Criminal police records on homosexuals

Identifier
irn36450
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.3
  • RG-14.093M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36450

Extent and Medium

37,854 digital images, JPEG

29 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Martin Luchterhandt

Archival History

Landesarchiv Berlin

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Source of acquisition is the Landesarchiv Berlin, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in November 2008. The entire collection was digitized in 2014.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Kripoleitstelle (Criminal Police) on gays and lesbians. Includes 948 files of investigations on individuals for "suspicion of homosexual activity" and other crimes under Nazi law such as Rassenschande ("race defilement"). These records were originally archived as “General Prisoners,” but mostly concern gays and lesbians. Part of a larger series of Kripoleitstelle records concerning investigation and persecution of various minority groups (see RG-14.094).

System of Arrangement

Arranged in the following series: A Pr. Br. Rep. 030-02-05: Homosexuals (30 boxes; 948 files).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Landesarchiv Berlin LA-IVB/Ldt, AZ 7430

Corporate Bodies

  • Germany. Kriminalpolizei

Subjects

  • Gays--Nazi persecution--Germany.
  • Nazi persecution of gays.
  • Homosexuality--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Lesbians--Nazi persecution--Germany.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Landesarchiv Berlin

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Landesarchiv Berlin