Germany
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1120 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
The Papers of George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PIRI
Scope and Contents
The papers include: papers relating to GPR's anthropological and other scientific work, including involvement in eugenics; papers relating to his political activities, including letters to and from the British Union of Fascists, mostly concerning his 1935 run for Parliament; and large number of documents related to GPR’s 18B detention and internment.
Dates:
1831 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Group Captain Malcolm Christie
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHRS
Scope and Contents
The core of the collection consists of the series of reports by Christie and his manuscript notes, mainly in German, the reports of his informants and his letters to Vansittart. The papers of more general interest are Christie's notes of interviews with various notable Nazis, particularly Goering, information about the German resistance and German peace workers in 1939-1940. There are also large quantities of related press cuttings. The obvious gaps are in the records of Christie's relations...
Dates:
1928 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Harold Ingrams
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/IGMS
Scope and Contents
Papers mainly comprising official reports, minutes and correspondence about the British Control Commission in Germany, 1945-6.
Dates:
1943 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Horace Finlayson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FLYN
Scope and Contents
Comprising diaries and correspondence
Dates:
1921 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of John Burns Hynd
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HYND
Scope and Contents
The collection includes material relating to Hynd's spell as Minister for Germany and Austria from 1945 to 1947 and his consequent life-long interest in Germany and in promoting good relations between Germany and Great Britain. There are several files of papers in the collection illustrating this aspect of his career as well as his involvement in other aspects of foreign relations.
Having started his career as a railway clerk in his home town of Perth, Hynd kept some of his early...
Dates:
1920 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
One item within the collection (HYND 7/19/2, part 1 of 2) is currently closed for conservation reasons.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Lord Kilmuir
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KLMR
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, speeches, articles, personal papers, press cuttings and photographs.
With press cuttings relating to his father, William Thompson Fyfe, 1906-7.
Dates:
1907 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Professor Max Born
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence of Professor Max Born, his wife and children, and material concerning their family history. Including photographs and artefacts.
Dates:
1811 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Donald MacDougall
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MACD
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to economic policy, including correspondence, diaries, notes, articles, speeches, a draft autobiography and photographs.
Dates:
1928 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Frank Roberts
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT
Scope and Contents
The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre comprises Roberts's personal papers and includes: many press photographs, press cuttings and some correspondence relating to Roberts's diplomatic career and postings to Bonn and Moscow; material relating to international organisations (NATO, the British Atlantic Committee and the Atlantic Treaty Association); annotated proofs and texts and photographs for Roberts's book "Dealing with Dictators" (published in 1991); early correspondence between...
Dates:
1881 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas:Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates:
The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of William Bull
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BULL
Scope and Contents
BULL 1 - 10 is made up of diaries kept faithfully by William (or Paul, as he was known to his family and close friends) Bull from 1878, when he was thirteen years old until some three weeks before his death in January 1931. The earlier diaries were illustrated and all the diaries are interleaved with letters, press cuttings, menus, theatre programmes and photographs relating to the events they describe. Twice yearly, in June and December, Bull compiled a 'Retrospect' of the past six months...
Dates:
1862 - 1943
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Saunders Family Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SAUN
Scope and Contents
The Saunders Family Papers fall into three main groups: the correspondence of David Hogg Saunders; the letters and papers of his son, George, whose hostility towards German militarism is reflected in his private letters, providing a great deal of information about life and manners in contemporary Berlin; and a variety of letters and miscellaneous documents relating to members of the Saunders family. This third group comprises the correspondence between George’s sister, Margaret, his son,...
Dates:
1805 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Unknown
"The supremacy of the navy", 10 Feb 1912
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/43/41-42
Scope and Contents
Article from the Times reporting WSC's visit to Glasgow and relaying the text of WSC's speech [WSC's first major speech as First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval defence, to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 Feb 1912 [Glasgow, Scotland]. Notes that during the visit Annie Grieg of the Suffrage Union smashed the glass of a car she mistakenly thought WSC was travelling in. WSC's speech covered subjects including: the strength of the Royal Navy and plans for the future; the British and German...
Dates:
10 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"The Tragedy of Europe", 19 Sep 1946
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/8/145-162
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 September, University of Zurich [Switzerland]) entitled "The Tragedy of Europe" including: the need for a “United States of Europe” and the Council of Europe; reflection on the roles of the United Nations and the League of Nations; the need to act quickly to avoid another war and for faith on the part of the peoples of Europe; warnings about the spread of information about nuclear weapons; and the importance of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the United...
Dates:
19 Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"The trouble is he gets hungry again", 12 [Oct] 1938
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/355/42
Scope and Contents
Cartoon by Shoemaker showing three scenes: Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister] rushing to feed a bowl of food labelled 'Czechs' to a roaring Nazi tiger; the tiger sleeping as Chamberlain walks away mopping his brow with bouquets of flowers are thrown to him; and finally the Nazi tiger roaring at a shocked Chamberlain for more food. Newspaper cutting.
Dates:
12 [Oct] 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"The Truth about Hitler", Nov 1935
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/518A/34
Scope and Contents
Edition of the Strand Magazine containing (p 10-21) an article by WSC illustrated with black and white photographs of Adolf Hitler. The subjects and opinions in the article include: speculation whether Adolf Hitler will be judged to be "a monster or a hero"; Germany’s return to power after World War I and the "lethargy and folly" of British and French governments; criticism of disarmament; Germany’s increased production and aviation capabilities; WSC’s warnings of the danger posed by...
Dates:
Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"The Truth Abouth Hitler", Oct-Dec 1935
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/518A/33
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet containing a reprint of WSC's article published by the Trustees for Freedom and stamped "Banned in Germany". The article is reprinted from WSC's article for the Nov 1935 Strand Magazine and includes the text of his article. The subjects and opinions in the article include: speculation whether Adolf Hitler will be judged to be "a monster or a hero"; Germany’s return to power after World War I and the "lethargy and folly" of British and French governments; criticism of disarmament;...
Dates:
Oct-Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"Their Finest Hour", 18 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/32-55
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's speech (18 June) entitled "Their Finest Hour" on subjects including: fighting in France; the importance of unity and respect for government Ministers; preparations, defence and forces for fighting invasion by Germany, the strength of the Royal Navy; the campaign in Norway; forecasting the Battle of Britain and the determination of the RAF; support from the Dominions. He ends "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and...
Dates:
18 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Fonds
Thomas Brand: Letters to his Sister from the Continent
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8670
Scope and Contents
A series of letters written by Brand while travelling on the Continent, some of which are incomplete. 38 of the letters are to Brand's sister Susan, addressed until October 1788 as Miss Brand of Newmarket, thereafter, from Nov. 1789, as Miss Carr of Hadstock, near Lincoln. There is one letter from Brand to the Rev. Joseph Hall, Rector of Bartlow, who was Brand's brother-in-law, and another from G. Pretyman to Miss Brand, apparently about the possibilities of preferment for Thomas. Most of...
Dates:
1779-1795
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Three issues of The New Europe, with articles by JWHM, 1917-11 - 1918-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/93
Scope and Contents
"The internal crisis in Germany" I and II; and "Mittel-Europa Again". Includes typescripts of two of the articles.
Dates:
1917-11 - 1918-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Tour schedules for MT’s overseas tours, 1975, 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/5
Scope and Contents
Includes: travel arrangements for MT's visit to the Bilderberg conference, Izmir, Turkey, 24-27 April 1975; papers relating to her visits to Luxembourg, 29-30 April 1975, Paris, France, 8-10 May 1975, and Bonn, Germany, 26-28 June 1975; and detailed itineraries of her visit to USA and Canada, 13-25 September 1975
Also includes extracts from MT's speeches from her 1975 North American tour, printed by Conservative Central Office, September 1975
Dates:
1975
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.
Item
"Touring the ruins Berlin [Germany]", 1945-07-16
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/236
Scope and Contents
Photo shows WSC seated in the passenger seat of a jeep facing away from the camera. Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Foreign Secretary is seated in the back seat, smiling. There are several other unidentified people in the jeep. Behind it the ruins of the city are seen and a small crowd of civilians.
Dates:
1945-07-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
File
Trade files: German Trade Agreement, 1933-04 - 1938-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/34
Scope and Contents
Annotated papers, including: a print of notes exchanged between Sir John Simon [Foreign Secretary] and Leopold von Hoesch [German Ambassador to Britain] on commercial relations; issues of Hansard, including debates on trade agreements, the German agreement in particular, and also most-favoured-nation clauses; prints of the Anglo-German Exchange Agreements relating to commercial payments; print of an exchange of notes between Sean Lemass, Irish Minister for Industry and Commerce, and H R...
Dates:
1933-04 - 1938-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Transcript of interview: Andrew Carter, 2006
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 112
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2006
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Arthur Maddocks, 2018
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 167
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2018
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.