Panzermuseum.Com: Documents of the Third Reich, by Mike Hicks

[Richard T Eger]

This very useful website provides the following summary as to the site's mission:

"Panzermuseum.Com aims to bring you a selection of documents from the captured German War records collection at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)."

The site address is:

http://www.panzermuseum.com/index.htm

The sections of interest are:

Site Map - provides a good overview with direct links to the documents and indexes


NSDAP (Nazi Party) - 13 record groupings listed


SS (Schutzstaffel) & SA (Sturmabteilung) - 9 record groupings listed. In addition, the following are directly available from the site:

SS-related Technical Manuals - 8 viewable documents & 23 viewable indexes

Index for T354, Miscellaneous SS Records: Einwandererzentralstelle, Waffen-SS, and SS-Oberabschnitte - viewable

Michael Wittmann's Personnel File - viewable


Kriegsmarine - 3 record groupings listed. In addition:

Kriegsmarine Technical Manuals - 8 viewable documents & 23 viewable indexes - same as for SS/SA


Luftwaffe - 3 record groupings listed. In addition:

Luftwaffe Technical Manuals - same as for SS/SA

Index for T321, Index to the Records of the Headquarters, German Air Force High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe/OKL) - viewable


Wehrmacht - 10 record groupings listed. In addition:

Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv: Bestand RH 11-1, General der Infanterie im Oberkommando des Heeres - viewable index

Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv: Bestand RH 10, Panzertruppen; title abbreviated - viewable index

Adolf Hitler Panzerprogramm - viewable document

Russian Pamphlet on How to Attack the Tiger I - viewable document


Reich Ministries - 6 record groupings listed. In addition:

Records of the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production (Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion): T73; 193 rolls viewable index


The German Foreign Office - 16 record groups listed


German Technical Manuals - see notations for SS/SA


Miscellaneous Records - 23 record groupings listed


The site also has a nascent discussion forum. There is a downloads section as well as a links section, the latter focused on armored vehicles.


Regards,
Richard