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In contrast to the index cards of former concentration camp prisoners, the cards of former prisoners of war were marked with the respective prisoner of war number and the date of capture instead of the information on periods of imprisonment in concentration camps. Places of detention or POW camps were not mentioned.
In contrast to the index cards of former concentration camp prisoners, the cards of former prisoners of war were marked with the respective prisoner of war number and the date of capture instead of the information on periods of imprisonment in concentration camps. Places of detention or POW camps were not mentioned.
Questions and answers
- What are considered variations in the e-Guide?
The e-Guide distinguishes between main cards and variations. The reason for this is that there are sometimes different versions of a single type of document that can vary significantly.
The documents referred to as main cards in the e-Guide are standard documents that were used especially frequently in concentration camps, DP camps, and for the registration of forced laborers, and about which a good deal of information is available. The Arolsen Archives also hold variations of these documents, however, which served the exact same purpose as the corresponding main cards, but which look different. There are various reasons for this: Some camps used their own individually produced cards instead of the standard versions. In many other cases, individual cards and forms were used before the introduction of standardized pre-printed forms.
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