union

24/12/1860

Author: South Carolina

Description: This document outlines South Carolina’s legal and political argument for seceding from the United States, centering on perceived violations of the Constitution by Northern states—especially regarding slavery, states’ rights, and the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Clause.

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

JWPC 369/1: Details of the Campaign Against Japan

15/6/1945

Author: Joint War Plans Committee

Description: This is the JWPC's response to the JPS request for a draft reply to Admiral Leahy's memo of 14 June. It dicusses the details of the lead-up to Operations OLYMPIC and CORONET, as well as the operations themselves.

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Scheidt to Hoover, Regarding a Discussion between MacArthur and Eisenhower on the Presidency

13/3/1952

Author: Edward Scheidt

Description: A message from Edward Scheidt to a "Mr. Hoover," describing a meeting between Douglass MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower. MacArthur is said to have "[blown] his top" when Eisenhower proposed running for the presidency under a dual nomination from both the Democrats and the Republicans.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff 1331/3: Directive for Operation OLYMPIC

25/5/1945

Author: Joint Chiefs of Staff

Description: This is the latest version of the Directive for Operation OLYMPIC from the JCS, which directs that Operation OLYMPIC be carried out with a target date of November 1st, 1945.

Tags: Pacific War, Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Minutes of Meeting Held at the White House on June 18th, 1945

18/6/1945

Author: Brigadier General A. J. MacFarland

Description: This document is the minutes of the June 18th, 1945 meeting at the White House between President Harry Truman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to discuss Operation OLYMPIC, and DOWNFALL more broadly. This was the meeting where Truman gave the go-ahead to OLYMPIC.

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Estimate of the Enemy Situation (as of 6 July 1945, C.C.S 643/3)

8/7/1945

Author: Combined Chiefs of Staff

Description: This document is an assessment of Japanese military capabilities as of early July, 1945.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation Ketsu-Gō

Telegram Exchange on German Proposal for a Berne Prisoner-of-War Conference (August 1918)

/8/1918

Author: U.S. Embassy in Madrid; United States Department of State

Description: Telegram exchange between the U.S. Department of State and Ambassador Willard regarding a German proposal—relayed through the Spanish government—for an international conference at Berne to address issues related to civilian and military prisoners of war. The German Foreign Office further sought to include questions concerning German nationals residing abroad, particularly in China and the Americas. The messages note receipt and handling within the Department. Although proposed for mid-September 1918, the conference ultimately did not occur due to the rapidly changing military and diplomatic situation late in World War I.

Tags: World War I

"Downfall" Strategic Plan, G-2 Estimate of the Enemy Situation

24/3/1945

Author: General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific

Description: Contents include the summary of the enemy situation- trends, command structure, ground forces, air forces, naval forces, merchant shipping position, terrain (Kyushu and Tokyo Plain of Honshu), and enclosures

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC, Operation Ketsu-Gō

Downfall—Strategic Plan for Operations in the Japanese Archipelago

28/5/1945

Author: General Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Pacific

Description: First edition of the strategic plan that formed the basis for directives for operations to force the unconditional surrender of Japan by seizure of vital objectives in the Japanese Archipelago. Covers the directive itself. Also includes assumptions regarding both sides, operations (concepts, the employment and allocation of forces), and logistics (responsibilities, supply, evacuation, hospitalization, transportation, construction and control of installations and facilities). Digitized by the Military History Institute.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Redeployment of the United States Army After the Defeat of Germany: Plans, Policies, and Logistical Data Affecting the Army Service Forces

15/1/1945

Author: Demobilization Branch, Planning Division, Army Service Forces

Description: Report summarizing the pertinent information to plan redeployment of the Army after the fall of Germany. Contains logistical data on troops, personnel, shipping, transfers to the Pacific, garrison forces, and port facilities, War Department policies, training requirements, supply requirements, and post-hostility operations.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Administrative Order Number 1: Operation Olympic, to Accompany Field Order No. 1

12/8/1945

Author: Headquarters IX Corps

Description: Administrative order number 1 covers the logistics and supply responsibilities for IX Corps for Operation OLYMPIC, the invasion of Japan.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Field Order Number 1: Operation OLYMPIC

12/8/1945

Author: Headquarters IX Corps

Description: This is Field Order Number 1 for "OPERATION OLYMPIC". The document details the military plan for the seizure and occupation of Southern KYUSHU, Japan, by the Sixth Army and attached forces. It outlines the four phases of the operation, with the target date (X-DAY) set for 1 November 1945. The order specifies the IX Corps' mission, including being prepared to reinforce other units or launch an assault landing on the south coast of Kyushu to secure a beachhead. It includes supporting information through annexes covering intelligence, a troop list, and plans for artillery, engineering, and chemical warfare.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Japanese Plans for the Defense of Kyushu

31/8/1945

Author: Headquarters Sixth Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2

Description: A study prepared by the Sixth Army to record Japanese Plans for countering the United States' Operation OLYMPIC, as of late 1945.

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC, Operation Ketsu-Gō

Staff Study Operations CORONET

15/8/1945

Author: General Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Pacific

Description: This is the Staff Study created for Operation CORONET, the planned U.S. invasion of the Kanto Plane

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation CORONET

Staff Study Operations OLYMPIC

28/5/1945

Author: General Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Pacific

Description: This is the Staff Study created in preparation for Operation OLYMPIC, the planned U.S. invasion of Kyushu

Tags: Operation DOWNFALL, Operation OLYMPIC

Letter from Department of Justice to Department of State, Urging Inquiry and Response to Tagore's Letter to President Wilson

9/8/1918

Author: Charles M. Storey

Description: Typed letter from Charles M. Storey of the U.S. Department of Justice, dated August 9, 1918, to Leland Harrison at the Department of State. Storey discusses a letter from Rabindranath Tagore to the President and proposes checking court transcripts to show that Tagore was not implicated in a plot and that the government was not responsible for defamatory reports. The page includes several handwritten annotations and archival date stamps.

Tags: Rabindranath Tagore

Cablegram from Tagore to President Wilson

13/5/1918

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Description: This is a Cablegram from Rabindranath Tagore to President Woodrow Wilson regarding his alleged links to Indian Revolutionaries. For more information, see Source 57, "Rabindranath Tagore to Woodrow Wilson on his alleged Relationship to Revolutionaries in India"

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Message from J. B. Cresap, Commander of U.S. Navy with Attached Report Approving Russian Prosecutors to Interrogate Japanese Officers about Biological Warfare in Manchuria

26/2/1947

Author: J. B. Cresap

Description: This is a message from J.B. Cresap, Secretary of the State-War-Navy Coordinating Subcommitte for the Far East, that approves Soviet interrogation of Japanese officers who were involved in Biological Warfare

Tags: International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Rabindranath Tagore to Woodrow Wilson on his alleged Relationship to Indian Revolutionaries in the U.S.

19/5/1919

Author: Rabindranath Tagore

Description: This is a personal letter from Rabindranath Tagore to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, sent via Pacific Mail. Writing shortly before an intended trip to America , Tagore addresses published reports from Japan that implicated him in a revolutionary conspiracy against the British Government by Hindus in San Francisco. He specifically denies accusations that he undertook his last American tour at the instigation of German agents. Tagore expresses the great pain caused by the "indignity" of his name being dragged into the "mire of such calumny" and assures Wilson that he despises dishonest and violent methods. He concludes by avowing his political faith and expressing great admiration for Wilson for "introducing idealism in the domain of politics".

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Proclamation of "Tagore Week" in Los Angeles, 1961

/3/1961

Author: Norris Poulson

Description: A Proclamation from Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson honoring Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore and declaring the week of the 100th anniversary of Tagore's birth to be "Tagore Week"

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Churchill to Roosevelt: Shipping for Australian Wheat to India

29/4/1944

Author: Winston Churchill

Description: A telegram from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt requesting additional shipping capacity to send wheat from Australia to combat the Bengal Famine

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US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Application Incoming Request for FMCSA Exemption

15/9/2025

Author: Melissa B. Harper

Description: This document is a letter dated August 25, 2025, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). It formally requests a six-month, renewable exemption from several FMCSA hours-of-service rules for commercial carriers contracted to transport detained individuals for ICE.

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Himmler to Kaltenbrunner on the Korherr Report, "Good for... Camouflage Purposes"

9/4/1943

Author: Heinrich Himmler

Description: This is a letter from Himmler to Chief of the Security Police and SD Ernst Kaltenbrunner, regarding Korherr's Reports. Himmler states in this letter that he is satisfied with Korherr's report, and that it will be good for "camouflage purposes". Furthermore, Himmler orders that he be periodically sent more such reports, detailing how many Jews have been deported from an area and how many are left.

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II

Stroop Tägliche Meldung (Daily Report) No. 01

20/4/1943

Author: Jürgen Stroop

Description: The First of Jürgen Stroop's Tägliche Meldungen on the repression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

An Update on Selections for Nazi Skeleton Collections and Requesting their Transfer

21/6/1943

Author: Wolfram Sievers

Description: A letter from Ahnenerbe director Wolfram Sievers with updates on the selection of individuals who were to be used in a Nazi skeleton collection, and requesting their transfer out of Auschwitz.

Tags: Holocaust, Auschwitz, World War II

Cover Letter for the Long Korherr Report

28/4/1943

Author: Richard Korherr

Description: The cover letter for the final draft of the Long Korherr Report (Source ID: 22).

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, Genocide

Cover Letter for the First Draft of the Long Korherr Report.

23/3/1943

Author: Richard Korherr

Description: The cover letter for the first draft of Korherr's long report. The report would be revised according to Himmler's instructions (Source ID: 25) and be resent as the long Korherr Report (Source ID: 22)

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, Genocide

Report from an Armament Inspector in the Ukraine to General Thomas

2/12/1941

Author:

Description: Report from an armament inspector in the Ukraine to General Thomas Personally, 2 December 1941: This report includes descriptions of mass executions of Jews in the Ukraine and the reduction of the population by starvation; it predicts unfavorable consequences for Germany.

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Memo: "Summary of Report on Loyal West Coast Japanese"

19/12/1941

Author: John Franklin Carter

Description: A memorandum from John Franklin Carter summarizing Curtis Munson's reports on the Japanese Americans on the West Coast.

Tags: World War II, Japanese Internment

Special Counsel Jack Smith's Final Report on Investigations into Donald Trump, Volume I

7/1/2025

Author: Jack Smith

Description: This report by Special Counsel Jack Smith details two Department of Justice investigations concerning President Donald Trump. The first investigation focused on alleged efforts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election, and the second concerned the possession of classified documents post-presidency. The report outlines the prosecutorial decisions, adherence to Justice Department policies, and challenges encountered, including the eventual dismissal of cases due to Mr. Trump's re-election and presidential immunity.

Tags: 2nd Donald Trump Presidency, 2020 United States Presidential Election

Letter to Heinrich Himmler concerning the financial accounts of the Reinhardt Action

5/1/1944

Author: Odilo Globocnik

Description: Globocnik to Himmler and Pohl attaching accounts on Action Reinhardt; shows delivery of 179 million Reichsmarks of confiscated property. Globocnik also mentions that "With the entire settlement of Reinhardt, there is also the fact that their receipts must be destroyed as soon as possible, since the documents have already been destroyed [vernichtet sind] for all other work in this matter," explicitly referring to the destruction of documentation relating to the Holocaust.

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard

Stroop Tägliche Meldung (Daily Report) No. 31

24/5/1943

Author: Jürgen Stroop

Description: This document is a report from Jürgen Stroop, the SS and Police Leader in the Warsaw District, to the Higher SS and Police Leader East, Krüger, in Kraków, dated May 24, 1943, about the “Ghetto-Großaktion” (Great Ghetto Action) - the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It details the number of Jews killed, the number of bunkers destroyed, and the amount of weapons and other materials seized during the operation. This document also explicitly refers to Jews who were "annihilated" (vernichtet) after being sent to T II (Treblinka II).

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, Treblinka, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Nazi Telegram: Arrest of Children in Izieu

6/4/1944

Author: Klaus Barbie

Description: This document is a telex message from the "Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD" (Commander of the Security Police and the SD) Klaus Barbie about the raid on a Jewish children’s home in Izieu-Ain, called "Colonie Enfant." 41 Jewish children between the ages of 3 and 13 were arrested. The entire Jewish staff (10 people, including 5 women) were also arrested. Money or other valuables could not be secured. The transport to Drancy would take place on April 7, 1944. Drancy was a transit camp near Paris, where Jews were held before being deported to extermination camps like Auschwitz.

Tags: Holocaust, Auschwitz

Letter Received From General Thomas T. Handy To General Carl Spaatz Authorizing The Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb

25/6/1945

Author: Thomas T. Handy

Description: This the order authorizing the dropping of the atomic bomb Little Boy on Japan after August 3rd. Little Boy was a nuclear fission-based weapon.

Tags: Strategic Bombing

The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland

10/12/1942

Author: 2nd Polish Republic

Description: A pamphlet from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Holocaust

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Memorandum for the President - Preliminary Draft - The Berlin Crisis

28/6/1961

Author: Dean Achenson

Description: This is a preliminary version of a memorandum for President John F. Kennedy on the Berlin Crisis, which culminated in the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Tags: Berlin Crisis (1958-1961), Cold War

Letter from January 1943 discussing the construction of the "Vergasungskeller"

29/1/1943

Author: SS-Sturmbahnführer Karl Bischoff

Description: A Letter from January, 1943 from SS Major Bischoff, head of the Bauleitung (Auschwitz Waffen SS and Police Central Construction Management), addressed to SS Major-General Kammler in Berlin, about the progress of work at Krematorium II, in which the word “Vergasungskeller” is used.

Tags: Holocaust, Auschwitz

Map of Latvian Railways in 1937

//1937

Author: Hugo Ermanis

Description: A map of the Latvian Railways in 1937.

Tags: Railroads

Telegram 7459 From the Embassy in India to the Department of State, on "The Indian Emergency: After One Year"

19/5/1976

Author:

Description: A telegram from the U.S. Embassy in India describing the state of affairs one year after the proclamation of the 1975-1977 Emergency by President Fakkhruddin Ali Ahmed on the advice of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Tags: Emergency (India)

The Franke-Gricksch Report

/5/1943

Author: Alfred Franke-Gricksch

Description: The Franke-Gricksch Report is a detailed Nazi document describing the "Resettlement Action of the Jews" at Auschwitz. It outlines the process of mass extermination and is one of the most explicit documents on the Holocaust, aside from the Einsatzgruppen Reports and the Wansee Protocol. © Copyright, Holocaust Controversies, 2019. Check with them under the linked blog post for permission to use this document outside of fair use.

Tags: Holocaust, Auschwitz, World War II, Genocide

An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States, or the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession

20/12/1860

Author: South Carolina

Description: This is South Carolina's Orinance of Secession, which theoretically split all ties between it and the United States of America

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and the Ordinance of Secession

//1860

Author: South Carolina

Description: A pamphlet entitled Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and the Ordinance of Secession.

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

War History of the U.S.S. Gyatt

11/11/1945

Author: A. D. Caplan

Description: The War History of the U.S.S. Gyatt

Tags: World War II, Pacific War

Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War

15/8/1945

Author: Emperor Shōwa

Description: The rescript issued by Hirohito which ended the fighting of the Pacific War. This did not officially conclude the War (that was accomplished by the Surrender Rescript (Source ID: 30)). This rescript was transmitted over the radio, and that broadcast was known as the Jewel-Voice broadcast.

Tags: World War II, Pacific War, Japanese Surrender (WW2)

Lee Harvey Oswald's Social Security Card

//1963

Author: United States Social Security Administration

Description: Lee Harvey Oswald's Social Security Card

Tags: JFK Assassination

Surrender Rescript of Emperor Hirohito

2/9/1945

Author: Emperor Shōwa

Description: The Surrender Rescript, issued by Emperor Hirohito (Shōwa) on September 2nd. This rescript officially ended the Pacific War.

Tags: World War II, Pacific War, Japanese Surrender (WW2)

The Jäger Report

1/12/1941

Author: Karl Jäger

Description: The infamous Jäger Report, which details the killings by Einsatzkommando 3 under Karl Jäger up to November, 1941.

Tags: Holocaust, Einsatzgruppen, World War II, Genocide, SS

Interim Policy Changes Regarding Charging, Sentencing, And Immigration Enforcement

21/1/2025

Author: Emil Bove

Description: A memorandum to all DoJ employees rescinding multiple prior DoJ policies pertaining to immigration enforcement and reinstating as interim policy a 2017 memo that orders U.S. Attorney's Offices to pursue “the most serious, readily provable offenses.”

Tags: 2nd Donald Trump Presidency, U.S. Immigration

Official munitions production of the United States by months, July 1, 1940 - August 31, 1945.

1/5/1947

Author: Civilian Production Administration

Description: Contains data on actual production by months from July 1, 1940 at the beginning of the War Program, through August 31, 1945, the last month of actual fighting against Japan. Covers basically every major category of war production.

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Map of Polish Railroads, circa 1939

//1939

Author:

Description: A map showing Poland's railroads as they were in 1939, as sorted by gauge

Tags: World War II, Railroads

Map of Lithuanian Railroads, circa 1939

17/3/1943

Author: Office of Strategic Services

Description: A map showing Lithuania's railroads as they were in 1939, as sorted by gauge

Tags: World War II, Railroads, OSS, OSS Branch of Research and Analysis

Himmler's Instructions to Korherr

10/4/1943

Author: Heinrich Himmler

Description: A letter from Himmler to Korherr ordering him to remove all references to 'Sonderbehandlung' (i.e. 'special treatment') from his report.

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, SS

Cover Letter for the Short Korherr Report

19/4/1943

Author: Richard Korherr

Description: Korherr's cover letter for his short report

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, SS

Short Korherr Report

19/4/1943

Author: Richard Korherr

Description: The short version of Korherr's Aktion Reinhard Report, meant for Adolf Hitler himself to read.

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, SS

Long Korherr Report

23/3/1943

Author: Richard Korherr

Description: The long version of Richard Korherr's 1943 report detailing the progress of Aktion Reinhard

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, World War II, SS

1942 Letter from Reinhard Heydrich to Martin Luther, which was attached to the minutes of the Wannsee Protocol

26/2/1942

Author: Reinhard Heydrich

Description: A 1942 Letter from Reinhard Heydrich to Martin Luther, which was attached to the minutes of the Wannsee Protocol

Tags: Holocaust, World War II, SS, Wannsee Conference

Himmler's Speech to the SS-Gruppenführer of October 4th, 1943

4/10/1943

Author: Heinrich Himmler

Description: A full and original transcript of Himmler's 2nd Posen speech from October 4th, 1943 (it starts from Document Page 33 in the link)

Tags: Holocaust, World War II, SS

Wannsee Protocol

20/1/1942

Author: Adolf Eichmann

Description: The minutes for the 1942 Wannsee Conference at which the extermination of European Jewry was officially set as state policy

Tags: Holocaust, World War II, SS, Wannsee Conference

John Brown's Last Words

2/12/1859

Author: John Brown

Description: John Brown's last words, as written by him on a slip of paper

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War, Abolitionism

Presidential Proclamation 80

15/4/1861

Author: Abraham Lincoln

Description: The final version of Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation 80, calling up 75,000 militiamen for 3 month's service and calling Congress into an emergency session

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

A Draft of Presidential Proclamation 80

15/4/1861

Author: Abraham Lincoln

Description: A draft of Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Proclamation 80, calling up 75,000 militiamen for 3 month's service and calling Congress into an emergency session

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

The Militia Act of 1795

3/11/1795

Author: United States Congress

Description: An Act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions and to repeal the Militia Act of 1792

Tags: Legislation

Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, Chapters 1 and 2

//1942

Author: Lieutenant General J.L. De Wit

Description: A report on the execution of Japanese Internment. Provides a favorable overview of internment and explains army rationale and logistics. Used as Exhibit B in United States v. Korematsu.

Tags: World War II, Japanese Internment

The War Powers Resolution

7/11/1973

Author: United States Congress

Description: The War Powers Resolution passed by the U.S. Congress

Tags: Legislation, U.S. Constitution

A Memorandum from Winston Churchill Regarding the Dresden Bombing

1/4/1945

Author: Winston Churchill

Description: A memorandum from Churchill condemning the firebombing of Dresden

Tags: World War II, Strategic Bombing

A Drafted Memorandum from Winston Churchill Regarding the Dresden Bombing

28/3/1945

Author: Winston Churchill

Description: A draft of a memorandum from Churchill condemning the firebombing of Dresden

Tags: World War II, Strategic Bombing

Another Jäger Report

9/2/1942

Author: Karl Jäger

Description: Another report from Karl Jäger, updating the figures of murdered civilians given in his first report

Tags: Holocaust, Einsatzgruppen, World War II

Planungsgrundlagen für den Aufbau der Ostgebiete.- Bericht der Planungshauptabteilung des RKFV

//1942

Author:

Description: A report on the status of Generalplan Ost planning and execution, among other things

Tags: World War II, Lebensraum, Generalplan Ost

Abgrenzung der Siedlungsgebiete im ehemals sowjetischen Raum

7/5/1942

Author:

Description: A May 7, 1942 letter from Berlin's "Hauptabteilung II" regarding the demarcation of settlement areas in former Soviet territories, outlining concerns about future design and requesting approval from Himmler.

Tags: World War II, Lebensraum, Generalplan Ost

Declaration of the causes which impel the state of Texas to secede from the Federal Union : also the ordinance of secession

1/2/1861

Author: State of Texas

Description: Texas' Ordinance of Secession, which effectively severed its ties with the USA from 1861-1865.

Tags: Secession Crisis, American Civil War

Bericht zur Innenpolitischen Lager 002

11/10/1939

Author:

Description: The second in a series of reports from within the RSHA on the internal state of the Third Reich

Tags: RSHA, World War II, SD Internal Reports

Bericht zur Innenpolitischen Lager 001

9/10/1939

Author:

Description: The first in a series of reports from within the RSHA on the internal state of the Third Reich

Tags: RSHA, World War II, SD Internal Reports

Generalplan Ost

/6/1942

Author: Dr. Konrad Meyer-Hetling

Description: Konrad Meyer-Hetling's Generalplan Ost document

Tags: World War II, Lebensraum, Generalplan Ost

Höfle Telegram

11/1/1943

Author: SS Sturmbahnführer Hermann Höfle

Description: A Telegram from Höfle tabulating the total number of deportees to the Aktion Reinhard Camps

Tags: Holocaust, Aktion Reinhard, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, World War II

ISCOT 399

21/10/1944

Author:

Description: A British SIGINT intercept of a COMINTERN message regarding the gassing of Hungarian Jews in Auschwitz. This is the first published transcript of the document.

Tags: Holocaust, Auschwitz, World War II