M2121, Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp Inmate Cards, April 1944-April 1945

Identifier
irn36444
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.202
  • RG-67.021M
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

192 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Records of the United States Army, Europe, RG 549 (formerly part of RG 338). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection from NARA in November 2008.

Scope and Content

Contains three series of original German records identifying inmates of the Langenstein-Zwieberge Concentration Camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, for the period April 1944 to April 1945. The first group is a name series, and the other two smaller series consist of cards organized by block (barrack) number to which the inmate was assigned, and occupations or trades to which some of the inmates were assigned within the camp. American forces seized the cards when they liberated and occupied the camp in April 1945. These records are unique in form, as the Germans cut the cards to size from cigarette cartons and recorded the information on the back sides.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Subjects

Genre

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