Jan,
Have you contacted Reinhard Kornmayer and Prof. Dr. Rolf Gminder?
Both have useable documentation from the legacy of August Weiss. They have provided other authors with copies of this documentation before.
The famous 'missing diaries' are in the hands of Hans Bert Lockhoven, who is not prepared to share them with anyone (yet).
Hope this helps!
On the Görtz Archive: it is 'only' a photographic reference archive, mainly with copies of photos from other collectors and authors. It is comparable to our own digital archives which we all keep today, but in a paper form. A large part is dedicated to associated things like WW1 vehicles and unit photography.
Another issue is the passing away of Mauser expert Walter Schmid a couple of months ago (late 2009). Here again it is important to keep his life's work together and to prevent it from scattering around the globe. It is one of the issues that will be discussed in an upcoming meeting at Oberndorf this summer. I agree with Jan that burying info in the private stash of advanced collectors is never a good thing.
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