Pakuscher, Rolf (c 1916-1946): report of the closure of Auschwitz

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 570b
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Pakuscher, Rolf (c 1916-1946): report of the closure of Auschwitz
Date(s)	: 1945
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 20 frames
Name of creator(s)	: Pakuscher | Rolf | [1916-1946]

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The author, Rolf Pakuscher, was the nephew of Frank Martin (formerly Martin F Salomon), a former Pioneers Corps comrade of the depositor. Pakuscher is described as being approximately 30 years of age in 1946, engaged to a young, non-Jewish woman.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Report and report transcript regarding the closing of Auschwitz, the subsequent march to Sachsenhausen and the liberation entitled: 'Bericht über die Auflösung des Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Lager 3 (Buna) und des Heinkel-Lagers'.

Access & 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.

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

The depositor met and received the report from Rolf Pakuscher when he went to Hamburg in 1946 whilst working for the Control Commission.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Depositor's name illegible

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

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:
October 2007