Germany. Auswartiges Amt Archiv, Bonn - Records, 1879-1944, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MAV/FM4/314-327, MAV/FM4/978-1010, M 794-801
Status: unavailable

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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

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46 microfilm reels 35 mm

M 244-250 (located at MAV/FM4/314-320): Papers 1920-39 of the German Minister for Colonies, concerning Australia, Japan, China, Siam, Afghistan, Persia, Egypt, Abyssinia, and other German colonies; papers 1924-30 from the Secretary of State, on colonial and mandate territory matters. M 251-264 (located at MAV/FM4/321-327, 978-984): Papers 1879-1920, dealing with affairs in Australia, Hawaii, the Pacific islands, Fiji, New Guinea, New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. Includes file material from German embassies in London, Washington and Paris. M 265-290 (located at MAV/FM4/985-1010): File material 1887-1944 on Australia, including documents on politics, industries, shipping, immigration, propaganda, the Australian National Socialist Party (Nazi Party) in Sydney, German churches and schools, German internees. Some material also deals with New Zealand economic affairs. M 794-801: Records of the German Embassy in London concerning Samoa 1886-1906. Includes diplomatic correspondence with the United States and the British Foreign Office

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm masters.
Selections made after World War II from German records, filmed by British and American authorities.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 184, p.67.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M 244-290, M 794-801.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the Auswartiges Amt Archiv, Bonn, Germany.
Descriptive list available (47pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/5, Items 1-3.
See also Germany - Colonial Office records, 1878-1935, filmed from the originals in the Deutsche Zentralarchiv, Potsdam, 1968-1970: 262 reels (MAV/FM4/5530-5669, MAV/FM4/6652-6774, Micro. Ref. Bks. 7.2/1 and 7.2/30).
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/43