Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

Identifier
M.21.3
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Sep 1939 - 9 May 1945
Level of Description
Sub-group
Languages
  • German
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

51 files

Biographical History

The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone a short time after the end of World War II, and it was active from 1946-1951 as the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The purpose of the Department was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimonies from survivors and to bring the criminals to justice

Archival History

In 1960 the material gathered by The War Criminals Department was transferred to the Joint Distribution Committee Legal Department, and on 19 September 1960, the documentation was submitted to Yad Vashem via the Foreign Ministry.

Scope and Content

In this collection there are files containing much documentation regarding criminals according to the places where they were active, in camps or in ghettos.

Finding Aids

  • Description of the files are available on IDEA ALM system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room

Existence and Location of Originals

  • YV archives

Archivist Note

JL according to the RG description in the YV system

Dates of Descriptions

2013-05-19