Jagiellonian University collection

Identifier
irn47553
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.278
  • RG-15.245
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1957
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47553

Extent and Medium

5,337 digital images, JPEG

10 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.

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 Uniwersytet Jagielloński (Jagiellonian University), Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Jagiellonian University via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Sep. 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection contains unpublished studies by Michała Weichert, the Chairman of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna, ŻSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) in the Generalne Gubernatorstwo (Generalgouvernement) during the war, biographical documents, as well as other documents from the Head Office of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna in Kraków. These records refer to many Jewish communities on the territory of the Generalne Gubernatorstwo. Also included are newspaper clippings, studies by Wincenty Stypuła about the history of Jews in Kraków, and by Zygmunt Felczyński about the Jewish hospital in Przemyśl, and an account of the extermination of the Jews of Tenczynek.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital images. Arranged thematically.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.

People

  • Weichert, Michal,.
  • Stypuła, Wincenty.
  • Felczyński, Zygmunt.

Corporate Bodies

  • American Federation for Polish Jews
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • Jewish literature--20th century--Poland--History and criticism.
  • Kraków (Poland)--History.
  • Jewish journalists--Poland--History.
  • Poland
  • World War, 1939 -1945--Poland--Historiography.
  • Jewish hospitals--Poland--Przemysl.
  • Social service.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Tenczynek (Poland)--Social conditions.

Genre

  • Document
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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.

Copies

  • Biblioteka Jagiellońska

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Uniwersytet Jagielloński.

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