il-002798-o 53
type: RecordSet
archival history: The collection contains documentation received mainly from the Zentrale Stelle de Landesjustizverwaltungen (Central Office of the State Judicial Administration) in Ludwigsburg, the body that assembled the material for the Nazi War Criminal Trials in West Germany. The documentation concentrates mainly on areas of the Soviet Union and Poland and to a degree on Czechoslovakia.
archivist note: JL according to the RG description in the YV system
has or had script: Hebr
has or had script: Latn
has or had script: Cyrl
location of originals: Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen Ludwigsburg
other finding aids: Printed catalogue in German language
has beginning date: 1939-01-01
has creator: 488
has end date: 1943-12-31
has or had holder: il-002798
has or had some members with language: rus
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: heb
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 1130
has or had subject: 488
has or had subject: 1218
has or had subject: 642
has or had subject: 540
has record set type: RecordGroup
identifier: O.53
record resource extent: 176 Files
scope and content: The collection contains important information regarding many Nazi war crimes reported by the groups that actually carried them out, mainly SS units, the police and the gendarmerie. Additionally, the collection includes both documentation and testimonies gathered by local judicial systems in the eastern European countries. There are also many reports of German units from the field providing information regarding murders of Jews that they carried out, dates, places where the murders took place and the number of Jews murdered. The collection also contains recommendations for the awarding of citations to SS personnel giving details of their actions, their personal files and more.
title: The Ludwigsburg Collection: Documentation regarding Nazi war crimes, collected by the West Germany legal system