Mission to identify missing people during the German occupation (witness statements) Missie tot Opsporing van vermiste personen tijdens de bezettingstijd (getuigenverklaringen) (Fond 244)

Identifier
irn95179
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.12
  • RG-41.014
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95179

Extent and Medium

1,733 digital images, JPEG

14 digital files, PDF

Archival History

NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, NIOD, (Netherlands Institute for War Documentation), Fond 244. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2015.

Scope and Content

This collection contains documents relating the post-war Dutch mission to identify missing persons during the German occupation (witness statements). Including are records on deportation of Jews during the so-called Cosel transports (today: Koźle (Poland) into forced labor camps of Blechhammer (Auschwitz IV), Bobrek, Neukirch, Seibersdorf, Schoppinitz (Szopienice, Katowice district, Poland), Ottmuth, Niederkirch, Gross-Sarne, Laurahütte, Malapane, Tränke, Bunzlau, Anhalt, Fürstengrube, Gräditz, Langenbielau, Freiburg and Gleiwitz. The archive contains 154 statements from men who were deported from Westerbork to Cosel and five testimonies of men who had been deported from France and Belgium. There are six statements from men who are not listed the place and date of their transport to Cosel.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1.Transport lists. 2. Testimonies of relatives or former prisoners (Alphabetically arranged by location from where the missing person is deported, arrested, detained or of which has been given the last sign of life. Then, if possible, alphabetically by last name of the missing person.)

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Germany--Politics and government--1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe.
  • Jews--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Europe, Central--History--20th century.
  • Szopienice (Katowice, Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations--Registers.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Personal narratives.
  • Europe--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Forced labor--Europe--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Koźle (Poland)--History--20 century.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Europe--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.

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