US case files. Auschwitz concentration camp, Record Group 338

Identifier
irn503550
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.058
  • RG-06.005.07M
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503550

Extent and Medium

1 microfilm reel, 16 mm

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

The Auschwitz case file was the result of investigations of persons formerly connected with Auschwitz concentration camp. The investigations were conducted by the US military during and after World War II. No trial of Auschwitz defendants was ever tried under U.S. auspices. The Auschwitz case file is currently a part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Record Group 338, Records of United States Army Commands, 1942- ("Cases Not Tried").

Scope and Content

Consists of a war crimes case file relating to the Auschwitz concentration camp, crimes allegedly committed by camp personnel, medical experiments, lists of war crimes suspects, and testimonies by Auschwitz survivors. Includes documents relating to Drs. Josef Mengele and Friedrich Entress, and to Konrad Reinhard, a Roma who collaborated with the Germans. The earliest war crimes cases were investigated by war crimes sections under the Staff Judge Advocates of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th U.S. Armies and under the commanding generals of the Eastern and Western Military Districts. The war crimes program was centralized in the office of the Theater Judge Advocate, U.S. Forces European Theater in 1945. In 1946 the operation became the 7708 War Crimes Group, and it was deactivated on 30 June 1948. Completion of the cases and execution of sentencing after this time was carried out by a war crimes unit in the Judge Advocate Division of the United States European Command (EUCOM).

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

People

  • Mengele, Josef, 1911-1979.
  • Entress, Friedrich.
  • Reinhard, Konrad.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • Human experimentation in medicine--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Executions and executioners.
  • War crimes--History--20th century.
  • War criminals--Europe--History--20th century--Registers.

Genre

  • Document
  • Testimonies.
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