il-002798-m 21 3
type: RecordSet
archival history: In 1960 the material gathered by The War Criminals Department was transferred to the Joint Distribution Committee Legal Department, and on 19 September 1960, the documentation was submitted to Yad Vashem via the Foreign Ministry.
archivist note: JL according to the RG description in the YV system
biographical history: The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone a short time after the end of World War II, and it was active from 1946-1951 as the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The purpose of the Department was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimonies from survivors and to bring the criminals to justice
has or had script: Latn
location of originals: YV archives
other finding aids: Description of the files are available on IDEA ALM system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room
has beginning date: 1939-09-01
has end date: 1945-05-09
has or had holder: il-002798
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 278
has or had subject: 1218
has record set type: Subgroup
identifier: M.21.3
record resource extent: 51 files
scope and content: In this collection there are files containing much documentation regarding criminals according to the places where they were active, in camps or in ghettos.
title: Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich