Central Historical Commission : Post-War documentation (M.1.S)

Identifier
irn524437
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.370
  • RG-68.100M
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524437

Extent and Medium

14,142 digital images, JPEG

18 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Record Group M.1.S. The questionnaires were created and distributed by The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich. The collection was microfilmed in June 1955.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Dec. 2007.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 7793 questionnaires. Information for questionnaires were gathered by the The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich) from a large number of Holocaust survivors. This data concern the estimated number of Jews before the war in their communities, the number of Jewish victims, destroyed and robbed Jewish property, slave labor, concentration camps, and the like.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Rell 1: File 1-660; Reel 2:File 661-1050; Reel 3: File 1051-1500 ; Reel 4: File 1501-2000; Reel 5:File 2001-2350; Reel 6: File 2351-2815; Reel 7: File 2816-3216; Reel 8: File 3217-3650; Reel 9: File 3651-4100; Reel 10: File Reel 10: File 4101-4500; Reel 11: File 4501-4900; Reel 12: File 4901-5400; Reel 13: File 5401-5800; Reel 14: File 5801-6200; Reel 15: File 6201-6640; Reel 16: File 6641-7130; Reel 17: File 7131-7450; Reel 18: File 7451-7793

Subjects

  • Refugees, Jewish--Germany.
  • Persecution--Jews--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Germany.

Genre

  • Questionnaires.
  • Document
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.

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