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Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp records

Document | Accession Number: 1998.A.0068 | RG Number: RG-04.063M

SubTitle: Abteilung I - Kommandantur
Date: 1940-1944
Language: German
Extent: 3 microfilm reels.
Credit Line: Cite Panstwowe Muzeum Oświęcim Brzezinka as holder of originals

System of Arrangement: Orgainization: Reel 1, files 1577, 1578, and 1546, Telegrams concerning prisoner deaths; Reel 2, files 466-490, Telegrams concerning prisoner escapes; and Reel 3, files 1650-1652, Entlassungscheine (discharge certificates) from Auschwitz
Arrangement scheme is not apparent
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim.
Concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim.
Death notices--Poland--Oświęcim.
Prisoners--Death.
Corporate Name: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Holder of Originals: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Department ordered microfilm copies of the documents from Panstwowe Muzeum Oswiecim Brzezinka in 1997. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms on May 1, 1998.
Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
Conditions on Access: Restrictions on access. All users shall fill out the User Declaration.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions on use. Any use of archival materials for purposes other than research projects required prior permission from the Museum and/or the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Users shall not to publish personal information from the archival materials including names, addresses, and other information identifying specific individuals, unless the information has been deceased for more than 30 years or is related to an historical figure or a current public figure. Otherwise users will publish the information only in anonymous form, except as permitted in writing by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
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