Wyższy Dowódca SS i Policji Wschód Der Höhere Schutzstaffeln (SS) und Polizeiführe Ost (GK 901)
Extent and Medium
682 digital images, PDF
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
Consists of collection of orders of the Reichsführer-SS regarding the forced labor of Polish workers, 1939-1944, the organizational decree no. 1, 26 June 1942 regarding activities of police authorities in occupied Poland, set of guidelines for general matters, a daily order no. 46 regarding the transfer of officers to other positions, 1943; name lists of associates of SS-Obergruppenführer Krüger , and officers of the WD office, as well as names of civil and military administration institutions, and a name list of Polish and Ukrainian police in the General Government, 1940-1944. Includes a collection of encrypted telegrams broadcast from Berlin, 1944, and general telegrams related to German refugees, 1944, the fight against the Polish resistance movement, orders to the police in Kraków, and the religious education in Polish schools by clergy, 1939-1944.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in three groups: 1. Decrees, orders and guidance; 2. Correspondence and telegrams; 3. Name lists
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
People
- Krüger, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1945.
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei
Subjects
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
- Police administration--Germany--History, 1939-1945.
- Police--Poland--History--20th century.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Forced labor--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Genre
- Telegrams.
- Document
- Registers.
- Correspondence.