Collection GB 1556 WL 568 - Kommandostab RFSS Nachrichtenkompagnie, Eastern Region: Reports

c 57 frames

Possibly from the Czech Embassy in London.

GB 1556 WL 568 1941 collection c 57 frames Kommandostab RFSS Nachrichtenkompagnie, Eastern Region

Einsatzgruppen (Special task forces) were paramilitary groups formed by Heinrich Himmler and operated by the SS before and during World War Two. They operated in the territories captured by the German armies during the invasion of the Soviet Union. Their principal task was to implement Hitler's 'final solution of the Jewish question' in the conquered territories.

Possibly from the Czech Embassy in London.

Jewish Central Information Office

Microfilm of reports, Jul-Oct 1941, amassed by the Kommandostab RFSS Nachrichtenkompagnie from regional HSSuPF, (Higher SS and police leaders) headquarters in North, South and Central Russia documenting the actions and movements of various battalions and regiments either linked with or part of the Einsatzgruppen. In particular they provide details of the murder of Jews, partisans and other civilians.

Chronological

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.

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 Wars (events) Eastern Europe Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Jews Nazism Occupied territories Political activities Political doctrines Political science Politics Religious groups Russia SS x Schutzstaffel Third Reich Totalitarianism War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Crimea

Jewish Central Information Office

Microfilm of reports, Jul-Oct 1941, amassed by the Kommandostab RFSS Nachrichtenkompagnie from regional HSSuPF, (Higher SS and police leaders) headquarters in North, South and Central Russia documenting the actions and movements of various battalions and regiments either linked with or part of the Einsatzgruppen. In particular they provide details of the murder of Jews, partisans and other civilians.

Chronological

Open

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

• anglais

• latin

German

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

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.

• anglais