Nazi concentration camp records from the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu 

Nazi concentration camp records from the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland 

23 microfilm reels, 35 mm 

Contains information about various concentration and labor camps in Europe from 1939 to 1945. The bulk of the collection contains lists of prisoners who were transported between concentration camps such as Auschwitz, Dachau, Flossenbü̈rg, Gross Rosen, Dora-Mittelbau, Mauthausen, Neuengamme, Ravensbrück and Buchenwald. These lists contain information about the place and date of birth, occupation, religion, and identification number of the prisoners. In some cases, the date of death is also given. In addition to the lists, there are area administrative records from various camps containing information about camp personnel, executions of prisoners, the architectural design of camp buildings, rules for prisoner conduct, procedures for Blockäteste, and the imprisonment of Poles, Christians, Russians, Ukrainians, Spaniards, and Italians. 

Arrangement is alphabetical by name of camp Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl