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Jüdische Gemeinde Köln collection

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2003.10 | RG Number: RG-14.052M

Overview

Description: Contains records from the Jewish communities in Köln. Includes undated deportation lists; death registers at the Israelisches Asylum 1932-1942; Gestapo card files and name lists, 1939 and 1943; records relating to the refugee camp on Blankheimer Str.,1945-1946; postwar letters and reports about persecutions of Jews, 1946-1960; postwar reports about many subjects including restitution, name lists, confiscation of property; and family document collections.
Date: inclusive: 1887-1963
bulk: 1939-1949
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: German
Genre/Form: Registers.
Extent: 17 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

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: No restrictions on use
Copyright Holder: Jüdische Gemeinde Köln

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Germany--Cologne--History. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany. Refugees, Jewish--Germany--Cologne. Jews--Persecutions--Germany--Cologne. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Registers of dead--Germany--Cologne. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany--Cologne. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Germany--Cologne.
Geographic Name: Cologne (Germany)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Jüdische Gemeinde Köln
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Jüdische Gemeinde Köln, Germany. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfiche in Feb. 2003.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:10:31
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