Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrstrasse Prison: Admissions book
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1556 WL 567 |
Held at | : Wiener Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrstrasse Prison: Admissions book |
Date(s) | : 1944 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : c 36 frames |
Name of creator(s) | : Lehrstrasse Prison |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lehrstrasse Prison was a prison in Berlin.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
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.
Access & 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.
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Archival Information
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.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Royal United Services Institution, London
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2008
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