Overview
- Description
- Contains reports, correspondence, case files, and other materials from the archives of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Amt VII. Included is information about the monitoring of religious groups, churches, political organizations, and other Masonic organizations, as well as of members of the clergy, police, journalists, scholars, and individuals by the Sicherheitspolizei und Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS. In its totality, the collection reveals much about the interests of Franz A. Six, head of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Amt VII. Also included are periodic, special, and situation reports relating to administration of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt. The majority of the records date from circa 1940 to circa 1945; however, background materials used in RSHA investigations of some organizations and institutions date as early as 1811.
- Date
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inclusive:
1811-1945
bulk: 1940-1945
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Reports.
- Extent
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78 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
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--Atrocities--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Protestant church. Freemasons--Nazi persecution--Europe. National socialism and religion. Police administration--Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1944.
- Geographic Name
- Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)
- Personal Name
- Six, Franz Alfred, 1909-
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 (Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation). After Polish military units captured the records in 1945, the Ministry of Security (after 1956, Ministry of the Interior) held them as a closed collection until 1985. Polish security agencies did not keep accurate records relating to these files. Some items intended to assist security activities were subsequently added from Soviet and other repositories. Source of acquisition is the Institute of National Memory, Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against the Polish Nation, which now holds the collection as Sygn. 362. The Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against the Polish Nation - Institute of National Memory filmed the records for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1991.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:33:02
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504373
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