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Gestapo Brno (B 340)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.486.1 | RG Number: RG-48.022

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    Overview

    Description
    Investigative and arrest files as well administrative records of the Gestapo Brno. The investigative and arrest files concern mostly Czech individuals arrested on a variety of charges such as making anti-German remarks, listening to foreign radio broadcasts, sabotage, malingering, anti-social behavior, possession of arms, miscegenation, and other charges. The records also contain documentation pertaining to Gestapo actions against Czech resistance groups and Jews, the disbandment of Czech organizations, the confiscation of properties and assets, and situation reports including from Czech individuals who were Gestapo informants (so-called Verbindungsmänner or V-Männer). There are a total of 13,781 arrest and investigative files organized alphabetically. The largest group, 7,948 cases, relate to arrests for anti-German and political remarks; 2,231 cases relate to arrests for economic offenses; 2,218 cases relate to arrests for administrative and civil offenses; 478 cases relate to arrests for escaping from concentration and forced labor camps and other detention facilities. There are 61 arrest cases for religious offenses.
    Date
    inclusive:  1939-1945

    Physical Details

    Language
    Czech
    Extent
    214,423 digital images : JPEG ; 2.71 TB .
    System of Arrangement
    Investigative files organized in alphabetical order by last names of arrested individuals.

    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
    Commercial use requires a written permission from the source archive, the Moravian Provincial Archive, Brno, Czech Republic.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Germany. Gestapo

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Moravský zemský archiv v Brně
    Provenance
    Source of acquisition is the Moravian Provincial Archive (Moravský zemský archiv v Brně), Sign. B 340, Czech Republic. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in December 2017, and accretion in March 2018.
    Record last modified:
    2024-01-05 13:27:20
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