Records relating to Jews and Roma in Berlin from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv
Extent and Medium
boxes
6
53 microfiche,
Archival History
Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv, collection Rep. 36 A Oberfinanzpräsident Berlin-Brandenburg (II) (formerly known as collection A 092 Oberfinanzpräsident Berlin-Brandenburg at the Landesarchiv Berlin). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection in 1991.
Scope and Content
Includes approximately 250 case file created by the Oberfinanzdirektion of Berlin concerning the evacuation of Roma in Berlin and the confiscation of their personal property. Also included are files concerning transports of Jews and Roma from Berlin to Auschwitz, specific cases of Roma receiving restitution after the Holocaust, and a list of German concentration camps and sub-camps. After comparing the individual case files to the name list, the accessioning archivist discovered that 20 files are missing from the collection. The missing files are: Buchler, Josef; Frolian, Peter; Haustein, Adolf; Haustein, Else; Haustein, Paul; Haustein, Rudolf; Keck, Max; Maatz, Oswald; Meinhardt, Adam; Petermann, Heini; Peterman, Hildegard; Peterman, Josef; Pohl, Hermann; Rebstock, Rosa; Rose, Karoline; Schmidt, Anna; Schmidt, Willy; Schopper, Emma; Schopper, Gertrud; Zenz, Barbara. In some cases there were case files that were not included with the inventory. They include: Pohle, Bruno Israel; Rebstock, Israel Hans; Rose, Anni Sara; Rose, Carla.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic and alphabetical.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Romanies--Germany.
- Genealogy.
- Anti-communist movements.
- Jews--Germany.
- Confiscations.
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- Concentration camps--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Potsdam (Germany)
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Germany--Berlin.
- Deportation.
- Romanies--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Transports.
- Race discrimination.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Landesarchiv Berlin