Gestapo Brno (B 340)
Extent and Medium
214,423 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Moravský zemský archiv v Brně
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Moravian Provincial Archive (Moravský zemský archiv v Brně), Sign. B 340, Czech Republic. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in December 2017, and accretion in March 2018.
Scope and Content
Investigative and arrest files as well administrative records of the Gestapo Brno. The investigative and arrest files concern mostly Czech individuals arrested on a variety of charges such as making anti-German remarks, listening to foreign radio broadcasts, sabotage, malingering, anti-social behavior, possession of arms, miscegenation, and other charges. The records also contain documentation pertaining to Gestapo actions against Czech resistance groups and Jews, the disbandment of Czech organizations, the confiscation of properties and assets, and situation reports including from Czech individuals who were Gestapo informants (so-called Verbindungsmänner or V-Männer). There are a total of 13,781 arrest and investigative files organized alphabetically. The largest group, 7,948 cases, relate to arrests for anti-German and political remarks; 2,231 cases relate to arrests for economic offenses; 2,218 cases relate to arrests for administrative and civil offenses; 478 cases relate to arrests for escaping from concentration and forced labor camps and other detention facilities. There are 61 arrest cases for religious offenses.
System of Arrangement
Investigative files organized in alphabetical order by last names of arrested individuals.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Moravský zemský archiv v Brně
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Gestapo
Subjects
- Crimes against humanity--Europe--History--20th century.
- Czechoslovakia--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jews--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century--Registers.
- War criminals--Czechoslovakia--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Czechoslovakia.
- Czechoslovaks--History--20th century--Registers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Czechoslovakia.
- Underground movements--Czechoslovakia--́́History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia.
- Brno (Czech Republic)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Czechoslovakia.
Genre
- Registers.
- Correspondence.
- Document