Collection of maps and plans Zbiór planów i map (Sygn. 245)
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.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma