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Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1112 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers relating to Germany, 1932 - 1934

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 1/4
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Von Papen and the Crown Prince

Dates: 1932 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers Relating to Germany, 1940 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NERI 5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers relating to their work in European Service of the BBC during World War II.

Dates: 1940 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers relating to Germany, 1978 & May 1979-November 1981, 1978 - 1981-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/73
Scope and Contents Part 1, 1978-79: includes circulated briefing notes from the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence and HM Treasury in advance of a visit to the UK by Chancellor (Helmut) Schmidt of the Federal Republic of Germany on 10-12 May 1979; with a transcript of Schmidt's press conference with MT and a typescript copy of MT's speech at a luncheon for Schmidt and his delegation, 11 May 1979; MT's correspondence with Dr Helmut Kohl, December 1979; and a copy of "European Political Co-Operation"...
Dates: 1978 - 1981-11
Conditions Governing Access: Part 1 opened in February 2010, part 2 opened in March 2011; later material closed It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to Germany and Britain before and during the war, 1909 - 1916

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 2/2/21
Scope and Contents

Includes: pamphlet "Germany and England", a reprint of a series of Daily Mail articles by Robert Blatchford, Editor of the Clarion, on the chances of Germany declaring war on Britain, given to Else by JWHM; part of the pamphlet "The Jutland Battle, By Two Who Took part in It", typed letters from a sailor to his parents following the Battle of Jutland.

Dates: 1909 - 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers relating to Germany, March 1975-May 1978, 1975-03 - 1978-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/128
Scope and Contents

Includes MT’s handwritten annotations
Includes correspondence with President (Karl) Carstens of Germany, Douglas Hurd MP, Helmut Kohl (Chairman, CDU) and Josef Taus

Dates: 1975-03 - 1978-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
 File

Papers relating to MT's visit to Berlin, Germany, 29 October 1982, 1982-10 - 1982-11

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/43
Scope and Contents

Includes: schedules, photographs of the visit and letter to MT from Richard von Weizsacker (Governing Mayor of Berlin), 26 November 1982; copies of speeches given by MT at the 'Golden Book Ceremony' and at a dinner given by Weizsacker; official report on the visit and note on press reactions by Major General David Mostyn (British Military Government, Berlin), November 1982

Dates: 1982-10 - 1982-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the British Army on the Rhine, 12 September 1983, 1983-09 - 1983-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/4/8
Scope and Contents

Includes: copy of media briefing for the visit by Bernard Ingham (MT's Chief Press Secretary); and copy of "Forces Weekly Echo", week commencing 2 October 1983, featuring the visit

Dates: 1983-09 - 1983-10
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2013 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to the G7 summit, Bonn, Germany, 2-4 May 1985, 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/90
Scope and Contents

Includes: schedules; and briefing cards for MT's bilateral meetings with President (Francois) Mitterrand of France and Prime Minister (Yasuhiro) Nakasone of Japan

Dates: 1985-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2015 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
 File

Papers relating to the International Democrat Union conference on east-west relation, Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 25 September 1987, 1987-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/5/483
Scope and Contents

For the text of the speech see Oxford University Press CD Rom edition of MT’s Complete Public Statements CD Ref: 87/386

Dates: 1987-09
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in October 2017 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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"Perils abroad and at home", 09 Oct 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21A/1-68
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the importance of...
Dates: 09 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal correspondence, 1945 - 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/526
Scope and Contents Personal correspondence of H. Spencer Jones concerning visits, awards, lectures, manuscripts, articles and book reviews, with related papers, including the following items:Correspondence with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1948-1949.Correspondence with the National Physical Laboratory, the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, the B.B.C., the Royal Society, Sir David Brunt and Dr Bart Bok, 1949-1952.Correspondence with F. Hoyle, Dr R.A. Lyttleton,...
Dates: 1945 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - L., 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/41
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: George Spencer-Churchill, on subjects including WSC's writing and the political situation (3); Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill; Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; CSC on subjects including WSC's holiday at Lake Como [Italy], his painting, Chartwell [Kent], Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and the Council of Foreign Ministers (18); Horatia Seymour; Mary Churchill on her posting to Britain; John S Churchill (3); Pamela Digby [earlier Pamela Churchill, later Pamela...
Dates: 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal Journals, 1942-04 - 1954-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LEJO items 22-29
Scope and Contents

Includes journal relating to his visit to Germany, 14 - 23 July 1950

Dates: 1942-04 - 1954-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photograph album, 1898 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SDEE 4/7
Scope and Contents Including photographs of HMS Porpoise, undated; Samoa and Tonga, 1898; HMS Minerva, 1903; King Edward VII landing at Gibraltar, undated; a monument at Apia, Samoa, undated; HMS Bedford, undated; arrival of the German Emperor at Gibraltar, 1904; King Edward VII's visit to Kiel, 1904; and a royal visit to the Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, 1918. With photographs of unidentified ships, family and friends, and war damage possibly during the First World War. Also some loose...
Dates: 1898 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photograph album of test firing of V2 rockets in Germany, 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 10
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photograph of WSC at RAF Wildenrath, Germany, 1956-05-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 4/33
Scope and Contents

WSC accompanied by Air Marshal the Earl of Bandon. WSC is en route to Aachen to be presented with the International Charlemagne Prize for services to the Unity of Europe.

Dates: 1956-05-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Photographs, 1901 - 1967

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1901 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Photographs of buildings, people and bomb damage in Germany, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 15
Scope and Contents

Possibly Frankfurt.
Including photographs of refugees.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of Lise Meitner and others, 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MTNR 8/4/11
Scope and Contents

Comprising 55 black-and-white photographs, 4 original negatives and 1 glass plate negative.
Photographs of Lise Meitner on holiday with Otto and Edith Hahn and the Volmer family in northern Italy, including Venice, Verona, the Italian lakes and Bolzano. Also with some photographs of Germany, perhaps from this holiday or from another holiday with the Volmers.

Dates: 1936
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of miscellaneous equipment in Germany

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 13
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs of test firing of V2 rockets in Germany, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.

Dates: 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]., 26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/52
Scope and Contents

Includes a press cutting on Colin Thornton-Kemsley's criticism of WSC entitled "Mr Churchill's Insurrection: should he remain a Conservative?" and two copies of an unused statement by WSC on foreign affairs and the prospect of war with Germany.

Dates: 26 Oct 1938 - 16 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates: Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/43
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Norman Angell requesting WSC make a speech; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4).Subjects include: international affairs, particularly Japanese actions in China, the Spanish Civil War and campaigns for world peace; a local sewage matter; employment and property queries; animal rights; a potential refugee from persecution in Germany; requests for support from local groups; pension and road transport policy; general...
Dates: Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H-J., Jan 1937 - Dec 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/38A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford [Essex] (22); C Hilton (7) and Sir Victor Warrender [later 1st Lord Bruntisfield, Financial Secretary] (War Office) (3) on Hilton's case for compensation for a work-related health problem; Sir John Jackson on John Maitland being chosen as Conservative candidate for Chorley [Lancashire].Other subjects include: co-operation with Germany; Palestine; the use of...
Dates: Jan 1937 - Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open.