IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 567
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrstrasse Prison: Admissions book
Date(s): 1944
Level of description: collection
Extent: c 36 frames
Name of creator(s): Lehrstrasse Prison
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lehrstrasse Prison was a prison in Berlin.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
List of prisoners in Lehrstrasse Prison involved in the 20 July 1944 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, including arrival and release date, the latter annotated with destination. Those who were transported to the Plötzensee Prison were probably executed.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German
System of arrangement:
N/A
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Physical characteristics:
Microfilm
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
A note which precedes the list, dated 19 July 1945, from the director of the Lehrterstrasse prison, after it was taken over by the British Military authorities, states that he found the list and that it contains the names of those allegedly involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Royal United Services Institution, London
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Imperial War Museum
Related material:
Publication note:
The contents of the list is discussed in P. Paret, 'The Aftermath of the Plot against Hitler: the Lehrstrasse Prison in Berlin, 1944-1945', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, XXXII, 1959, pp 88-102.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008