Overview
- Description
- Contains records of the Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the Nazi Crimes commited in Nazi camps. Records include files of investigations of German crimes and administrative files from KL Auschwitz, KL Dachau, and Nazi camps on the territory of France. Contains witnesses’ testimonies, protocols of investigation of witnesses, minutes and photographic documentation.
- Alternate Title
- Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the German-Nazi Crimes
- Date
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inclusive:
1945
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Komisja do Badania Zbrodni Niemiecko-Hitlerowskich w O?wi?cimu
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Minutes. Protocols. Testimonies. Photographs.
- Extent
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122 digital images : JPEG ; 634 MB.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Researchers must complete and sign a User Declaration form before access is granted to materials from the Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej).
- Conditions on Use
- 1. Each researcher using the materials obtained from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) or materials whose originals belong to the IPN must complete the registration procedure required by USHMM.
2. Publication or reproduction of documents (in the original language, in facsimile form or in the form of a translation of an excerpt or of the entire document) or making them available to a third party in any form requires the written consent of the Institute of National Remembrance (archiwumipn@ipn.gov.pl). The use of an excerpt defined as the fair use right to quote does not require obtaining consent.
3. Researchers assume all responsibility for the use of materials that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance.
4. References to documents that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance must cite the Institute of National Remembrance as the owner of the original documents and include the full reference citation of the Institute of National Remembrance in the citations. - Copyright Holder
- Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations. Criminal investigation--Poland--Oświęcim--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--German--Poland--Oświęcim.
- Geographic Name
- Oświęcim (Poland)--History.
- Personal Name
- Limousin, Henri. Mayer, Artur. Ganszer, Juliusz.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Warsaw, Poland. Records created by the Commission in Oświęcim to Investigate the Nazi Crimes in 1945. Later, in 1998, custody of the records was transferred to the newly established Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Projgrams in February 2010.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:59:38
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39513
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