Selected records of the District Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes in Poznań Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Poznaniu (GK 178)

Identifier
irn713714
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.39.1
  • RG-15.682
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713714

Extent and Medium

4,977 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Okr?gowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Poznaniu

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

Investigation records regarding crimes committed in the territory of the Warthegau, such as hearings of witnesses, exhumation, medical and autopsy reports, examination of corpses, correspondence, reports of former concentration camp prisoners, questionnaires regarding mass graves, lists of war criminals, files of the case of Artur Greiser (Reichsstatthalter der Warthegau), a collection of files from criminal proceedings and many others. Records relate to: Poznań, Żabikowo, Chełmno (Kulmhof) Śrem, Kórnik, Łódź, Kalisz, Włocławek, Gniezno, Ostrów, Kepno, Szamotuły.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two subject groups: 1. Investigative naterials. 2. German ordinances.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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

People

  • Greiser, Arthur, 1897-1946--Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Hirschfeld, Otto--Trials, litigation, etc.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Children--Crimes against--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
  • Pobiedziska (Poland)
  • Crimes against humanity--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poles--Persecutions--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)
  • Szamotuły (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Polska Wieś (Poland)
  • Poznań (Poland : Voivodeship)
  • Kępno (Poland)
  • Kalisz (Poland)
  • Żabikowo (Poland)
  • Kórnik (Poland)
  • Kostrzyń (Poland)
  • Wielkopolska (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Bugaj (Poland)
  • Kościan (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Mass burials--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)
  • Gniezno (Poland)
  • Śrem (Poland)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Mass murder--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)
  • Ostrów (Poland)
  • Włocławek (Poland)
  • War crimes investigation--Poland--Poznań--History--20th century.
  • Chełmno (Konin, Poland)
  • Nekla (Poland)
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Poznań (Voivodeship)--History--20th century.

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.