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Guillaume d'Orange

Guillaume d'Orange

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Hi everyone,

I assume that some of you know that the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds microfilms of seized archives of the various branches of the Wehrmacht and some ministries.

Everything is explained here :
www.archives.gov

Captured German and Related Records on Microfilm

See also the list of Captured German Sound Recordings Revised October 1, 2012 Table of Contents Introduction National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, Record Group 242 Captured German Records Microfilmed at Whaddon Hall, U.K. Captured German Navy Records Microfilmed in London...
www.archives.gov www.archives.gov

If I'm not mistaken, almost all the original documents have been returned to Germany where the Bundesarchiv holds them.

I've recently discovered that a gentleman (J Carl Calvin, if it's a real name) makes available most of those documents easily and for free on an FTP site:

WWII Europe Maps, Aerial & Still Photos, and Documents

This blog provides information added to my FTP site where documents can be downloaded using FTP software. Please do not make more than one concurrent connection. Login Host: jccalvin.ddns.net ID: anonymous Pass: enter anything ****HOST: jccalvin.ddns.net ****LOGIN ID: (email me...
wwii-microfilm.blogspot.com wwii-microfilm.blogspot.com

H E L L O | wwii-photos-maps

jcarlcalvin.wixsite.com jcarlcalvin.wixsite.com

There are so many things that if you don't know exactly what you're looking for, you will get lost.
 
Is anyone else having a devil of a time connecting to this? I'm using Filezilla and I can connect to his server, I can see the files, but the second I try to transfer something I get timeouts and disconnects.
 
Cyrano4747 said:
Is anyone else having a devil of a time connecting to this? I'm using Filezilla and I can connect to his server, I can see the files, but the second I try to transfer something I get timeouts and disconnects.
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I tried Filezilla first, but found out that WinSCP is more stable and user-friendly.
Enjoy ! and beware, this rabbit hole is endless 🤓
 
Guillaume d'Orange said:
I tried Filezilla first, but found out that WinSCP is more stable and user-friendly.
Enjoy ! and beware, this rabbit hole is endless 🤓
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Yeah, that did it. Weird, I haven't had that issue with FileZilla before. Whatever, I'm pretty agnostic when it comes to programs. Thanks for the tip
 
I hate NARA.

Ok, well now that I have said how I really feel. I am glad this gentleman has taken the time to provide to the public what our own government is to incompetent to accomplish.

(I have been trying to get a copy of several microfilm rolls from NARA who insist that the microfilm rolls I spent a week working off of do not exist. It's been going on nearly 10 years now)
 
Fal Grunt said:
I hate NARA.

Ok, well now that I have said how I really feel. I am glad this gentleman has taken the time to provide to the public what our own government is to incompetent to accomplish.

(I have been trying to get a copy of several microfilm rolls from NARA who insist that the microfilm rolls I spent a week working off of do not exist. It's been going on nearly 10 years now)
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I assume he worked there, felt like you and dumped everything on his site.
 
Still exploring.

Guides to the German Records published by NARA : http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com/research-resources.html

There are files from the Heereswaffenamt in the OKH rolls, like this one :

File of OKH, Wa.A,, containing correspondence between HeeresWaffenamt, SS-Fflhrungshaup taint, SS Waffenamt, Reichsminister fftr Bewaffnung und Monition* etcr. ton cooperation between Heeres- Waffenamt and SS agencies on armaments production and supplies, including the question of employing inmates of concentration camps on such production, inventions proposals and experiments ("Knallteppiche," devices to demolish immobilized tanks, etc.). September 1941 - August 1943.

Description of more files in this guide:
 
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