Hermann Rauschning Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 6370

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection primarily comprises a manuscript by Hermann Rauschning, Revolutionsmacher or in English translation Makers of Destruction, based on interviews with Hitler's associates and opponents. Additional materials in the collection include notes and correspondence regarding these texts.

The manuscripts are typescript with handwritten corrections made to the texts. There is also one folder containing editorial notes pertaining to another manuscript Europa und das Prinzip der Neutralität. Folder 12 contains correspondence between Hermann Rauschning and Siegfried Warburg as well as one letter to James Warburg from an unknown sender.

Dates

Creation: circa 1939-1949

Creator

Rauschning, Hermann, 1887-1982 (Person)

Language of Materials

This collection is in German and English.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Hermann Rauschning was born in 1882 in Thorn (today Toruń, Poland). He was a German politician who briefly joined the Nazi party before defecting and eventually fleeing Germany. During his period in exile he authored numerous anti-Nazi books.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Abstract

Bibliography

The manuscript Revolutionsmacher was translated and published in English as Makers of destruction: meetings and talks in revolutionary Germany ( London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942 ).