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Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General (Army)

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.057 | RG Number: RG-06.005.06M

Overview

Description: Consists of microfilm reels containing depositions, photographs, and descriptions of incidents relating to alleged war crimes committed in France by German troops, the SS, and the Gestapo given to War Crimes Group, United States Forces, European Command (EUCOM). The incidents described involve episodes of murder, torture, and arson directed at French civilians during the Holocaust.
Subtitle: French war crimes cases
Date: inclusive: 1944-1947

Physical Details

Language: English German French
Extent: 1 microfilm reel ; 16 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is numerical 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: The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Atrocities. Arson. Burial. Children. Christians. Executions and executioners. Guerrillas. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Jews--France. Massacres. War crimes. War criminals. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Geographic Name: France.
Corporate Name: Germany. Gestapo Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Psychological Warfare Division

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The records included in this collection were compiled during investigations conducted in various parts of France in 1944 by the Allied Information Service, a component of the Psychological Warfare Division of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF). At the conclusion of investigations, the results compiled by the AIS were recorded in a 13-volume report. This report now comprises Series 97 of Part I, NARA Record Group 331, Records of the Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II. The War Crimes Group later took copies of records and photos from the 13-volume report to create the series of war crimes case files herein described, each relating to events in a different French locality. (Parts 000-11-182 through 000-11-213 are not included on the reel.).

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