Central Historical Commission : Collection about children (M 1.PC)

Identifier
irn524435
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.368
  • RG-68.098M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Czech
  • German
  • English
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524435

Extent and Medium

795 digital images, JPEG

2 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 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.PC. The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich, received these documents from the city of Munich.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Dec. 2007.

Scope and Content

Contains approximately 327 questionnaires. This collections includes materials gathered by the CHC (The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich) by means of special questionnaires to gather information about the past of the few children among the Holocaust survivors in the DP camps. The children were asked about their lives during the Nazi rule and the fate of their families. Some questionnaires have photos of the children.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

Subjects

  • Refugee camps--Germany.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Germany.
  • Refugee children.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Germany.

Genre

  • Questionnaires.
  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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