Collection GB 1556 WL 1090 - Breendonk Camp, Belgium: report by Headquarters 21 army group

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GB 1556 WL 1090

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Breendonk Camp, Belgium: report by Headquarters 21 army group

Date(s)

  • 1944 (Création/Production)

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1 folder

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Notice biographique

During World War II the fort at Breendonk, Belgium was briefly used as the General Headquarters of King Leopold III, leading the Belgian armed forces. After his surrender to the Germans it was transformed into a concentration camp by the Nazis (primarily as a transit camp for transport to Auschwitz). It gained a grim reputation as a place of torture and interrogation of a wide variety of prisoners.

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GB 1556 WL 1090 1944 collection 1 folder Headquarters 21 Army Group

During World War II the fort at Breendonk, Belgium was briefly used as the General Headquarters of King Leopold III, leading the Belgian armed forces. After his surrender to the Germans it was transformed into a concentration camp by the Nazis (primarily as a transit camp for transport to Auschwitz). It gained a grim reputation as a place of torture and interrogation of a wide variety of prisoners.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers concerning Breendonk Camp, Belgium, 1944 comprise a report on Breendonk concentration camp containing the following sub-headings: atrocities committed against the civilian population of Breendonk; details of life and conditions within the camp; particulars of Germans and collaborators mentioned in the report; appendices including statements and summaries of statements made by former inmates.

1 item.

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
English

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. March 2008 Wars (events) Belgium Breendonk concentration camp Concentration camps Europe Humanitarian law Occupied territories War crimes Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

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Jewish Central Information Office

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Papers concerning Breendonk Camp, Belgium, 1944 comprise a report on Breendonk concentration camp containing the following sub-headings: atrocities committed against the civilian population of Breendonk; details of life and conditions within the camp; particulars of Germans and collaborators mentioned in the report; appendices including statements and summaries of statements made by former inmates.

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1 item.

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Open

Conditions de reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

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  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

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English

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A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • anglais

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