Records of the Landrat des Kreises Wollstein (Sygn. 66)

Identifier
irn503613
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0079
  • RG-15.029M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1 microfilm reel, 35 mm

Creator(s)

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 (IPN), Sygn. 66. The records were created by the Landrat des Kreises Wöllstein (Wolsztyn, Poland) from ca.1939 to 1944. After World War II, the records were deposited in the IPN. The microfilm was received at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in April 1993.

Scope and Content

The collection contains circulars, bulletins, correspondence, lists, photographs, and various other documents relating to the establishment of the office of Displacement (Expatriation of Poles) in Poznań, Poland; settlement of Germans in Warthegau (Western Polish territory incorporated into Germany); forced evacuation of houses for use by resettled Germans; tracing of escaped Polish POWs by the Secret Police in Poznań; arrest of Polish workers abandoning their work stations; curtailing of work of priests, pastors, and monks; prohibition of marriages between Germans and Poles; prohibition of use of the "mother" language by Poles; treatment of persons registered in special categories of the Volksliste (list of ethnic Germans); reporting of arson and sabotage incidents in Warthegau; and population statistics for Germans settling in former Polish territories.

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

Subjects

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.