Deutsche Strafanstalt Reichshof (Rzeszów) records (Sygn.110)

Contains orders, correspondence, reports, lists, and various other records relating to the general administration of the Deutsche Strafanstalt Reichshof (German prison in Rzeszow, Poland) and other prisons in the area including ones in Tarnów, Nowy Wisnicz, Kraków, and Jaslo (Jazlowiec). Also includes information about treatment of prisoners; food rationing for prisoners and prison employees; employment of Jews; Jews held in the Rzeszów prison; religious services (Catholic Mass) held for prisoners in prisons; use of prisoners for labor; health care for prisoners; escapes; and Polish prison wardens arrested by the Gestapo for mismanagement and aiding prisoners.

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