Descriptive Summary

Creator: Rauschning, Hermann, 1887-1982

Title: Guide to the Hermann Rauschning Collection, circa 1939-1949 AR 6370
Dates: circa 1939-1949
Abstract: 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
Guide to the Hermann Rauschning Collection,
Identification:
collection include notes and correspondence regarding these texts.
AR 6370
Extent: circa 1939-1949 AR 6370
0.5 Linear Feet
Language: German, German, English
Repository: circa 1939-1949
Leo Baeck Institute,

Collection AR 6370
 Guide to the Hermann Rauschning Collection, circa 1939-1949

Table Of Contents

Biographical Note .................................................................................................................................. 3

Scope and Content Note ........................................................................................................................ 4
Administrative Information ................................................................................................................. 5
Access Restrictions .............................................................................................................................. 5
Use Restrictions .................................................................................................................................... 5
Preferred Citation ................................................................................................................................. 5
Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Controlled Access Headings ................................................................................................................ 5
Detailed Description of the Collection ................................................................................................. 6
Series I: Container list: ........................................................................................................................ 6

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Biographical Note
Hermann Rauschning was born in 1882 in Thorn (today Toru, 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.

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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.

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Administrative Information

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

Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Hermann Rauschning Collection; AR 6370; box number; folder
number; Leo Baeck Institute.

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 ).

Controlled Access Headings

Correspondence
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Manuscripts (documents)
National socialism
Warburg, James P. (James Paul), 1896-1969
Warburg, Siegmund, Sir, 1902-1982

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: Container list:

Box Folder

1 1 Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und

Freunden Hitlers, preface and Part I, circa 1939-1942
Box Folder

[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, preface and Part I, circa 1939-1942
1 2 Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part II, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part II, circa 1939-1942
1 3 Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part III, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part III, circa 1939-1942
1 4 Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part IV, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part IV, circa 1939-1942
1 5 Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part V and epilogue, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Revolutionsmacher: Gespräche und Begegnungen mit Gegnern und
Freunden Hitlers, Part V and epilogue, circa 1939-1942
1 6 Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
preface and Part I, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
preface and Part I, circa 1939-1942
1 7 Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part II, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part II, circa 1939-1942
1 8 Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part III, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part III, circa 1939-1942
1 9 Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part IV, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part IV, circa 1939-1942
1 10 Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,
Part V, circa 1939-1942
[ Digital Item ] Manuscript: Makers of Destruction: Meetings and Talks in Revolutionary Germany,

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Part V, circa 1939-1942

1 11 Editorial notes on manuscript Europa und das Prinzip der Neutralität, 1949
[ Digital Item ] Editorial notes on manuscript Europa und das Prinzip der Neutralität, 1949
1 12 Correspondence: Siegfried Warburg, Hermann Rauschning, James Warburg,
1940-1948
[ Digital Item ] Correspondence: Siegfried Warburg, Hermann Rauschning, James Warburg,
1940-1948

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