Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp records Abteilung I - Kommandantur

Identifier
irn506418
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1998.A.0068
  • RG-04.063M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506418

Extent and Medium

3 microfilm reels,

Archival History

Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Acquisition

Cite Panstwowe Muzeum Oświęcim Brzezinka as holder of originals

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Department ordered microfilm copies of the documents from Panstwowe Muzeum Oswiecim Brzezinka in 1997. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms on May 1, 1998.

Scope and Content

Contains telegrams and Entlassungscheine (discharge certificates) from Auschwitz concentration camp relating to prisoner deaths, prisoner escapes, and prisoner discharges. All records relate to the main camp, Auschwitz I. The materials date from 1940 to 1944.

System of Arrangement

Orgainization: Reel 1, files 1577, 1578, and 1546, Telegrams concerning prisoner deaths; Reel 2, files 466-490, Telegrams concerning prisoner escapes; and Reel 3, files 1650-1652, Entlassungscheine (discharge certificates) from Auschwitz Arrangement scheme is not apparent

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim.
  • Prisoners--Death.
  • Concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim.
  • Death notices--Poland--Oświęcim.

Genre

  • Document
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