Judge Advocate General's Office: War Crimes Case Files, Second World War (WO 235)

Identifier
irn509302
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.114
  • RG-59.016M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1953
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509302

Extent and Medium

58,377 digital images, TIFF

56 microfilm reels, 35 mm

2 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

National Archives (Great Britain)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the National Archives, Great Britain, Fond WO 235. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Program Division in July 2001, and accretions of additional records in years: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and in 2018 received digital duplicates of all microfim reels.

Scope and Content

Contains case files relating to individuals tried in British military courts for war crimes committed in Europe during World War II. Included are cases about crimes in Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Hadamar, and Ravensbrück, Loibl Pass work camp, Gross Rosen concentration camp, and Lefitz Children’s hostel. The files contain daily transcripts of court proceedings, court exhibits, and prosecution and defense summations. Also included is documentary evidence collected by the US Chief Counsel including English translations of German documents. .

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: National Archives (Great Britain)

Corporate Bodies

  • Loibl-Pass (Concentration camp)
  • Great Britain. War Office

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
  • War (International law)
  • War criminals.
  • War crimes--History--20th century.
  • Prisoners of war--Germany.
  • Crimes against humanity.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • War crime trials.

Genre

  • Document
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Copies

  • The National Archives

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from National Archives (Great Britain)