Delegacy of Government for a Country Poland, Department of Information and Press, Western Section Delegatura Rządu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj. Departament Informacji i Prasy. Sekcja Wschodnia (Sygn.202/III/135-173)
Extent and Medium
11 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Delegatura Rza?du Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Warsaw, Poland, Sygn.202/III/135-173. Records created by the Delegatura Rządu Polskiego na Kraj, Departament Informacji i Prasy, and deposited in the Archiwum Akt Nowych after World War II. The records were selected and filmed for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1992.
Scope and Content
Contains reports, surveys, decrees, a thesis, essays, and various other documents relating to the activities of the Department Information and Press and its gathering of materials relating to the reorganization of the Polish government and programs planned for territory to be recovered at the end of World War II. Includes information about reorganization of industry, economic systems, education, school systems, and real estate and property in recovered territories. Also contains information about Polish public opinion during the German occupation, Germanization of Poles, surveys of the German press, and plans for restructuring government and programs in Pomerania.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. This collection is arranged thematically.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
- Department of Information and Press
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
Subjects
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939--1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Silesia, Lower (Poland and Germany)
- Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Germanization--Poland--Pomorze--History.
- Poland.
- Germans--Poland--Politics and government--History--20th century.
- Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
- Land settlement--Poland.
- Ethnic relations--Economic aspects--Poland.
- Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
- Announcements.
- Registers.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Curriculums.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Akt Nowych