Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Gdańsk Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Gdańsku (GK 172)

Identifier
irn713712
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.36.1
  • RG-15.680
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713712

Extent and Medium

1,261 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Okr?gowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Gda?sku

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Contains records on war crimes committed on Poles and other nationalities by Germans during War World Second in Gdańsk region, Poland. Includes testimonies of Albert Forster's (Gauleiter der Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen activities, lists of Poles who died in concentration camps or during forced labor in the Third Reich, materials on the gas chamber and mass grave in the Nowy Port in Gdańsk, documents on germanization of Polish children and the “educational camp” in Snopki near Pisz.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two subject groups: 1. Protocols and evidence materials; 2. Lists of Polish people deprived of life in 1939-1945, sent to concentration camps, or deported to forced labor.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Gdańsk.
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Poles--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
  • Children--Pomerania (Germany and Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Children--Crimes against--Poland--Gdańsk--History--20th century.
  • Gdańsk (Poland)
  • War crimes investigation--Poland--Gdańsk--History--20th century.
  • Crimes against humanity--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Gdańsk.

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.