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- 1941-1955 (Creation)
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168 frames
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Bruno Streckenbach, SS Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant der Polizei was born Hamburg, 17 February 1902; head of Gestapo, Hamburg, 1933; Führer der Einsatzgruppe I in Poland and commanding officer of Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst, Cracow, September 1939; joined Waffen SS, 1943; made General, 1944; arrested by the Red Army, 10 May 1945; sentenced to 25 years hard labour, 1952; released October 1955; thereafter he became an office clerk. He was indicted for the murder of at least 1 million people in 1973. The court in Hamburg suspended the proceedings on account of his ill health. Died, 28 October 1977.
Marek Vajsblum was a Polish journalist and author.
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GB 1556 WL 522 1941-1955 collection 168 frames Streckenbach , Bruno , 1902-1977 , Gestapo officer
Vajsblum , Marek , fl 1955 , journalist
Bruno Streckenbach, SS Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant der Polizei was born Hamburg, 17 February 1902; head of Gestapo, Hamburg, 1933; Führer der Einsatzgruppe I in Poland and commanding officer of Sicherheitspolizei and Sicherheitsdienst, Cracow, September 1939; joined Waffen SS, 1943; made General, 1944; arrested by the Red Army, 10 May 1945; sentenced to 25 years hard labour, 1952; released October 1955; thereafter he became an office clerk. He was indicted for the murder of at least 1 million people in 1973. The court in Hamburg suspended the proceedings on account of his ill health. Died, 28 October 1977.
Marek Vajsblum was a Polish journalist and author.
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Documents about the persecution of Jews in Poland by Bruno Streckenbach and on his postwar trial.
Marek Vajsblum: article about the fate of Polish archives entitled 'Mutability of the Past- nazi-made'.
522a papers re Bruno Streckenbach.
522b Marek Vajsblum article.
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Klee, Ernst Das Personen Lexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945, (Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2003)
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn. 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. October 2007 Concentration camps European history Genocide Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei Holocaust Humanitarian law Human rights violations International conflicts Jews National history Nazism Polish history Political doctrines Religious groups Streckenbach , Bruno , 1902-1977 , Gestapo officer Totalitarianism War War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
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Documents about the persecution of Jews in Poland by Bruno Streckenbach and on his postwar trial.
Marek Vajsblum: article about the fate of Polish archives entitled 'Mutability of the Past- nazi-made'.
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522a papers re Bruno Streckenbach.
522b Marek Vajsblum article.
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German English Polish
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- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Concentration camps
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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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