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Reserve Police Battalion 101 photograph albums

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1999.99.4

Overview

Description: The collection includes three photograph albums of the Colberg family, including Bernhardt Colberg, a member of Reserve Police Battalion 101, a unit of the German Order Police. The unit was responsible for rounding up Jews for deportation to killing centers in occupied Poland and for the guarding and liquidation of ghettos.

The albums include prewar and wartime photographs of the family’s daily life in Germany, including Hamburg and Berlin. Reserve Police Battalion 101 photographs include battalion members in Poland, members in uniform performing official duties and off duty in their barracks, visits from officials, and of the Lodz ghetto. Also included are photographs of Colberg postwar in the British zone.
Date: inclusive: circa 1900-circa 1945
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Collection Creator: Bernhardt Colberg
Biography: Bernhardt Colberg (b. 1900) was born in Germany and was a member of Reserve Police Battalion 101 from October 1940 until April 1941. After the war, he served as a policeman in the British zone in Germany.

Physical Details

Language: German
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 3 oversize boxes
1 folder
System of Arrangement: The collection is arranged as three files. Two loose photographs were removed from album 1 and placed in separate housing.

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Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access 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.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
Geographic Name: Hamburg (Germany) Berlin (Germany) Lodz (Poland)
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reservepolizeibataillon 101

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.
Primary Number: 1999.99.4

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