Seeking photos of Thuringian Gear Works Hallgrund Sonneberg

Dear Mr. Lutz,

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Photographs of the Allies and Axis, 1942-1945 in the Records of the Office of War Information (Record Group 208) that includes 9 files relating to Thuringen research. We also located the series Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981 in the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer (Record Group 111) that includes 7 files relating to German factories which might be relevant. Please contact the National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RDSS) at stillpix@nara.gov with questions about these records.

In addition, we located the series World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917-1985 (Record Group 407) that contains records about the 101st Infantry Regiment of the 26th Infantry Division. Occasionally, there are photographic materials interspersed with the textual records. For information about and access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Finally, we located the series Moving Images Related to Military Aviation Activities, 1947-1984 in the Records of U.S. Air Force Activities, Commands, and Organizations (Record Group 342) that includes 32 files relating to Junkers. For information about these and similar records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM) at mopix@nara.gov.

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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!