Records of the Deutsche Strafanstalt Nowy Wiśnicz (Sygn. 109)

Identifier
irn504170
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0123
  • RG-15.035M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504170

Extent and Medium

2 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Deutsche Strafanstalt Nowy Wis?nicz

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), Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. 109. The German prison administration in Nowy Wiśnicz, Poland, created the records from 1939 to 1945. After World War II, the records were deposited in the IPN. The records were filmed for the United States Holocaust Research Institute Archives in 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the general administration of the German prison in Nowy Wiśnicz, Poland, including the treatment of Jewish prisoners, the sentencing of prisoners, and matters relating to prison staff. In addition, the collection contains information about agriculture, economics, and air defense in the General Government region.

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

  • Prisons
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Lublin.
  • Nowy Wiśnicz (Poland)
  • World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, Jewish.
  • Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Poland--Nowy Wiśnicz.
  • Prisoners of war--Poland--Nowy Wiśnicz--History.

Genre

  • Document
  • Circular letters.
  • Reports.
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