Records on prisoners camps of the Reich Ministry of Justice (Reichsjustizministerium), R 3001 (R 22)

Identifier
irn42722
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.45
  • RG-14.100M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42722

Extent and Medium

61,367 digital images, JPEG

78 microfilm reels, 35 mm

102 microfiche,

Archival History

Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Bundesarchiv; Record Group R 3001(R 22).The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan 2011. The entire collection was digitized in 2013.

Scope and Content

Contains records of Reichsjustizministerium (Reich Ministry of Justice) on Emsland camps which document the fate of individual prisoners and holds biographical information and detailed reports about the conditions of camp life and slave labor. Files contain personal information; lists of prisoners of the camps; and transport lists, including name, profession, and duration of sentence. Prisoners included criminal prisoners, homosexuals, Jews and political opponents of the National Socialist regime. German soldiers who were sentenced under military laws also were deported to these camps, making the group of prisoners very heterogeneous.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Bundesarchiv (Germany)

Subjects

  • Prisoners of war--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)
  • Political prisoners--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)--1930-1940.
  • Forced labor--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)--1930-1940.
  • Emsland (Germany : Landkreis)--History.
  • Criminal justice, Administration of--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)--1930-1940.

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

  • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Bundesarchiv (Germany)