Copy papers re Zyklon 'B'

Identifier
WL1294
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70393
Dates
1 Jan 1997 - 31 Jan 1997
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • London Fumigation Company

Archival History

These copy documents relating to the use of Zyklon ‘B' by the Nazis are copies from the Public Record Office (now the National Archives). The original reference numbers are retained. According to the depositor, it emerges from the file, from which these documents came, that leading personalities of the High Command of the Armed Forces were instrumental in the selection of personnel for the gassing operations. 

Acquisition

(2 papers from the P.R.O. about gas; doc. no. 1294 a+b

Donated May 1997

Donor: John Gravell

Scope and Content

Copy photographs of Zyklon ‘B' canisters; copy correspondence between the War Office and the London Fumigation Company re the manufacture and use of Zyklon ‘B'; military passbook of SS Gruppenführer and Generallleutnant Jakob Sporrenberg.
Former references WO.208.2169; WO.309.1602; WO.311.423

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Sporrenberg, Jakob

Subjects

  • Zyklon B
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