US War Department, Military Intelligence Division, (MID)

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The Military Intelligence Division was established in the War Department in 1918. It became one of the five General Staff divisions in 1921 and was assigned the additional designation of "G-2." One function of the MID was the maintenance of information files on foreign countries. Documents for the files were collected from a variety of sources in various parts of the world. After the entry of the US into World War II, the sources expanded to included the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the Office of Censorship, and intelligence agencies of other Allied countries.

From the description of Records from the Regional File of the US War Department, Military Intelligence Division (MID) documents reports articles maps photographs. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). WorldCat record id: 122515940

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Warsaw (Poland : Ghetto)
Belgium
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Antisemitism
Concentration camps
Deportation
Emigration and immigration
Euthanasia
Forced labor
Jewish property
Prisoner-of-war camps
Propaganda
Resistance movements
Romanies
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