Häftlingskartei des SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamtes

  • SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamt prisoner card file
  • WVHA prisoner card file
  • „Hollerith-Kartei“ des SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamtes
  • SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamt „Hollerith card file“
Identifier
WVHA-Häftlingskartei
Language of Description
English
Dates
1944 - 1945
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

148.782 record cards (digital representations) and corresponding dataset: ca. 269.000 references to concentration camp prisoner names in other documents (state: Nov 2014).

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 148.782 prisoners' record cards (27.351 of which were compiled for Jews) without names, digitized and matched with victims' databases (International joint project).The cards are produced in 1944 – 1945. More than 123.000 reconstructed names of concentration camp prisoners, based on entries in other documents (ca. 269.000 references). The digital images of these SS-Wirtschaftsverwaltungs-Hauptamt prisoner cards were made in: Federal Archives, Berlin (103.814), Polish Red Cross, Warsaw (44.279), State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim (563), State Museum Stutthof, Sztutowo (126).

Existence and Location of Originals

  • Federal Archives, Berlin

    Polish Red Cross, Warsaw

    State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim

    State Museum Stutthof, Sztutowo

Archivist Note

Entry written by Neringa based on information provided by Johannes Ibel (Head of Historical Department, Flossenburg Concentration Camp Memorial).

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0