The "Weissbücher" (White Books) by the German Foreign Ministry

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The "Weissbücher" (White Books) by the German Foreign Ministry

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A list of the "White Books" published by the German Foreign Ministry:

Weissbuch Nr. 1 - Urkunden zur letzten Phase der deutsch-polnischen Krise (1939, 31 S.) [Documents on the final phase of the German-Polish crisis] Note: All documents contained in this book are also included in the 2nd White Book
https://archive.org/details/Weissbuch-U ... schenKrise

Weissbuch Nr. 2 - Dokumente zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges (1939, 541 S.) [Documents on the prehistory of the war]
Scanned version:
https://archive.org/details/auswaertige ... tur_202003
Reformatted version:
https://archive.org/details/Auswaertige ... eissbuch-2

100 Dokumente zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges - Auswahl aus dem Amtlichen Deutschen Weißbuch (1939, 254 S.) [100 Documents on the Prehistory of the War - Selection from the Official German White Book]
https://archive.org/details/100-dokumen ... es-krieges

100 Documents on the Origin of the War - Selected from the official German White Book (1939, 150 p.) Note: This is an English translation of the previous book
https://archive.org/details/100-documen ... of-the-war

Weissbuch Nr. 3 - Polnische Dokumente zur Vorgeschichte des Krieges (1940, 128 S.) [Polish documents on the prehistory of the war]
https://archive.org/details/auswaertige ... nr.-3-1940

The German White Paper - Full Text of the Polish Documents (1940, 72 p.) Note: This is an English translation of the 3rd German White Book with an introduction by C. Hartley Grattan. It misses the facsimiles of the original Polish documents in the German version.
https://archive.org/details/german-fore ... paper-1940

Weissbuch Nr. 4 - Dokumente zur englisch-französischen Politik der Kriegsausweitung (1940, 134 S.) [Documents on the Anglo-French policy of war expansion]
https://archive.org/details/Weissbuch_N ... Frankreich

Weissbuch Nr. 5 - Weitere Dokumente zur Kriegsausweitungspolitik der Westmächte (1940/1995, 107 S.) [Further documents on the war expansion policy of the Western powers]
https://archive.org/details/Auswaertige ... sbuch-Nr-5

Weissbuch Nr. 6 - Die Geheimakten des Französischen Generalstabes ( 1941/1995, 399 S.) [The Secret Files of the French General Staff]
https://archive.org/details/auswaertige ... 5399s.scan

Weissbuch Nr. 7 - Dokumente zum Konflikt mit Jugoslawien und Griechenland (1941/1995, 198 S.) [Documents on the conflict with Yugoslavia and Greece]
https://archive.org/details/Weissbuch_N ... iechenland

Weissbuch Nr. 8 - Dokumente über die Alleinschuld Englands am Bombenkrieg gegen die Zivilbevölkerung (1943, 184 S.)[Documents on England's sole responsibility for the air war against the civilian population]
https://archive.org/details/Weissbuch_N ... ld_England
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This is such a treasure trove, along with your Naujocks thread - thanks for sharing.

Backing up to my personal library.
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Re: The "Weissbücher" (White Books) by the German Foreign Ministry

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A few more publications by the German Foreign Ministry:

Bolschewistische Verbrechen gegen Kriegsrecht und Menschlichkeit, Bd. 1, 1941 [Bolshevist crimes against the rules of war and humanity, vol.1]
https://archive.org/details/auswartiges ... echen%20v1

Bolschewistische Verbrechen gegen Kriegsrecht und Menschlichkeit, Bd. 2, 1942 [Bolshevist crimes against the rules of war and humanity, vol.2]
https://archive.org/details/auswartiges ... chen%20v2/

Bolschewistische Verbrechen gegen Kriegsrecht und Menschlichkeit, Bd. 3, 1943 [Bolshevist crimes against the rules of war and humanity, vol.3]
https://archive.org/details/auswartiges ... chen%20v3/

Amtliches Material zum Massenmord von Katyn, 1943 [Official material on the Katyn mass murder]
https://archive.org/details/amk_20200218_202002
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