Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp records Abteilung I - Kommandantur
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels,
Archival History
Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Acquisition
Cite Panstwowe Muzeum Oświęcim Brzezinka as holder of originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Department ordered microfilm copies of the documents from Panstwowe Muzeum Oswiecim Brzezinka in 1997. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms on May 1, 1998.
Scope and Content
Contains telegrams and Entlassungscheine (discharge certificates) from Auschwitz concentration camp relating to prisoner deaths, prisoner escapes, and prisoner discharges. All records relate to the main camp, Auschwitz I. The materials date from 1940 to 1944.
System of Arrangement
Orgainization: Reel 1, files 1577, 1578, and 1546, Telegrams concerning prisoner deaths; Reel 2, files 466-490, Telegrams concerning prisoner escapes; and Reel 3, files 1650-1652, Entlassungscheine (discharge certificates) from Auschwitz Arrangement scheme is not apparent
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim.
- Death notices--Poland--Oświęcim.
- Prisoners--Death.
- Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka