Wyższy Dowódca SS i Policji Wschód Der Höhere Schutzstaffeln (SS) und Polizeiführe Ost (GK 901)

Identifier
irn713742
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.62.1
  • RG-15.703
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713742

Extent and Medium

682 digital images, PDF

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Consists of collection of orders of the Reichsführer-SS regarding the forced labor of Polish workers, 1939-1944, the organizational decree no. 1, 26 June 1942 regarding activities of police authorities in occupied Poland, set of guidelines for general matters, a daily order no. 46 regarding the transfer of officers to other positions, 1943; name lists of associates of SS-Obergruppenführer Krüger , and officers of the WD office, as well as names of civil and military administration institutions, and a name list of Polish and Ukrainian police in the General Government, 1940-1944. Includes a collection of encrypted telegrams broadcast from Berlin, 1944, and general telegrams related to German refugees, 1944, the fight against the Polish resistance movement, orders to the police in Kraków, and the religious education in Polish schools by clergy, 1939-1944.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three groups: 1. Decrees, orders and guidance; 2. Correspondence and telegrams; 3. Name lists

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

People

  • Krüger, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1894-1945.

Corporate Bodies

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei

Subjects

  • Police--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century.
  • Police administration--Germany--History, 1939-1945.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
  • Kraków (Poland)
  • Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
  • Forced labor--Poland--History--20th century.

Genre

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.