Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1939-1942 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes (0.3 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Otto Meissner (1880-1953) was head of the Office of the Reich President during the entire period of the Weimar Republic under Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg, and at the beginning of the Nazi era under Adolf Hitler. After the war, he served as a witness in the Nuremberg Trials, and also faced charges in other trials, of which he was ultimately acquitted. He published his memoirs in 1950.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Kurt Loeb, 2005.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of official correspondence and personal letters of Otto Meissner. The material includes birthday greetings sent to Nazi party officials, invitations to Meissner to attend parades and other gala events, letters received sent by German citizens with suggestions and requests for Meissner, and notes accompanying gifts sent to Meissner by various citizens and companies.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German