County Gendarmerie Headquarters in Brno 1864-1949 Zemské četnické velitelství Brno 1864-1949 (B 72)
Extent and Medium
7,389 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Moravský zemský archiv v Brně
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Moravian Provincial Archive (Moravský zemský archiv v Brně), Fond. B 276, Czech Republic. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in December 2018.
Scope and Content
Records pertaining to police and gendarmerie units in various towns in Bohemia and Moravia, including: lists of members of police, gendarmerie or guard units in Terezin, the Roma camp (Zigeunerlager) in Hodonin, and other locations and camps; lists of persons suspected to be part of assassination plots against German officials; anti-Jewish activities; ordinances and decrees; situation reports; police searches for Jewish individuals including from Nazi-annexed Austria; reports of parachutist and partisan activities; and other relevant records.
System of Arrangement
This collection was digitized selectively according to the full folder format.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Moravský zemský archiv v Brně
Corporate Bodies
- Hodonín (Concentration camp)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Jews--Persecutions--Czech Republic--History--20th century.
- Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
- Hodonín (Hodonín, Czech Republic)
- Police administration--Czech Republic--History--Registers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Czech Republic.
- Underground movements--Czech Republic--́́History--20th century.
- Prisoners and prisons--Czech Republic--History--20th century.
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Czech Republic--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czech Republic.
Genre
- Document
- Reports.