Collection GB 1556 WL 567 - Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrstrasse Prison: Admissions book

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GB 1556 WL 567

Title

Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrstrasse Prison: Admissions book

Date(s)

  • 1944 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

c 36 frames

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Lehrstrasse Prison was a prison in Berlin.

Repository

Archival history

A note which precedes the list, dated 19 July 1945, from the director of the Lehrterstrasse prison, after it was taken over by the British Military authorities, states that he found the list and that it contains the names of those allegedly involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.

GB 1556 WL 567 1944 collection c 36 frames Lehrstrasse Prison

Lehrstrasse Prison was a prison in Berlin.

A note which precedes the list, dated 19 July 1945, from the director of the Lehrterstrasse prison, after it was taken over by the British Military authorities, states that he found the list and that it contains the names of those allegedly involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.

Royal United Services Institution, London

List of prisoners in Lehrstrasse Prison involved in the 20 July 1944 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, including arrival and release date, the latter annotated with destination. Those who were transported to the Plötzensee Prison were probably executed.

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Open

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

German

Microfilm

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Imperial War Museum

The contents of the list is discussed in P. Paret, 'The Aftermath of the Plot against Hitler: the Lehrstrasse Prison in Berlin, 1944-1945', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, XXXII, 1959, pp 88-102.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2008 Administration of justice Antifascism Berlin Disadvantaged groups Europe European history German history Germany Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei National history Oppression Penal institutions Penal sanctions Political movements Prisoners Prisons Resistance to oppression Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

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Royal United Services Institution, London

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Scope and content

List of prisoners in Lehrstrasse Prison involved in the 20 July 1944 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, including arrival and release date, the latter annotated with destination. Those who were transported to the Plötzensee Prison were probably executed.

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Accruals

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N/A

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

German

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Finding aids

Detailed description 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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Language(s)

  • English

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