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Nazi war crimes: reports and statements (1943-1946)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 910

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Nazi war crimes: reports and statements (1943-1946)

Date(s): 1943-1946

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers concerning Nazi war crimes, comprise an unrelated collection of papers which document Nazi war crimes, notably including a copy of a circular letter, with certified English translation, of the inspector of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD regarding the special treatment of foreign workers, 1945; report of a 'work education camp' at Lahde-Weser and Liebenau and certified translations of documents from the Sicherheitspolizei and SD regarding 'special treatment' of resistance movement members at Auschwitz, 1943.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German and English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in original order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

According to the depositor, the material was donated to him by a former Sergeant of Intelligence (name not supplied). A number of the translated documents bear the name of the translator, a Sergeant in the Field Investigation Section, War Crimes Group, North West Europe.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Sources: The Scourge of the Swastika Lord Russell of Liverpool (Corgi Books, 1979)
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
German history | European history | National history
Holocaust | Genocide | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Nazism | Totalitarianism | Political doctrines
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Auschwitz concentration camp
Sicherheitsdienst x SD

Places