Records of the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichführers SS: SD Abschnitt Litzmannstadt; SD Hauptaussenstelle Kalisch (Kalisz) (Sygn. 70)

Identifier
irn503609
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0077
  • RG-15.016M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503609

Extent and Medium

2 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

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), Sygn. 70. The offices of the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichführers SS - SD Abschnitt Litzmannstadt and the SD Hauptaussenstaelle Kalisch (Kalisz) created the records from ca. 1940 to ca. 1944. After World War II, the records were deposited in the archives of the the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej. The Archives received the film in April 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains orders, correspondence, reports, and various other records relating to the activities of the SS in Litzmannstadt (Łódź); activities of the SD (Security Services) in Łódź; orders of the RSHA for employing Jews in SIPO and SD offices; collaboration by Polish SD personnel; regulations for air raids; persons acting as informers for the SS and SD; and confiscation of Jewish property for use by SS personnel. Also included are monthly situation reports for January 1940 to Jul. 1940 containing information about attitudes and opinions of the Polish population on the overall political situation in Poland; military and police organization; cultural activities; judicial matters; health matters; economic matters; and acts of colonization by Germany in Poland.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged thematically. 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

Corporate Bodies

  • SS (Organization)
  • Nazi Party

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Germanization--Poland--History.
  • Kalisz (Poland)
  • Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź.

Genre

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

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