Introduction to the German Captured Documents on Microfilm
In the fall of 1982, the Library of Congress and the Bundesarchiv of the Federal Republic of Germany agreed to an exchange arrangement involving these documents. The collection was to be microfilmed in a sequence selected by the Bundesarchiv, and, following the completion of segments of the film, the originals were to be delivered to the Bundesarchiv.
The Manuscript Division prepared the selected material for the camera, and the following shelflist is a product of that work. The researcher should be aware that Gerhard L. Weinberg's Guide to Captured German Documents (Columbia University, Bureau of Applied Social Research, 1952), which for years was the sole access tool to the collection, can no longer be used for sequence but as it is indexed it still provides specific information. Containers may be traced by the conversion chart preceding the shelflist. The chart, which is arranged by former container number, converts the former number to the new container that went to the camera.
| Reels | New Container Numbers |
|---|---|
| 1*-62 | 1-131 |
| 63*-118 | 132-215 |
| 119*-182 | 216-288 |
| 183*-239 | 289-398 |
| 240*-298 | 399-487 |
| 299*-334 | 488-534 |
| 335*-382 | 535-629 |
| 383*-443 | 630-758 |
* (reels with asterisks contain the shelflist for the span of reels or segment)