Selected records from the Czech State Archives
Extent and Medium
814 digital images, JPEG
2 microfilm reels (digitized),
Archival History
Národní archiv v Praze
Acquisition
Copies of documents from various Czech archives, selected by archivists. The film was sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Mr. O. Sladek.
Scope and Content
This collection contains a wide variety of documents relating to the fate of Jews, communists, and other anti-fascist groups in the Czech lands (e.g., underground armed resistance, church groups, etc.). Also included is documentation on pro-Nazi activities by Sudeten Germans prior to the German occupation of Czech lands; implementation of the Munich agreement; preparations for the military occupation of Bohemia and Moravia; internment in Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp; the destruction of synagogues; increasing restrictions on Jews in business and public life; the arrest of Roma and Sinti; and the transport of Jews from provinces to Prague; and the confiscation (Aryanization) of Jewish property. The documents date from 1938 to 1945. An item-level guide to the collection, in Czech, can be found at the end of the second microfilm reel (Document 201).
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Národní archiv v Praze
Subjects
- Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Národní archiv v Praze