M2121, Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Inmate Cards, April 1944-April 1945
Extent and Medium
192 digital images, JPEG
1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Acquisition
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Records of the United States Army, Europe, RG 549 (formerly part of RG 338). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection from NARA in November 2008.
Scope and Content
Contains three series of original German records identifying inmates of the Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, for the period April 1944 to April 1945. The first group is a name series, and the other two smaller series consist of cards organized by block (barrack) number to which the inmate was assigned, and occupations or trades to which some of the inmates were assigned within the camp. American forces seized the cards when they liberated and occupied the camp in April 1945. These records are unique in form, as the Germans cut the cards to size from cigarette cartons and recorded the information on the back sides.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Forced labor--Germany.
Genre
- Registers.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from United States. National Archives and Records Administration