Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Internal political conditions. Deported communists (Group 120 D.4-5)

Identifier
irn598759
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.111.1
  • RG-44.016
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Danish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598759

Extent and Medium

1,504 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Denmark. Udenrigsministeriet.

Archival History

Statens arkiver (Denmark)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Statens arkiver (Denmark) [Danish National Archives].The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2018.

Scope and Content

Records relating to the arrest and detention of Danish communists and others in June 1941, the illegal printing of "Land og folk," shipping of food packages, medicine to Danish communists transferred to German prisons, correspondence with relatives, some single case files, as well as relating to the visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to concentration camps in Germany and Theresienstadt.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Statens arkiver (Denmark)

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Communists--Denmark--History--20th century.
  • Executive departments.
  • Denmark--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Denmark.
  • Political prisoners--Denmark--History--20th century.
  • World War (1939-1945)--Prisoners and prisons, Denmark.

Genre

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.