Selected records relating to concentration camps from the National Archives and Records Administration

Identifier
irn502348
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0342
  • RG-67.034M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502348

Extent and Medium

235,289 digital images, JPEG

144 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

45 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

The records were collected in 1945–1946 by U.S. military and civilian units in Europe and deposited in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in 1996.

Scope and Content

Contains camp registration name lists, transport name lists, camp arrival registers, death lists, lists of Jews who emigrated, personal property lists, medical records, death certificates, prisoner biographical data cards, postwar questionnaires, and other camp records. Included is information about the Buchenwald, Dachau, Sandbostel, Flossenbürg, Mauthausen, Hinzert, Natzweiler, Gross-Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. The collection also contains documents relating to various Gestapo branches and to the Jewish Agency.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe.
  • Holocaust survivors--Europe.
  • Europe--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe.

Genre

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.

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