Selected records relating to concentration camps from the National Archives and Records Administration
Extent and Medium
235,289 digital images, JPEG
144 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
45 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
Archival History
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Acquisition
The records were collected in 1945–1946 by U.S. military and civilian units in Europe and deposited in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in 1996.
Scope and Content
Contains camp registration name lists, transport name lists, camp arrival registers, death lists, lists of Jews who emigrated, personal property lists, medical records, death certificates, prisoner biographical data cards, postwar questionnaires, and other camp records. Included is information about the Buchenwald, Dachau, Sandbostel, Flossenbürg, Mauthausen, Hinzert, Natzweiler, Gross-Rosen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. The collection also contains documents relating to various Gestapo branches and to the Jewish Agency.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe.
- Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.
- Concentration camp inmates--Registers.
- Europe--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Holocaust survivors--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
Genre
- Document
- Death certificates.
- Registers.
- Questionnaires.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from United States. National Archives and Records Administration