Memoirs and diaries from the Holocaust period collected by the Central Jewish Committee in Poland

Identifier
M.49 P
Language of Description
English
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Sub-group
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Scripts
  • Hebrew
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

273 Files and 42 35 mm microfilm treels

Scope and Content

Memoirs and diaries submitted to the Jewish Historical Insitute in Warsaw and catalogued in Records Group 302. In the collection there is a great variety of diaries and memoirs regarding the Holocaust in Poland, Nazi Germany and other countries. Most of the documentation is in Polish; some of the material is in Yiddish and other languages.

Finding Aids

  • Inwentarz zbioru Pamiętniki Żydów, 1939-1945, ŻIH, Warszawa, 1994; Inwentarz Zbioru Pamiętników (Archiwum ŻIH, zespół 302). Memoirs Collection Catalogue (Jewish Historical Institute Archives, Record Group 302), Ed. Michał Czajka, ŻIH, Warszawa, 2007.Description o f273 files are available on IDEA ALM system at Yad Vashem Archives reading room

Existence and Location of Originals

  • ZYDOWSKI INSTYTUT HISTORYCZNY - ZIH, WARSZAWA, POLAND

Existence and Location of Copies

  • YV archives

Archivist Note

JL according to the RG description in the YV system

Dates of Descriptions

2013-02-13