Records of der Landrat des Kreises Schrimm (Sygn.65)

Identifier
irn503581
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0070
  • RG-15.005M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503581

Extent and Medium

1 microfilm reel, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Landrat des Kreises Schrimm

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation). The records were created by der Landrat des Kreises Schrimm (Śrem, Poland) ca. 1939 to ca. 1944. After World War II, the records were deposited in the archives of the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland. The records were selected for filming from the Main Commission, Sygn. 65. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in April 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains circular letters, reports, and various other documents relating to the activities of the offices of the Landrat (district magistrate) des Kreises Schrimm (Śrem, Poland); employees of the Landrat office; the Gestapo office in Poznan; apprehension of prisoners of war; activities of the rural police in western Poland; extradition of Polish prisoners of war interned in Hungary and recruited into the Polish army in France; the transport of Franz Sobkowiak to Mauthausen; transports of prisoners to concentration camps; and a propaganda campaign by the "Army Information Garrison" to attract youth to the military.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement of files is thematic. Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

People

  • Sobkowiak, Franz.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Prisoners of war--Hungary.
  • Police administration--Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1944.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Poznań (Poland)
  • Municipal government.
  • Śrem (Poland)
  • Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)

Genre

  • Circulars.
  • Reports.
  • Document
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

  • Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu