DN1924 RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPOSITORY GROUP OF THE OFFICE OF THE FINANCE ADVISER, OMGUS,

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1 DN1924 RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPOSITORY GROUP OF THE OFFICE OF THE FINANCE ADVISER, OMGUS, Onaona Miller Guay prepared this introduction and supervised the arrangement of these records for digitization. National Archives and Records Administration Washington, DC 2010

2 United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Records of the Foreign Exchange Depository Group of the Office of the Finance Adviser, OMGUS, Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, p. ; cm. (National Archives digital publications. Pamphlet describing ; DN 1924) Cover title. Onaona Miller Guay prepared this introduction and supervised the arrangement of these records for digitization" Cover. These records are contained within Records of the United States Occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group (RG) P Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Finance Division Records and correspondence Catalogs. 2. Germany History Sources Bibliography Catalogs. I. Guay, Onaona Miller. II. Title.

3 INTRODUCTION On the 149 disks of this digital publication, DN1924, are reproduced records relating to the administration and operation of the Foreign Exchange Depository Group, Office of the Finance Advisor, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS], during the period These records are contained within Records of the United States Occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group (RG) 260. BACKGROUND The origin of the Foreign Exchange Depository (FED) can be traced to a subsection of the Currency Section, Financial Branch, G-5 Division of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), created on September 7, The primary function of the Currency Section was the receiving, holding, and supplying of occupation currency for Allied Armed Forces and for Military Government operations, but it was also empowered to act as a depository for, and to exercise control over, assets seized or impounded by Allied Military authorities. The Foreign Exchange Depository Field Unit was the Currency Section subsection created to serve as the safe depository. The first shipment of valuables was received at the FED on April 15, This treasure trove of assets was discovered at the Kaiseroda, or Merkers, salt mine, in Thuringia and consisted of gold bullion, gold and silver coin, platinum, jewelry, and various currencies. Also found was a large quantity of Schutzstaffel (SS) loot. Before the end of 1945, a total of 76 additional shipments of foreign exchange assets were received. With the dissolution of SHAEF on July 14, 1945, the Currency Section was organized under the G-5 Division of the U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET). On October 1, 1945, the Office of Military Government, U.S. Zone (OMGUS) recognized the Foreign Exchange Depository Field Unit as an independent agency within its Finance Division. The FED was responsible for the protection, custody, and inventorying of gold and silver bullion, coin, foreign currencies, securities and other assets; took custody and control of zonal currency reserves and allocated and delivered them to local banks as was required; maintained currency accounts; and undertook investigations of counterfeiting. The FED was organized into six sections: Executive, Administrative, Accounts and Reports, Claims, Currency, and Depository. By early 1946, the operations of the Depository Section, namely the inventorying and examining of the seized assets, had completely stopped due to the lack of adequately qualified personnel. The assets of the Section were temporarily placed under combat conditions within the custody of the Currency Section in the name of the Commanding General, USFET. On April 1, 1946, the assets were formally returned to OMGUS, now called the Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S). When the OMGUS Finance Division was dissolved effective March 1, 1948, and the Office of Finance Adviser (OFA) was established, the Foreign Exchange Depository Field Unit became the Foreign Exchange Depository Group (FEDG). The FEDG provided banking and depository facilities to the Office of Chief of Finance, European 1

4 Command for Army transactions requiring indigenous currency, and provided custodial facilities for valuables of German origin that came into the possession of the U.S. Army or Military Government pending disposition through reparations, restitution, return to German claimants, or delivery to successor custodian. Between 1946 and 1949, the FEDG received, stored, inventoried, and disbursed well over $500 million worth of loot and other valuables. Over the course of its development, the custodial, inventory, and accounting functions of the FEDG expanded to include Military Government Law 53 assets, Allied Military Marks, Military Government court fines, Military Payment certificates, Prisoner of War Payments, and assets seized by G-2 Censorship Division. Most assets were disposed by the end of August The transition from military to civilian occupation administration was initiated by the Presidential appointment of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG), who assumed his duties on September 2, On September 3, the functions, personnel, equipment, and records of both the OFA and the Finance Division were transferred to the newly created Finance Division in the Office of Economic Affairs of HICOG, which assumed responsibility for the field of finance, including those of the FEDG. The transition was completed by September 21, the same day of the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany. OMGUS was formally abolished on December 5, Most of the OMGUS records, including the records of the Financial Exchange Depository Group, were retired to an Army records center in Kansas City until they were accessioned into the National Archives in the early 1960s. RECORDS DESCRIPTION Central Files, [A1, Entry 588], 1 is divided into two subseries: the first is arranged chronologically by date of correspondences, and the second is arranged numerically according to the Foreign Exchange Depository file number system. The FED file number system is assigned by agency subsections: Executive Section (910.00), Administrative Section (920.00), Accounts and Reports Section (930.00), Claims Section (940.00), Currency Section (950.00), and Depository Section (960.00). This series consists of correspondence, cables, memorandums, reports, inventory forms and cards, restitution claims, bar lists, shipping tickets, balance sheets, worksheets, interrogations, payment orders, vouchers, registers, and other records regarding the deposit and release of assets. Records of interest include Gold Pot delivery, including an inventory and analysis of gold bars used to generate the Howard Report; restitution of non-monetary assets to the International Refugee Organization (IRO); the investigation of the Melmer deliveries, including information on the distribution of looted Shutzstaffel (SS) gold; interrogations of Reichsbank officials, including Emil Puhl and Albert Thoms; and documentation of prisoners of war and concentration camp victim effects, including a list of individual saving account records from concentration camp victims ( ) and lists of Dachau prisoners ( ). 1 Textual record series designators usually consist of the series title with a date span, the finding aids notation, and the Holding Management System (HMS) entry number, shown here in brackets. 2

5 Miscellaneous Records Regarding Operations, Payments, and Shipments, [A1, Entry 589], is arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of cables, correspondence, reports, inventory lists, directives, payment orders, cash books, inventory cards, registers, vouchers, and other records relating to daily operations. Records of interest include shipment summaries for valuables received; a draft of the Merkers mine report; restitution files by country; standard operating procedures on transfer of nonmonetary gold to the International Refugee Organization (IRO); and special inventory procedures on Shutzstaffel (SS) loot. Records Relating to Operations Birddog and Doorknob, [A1, Entry 590], is arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of correspondence, reports, receipts, orders, directives, currency lists, waybills, shipping manifests (Army Ocean Manifests), container lists, loading instructions, vouchers, registers, inventories, worksheets, charts, schedules, and other records relating to shipments of deutsche mark notes to the Foreign Exchange Depository. Operations Birddog and Doorknob were code names given to the military mission of receiving, storing, and subsequently distributing new deutsche mark currency in connection with the currency reform of June 20, 1948, in the American, British, and French zones. The material relates mainly to the logistics, plans, and arrangements made for shipping newly minted notes. Records Relating to Shipments of Gold and Silver, [A1, Entry 591], is arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of lists, ledger sheets, worksheets, tabulations, charts, and other records relating to shipments and deliveries of gold and silver to and from the depository. Documents of interest include reconciliation of the Howard Report with actual gold inventory in the FED, and materials pertaining to Gold Pot delivery. Records Relating to Tabulation and Classification of Deposits, [A1, Entry 592], is arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of bar and shipping lists, inventory forms and worksheets, shipping tickets and receipts, reports, tally sheets, ledgers, tabulations, registers, and other records regarding the inventorying and tabulating of deposits of gold bars, coins, securities, cash, and other valuables. Records of interest include inventories of currencies held by the depository, arranged by country; diamonds restituted to the Netherlands; and assets compiled for the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. Also included are documents pertaining to Hungarian restitution (Shipping Ticket No. 15) and assets refused by the Intergovernmental Refugee Organization (IRO) (Shipping Ticket No. 168). Inventory Forms of Assets Released, [A1, Entry 593], is divided into two subseries. The first subseries is arranged alphabetically by companies, individuals, organizations, and government agencies; and the second is arranged by country. This series consists of inventory forms for assets released by the depository. Included on the form is a description of the shipment, including quantity, type, classification, and other identifying information and an indication of the officials responsible for recording, approving, and inventorying the assets. 3

6 Miscellaneous Registers, [A1, Entry 594], is arranged alphabetically by type of record. This series consists primarily of bank and daily registers pertaining to military payment orders, prisoner of war payments, certificates of credit, and container and inventory tag control records. Records of the Currency Section Received from Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF), [A1, Entry 595], is mostly arranged numerically by SHAEF correspondence control symbol (SHAEF/G-5/##/##). This series consists of cables, correspondence, reports, orders, instructions, directives, receipts, balance sheets, and other records regarding operations prior to the defeat of Germany. The records include material regarding the discovery and confiscation of Schutzstaffel (SS) loot from Merkers mine; the disposition of and claims on property owned in Germany by Americans and to the ownership of property in general; currency shipments to areas of military operations for use in military transactions; captured enemy funds and mutilated currency; the issuance of Allied military marks and U.S. Army deposit and cash accounts; and records regarding the loss of currency and the procurement of postage stamps. Records Relating to the Currency Section, [A1, Entry 596], is arranged alphabetically by subject. This series consists of cables, correspondence, reports, orders, memorandums, circular letters, directives, receipts, vouchers, and other records relating to the policy toward and administration of finance in occupied areas. The records include material pertaining to the U.S. Group Control Council, Tripartite Control and Occupation of Germany, as well as to policies issued by the Informal Policy Committee on Germany (IPCOG). Also included are records regarding financial intelligence and operations; military government funds and currency; the organization of the Currency Section; and records pertaining to Eva Braun (Shipment No. 76) Textual Records in the National Archives RELATED RECORDS RECORDS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, COMMISSIONS, AND EXPOSITIONS, Record Group (RG) 43 Paris Conference on Reparations Background Material, [A1, Entry 315] Numbered Documents, 1945 [A1, Entry 316] General Subject Files, [A1, Entry 319] Final Report of James W. Angell, 1946 [A1, Entry 320] GENERAL RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, RG 59 Bureau of Public Affairs Office of the Historian Records of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold, [A1, Entry 5382] 4

7 Bureau of Economic Affairs Office of International Finance and Economic Analysis, Office of Financial Operations Records Relating to the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold, [A1, Entry 1623] RECORDS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, RG 84 Inter-Allied Reparation Agency, U.S. Delegation Brussels, X, Tripartite Gold Commission Country Files, [UD, Entry 2113L] Classified General Records, [UD, Entry 2113M] Subject Files, [UD, Entry 2113N] RECORDS OF U.S. OCCUPATION HEADQUARTERS, WORLD WAR II, RG 260 OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT FOR GERMANY (U.S.) [OMGUS] Office of the Finance Adviser Records Relating to Specific Functional Policy Programs Records Regarding the Foreign Exchange Depository (FED), [A1, Entry 572] Property Division Reparations and Restitution Branch Records Related to the Restitution of Precious Metal, [A1, Entry 441] RECORDS OF ALLIED OPERATIONAL AND OCCUPATION HEADQUARTERS, WORLD WAR II, RG 331 SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (SHAEF) G-5 (Civil Affairs) Division Numeric Files, [NM-8, Entry 47] File Nos (Financial Section) RECORDS OF HEADQUARTERS, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, UNITED STATES ARMY (WORLD WAR II), RG 498 Secretary, General Staff Administration Branch Classified General Correspondence, [UD, Entry 19] Decimals National Archives Microfilm Publications M1922, Records of the External Assets Investigation Section of the Property Division, OMGUS, , Rolls and M1923, OMGUS Finance Division Records Regarding Investigations and Interrogations, , Rolls 6 9 5

8 NATIONAL ARCHIVES PUBLICATIONS Researchers should also consult Holocaust-Era Assets: A Finding Aid to Records at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, compiled by Greg Bradsher (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1999). This finding aid includes information on specific areas within military records, such as War Department and Occupation records, as well as civilian records, such as those of the State Department, that contain information on looted assets. Additional information concerning the Holocaust may be located on our web site at 6

9 LIST DISK 1 Central Files, [A1, Entry 588] Correspondence, Outgoing (Nov Jan. 1946) Correspondence, Outgoing (Feb. 1946) Correspondence, Outgoing (Mar. 1946) Correspondence, Outgoing (Apr. 1946) Correspondence, Outgoing (May June 1946) Correspondence, Internal: Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS] Removal of Assets: Authorities Required Organization and History of the Foreign Exchange Depository ( ) Organization and History of the Foreign Exchange Depository ( ) Organization and History of the Currency Section Organization and History of the Depository Section [Assets Inventoried] Plan for Operation Military Government Regulation Title 16: Finance Draft Military Government Regulation Title 16: Finance Proposed Revisions and Supplementary Instructions Military Government Regulation Title 17: Property Control Military Government Law 53: Foreign Exchange Control Disposition of Assets Instructions to Military Government Finance Officers No. 2 and No Interpretations to Instructions to Military Government Finance Officers No Land and Local Government in U.S. Zone of Germany Joint German Committee for Finance Field Investigations Inspector General Inspection (Oct. Nov. 1945) Inspector General Inspection (June 1947) Inspector General Inspection (Feb Mar. 1948) Joint Foreign Exchange Agency Cables, Incoming: Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS] (June 1945 Oct. 1946) Cables, Incoming: Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS] (Apr. June 1947) Cables, Outgoing: Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) [OMGUS] (July 1945 Apr. 1948) Cables, Incoming: United States Forces European Theater (USFET) (Apr. Dec. 1945) 7

10 Cables, Incoming: United States Forces European Theater (USFET) (cont.) (Jan Sept. 1947) Cables, Outgoing: United States Forces European Theater (USFET) (June Dec. 1945) Cables, Outgoing: United States Forces European Theater (USFET) (Jan Apr. 1947) Cables, Incoming: European Command (EUCOM) Cables, Outgoing: European Command (EUCOM) Standard Operating Procedure: General and Executive Section Standard Operating Procedure: Administrative Section Standard Operating Procedure: Accounts Section Standard Operating Procedure: Accounts Section Analysis of Military Government Sub-Accountant Books Standard Operating Procedure: Claims Section Standard Operating Procedure: Currency Section Standard Operating Procedure: Depository Section Standard Operating Procedure: Forms Memorandums, Personnel (Nos. 0 25) Memorandums, Training (Nos. 2 5) Memorandums: Administrative Section Memorandums: Claims Section Memorandums: Currency Section Memorandums: Depository Section Memorandums: Executive Section Memorandums: Miscellaneous Internal Security: Guard Orders Internal Security: Assets of Strategic Value Internal Security: Vault Entry Regulations Internal Security: Strong Room No. 2 Entry Register Internal Security: Strong Room No. 4 Entry Register Internal Security: Vault Entry Register (Apr. 16, 1945 June 13, 1947) Internal Security: Vault Entry Register (June 16, 1947 Feb. 28, 1949) Internal Security: Violations (Feb June 1947) Internal Security: Violations (Nov Mar. 1948) Internal Security: Displaced Persons Register External Security Reports: Finance Division Conferences [Berlin Trips] Reports: Currency Section Conference Reports: Depository Section Conference Reports: Daily Journal (Jan. June 1948) Reports: Daily Journal (July Dec. 1948) Reports: Daily Journal (Jan. June 1949) 8

11 Reports: Daily Journal (July Dec. 1949) Reports: Daily Journal (Jan. June 1950) Reports: Daily Journal (July Dec. 1950) Reports: Weekly Progress (Dec June 1948) Reports: Weekly Progress (July 1948 Mar. 1949) Reports: Monthly (Nov. 1947) Reports: Weekly Staff Conference Reports: Outgoing Suspense Items Reports: Monthly (May 1948) Reports: Weekly Status (Aug. Dec. 1948) Reports: Weekly Status (Jan Dec. 1950) Liquidation of Assets and Custodial Transfer of Space Confiscation of Counterfeit Allied Military Marks Inventory Forms (1 99) to Inventory Forms (690/1 690/121) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) 9

12 Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( /140) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) to Inventory Forms ( ) Inventory Forms ( ) Suggestions Concerning Assets Acquired Under Law Internal Audits and Examinations Reports: Monthly (Sept. Dec. 1944) Reports: Monthly (Jan. June 1945) Reports: Monthly (July Nov. 1945) [with gaps] Reports: Monthly (Jan. Sept. 1946) [with gaps] Reports: Fines Collected by Military Government Courts Claims: General Correspondence Claims, Belgium: Bank Notes Claims, Belgium: Shares Concordia Oil Company (01) Claims, Belgium: Gold (No B) (02) Claims, Belgium: Diamonds (No B) (02) Claims, Belgium: General Statement of Cut Diamonds (No B) (02) Claims, Belgium: General Statement of Rough and Industrial Diamonds (No B) (03) Claims, Belgium: Securities (No B) (04) Claims, Belgium: Gold (No B) (05) Claims, Belgium: Gold (No B) (06) Claims, Belgium: Gold (No B) (07) Claims, Belgium: Diamonds (No B) (08) Claims, Belgium: Gold (No B) (09) Claims, Belgium: Diamonds (No B) (10) Claims, Belgium: Platinum (No B) 10

13 (11) Claims, Belgium: Jewelry (No B) (cont.) (12) Claims, Belgium: Diamonds (No B) (13) Claims, Belgium: Silverware (No B) (14) Claims, Belgium: Jewelry (No B) (15) Claims, Belgium: Diamonds (Nos B, B, and B) Claims, Britain: Securities Claims, France: Shares Columbia Oil Company and Concordia Oil Company Claims, France: Platinum (No F) Claims, France: Rothschild Jewels Claims, France: Antique Coins Claims, France: Assets Recovered from Holzminden Claims, France: Precious Metals (No F) Claims, Hungary: Silver (No M) Claims, Italy: Precious Metals (Nos I, I, and I) Claims, Italy: Gold (No I) Claims, Poland: Securities (Nos P and P) Claims, Poland: Precious Metals Claims, Netherlands: Gold Claims, Netherlands: Gold owned by Nederlandsche Bank N.V., Meppel Claims, Netherlands: Gold owned by Nederlandsche Bank N.V., Amsterdam Claims, Netherlands: Platinum (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Silver (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Shares (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Precious Metals (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Precious Metals (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Shares (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Securities (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Diamonds (Nos H, H, and H) Claims, Netherlands: Precious Gems (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Shares (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Diamonds (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Gold (No H) Claims, Netherlands: Precious Metals (No H) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Diamonds (No. 139-C) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Diamonds and Jewelry Lists (No. 139-C) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Gold and National Property (Nos. 139-C and 7727-C) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Jewelry (No. 139-C) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Securities (Nos. 139-C and 9246-C) Claims, Czechoslovakia: Silver (No. 139-C) Claims, Denmark: Non-Monetary Gold 11

14 Claims, Norway: Currency (No N) (cont.) Claims, Monaco: Silver Goods Claims, Yugoslavia: Platinum (No Y) Claims, Degussa: Silver Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P2) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P3) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P5) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P6) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P7) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P8) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P13) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P14) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P16) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P17) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum Inventory Cards (Shipment 22, Container P29) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Rhodium Inventory Cards (Shipment 22) Claims, I.G. Farbenindustrie AG: Platinum List of Stocks Owned Claims, Individuals: Miscellaneous Claims, Individuals: Ponsart, D Claims, Individuals: Gerhold, Joseph Claims, Individuals: Bruce, H. J Claims, Individuals: Fulton, Julius Claims, Individuals: Kleinman, Robert Claims, Individuals: Bloch, Paul Claims, Individuals: Maharajah Bahadur of Jammu and Kashmir Claims, Individuals: Mueller, Maria Claims, Individuals: Weil, Bruno Claims, Yugoslavia: Gold Claims, Rejected: Miscellaneous Claims, Rejected: Poland 12

15 Claims, Rejected: Romania (cont.) Claims, Rejected: Yugoslavia Claims, Rejected: Italy Claims: Assets Held Elsewhere Restitution Policy: Correspondence A Restitution Policy: Paris Conference B Restitution Policy: Disposition Status of Assets Held Currency Stored in Merkers Mine Investigation of Currency Transfers from Berlin to Munich Restitution: Currency Restitution: Currency Shipping Tickets Restitution: United States Currency Restitution: United States Currency Shipping Ticket Restitution: Numismatic Coins Analysis of Securities Held Restitution: Non-Monetary Gold Danish Inquiry Restitution: Non-Monetary Gold Second Turnover to International Refugee Organization (IRO) Restitution: Monetary Gold Restitution: Monetary Gold First Distribution Restitution: Monetary Gold First Distribution (Correspondence) Restitution: Monetary Gold France Restitution: Monetary Gold Netherlands Restitution: Monetary Gold Second Distribution Restitution: Monetary Gold Second Distribution (Correspondence) Restitution: Silver Paris Conference on Reparations Restitution Control Branch Evaluation of Assets Restituted or Released External Restitution Statements Investigations: Property of German Refugees from Yugoslavia Investigations: Maurer, Helmuth Investigations by Foreign Missions Investigations: Melmer Deliveries Investigations: Melmer Deliveries Interrogations and Statements Investigations: Melmer Deliveries Summaries and Receipts SS Loot Investigations: ROGES Investigations: ROGES Supporting Documents Haupttreuhandstelle Ost [The Main Trusteeship Agency East] Investigations: Devison Schutzkommando Investigations: Danish Gold Precious Metals 13

16 Field Trips (cont.) Liaison Visits Assets Held By French Authorities Reichsbank: Gold Transactions Assets Held By British Authorities Reichsbank: Precious Metals Preparatory Commission of the International Refugee Organization (PCIRO) Shipments: General Gold List A Gold List B Gold Lists C and D Gold List E Joint Inventory Schedule A Joint Inventory Schedule B Joint Inventory Schedule C Merkers Mine Restitution: Silver Yugoslavia (No. 9805) Shipment No Shipment No. 1: Cage Sheets (1 9) Shipment No. 1: Cage Sheets (10 18) Shipment No. 1: Merkers Mine Shipment No. 1: Outgoing Shipment No. 1: Plans for Movement Shipment No. 1: Shipping Tickets (Miscellaneous; Truck Nos ) Shipment No. 1: Shipping Tickets (Truck Nos ) Shipment No. 1: Shipping Tickets (Truck Nos ) Shipment No Shipment No. 2: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 3: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 5: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No

17 Shipment No. 13 (cont.) Shipment No. 13: Cash Ledger Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 16: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 17: Outgoing Shipment No. 17: Restitution of Silver Bullion to Hungary Report Shipment No. 17: Restitution of Silver Bullion to Hungary Report (Supporting Materials) Shipment No. 17: Shipping Tickets Shipment No Shipment No. 18: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 20: History of the Hungarian Gold and Its Restitution Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Book I (Pages 1 150) Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Book I (Pages ) Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Book II Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold National Bank of Hungary Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Outgoing Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Photographs Shipment No. 20: Hungarian Gold Supporting Material Shipment No Shipment No. 21: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 22: I.G. Farbenindustrie AG Platinum and Iridium Shipment No. 22: I.G. Farbenindustrie AG Platinum and Iridium (Exhibits) Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds Claim Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds Claim Documentation Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds Claimant Lists Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds Shipping Envelopes Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds, Second Restitution Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds, Second Restitution Glassine Envelopes Shipment No. 22: Netherlands Diamonds, Second Restitution Lists of Items and Owners Shipment No. 22: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 23: Outgoing 15

18 Shipment No. 24 (cont.) Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 26: Annex A Part Shipment No. 26: Czechoslovakian Claim Shipment No. 26: Security Lists Shipment No Shipment No. 27: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 28: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 31: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 34: Belgian List Concordia Shipment No. 34: MGAX Forms Part I Shipment No. 34: MGAX Forms Part II (I/4 I/23) Shipment No. 34: MGAX Forms Part II (I/25 IV/53) Shipment No. 34: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 39: Annex A Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 41: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 47: Industrial Diamonds Item Shipment No. 47: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 48: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No

19 Shipment No. 51 (cont.) Shipment No. 51: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 52E Shipment No. 52E: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No. 53: Outgoing Shipment No. 53: Withdrawals of Funds Shipment No. 53B: Annex A Shipment No Shipment No. 54: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 57: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 61: Outgoing Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No

20 Shipment No. 85 (cont.) Shipment No A Shipment No. 87A B Shipment No. 87B Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No. 103: Annex A (Reichsbank Arnstadt Reichsbank Leipzig) Shipment No. 103: Annex A (Reichsbank Köthen Verbandssparkasse Meiningen-Zella-Mehlis) Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Shipment No Valuables Not in Reichsbank Interrogations: Wilhelm, Karl Friedrich Interrogations: Graupner, Karl Interrogations: Jahnke, Karl Interrogations: Puhl, Emil Analysis of Howard Report 18

21 General Papers on Gold Study (cont.) Gold Report Gold Report Work Papers Gold Report Worksheets Hungarian Silver Gold Report Worksheets Miscellaneous Silver Gold Report Worksheets (1 15B) Gold Report Worksheets (16 54B) Gold Report Worksheets (55 71B) Gold Report Worksheets (72 89B) Gold Report Worksheets (90 122) Gold Report Worksheets ( B) Gold Report Worksheets ( ) Gold Report Worksheets ( B) Gold Report Worksheets ( ) Gold Report Worksheets ( B) Gold Report Worksheets ( ) Gold Report Worksheets (C1 C17) Gold Report Worksheets (C18 C35) Gold Report Worksheets (C36 C52) Gold Report Worksheets (C53 C80) Gold Report Worksheets (C81 C91) Gold Report Worksheets (C92 C108) Gold Report Worksheets (A N) Howard Report and Work Papers Shipment Summaries Gold, Belgium: Report Gold, Belgium: Restitution Claims Gold, Belgium: Securities Gold, Spain: Shipments Gold, Belgium: Restitution from Turkey Gold, Yugoslavia Gold, Romania: Shipments Gold, Austria Gold, Luxembourg: Report Gold, Italy: Bar List Gold, Italy: Claims Correspondence Gold, Italy: Report Gold, Italy: Report Background Materials Gold, Italy: Report Work Papers Gold, Italy: Report Work Papers Not Used in Report Gold, Czechoslovakia: Report Gold, Czechoslovakia: Report Supporting Documentation Gold, Czechoslovakia: Report Supporting Documentation Not Used Gold, Netherlands: Correspondence 19

22 Gold, Netherlands: Report on Investigation by Netherlands (cont.) Representative Gold, Netherlands: Analysis of Reichsbank Records Schedules Gold, Netherlands: Analysis of Reichsbank Records Regarding Shipments of Looted Gold Gold, Netherlands: Schedules and Exhibits Gold, Netherlands: Schedules Prepared by Foreign Exchange Depository Gold, Albania Gold, Bulgaria Gold: Transactions between Reichsbank and Swedish Riksbank Gold: Bank of International Settlements Gold Reserves: Reichsbank Berlin Gold Reserves: Reichsbank Berlin Work Papers Gold: Monetary Gold: Neither Monetary Nor Non-Monetary Gold: Tripartite Commission German Foreign Office Records German Foreign Office Records: Receipts Cash: General Cash: Inventory Cash in Reserve Banks Accounts: General Bank Account 1922-B Prisoner of War Payments: Instructions Paid Military Payment Orders: 044 Koblenz Paid Military Payment Orders: 046 Trier Paid Military Payment Orders: 047 Saarbrücken Paid Military Payment Orders: 048 Mainz Paid Military Payment Orders: 051 Ludwigshafen Paid Military Payment Orders: 055 Reutlingen Paid Military Payment Orders: 057 Freiburg Im Breisgau Paid Military Payment Orders: 058 Konstanz Paid Military Payment Orders: 059 Ravensburg Paid Military Payment Orders: 444 Betzdorf/Sieg Paid Military Payment Orders: 446 Remagen Paid Military Payment Orders: 447 Andernach Paid Military Payment Orders: 448 Neuwied Paid Military Payment Orders: 449 Mayen Paid Military Payment Orders: 452 Höhr-Grenzhausen Paid Military Payment Orders: 455 Oberlahnstein Paid Military Payment Orders: 465 Traben-Trarbach Paid Military Payment Orders: 468 Kirn/Nahe 20

23 Paid Military Payment Orders: 469 Bad Kreuznach (cont.) Paid Military Payment Orders: 474 Idar-Oberstein Paid Military Payment Orders: 476 Saarlouis Paid Military Payment Orders: 478 Neunkirchen Paid Military Payment Orders: 481 Bingen Paid Military Payment Orders: 489 Worms Paid Military Payment Orders: 512 Frankenthal Paid Military Payment Orders: 513 Kaiserslautern Paid Military Payment Orders: 514 Neustadt/Haardt Paid Military Payment Orders: 515 Speyer Paid Military Payment Orders: 516 St. Ingbert Paid Military Payment Orders: 517 Zweibrücken Paid Military Payment Orders: 518 Piramasens Paid Military Payment Orders: 519 Landau/Pfalz Paid Military Payment Orders: 535 Rastatt Paid Military Payment Orders: 536 Baden-Baden Paid Military Payment Orders: 537 Bühl Paid Military Payment Orders: 539 Offenburg Paid Military Payment Orders: 571 Lahr Paid Military Payment Orders: 573 Emmendingen Paid Military Payment Orders: 574 Waldkirch im Breisgau Paid Military Payment Orders: 577 Lörrach Paid Military Payment Orders: 578 Säckingen Paid Military Payment Orders: 581 Triberg/Schwarzwald Paid Military Payment Orders: 582 Villingen/Schwarzwald Paid Military Payment Orders: 585 Radolfzell Paid Military Payment Orders: 591 Rottweil Paid Military Payment Orders: 592 Ebingen/Württ Paid Military Payment Orders: 593 Schwenningen Paid Military Payment Orders: 594 Tuttlingen Paid Military Payment Orders: 597 Biberach an der Riss Paid Military Payment Orders: 599 Friedrichshafen Paid Military Payment Orders: 688 Lindau Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Hamburg (May Dec. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Hamburg (Jan. Mar. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Hamburg (Apr. Aug. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Bremen Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Greater Hesse (Jan. June 1947) 21

24 Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military (cont.) Government for Greater Hesse (July Dec. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Greater Hesse (Jan. July 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Württemberg-Baden Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Bavaria (Jan. Dec. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of Military Government for Bavaria (Jan. July 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Berlin Sector Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: French Zone Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Central Disbursing Officer (Feb. May 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Central Disbursing Officer (June Aug. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Central Disbursing Officer (Sept. Dec. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Central Disbursing Officer (Jan. May 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Central Disbursing Officer (June Aug. 1948; May 1950) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Jan. Aug. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Sept. Oct. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Nov. Dec. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Jan Feb. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Mar. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (Apr. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (May 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Land Central Banks (June Aug. 1948) Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: Office of the Chief of Finance Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Berliner Stadtkontor 22

25 Prisoner of War Payments, Correspondence: European Command (cont.) (EUCOM) Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Bremen Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Hesse (Jan. Mar. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Hesse (Apr. July 1947) Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Württemberg-Baden Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Bavaria (Jan. Mar. 1947) Prisoner of War Payments: Incidental Expenses Bavaria (Apr. July 1947) War Crimes Commission Disbursements Currency: General Currency: Counterfeit (1945) Currency: Counterfeit Investigations Currency: Invalid Currency: Mutilated ( ) Currency: Mutilated ( ) Currency: Destruction Currency: Destruction Allied Military Marks Currency: Exchanges Currency: 1,000 Allied Military Marks Currency: Worthless Currency: Printing (Jan. Sept. 1945) Currency: Printing (Oct. Dec. 1945) Currency: Printing (Jan. Feb. 1946) Currency: Russian Currency: Photostatic Currency: Military Payment Certificates Funds: General Funds: Currency Made Available Allied Military Marks: General Allied Military Marks, Register: Bank of England Proposal Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos A Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Shipment Nos Allied Military Marks, Register: Special Notes 23

26 Allied Military Marks: Shipment No. 1 (cont.) Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Allied Military Marks: Shipment No Funds: Reichsmarks Funds, Military Government Account Funds, Captured and Confiscated: Correspondence Funds, Captured and Confiscated: Miscellaneous Funds, Captured and Confiscated: Receipts Funds, Captured and Confiscated: Claims Funds, Prisoner of War: Correspondence Funds, Prisoner of War: Received July 31, Funds, Prisoner of War: Received Sept. 24, Funds, Prisoner of War: Received July 9, Funds, Prisoner of War: Received Oct. 1, 1947 and Nov. 18, Funds, Prisoner of War: Tabulations Funds, Prisoner of War: Delivered Funds: Deductions for Meals Funds: Sale of Materials Funds, Unclaimed: Owner Known Funds, Unclaimed: Owner Unknown Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (July Dec. 1945) 24

27 Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (Jan. Dec. 1946) (cont.) Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (Jan. May 1947) Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (June Dec. 1947) Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (Jan. May 1948) Funds, Special Deposit Account: Correspondence (June Sept. 1948) Funds, Special Deposit Account: Monthly Statements Funds, Special Deposit Account: Suspension Transmittal of Vouchers Payment Vouchers: Cash Payment Vouchers: Check Military Government Court Collections Military Government Court Fines Military Government Court Confiscations Military Government Sub-Accountants Accounts Currency Section German Personnel Currency Section Personnel Currency Section Plans Correspondence, Outgoing: Miscellaneous Correspondence, Incoming: Miscellaneous Correspondence: Office of the Theater Fiscal Director Telephone Directory: Office of the Theater Fiscal Director German Postage Stamps Austria Currency Section Belgium and Luxembourg Currency Section Netherlands Currency Section Denmark Currency Section France Currency Section Britain Currency Section Reports: Cash Semi-Monthly (1945) Reports: Cash Semi-Monthly (1946) Reports: Cash Semi-Monthly (1947) Reports: Cash Semi-Monthly (1948) Reports: Finance Division Monthly (1944) Reports: Finance Division Monthly (1945) Reports: Finance Division Monthly (1946) Reports: Finance Division Monthly (1947) Reports: Finance Division Monthly (1948) Reports: Finance Division Quarterly Reports: Audit Investigation Reports: Fiscal Director Incoming (Aug. Nov. 1945) Reports: Fiscal Director Incoming (Jan. Apr. 1946) Reports: Fiscal Director Incoming (June Nov. 1946) 25