Underground press Zespół podziemie-prasa konspiracyjna (Sygn. 230)

Identifier
irn507357
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0222
  • RG-15.070M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1966, 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507357

Extent and Medium

7 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 230. ŻIH collected and compiled the newspapers, bulletins, and other documents from the Akcja Antyk (Akcja Antykomunistyczna) and various other sources and placed them in Syg. 230. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired copies of the microfilm in 1996.

Scope and Content

Contains newspapers, bulletins, periodicals, reports, leaflets, radio announcements, essays, clandestine underground publications, and various other documents relating to the activities of the anti-Nazi underground movement in Poland during the German occupation from 1939 to 1945. The materials relate to underground and partisan group activities, persecution and extermination of Polish Jews, activities of communists, situations on the war front, and situations in the Jewish ghettos and concentration camps throughout Poland. A significant portion of the collection is made up of photocopies of documents from the Antyk Archiv.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is chronological. Files are organized as follow: Reel 1: file 1 - 26; Reel 2: file 27 - 56; Reel 3: file 57 - 105; Reel 4: file 106 - 120; Reel 5: file 121 - 148; Reel 6: file 149 - 175; and Reel 7: file 176 - 214.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
  • Department of Information and Press
  • Rada Pomocy Żydom "Żegota"
  • AK-Home Army (Poland)
  • International Jewish Labor Bund

Subjects

  • Communist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Anti-Nazi movement--Poland.
  • Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
  • Communists--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

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.

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