Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland. Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland. Records from Yad Vashem collection

Identifier
irn501978
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.A.0325
  • RG-68.128M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501978

Extent and Medium

4 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Orginal records located in the Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, in Warsaw, Poland. Raul Hilberg purchased copies of the documents on microfilms from the collection in the Yad Vashem. He donated the copies to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1990.

Scope and Content

Contains samples of Main Commission documents relating to war crimes and war crimes investigations from file 2848 in the collections of Yad Vashem.

System of Arrangement

Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Subjects

  • Poland--History--World War, 1939-1945--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
  • War criminals--Poland---History--20th century.
  • Justice, Administration of--Poland.
  • War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.

Genre

  • Document
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Copies

  • Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu