Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Łódź Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Łodzi (GK 177)

Identifier
irn713713
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.37.1
  • RG-15.681
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713713

Extent and Medium

416 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Okr?gowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w ?odzi

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

Records relating to the extermination camp in Chełmno nad Nerem (Kulmhof am Nehr): documents excavated in Chełmno, records of the investigating judge, files regarding camp in Radogoszcz and execution of a hundred people in Zgierz, the camp for Soviet prisoners of war in Ruda Pabianicka, germanization of Polish children from Łódź, investigation against Wilhelm Bittel - a former head of the ghetto in Zduńska Wola and German activities againt Jews, questioning of witnesses about German atrocities in Opoczno county, and photographs of gendarmes.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two groups: 1. Protocols and raports; 2. Correspondence.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Łódź (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Zgierz (Poland)
  • Chełmno (Konin, Poland)
  • Łódź (Poland : Voivodeship)
  • Radogoszcz (Poland)
  • Children--Crimes against--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • Crimes against humanity--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Zduńska Wola (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Łódź.
  • Ruda Pabianicka (Łódź, Poland)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • War crimes investigation--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Łódź.
  • Poles--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.

Genre

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