Transports, Concentration Camps, Victims, Prisoners.'s file / תיק – תחבורה, מחנות ריכוז, קורבנות, אסירים.

This collection of sources documents the Prisoner and management records of Nazi concentration camps, with special focus onStutthof Camp And in German activity inLatviaThe documents include: Detailed name lists of men and women sent to the camps, indicating their dates of birth, professions, and geographic origin. In addition, the material contains Research notes and correspondence which analyze the fate of Jews and other prisoners in various communities in the Baltics. There are also Archival guides which refer to microfilms containing death certificates and official reports from the German government. In conclusion, the information serves as an essential tool forReconstructing the history of the Holocaust in Latvia and Lithuania by tracking prisoner movements between camps such as Kaiserwald and Buchenwald.

The sources provide extensive documentation of the fate of Jews from Latvia and Lithuania during the Holocaust, focusing on deportation lists, concentration camp prisoner cards, and research correspondence (H79-1s, H79-3-1f, H79-9f). The documentation includes precise personal details of thousands of victims who passed through the Stutthof, Buchenwald, and Riga-Kaiserwald camps (H79-1s, H79-2-1f.jpg, H79-5f).

Key figures mentioned in the sources

Victims:

• Calel Rosenberg: Born in Riga (1899), a prisoner in Stutthof who was transferred to Buchenwald in August 1944 (H79-1s).
• Chaim Rotbart: Born in Libau (1924), a Stutthof prisoner who was transferred to Buchenwald (H79-1s).
• Genia Rudla: Born in Riga (1917), prisoner in Stutthof (H79-1s).
• Itzchok Basch: Born in 1925, died in Stutthof on January 11, 1945 as a result of pneumonia (H79-1s).
• Abram Tankelowitsh: Born in Zdonsk (1919), died in Stutthof on October 1, 1944 (H79-1s).
• Israel Hirshberg: Born in Lithuania (1896), arrested in Riga in 1941 and sent to Stutthof in 1944 (H79-1s).
• Benjamin Dym: Born in Krakow, died in Stutthof on December 23, 1944 (H79-1s).
• Jacques Rozman: Born in France, died in Stutthof on December 25, 1944 (H79-1s).
• Eta Benzon: Born in Riga (1904), died in Stutthof on January 7, 1945 (H79-1s).
• Benjamin Blumberg: Born in Duval (1905), he was transferred from Stutthof to Buchenwald in November 1944 (H79-1s).
• Michaels Gutkins: Born in Riga, murdered in Buchenwald on February 15, 1945 (H79-2-5f).

Nazis and camp officials:

• Thum: An SS officer with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer, who served as head of Platoon II in the camp (H79-3-1f, H79-3-2f).
• Pallhuber: An SS officer with the rank of Oberscharführer, mentioned in the context of the placement of forced laborers in Riga (H79-8f).
• Camp Commander (Lagerkommandant): Sign the prisoner cards and detention certificates (H79-1s).

Expansion of important sources

1. Personal prisoner cards and death certificates (H79-1s): This source forms the documentary backbone of the collection. It includes original cards ("Häftlings-Personal-Karte") detailing the names of the prisoners, their dates of birth, their last place of residence, their nationality and the reasons for their arrest (H79-1s). The attached death certificates provide medical information (sometimes false or incomplete) on the causes of death in the camps, such as "general weakness" or "pneumonia" (H79-1s).
2. Deportation lists and transitions between camps (H79-2-1f.jpg, H79-3-1f): These documents document the movement of prisoners through the Nazi camp system in 1944. One list details the transfer of "political Latvian Jews" from Stutthof to Buchenwald on August 16, 1944 (H79-2-1f.jpg). Other lists show the transfer of Jewish women to camps such as Flossenbürg and Wenzweiler (H79-3-1f).
3. Overview of the Nazi camp system in Latvia (H79-5f): This source provides a broad historical context for the concentration and labor camps in Latvia, such as Kaiserwald, established in 1942, Salaspils, and Dundanga (H79-5f). It details the number of prisoners in each camp and the dates of evacuations (H79-5f).

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List of sources

• H79-1s : Personal prisoner cards and death certificates from the Stutthof concentration camp.
• H79-2-1f : List of Jewish prisoners from Latvia who were transferred from Stutthof to Buchenwald in August 1944.
• H79-2-2f : List of Jewish women from Lithuania and Latvia in the Buchenwald camp, November 1944.
• H79-2-3f : List of victims from Latvia including dates of birth and death.
• H79-2-4f : Alphabetical list of names of victims and their last known location.
• H79-2-5f : E-mail correspondence listing additional names of Latvian victims at Buchenwald.
• H79-3-1f : Lists of Jewish prisoners who were transferred from Stutthof to other camps such as Flossenbürg.
• H79-3-2f : A detailed list of female prisoners including dates of birth and professions.
• H79-3-3f : List of prisoners transferred to the Natzweiler camp in September 1944.
• H79-4f : Index of names of victims according to microfilm reels of the archives of the Holocaust Museum in the United States.
• H79-5f : Information about the Nazi concentration camp system in Latvia from a research book.
• H79-6f : List of Jewish communities in Lithuania and Latvia from which victims were taken according to the Extraordinary Commission.
• H79-7f : Investigation protocol and official documents in Russian and Latvian.
• H79-8f : Deployment orders for forced labor units (commandos) in the Riga area in 1943.
• H79-9f : Detailed information on archival sources and lists of Latvian victims at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.
• H79–10f : Correspondence regarding the establishment of a monument in memory of German Jews who were deported to the Riga ghetto.
• H79–11f : Handwritten notes on victim lists and archive reels from the Stutthof camp.

 

H79-1s

H79-2-1f

H79-2-2f

H79-2-3f

H79-2-4f

H79-2-5f

H79-3-1f

H79-3-2f

H79-3-3f

H79-4f

H79-5f

H79-6f

H79-7f

H79-8f

H79-9f

H79–10f

H79–11f

 

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