Documentation of Der Oberpräsident der Provinz Oberschesien (Senior President of the District of Upper Silesia) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1939-1943

Identifier

10613898

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

M.88

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/documents/10613898

Extent and Medium

Official documentation

Scope and Content

Documentation of Der Oberpräsident der Provinz Oberschesien (President of the District of Upper Silesia) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1939-1943 In the collection there is a file which contains laws and regulations regarding the strengthening of Deutschtum ("Germanness") and differentiating between Aryans and Poles, including preparation of the deutsche Volksliste [that categorized Poles according to the measure of their relativity to the Aryan race and the possibilities of Deutschfaehigkeit, making them over as Germans]; there is also a file dealing with the authority of the Oberpräsident der Provinz to pardon Poles who have been sentenced to death (Gnadenrecht).

Existence and Location of Originals

TSENTR KHRANENIYA ISTORIKO-DOKUMENTALNYKH KOLLEKTSIY (TSKHIDK) - RUSSIA, MOSKVA
Signature: 1232

Subjects

Deutsche Volksliste
Nazi legislation
Racial laws
Regierungspraesident

Places

<>,<> (<>),Silesia (Upper),Germany

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תיעוד של נשיא מחוז שלזיה העילית (Der Oberprasident der Provinz Oberschesien) 1943-1939