Auschwitz concentration camp records Abteilung II - politische abteilung

Identifier
irn506419
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0069
  • RG-04.064M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944, 1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506419

Extent and Medium

8 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 order microfilm copies of the documents from the Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka in 1997. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms on May 1, 1998.

Scope and Content

Contains lists of new prisoners entering Auschwitz concentration camp in 1941, and Sterbeurkunde (death notices) for primarily Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox prisoners dating from 1940 to 1944, with the bulk of them dating from 1943. All of the records relate to the main camp, Auschwitz I.

System of Arrangement

Organized: Reel 1, files 96-500, List of new prisoners entering Auschwitz in 1941; Reel 2, files 2054-2057, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); Reel 3, file 2038, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); Reel 4, file 2039, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); Reel 5, file 2040, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); Reel 6, file 2041, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); Reel 7, file 2042, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde); and Reel 8, file 2043, records about prisoner deaths (Sterbeurkunde) Arrangement for entry lists of new prisoners is numerical by prisoner number, ranging from #8235 through #25013. Arrangement for the Sterbeurkunde is numerical by form number

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Death.
  • Orthodox (Orthodox Eastern Church)--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Catholics--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oswiecim.
  • Greeks--Poland--Oswiecim.

Genre

  • Document
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