Miscellaneous records relating to prisoner of war camps in Germany
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
Archival History
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives ordered the microfilmed collection from the National Archives and Records Administration Publication Number T-84 in early July 2004. The collection was received later that month.
Scope and Content
Contains prisoner of war (POW) camp reports prepared or collected by the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) regarding Allied POWs in German captivity. Most pertain to the needs and available supplies of religious, cultural, and recreational materials and facilities. Also contains correspondence of the German Red Cross that relates to various Allied civilian and military personnel held as political prisoners in German concentration camps and the mail that they were permitted to receive. Included is correspondence exchanged with other national branches of the International Red Cross and with SS, Gestapo, and concentration camp authorities.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Corporate Bodies
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
- Hinzert (Concentration camp)
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
- Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
- Red Cross and Red Crescent.
- Labor camps--Germany.
- Prisoners of war--Germany.
- Jews--Persecutions--Germany.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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