- Summary
- "During the Second World War, the Nazi state was responsible for the systematic enslavement and extermination of millions of Jews. Other groups, such as Russian prisoners of war, Slavs, Sinti and Romani, homosexuals, the disabled, and political opponents of the regime were also targeted. After Germany's surrender, Allied forces established a series of military tribunals, known as the Nuremberg Trials, to bring the architects and perpetrators of these crimes to justice. Drawn from the The National Archives (UK) and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this collection contains a wealth of information regarding the British government's efforts to investigate and prosecute Nazi crimes during the period 1944-1949. The evidence gathered sheds light on almost every aspect of the Holocaust, from the concentration camp system to the mass murder of the "incurably sick" in psychiatric hospitals. More importantly, it gives a voice to the victims of these atrocities, many of whom testified about their experiences immediately after the war. The files include materials from the WO 309 (War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office; British Army of the Rhine War Crimes Group), WO 311 (War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office; Military Deputy's Department), and WO 235 (War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office; War Crimes Case Files) series."
- Variant Title
- British Investigations into Nazi Crimes
- Format
- Online resource
- Published
- Wakefield, United Kingdom : British Online Archives, 2018-
- Contents
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Records relating to war crimes committed in concentration camps and death camps, 1944-1949
Records relating to war crimes committed in concentration camps and death camps, 1945-1948
Records relating to medical war crimes, 1945-1948
Policy and Procedure, 1944-1949
Liaison and correspondence with other Allied powers and organisations, 1943-1950
Papers relating to individual war criminals, 1945-1949
War crimes trials, 1944-1950
German occupation of the Channel Islands, 1944-1949.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hördler, Stefan, editor.
King, Emma (Editor), editor.
National Archives (Great Britain)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Description
- Began in 2018.
- Notes
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Editorial board: Dr. Stefan Hördler, Research Assistant at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Emma King, Director of the Holocaust Heritage and Learning Centre, University of Huddersfield.
Records relating to war crimes committed in concentration camps and death camps, 1944-1949 -- Records relating to war crimes committed in concentration camps and death camps, 1945-1948 -- Records relating to medical war crimes, 1945-1948 -- Policy and Procedure, 1944-1949 -- Liaison and correspondence with other Allied powers and organisations, 1943-1950 -- Papers relating to individual war criminals, 1945-1949 -- War crimes trials, 1944-1950 -- German occupation of the Channel Islands, 1944-1949.
Published as part of the British online archives.
Description based on online resource; title from website caption (viewed Dec. 16, 2019).
