us-005578-irn501599
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Peter Rosen was born Peter Rosenfeld in Germany. He served in the English army.
has beginning date: 1938-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn501599
record resource extent: boxes 2
record resource structure: The Peter Rosen papers are arranged as four series: 1: Camp Ritchie Training Materials, 1943 2: German Police Handbook, 1939-1945 3: Gestapo Files, 1942-1944 4: Sicherheitsdienst File, 1938
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The Peter Rosen papers contain training materials from the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie; drafts, correspondence, and research created during the production of a 1945 handbook titled The German Police prepared by MIRS (London Branch) and SHAEF’s Evaluation and Dissemination Section (EDS); two Gestapo files; and a Sicherheitsdienst (SD) file. Camp Ritchie training materials include handouts on the organization and tactics of the French and German armed forces; recognizing the uniforms of allies and enemies; technical instruction in aerial photography, signal communications, and covert recording; and military intelligence classification, operating procedures, organization, and training. The drafts, correspondence, and research related to a handbook on the German police under the Nazi regime titled The German Police document collaboration among SHAEF’s Evaluation and Dissemination Section (G-2, Counter Intelligence Sub-Division), the Military Intelligence Research Section, and MI 14, the German department of the War Office's Military Intelligence Division. The handbook was created to provide an intelligence background for the Allied armies as they advanced into Germany, subdued resistance, and took control of the administration of the country. Records include an advance copy of the handbook, and drafts, correspondence, comments, research, and revisions created during the production of the handbook. Research files include a report on the partial interrogation of two German concentration camp inmates. Gestapo records include files on Gerda Götz and the British propaganda radio stations Gustav Siegfried Eins (GS1) and Kurzwellensender Atlantik. The Götz files document the Köln Gestapo’s investigations into the activities of Gerda Götz, a well-connected fortune-teller. Of particular interest to the Gestapo were Margret Winkelnkemper (wife and then widow of Köln’s Lord Mayor Peter Winkelnkemper) and Franz Thalhammer. Documents include memoranda, inte…
title: Peter Rosen papers