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Military Historical Archives in Prague records

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2001.193 | RG Number: RG-48.007M

Overview

Description: Collection consists of historical documents related to the Holocaust. Records contain the following fonds: The SS-Nachrichtenstelle "Nordwest" Den Haag, Sbʹirka Koncentračni tʹabory, Kʹaznice a vězenice, Kommandostab RFSS, Police regiment center, Organization Todt, Einsatzgruppe VII, SS-Totenkopf Standarten, SS-Wachbatl. 2 Prag, SS-Pz. Div, "Totenkopf", SS- Wachbatl." Böhmen und Mäheren", SS-Freiw. Pz. Gren. Div. "Horst Wessel", SS-Varia, and Německʹe soudy vojenskʹe, policejnʹi a civilnʹi.
Date: inclusive: 1933-1945
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Physical Details

Language: Czech German
Extent: 25 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Restrictions apply. Without the prior written consent of the Ministry of the Defence of the Czech Republic, the Museum is not authorized to provide copies of the microfilms reproduced from the archives and /or their parts (individual images) to third parties or to further copy them (even if not for commercial reasons).
Copyright Holder: Vojenský historický ústav v Praze

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic Name: Czech Republic.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Vojenský historický ústav v Praze
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Military Historical Archives in Prague. The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in November 2001.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

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