CRL's collection of German materials covers a broad spectrum of topics: documents on German foreign policy, colonial affairs, the Reich Chancellery, the military establishment, and the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (NSDAP) (Nazi Party), including propaganda operations, Jewish persecution, and personal documentation on Hitler and post-War Germany. Primary source materials include newspapers, press articles and clippings; government documents (ministerial acts and protocols; transcripts of parliamentary hearings); personal journals, diaries, and travel records; NSDAP-inspired laws and legal commentaries; military records including wartime maps, directives, intelligence, and reports on treason; war journals and activity reports and their appendices on operations and intelligence; and records of the interrogation of German officials of the Third Reich. Secondary source materials include books, periodicals, pamphlets, research materials and doctoral dissertations. This collection covers a variety of subjects including medicine, law, education, church history, social movements, and finance.
GNARP (German-North American Resources Partnership) in cooperation with the ESS (European Studies Section) created a libguide for German newspapers in North America. GNAPR conducts digitalization of older newspapers and make fewer common databases from German speaking countries available.
CRL holds an extensive list of German newspapers in microfilm and original papers in their stacks.
1.) You can filter the CRL catalog on the right side for "CRL Key Collection." Or you can search in "All fields."
Under "Narrow Search (set filter)" to "Language," select German or use "Geographic Subject" select Switzerland, Germany or Austria, or any other filter.
The second option is:
In the search box at the top of the page, search for author, subject, or a title. Once you obtain your search results, you can narrow your search further.
Under "Narrow Search (set filter)" to: "Language" select "German" or ad any other filter.
Germany > History > 1933-1945 >
Germany > Church history > 1933-1945
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955). > Control Council. > United States Group. > Records and correspondence.
Germany (West). > Office of Military Government > Records and correspondence.
Germany (West) > History > Sources