Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the German-Nazi Crimes Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Oświęcimu

Identifier
irn39513
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.19
  • RG-15.163M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39513

Extent and Medium

122 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Komisja do Badania Zbrodni Niemiecko-Hitlerowskich w O?wi?cimu

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

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 Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Warsaw, Poland. Records created by the Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the Nazi Crimes in 1945. Later, in 1998, custody of the records was transferred to the newly established Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Projgrams in February 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the Nazi Crimes commited in Nazi camps. Records include files of investigations of German crimes and administrative files from KL Auschwitz, KL Dachau, and Nazi camps on the territory of France. Contains witnesses’ testimonies, protocols of investigation of witnesses, minutes and photographic documentation.

System of Arrangement

Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

People

  • Ganszer, Juliusz.
  • Mayer, Artur.
  • Limousin, Henri.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--German--Poland--Oświęcim.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
  • Criminal investigation--Poland--Oświęcim--History--20th century.
  • Oświęcim (Poland)--History.

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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu