gb-003348-wlmf2
type: RecordSet
archival history: Series G59 forms part of the files produced by different Commissions and Divisions of the General Secretariat of the ICRC responsible for operational matters.
biographical history: From June 1942 the Commission PIC was tasked with dealing with all questions pertaining to treatment of prisoners of war and civilian internees (including those persecuted for racial and political reasons). It was incumbent upon them to ensure that all ICRC appointees worldwide received the correct instructions with regard to their activities in the treatment of POWs and civilian internees and to take necessary initiatives where measures were either non-existent or had elapsed. It was also charged with executing the directives of the Commission.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Microfilm
conditions of access: Open
has beginning date: 1939-01-01
has end date: 1961-01-31
has or had holder: gb-003348
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: spa
has or had some members with language: Slavic
has or had some members with language: ita
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had subject: 302
has or had subject: 304
has or had subject: 419
has or had subject: 329
has or had subject: 203
has or had subject: 496
has or had subject: 1080
has record set type: Collection
identifier: WLMF2
record resource extent: 14 Reels
record resource structure: The original order reflecting the activities of the creator is retained. The collection comprises 13 sub-series, arranged geographically, thematically and by correspondent. Orphan or incorrectly classed items have been re-integrated into the original classification
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This collection is a microfilm copy of material owned by the International Committee of the Red Cross (G59). The creator was the Commission des Prisoniers, Internés et Civils (Commission PIC) The records pertain to the fate of European Jewry predominantly during the Nazi era. There follows an overview of the 13 sub-series with the original reference number, title and current microfilm reel number.\ G59/0: Dossiers Bachmann, Livre blanc, Exo (Extrème-Orient) 1942-1946, 4 bundles Reel 2 This sub-series was created outside the original framework and retrospectively attributed to G59. Most of the items comprise the working papers of Hans Bachmann, personal secretary to Carl J. Burckhardt. In addition the sub-series consists equally of files relating to assistance to Jews in various countries as well as items pertaining to the publication of Livre Blanc of 1946, the activities of the ICRC in support of civilian detainees in concentration camps in Germany, 1939-1945. G 59/1: Israelites (dossiers divers), 1939-1948, 2 bundles, Reel 2 Administrative files: organisation of Division d'Assistance Spéciale (DAS), various directives and minutes of meetings concerning the set up of relief activities in support of Jews and correspondence files (Rabbi Barcuch Korff, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, etc). G59/2: Secours et questions de principe, 1940-1961, 50 bundles, Reels 2-6 Material and moral assistance of the ICRC in support of the Jews of Europe. One part comprises files dealing with questions of principle linked to relief. The other is a collection of files pertaining to relief arranged alphabetically by country. G59/3: Camps, 1940-1950, 28 bundles, Reels 6-7 Files relating to ghettos and Nazi concentration camps in occupied Europe as well as files concerning internment camps for Jews throughout the world (see also G59/8 and G59/12). G59/4: Appels, 1939-1946, 39 bundles, Reels 7-8 Re-integrated collection of Red Cross appeals to governments respecting rules of con…
title: International Committee of the Red Cross: G59 Israelites