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War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, War Crimes Group (South East Europe)...
Catalogue reference: WO 310
What's it about?
WO 310
This series contains policy and case files relating to the investigation of war crimes in South East Europe.The files mainly originated from the Judge Advocate General's Office in Austria, but the series also contains some files which originated...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 310
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Judge Advocate General's Office, War Crimes Group (South East Europe) and predecessors: Case Files (SEE and other series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains policy and case files relating to the investigation of war crimes in South East Europe.
The files mainly originated from the Judge Advocate General's Office in Austria, but the series also contains some files which originated in the office of the Deputy Judge Advocate General Central Mediterranean Force (DJAG CMF) in Naples, Italy.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SEE and other file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Forces, 1935-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 259 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1989 Ministry of Defence
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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General Headquarters Central Mediterranean Force (CMF) originally had responsibility for the investigation of war crimes in Italy, Austria, North Africa and Greece, and the investigation of war crimes in Austria was carried out by the Military Police.
In January 1946, a War Crimes Investigation Section was detached from Italy to Austria and came under the direct control of the Assistant Director, Judge Advocate General (ADJAG), British Troops in Austria.
In June 1947, a separate War Crimes Group, South East Europe was formed under the direct control of the Military Deputy, Judge Advocate General in London.
This group operated until March 1948 when the balance of its outstanding work was handed over to the War Crimes Group, North-West Europe.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14514/
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