Records of interrogations of the former prisoners of KL Majdanek Protokoły przesłuchań świadków byłych więźniów KL Majdanek (Sygn.VII /135)

Identifier
irn73497
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.250
  • RG-15.279M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1984
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73497

Extent and Medium

1,222 digital images, JPEG

2 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Polska Misja Wojskowa w Niemczech.
  • Prokurator Wojewódzki w Warszawie.
  • Poland. S?d Karny w Lublinie.

Archival History

Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.

Scope and Content

Contains 258 transcripts of interrogations related to KL Lublin, KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, death camps in Sobibór, Bełżec and Treblinka, labor camps in Kalilow and Budzyń, Janów Lubelski and other Nazi camps and prisons. The interrogations were taken of former prisoners of KL Majdanek by the Polska Misja Wojskowa w Berlinie (Polish Military Mission), Prokurator Wojewódzki w Warszawie (Provincial Prosecutor), Specjalny Sąd Karny w Lublinie (Special Criminal Court ), and other commissions in charge of documentation of Nazi crimes. Includes testimonies of German and Russian prisoners of war, testimonies deposed in Düsseldorf during the trial of former KL Majdanek staff (they constitute the largest group), testimonies of Lublin residents (the quarters of Wieniawa and Dziesiąta), who were displaced and sent to the camp. Includes also a name list of prisoners died in Majdanek.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Selected records are arranged by a place and date of interrogation.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Lublin.
  • Prisoners of war--Poland--Budzyń.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship)--Investigations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
  • Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Prisoners of war--Poland--Kalilow.

Genre

  • Protocols.
  • Registers.
  • Document
  • Testimonies.
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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.

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