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Central Historical Commission : Collection about children (M 1.PC)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.368 | RG Number: RG-68.098M

Overview

Description: Contains approximately 327 questionnaires. This collections includes materials gathered by the CHC (The Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich) by means of special questionnaires to gather information about the past of the few children among the Holocaust survivors in the DP camps. The children were asked about their lives during the Nazi rule and the fate of their families. Some questionnaires have photos of the children.
Date: 1945-1948

Physical Details

Language: Yiddish Czech German English French
Genre/Form: Questionnaires.
Extent: 795 digital images : JPEG ; 437 MB.
2 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.

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: Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Yad Vashem. Researchers may not publish any records on Internet or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from Yad Vashem.
Copyright Holder: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Refugee children. Refugee camps--Germany. Refugees, Jewish--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Germany.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Record Group M 1.PC. The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone, Munich, received these documents from the city of Munich.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Dec. 2007.

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:12:13
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