Jan Karski Collection
Extent and Medium
36 35 mmn microfilm reels
Creator(s)
Archival History
After the war Jan Karski gathered official documentation, private documentation and journals regarding the period of the occupation of Poland, the Polish underground, activities of the Polish government-in- exile and Polish and Jewish organizations in the Diaspora. This Collection and the personal documentation belonging to Jan Karski were transferred to the Hoover Institute in Stanford, California.
Scope and Content
The documentation in the Collection: Correspondence, memos, government documentation, bulletins, reports, research, texts of speeches, printed matter, photographs, newspapers and newspaper clippings, journals and microfilm regarding the events and the living conditions in occupied Poland during World War II, the German occupation and the Soviet occupation, the attitude towards the Jews and activities of the Polish underground.
Existence and Location of Originals
HOOVER INSTITUTION ON WAR, REVOLUTION AND PEACE, STANFORD CA
Existence and Location of Copies
YV archives
Archivist Note
JL according to the RG description in the YV system
Dates of Descriptions
2012-02-27