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Otages et détenus politiques

Document | Accession Number: 1996.A.0580 | RG Number: RG-19.044M

Contains records of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Commission of Prisoners, Internees, and Civilians (PIC) from ACICR series G 44, Otages et détenus politiques, relating to aid for hostages and political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps; hostages and political prisoners in prisons and concentration camps in Germany; hostages, political prisoners, and resistance fighters imprisoned during World War II and after by satellite regimes of the Nazis or imprisoned by Germany in countries occupied by Germany and German nationals detained or interned in countries of the Allied coalition during or after World War II; the aid policy of the International Committee of the Red Cross to hostages and political prisoners; repatriation of deportees; cases of aid to individuals; and the civil war in Greece.

Alternate Title
Hostages and political prisoners
Date
1939-1952
bulk:  1940-1950
Language
French
German
English
Italian
Spanish
Extent
16 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 mm.
digital images.

About This Document

System of Arrangement
Organized in the following sub-series: G 44/00, Généralitée of hostages and political prisoners; G 44/13, Hostages and political prisoners in Germany; G 44/..., Hostages and political prisoners by country and nationality (except Germany); G 44/Sec, Aid to hostages and political prisoners; G 44/R, Repatriation of deportees; G 44/C.P., Individual cases (of all nationalities);and G 44/53c, Civil war in Greece
Arrangement is numerical by sub-series number and file number, and chronological within the files

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Centre de documentation juive contemporaine (CDJC)
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (AICRC) received the dossiers of series G44 after World War II. ICRC filmed the records for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1996.

Rights and Restrictions

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 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.

 
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