Records of the Associations for the Care of Orphans CENTOS Zespół Zwiazek Towarzystw Opieki nad Sierotami, CENTOS (Sygn. 200)
Extent and Medium
28 digital files, PDF
1 microfilm reel, 35 mm
1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Centralne Towarzystwo Opieki nad Sierotami
Archival History
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 200. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection from the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 1997.
Scope and Content
Contains reports, minutes, remarks to reports, inspection reports, kitchen inventory, kitchen menu, financial statements, correspondence, and a variety of documents relating to the work of the CENTOS kitchens and boarding houses between 1941-1942, in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Records document virtually all aspects of CENTOS kitchens activities, including organizational structure, kitchen expenses, staffing, kitchen menu, food supplies, falsification of food supplies, unfair accusation of shortages, disinfection of the kitchens, coal supplies, and all elements of inspection tasks.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged thematically and chronologically, in four series: Series 1, Organizational structure and reports; Series 2, Financial statements; Series 3, CENTOS correspondence; Series 4, Kitchen’s menu.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Warsaw.
- Jewish orphans--Services for--History--Poland.
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jewish orphanages.
- Jewish orphans--Poland--Warsaw--History.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
Genre
- Reports.
- Minutes.
- Correspondence.
- Document
Copies
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