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Many Nazi War Criminal Records Remain Classified Secret



STILL-CLASSIFIED ARMY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS YOU CAN GET
by Michael Ravnitzky , Mikerav@ix.netcom.com

The Army has transferred a number of investigative case files, called
Investigative Repository Reports, or IRRs, to the National Archives.  Some
of them are declassified and are accessible, although few have seen them.

Others, amazingly enough, considering the subject matter, remain classified.
This list belies the implication that all of the Nazi War Criminal records
have been declassified.

Although many of these records are still marked as classified, you can still
request these files under the Freedom of Information Act or by invoking
Mandatory Declassification Review, or by mentioning the Nazi War Criminal
Records Declassification Act.

The address to contact for these files is:

National Archives and Records Administration
Mary Ronan
FOIA Officer
Office of the General Counsel
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001

Certainly, you can go to the National Archives II at College Park in person
and try to look at the records, but that might be a waste of time if they
are still classified.  Rather, it might be better to ascertain the
availability of the records, or to request declassification, well before
visiting.

CLASSIFIED IRR FILES

Dr. Josef Mengele - Nazi physician who committed atrocities
IRR File XE 012547, in box 612, Classified

Walter Rudolph - Nazi German rocket scientist, later with NASA
IRR File XE 185987, in box 188-D, Classified

Hugo Eckener - inventor of the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg
IRR File Number AE 532193, in box 43, Classified

Krafft Arnold Ehricke - German rocket scientist, later key NASA manager
IRR File Number XE 150370, in box 397, Classified

Frank F. Oppenheimer - Nuclear Scientist, brother of Robert
IRR File Number E 2037207, in box 51, Classified

Klaus Fuchs - Atomic Spy for Soviets
IRR File AC 856685, in box 621, Classified

Charles A. Lindbergh
IRR File X 1272487, in box 517, Classified

King Peter II - young King of Yugoslavia until deposed by Tito in 1941
IRR File H 8098578, in box 174, Classified

DECLASSIFIED IRR FILES

Heinrich Himmler - Nazi Leader
IRR File X 6000132, in box 85

Emperor Hirohito - Japanese Emperor
IRR File AC 857221, in box 626

Paula Hitler - younger sister of Adolph
IRR File XE 575580, in box 87-A

Adolph Hitler - Nazi leader
IRR File XE 003655, in boxes 349, 392 and 393

Eva Braun - Hitler consort
IRR File XE 152261, in box 332

Martin Bormann - Nazi leader
IRR File XE 003213, XE 234334, in boxes 25-A, 269, 270

Adolph Eichmann - Nazi leader
IRR File XE 004471, in box 45

Rudolf Hess - Nazi leader who flew to England
IRR File XE 049435, in box 405
And IRR Files B 8026020 and XE 044598, boxes 83 and 423

Karl Doenitz - German military leader
IRR File XE 002589, in box 40

Adolf Galland - German military leader and pilot
IRR File XEO 76725, in box 54-A

Axis Sally - German WW2 propaganda broadcaster
IRR Files X 8307236 and XE 004002, in box 62

Iva D'Aquino - Tokyo Rose, WW2 Propaganda broadcaster
IRR File X 6035862, in box 33

Juan Domingo Peron - Spanish Dictator
IRR File AB 667334, in box 426

Willy Messerschmidt - German aircraft designer
IRR File X 8592066, in box 362

Hsue Shen Tsien - Chinese Rocket Engineer
IRR File X 1461732, in box 234

Amelia Earhart - aviator
IRR File 441st 201, in box 339

Charlie Chaplin - actor
IRR File X 8139734, in box 28

Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister
IRR File X 8146666, in box 30

Dwight D. Eisenhower - American President and general
IRR File 8238441, in box 45-A

Henry Ford II - Business Leader
IRR File X 1154673, in box 51

Albert Einstein - Physicist
IRR File X154826, in box 45

Jesse Jackson - American political leader
IRR File AC 694833, in box 97

Detlev Bronk - American scientist/biologist
IRR File C 8030032, in box 25-F

Pearl S. Buck - American writer
IRR File X8107742, in box 25-G

McGeorge Bundy - Presidential Advisor
IRR File H2000152, in box 25-H

Douglas MacArthur - American military leader
IRR File X 6099565, in box 523

Mao Tze Tung - Chinese Dictator
IRR File XA 513557, in box 135

Margaret Mead - Anthropologist
IRR File X 1028724, in box 147


The National Archives at College Park, Maryland, also has lists of personal
name files and impersonal name files within the Record Group 319 Finding
Aids.  Each list identifies hundreds of files.  Here is just a small
sampling of some of the classified files from the extensive IRR impersonal
name listings at NARA.

Church Property in Nazi Germany
IRR file XE 019572, in box 3, classified, 631/30/18/7/3

Nazi Influence in German Civil Service
IRR File XE 020490, in box 3, classified, 631/30/18/7/3

History of Sabotage in France
IRR File XE 02243, in box 6, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/6

Subversive Activities of the Viet Cong, Jan 64 - Mar 67
IRR File ZA 015577, in box 35, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/35

Financial Organizations of the Viet Cong, may 64 - Sep 66
IRR File ZA 015569, in box 37, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/37

Aachen Nazi Personalities, Mar 45 - Jul 45
IRR File XE 022695, in box 37, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/37

Morale of the United States Army, 1941, Vol I
IRR File ZA 018056, in box 40, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/40

SS Personal Property of Berlin I9D015
IRR File XE 240184, in box 48, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/48

Soviet Chemical Warfare [five volumes]
IRR File ZF010866, in box 106, classified, 631/31/52-54/1-4/106

Atrocities Against Foreign Nationals, Five Volumes
IRR File ZF016133, in box 108, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/108

Suspected War Criminals, Vols 1-6
IRR File ZF 016131, in box 109, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/109
IRR File ZF 016131, in box 110, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/110

Pre Pearl Harbor Espionage
IRR File ZF 016110, in box 112, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/112

Atrocities Korea
IRR File ZF 016125, in box 113, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/113

Gestapo Organization in China and Manchuria
IRR File ZF 016132, in box 113, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/113

Japanese Intelligence Missions
IRR File ZF 016148, in box 113, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/113

United States Spares Top Japanese War Criminals
IRR File ZF 016127, in box 115, classified, 631/59/16/1-3/115

Soviet Prisons, two volumes
IRR File ZF 010122, in box 142, classified, 631/83/7/2-4/142


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