Buchenwald concentration camp: release permit

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1511
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Buchenwald concentration camp: release permit
Date(s)	: 1939
Level of description	: Collection level (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Buchenwald concentration camp

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Buchenwald concentration camp, one of the largest in Germany with its 130 satellite camps and units, was situated 5 miles north of Weimar in Thüringen. It was established in July 1937 when the first group of 149 mostly political prisoners and criminals was received. Some 238,980 prisoners passed through Buchenwald from 30 countries. 43,005 were killed or perished there.

This release permit belonged to Erich Marmorek, born Vienna, 1907, architect.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of the release permit of Erich Marmorek, from Buchenwald concentration camp, 1939.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

W. Marmorek

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:
March 2008