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Miscellaneous records relating to prisoner of war camps in Germany

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.376 | RG Number: RG-30.007M

Overview

Description: Contains prisoner of war (POW) camp reports prepared or collected by the German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) regarding Allied POWs in German captivity. Most pertain to the needs and available supplies of religious, cultural, and recreational materials and facilities. Also contains correspondence of the German Red Cross that relates to various Allied civilian and military personnel held as political prisoners in German concentration camps and the mail that they were permitted to receive. Included is correspondence exchanged with other national branches of the International Red Cross and with SS, Gestapo, and concentration camp authorities.
Date: inclusive: 1940-1945
Collection Creator: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz

Physical Details

Language: German French
Extent: 3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
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 station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
Conditions on Use: To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Prisoners of war--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany. Labor camps--Germany. Jews--Persecutions--Germany. Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Hinzert (Concentration camp) Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Dachau (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Deutsches Rotes Kreuz

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives ordered the microfilmed collection from the National Archives and Records Administration Publication Number T-84 in early July 2004. The collection was received later that month.

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