Looking for abstracts to von Rohden collection at NARS in the 1960's

[Richard T. Eger]

Dear All,

From the quality of the copies I have, it looks like at least some were likely made from hard copies, not microfilm. As I recall, there was a press to get as much microfilmed before the originals were to be returned to Germany. My vague recollection is that this was supposed to be done by the late 50's, but perhaps it carried over into the 60's and Richard Bateson was lucky to still have access to the originals.

Thanks for showing me where the stones were, Norbert. Your version runs 108 pages and David Isby's runs 102 pages. Why, I don't know. I will check the longer version to see if it has abstracts of the documents I couldn't find in the shorter version.

Dan, yes they contain Me 262 information, but, alas, not Werknummern. Richard's selection of documents was a rather eclectic mix. One nifty one dealt with the end of war fuel situation, including at specific airfields. One or more are clearly postwar write-ups by Germans in the know. One deals with the power play between Göring in the South and Hitler trapped in Berlin in the North. There's a couple that are just compilations of Luftwaffe pilot loss reports, but very early in the war and having absolutely nothing to do with the Me 262. One deals with Luftwaffe strength, a hand written diagram of units and aircraft of each. I'm still trying to get my arms around them. It's probably one reason why I put off trying to file them in the first place.

Oh, and it's only a couple dozen documents in all.

Regards,
Richard