Pre-war manuscripts of masters theses Prace magisterskie napisane przed 1939 rokiem (Sygn.117)
Extent and Medium
6,616 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Krzysztof Pilecki
Archival History
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn.117. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from Ż̇IH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Sep. 2012.
Scope and Content
Contains 64 masters theses submitted in the 1930s at the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Jewish Studies on subjects connected with Jewish history, culture and religion. Professor Majer Bałaban (1877-1942 in Warsaw getto) was a tutor to most of them, along with professors: Stanisław Arnold (1895-1973), Mojżesz Schorr (1874-1941), Bronisław Gubrynowicz (1870-1933), Jan Korwin- Kochanowski (1869-1949), Józef Ujejski i Stefan Czarnowski. Several professors and most of the students, authors of these works, were killed in the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
People
- Ujejski, Józef, 1883-1937.
- Korwin-Kochanowski, Jan, 1869-1949.
- Gubrynowicz, Bronisław, 1870-1933.
- Czarnowski, Stefan, 1879-1937.
- Schorr, Mojżesz, 1874-1941.
- Bałaban, Majer, 1877-1942.
- Arnold, Stanisław, 1895-1973.
Corporate Bodies
- University of Warsaw
Subjects
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- Jews--Politics and government--20th century.
- History--Study and teaching (Higher)--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jews--Poland--Social conditions.
- Dissertations, Academic--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jewish students--Poland--Warsaw.
Genre
- Masters theses.
- Document
Copies
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