Central Postal Directoriate II 374-6 II Oberpostdirektion II

Copyright Holder: Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany) Selected records of the Oberpostdirektion (Central Postal Directorate) relating to the post and land traffic supervision in Hamburg. Contains files from the various fields: Central Organization and Administration, Procurement and Household, Personnel, Post -, telecommunications, sea and ship mail, sea and coastal radio. Includes national Socialist Press advertisements, instructions and regulations, membership of the NSDAP, registers of postal servants as members of SA and (Waffen-) SS, files relating to treatment of Jewish senders and addressees, and exclusion of Jews from the postal newspaper reference (1941-1942), fileas on construction of secret shortwave transmitters of the Reichsbanner and the Iron Front Freier Radiobund, Freie Radiovereinigung, Arbeiter-Radiobund) for political purposes (1933).