Collection of maps and plans Zbiór planów i map (Sygn. 245)

Identifier
irn47519
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.269
  • RG-15.236
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1990
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47519

Extent and Medium

662 digital images, PDF

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.

From the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 245.The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Sep. 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 201 maps and plans (some of them in several copies) from very different provenances and dates of origin, some are undated. The maps of the period prior to 1939 mostly include plans of the following towns: Biała, Częstochowa, and Otwock. The largest and most valuable parts of the collection consist of plans and maps of 1939-1945, including: 1. Plans of ghettos, e.g. Baranowicze, Białystok, Częstochowa, Kielce, Kowale, Kraków, Łódź, Sosnowiec, Warsaw. 2. Plans of concentration camps and labor camps, e.g. Bełżec, Chełmno, Sobibór, Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krakow-Płaszów. 3.City or town plans, e.g. Będzin (Bendsburg), Gdańsk (Danzig), Kraków (Krakau), Lublin, Lʹviv (Lwów), Ozorków, Piotrków, Pabianice, Przemyśl, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Szczecin, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie. 4. Plans of diverse administrational districts related to Poland, Germany, USSR and other European territories.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kielce--Maps.
  • Grodziszcze (Poland)--Maps.
  • Ozorków (Poland)--Maps.
  • Szczecin (Poland)--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Częstochowa--Maps.
  • Sosnowiec (Poland)--Maps.
  • Będzin (Poland)--Maps.
  • Lʹviv (Ukraine)--Maps.
  • Przemyśl (Poland)--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kowale--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Otwock--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków--Maps.
  • Zawiercie (Poland)--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Częstochowa--Maps.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Gdańsk (Poland)--Maps.
  • Piotrków (Poland)--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Baranowicze--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Maps.
  • Lublin (Poland)--Maps.
  • Concentration camps--Poland--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków--Maps.
  • Skarżysko-Kamienna (Poland)--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Sosnowiec--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warszawa--Maps.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Białystok--Maps.
  • Biała (Poland)--Maps.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland--Maps.
  • Pabianice (Poland)--Maps.

Genre

  • Document
  • Plans (maps)
  • Maps.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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