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Camp log books and administrative records from the Auschwitz Memorial Museum

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1987.105 | RG Number: RG-04.013

Overview

Description: Consists of copies of Auschwitz administration records and copies of log books of prisoners' names. The documents relate to general camp operations, distribution of labor, orders from the Kommandant, transfer of prisoners to and from other camps, and biographical information concerning several Auschwitz prisoners. See RG list for titles of RG-04.013*01 through RG-04.013*06.
Date: 1941-1945

Physical Details

Language: German Polish
Genre/Form: Logbooks.
Extent: 12 folders
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Any use of archival materials for purposes other than research projects required prior permission from the Museum and/or the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Users shall not to publish personal information from the archival materials including names, addresses, and other information identifying specific individuals, unless the information has been deceased for more than 30 years or is related to an historical figure or a current public figure. Otherwise users will publish the information only in anonymous form, except as permitted in writing by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Jehovah's Witnesses--Nazi persecution. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Political prisoners. Romani Genocide, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Women concentration camp inmates.
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Monowitz (Concentration camp) Oranienburg (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Birkenau (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The materials were copied from original documents in the holdings of the Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka (State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau). Initially, all materials were deposited in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division. At a later date, approximately 1,700 photographs of Auschwitz prisoners were removed and transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives. These photos were inventoried by Sybil Milton in 1987. The remaining materials, log books, and administrative records were transferred to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives on 23 Jan. 1991.

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