Overview
- Description
- Consists of case files containing information about war crimes allegedly committed in various European countries during World War II. The 189 cases file relate primarily to events in concentration camps. Other files deal with prisoners and prisoner of war camps.
The earliest war crimes cases were investigated by war crime sections under the Staff Judge Advocates of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th U.S. Armies and under the commanding generals of the Eastern and Western Military Districts. The war crimes program was centralized in the Office of the Theater Judge Advocate, US Forces European Theater in 1945. In 1946 the operation became the 7708 War Crimes Group, which was deactivated on June 30, 1948. Completion of cases and execution of sentencing after this time was carried out by a war crimes unit in the Judge Advocate Division of The European Command (EUCOM). - Subtitle
- War crimes cases not tried
- Date
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inclusive:
1933-1949
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Case files.
- Extent
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12 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged numerically by case file number.
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- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions 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
- Concentration camps. Jewish ghettos. Prisoners. Prisoners of war. Prisoner-of-war camps. War criminals. War crime trials.
- Corporate Name
- Majdanek (Concentration camp) Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) Rogoznica (Concentration camp) Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp) Struthof (Concentration camp) Stutthof (Concentration camp) Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Treblinka (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States. National Archives and Records Administration
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The microfilm contains records produced or collected by the 7708 War Crimes Group during investigations of concentration camp war crimes. Because these war crimes cases were never brought to trial under US authority, they are referred to as “Cases Not Tried." The original records comprise an un-inventoried section of Record Group 338, Records of the United States Army Commands,1942-, which were later reallocated to Record Group 549 at the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-02 08:46:24
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