The Ludwigsburg Collection: Documentation regarding Nazi war crimes, collected by the West Germany legal system
Rozmiary i nośnik
176 Files
Twórca(-y)
Dzieje zespołu
The collection contains documentation received mainly from the Zentrale Stelle de Landesjustizverwaltungen (Central Office of the State Judicial Administration) in Ludwigsburg, the body that assembled the material for the Nazi War Criminal Trials in West Germany. The documentation concentrates mainly on areas of the Soviet Union and Poland and to a degree on Czechoslovakia.
Zakres i treść
The collection contains important information regarding many Nazi war crimes reported by the groups that actually carried them out, mainly SS units, the police and the gendarmerie. Additionally, the collection includes both documentation and testimonies gathered by local judicial systems in the eastern European countries. There are also many reports of German units from the field providing information regarding murders of Jews that they carried out, dates, places where the murders took place and the number of Jews murdered. The collection also contains recommendations for the awarding of citations to SS personnel giving details of their actions, their personal files and more.
Pomoce informacyjne
Printed catalogue in German language
Istnienie oryginałów i miejsce ich przechowywania
Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen Ludwigsburg
Uwagi archiwisty
JL according to the RG description in the YV system
Daty opisów
2012-06-03
Ciała zbiorowe
Miejsca
- Poland
- USSR