ABSTRACT
The state archives in Osnabrück were consulted to seek out sources for the study. The data that survive consist mainly of letters exchanged between the state and regional government with the local Gesundheitsämter (public health departments). A compendium of law relating to the health system was used to establish the legal context within which the letters were written. General statistical information on the region of Osnabrück was also sought out. The findings were interpreted in the context of the published literature on nursing and welfare politics and the history of Osnabrück during the Nazi era.
