Records relating to Auschwitz and other camps from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, Podolsk

Identifier
irn504195
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0502
  • RG-04.050M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504195

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Archival History

Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo oborony. T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ arkhiv

Acquisition

The records were created by various units of the Soviet Army during World War II. They were selected and film from the collections of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, Podoslk, for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1994.

Scope and Content

Contains information about Soviet prisoners of war in Romanian camps; atrocities against Soviet citizens; liberation of Auschwitz and its various subcamps; inspection of the various Auschwitz camps after liberation; prisoners liberated from Auschwitz camps; liberation ofRavensbrück; atrocities in Stutthof; and activities of "bandit groups" (resistance fighters) in Lithuania and Belorussia.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Lithuania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Belarus.
  • Atrocities--Soviet Union.
  • Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.

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.

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