Overview
- Description
- Series B SEC DAS pertains to the institutional and administrative history of the International Committee of the Red Cross. It concerns relief provided to civilians of all nationalities imprisoned or deported by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. Viewed from this angle, the archives of the DAS can inform the public of the significance of the humanitarian actions implemented under difficult political circumstances and aimed at people completely deprived of judicial and ethical protection. Series B SEC DAS includes general files, accounting and administrative records, receipt acknowledgements from civilians who received packages from the CIRC as well as files relating to the sending of individual and collective relief to civilians of all nationalities detained in Germany and the occupied territories. Includes records related to the Service Watson program, which used machines provided by the International Business Machines (IBM) corporation to quantify and track receipt cards for food packages received by prisoners.
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1963
- 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.
Physical Details
- Extent
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90 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Organization is thematic
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
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum may not make copies of the entirety of the film or digital files for third parties and not to publish or circulate a large number of documents without the written permission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Museum may permit third parties to print out selected pages and parts of the materials for private study and research in accordance with its archival operations and its rules. The files of the ICRC contain personal, medical, legal, professional and other details that merit degree of protection. Researchers must therefore be particularly careful to respect the privacy of the individuals to whom those documents refer. The ICRC expressly draws researcher's attention to the fact that public disclosure of information that could harm a person's reputation or constitute an invasion of privacy is in breach of Article 28 of the Swiss Civil Code.
- Copyright Holder
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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International Committee of the Red Cross
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From the Archives du Comite International de la Croix-Rouge series B SEC DAS. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division on August 5, 1999. In Feb. 2000 the ICRC sent a DIAZO copy of the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive with an extra reel (reel 91) containing a comprehensive, French-language index of the entire collection.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:29:53
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502243
Additional Resources
Finding Aids (2)
Download & Licensing
- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
In-Person Research
- Requires Research Visit
- Plan a Research Visit
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Request in Shapell Center Reading Room
Bowie, MD
