US case files - concentration camp cases not tried testimonies letters.

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US case files - concentration camp cases not tried testimonies letters.

[Preliminary] Consists of case files containing information about war crimes allegedly committed in various European countries during World War II. The 189 cases file relate primarily to events in concentration camps. Other files deal with prisoners and prisoner of war camps.

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Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

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On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control of Terezìn (Theresienstadt), a fortress, built in 1780-1790 in what is now the Czech Republic, and set up prison in the Small Fortress (Kleine Festung). By 24 November 1941, the Main Fortress (grosse Festung, ie the town Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto. The function of Theresienstadt was to provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it...

Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)

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Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)

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Oranienburg (Concentration camp)

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Treblinka (Concentration camp)

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7708 War Crimes Group.

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The earliest war crimes cases were investigated by war crime sections under the Staff Judge Advocates of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th US Armies and under the commanding generals of the Eastern and Western Military Districts. The war crimes program was centralized in the Office of the Theater Judge Advocate, US Forces European Theater in 1945. In 1946 the operation became the 7708 War Crimes Group, which was deactivated on 30 Jun 1948. Completion of cases and execution of sentencing after this time was ...

Rogoznica (Concentration camp)

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Struthof (Concentration camp)

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Neuengamme (Concentration camp)

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Majdanek (Concentration camp)

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Stutthof (Concentration camp)

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