Central Historical Commission : Collection about displaced persons (M.1.P)
Extent and Medium
7,959 digital images, JPEG
4 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
Archival History
Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Record Group M.1.P. The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich, gathered this material. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Dec. 2007.
Scope and Content
The collection contains materials gathered by The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee (CHC) of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich related to the post-war activities-political, social, and cultural-of then-liberated Jews in the DP camps and in the newly-established Jewish communities in Germany in the American zone. Types of materials: documents, name lists, reports, correspondence, statistical table, posters, announcements, and excerpts from publications.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
Subjects
- Refugee camps--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Germany.
- Refugees, Jewish--Germany.
- Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
- Persecution--Jews--Germany.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah.