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Auschwitz-Birkenau: eyewitness account

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 570a

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Auschwitz-Birkenau: eyewitness account

Date(s): 1944

Level of description: collection

Extent: 53 frames

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This microfilm report detailing deportation to and conditions in Auschwitz- Birkenau, was written by two Slovakian prisoners who managed to escape. According to a preamble the authors withheld their names for reasons of security.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report on conditions in Auschwitz- Birkenau including plans and statistics on inmates, 1944.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

N/A

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Microfilm

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.