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German Military and Para-Military Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.0575 | RG Number: RG-68.129M

Overview

Description: Contains several different types of records, including finding aids for the records of numerous German units (e.g., SS-Artillerie Ersatz-Regiment, München; SS-Artillerie Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Regiment, Prag), held by the Czech Military Historical Institute. Included are individual documents from various files, such as monthly reports and faxes, German personnel reassignment name lists (Veränderungsmeldungen), and brief Czech-language outline descriptions of various camps.
Date: inclusive: 1941-1945

Physical Details

Language: German Czech
Extent: 2 microfilm reels ; 16 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: Restrictions apply. Without the prior written consent of the Ministry of the Defence of the Czech Republic, the Museum is not authorized to provide copies of the microfilms reproduced from the archives and /or their parts (individual images) to third parties or to further copy them (even if not for commercial reasons).
Copyright Holder: Vojenský historický ústav v Praze

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Europe--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
Geographic Name: Germany--Politics and government--1918-1945. Czechoslovakia--History--German ocupation--1939-1945. Germany--Armed Forces--History--World War, 1939-1945. Germany--History, Military--20th century.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Vojenský historický ústav v Praze
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel. Advancing Soviet military units captured the German files and eventually transferred them to the Czechoslovakian Ministry of Defense. They are now housed in the archives of the Vojenský historický ústav (Military Historical Institute), Prague, Czech Republic. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1995.

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