Legal Department, Central Jewish Committee in Poland Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Prawny (Sygn. 303/XVI/1-438)

Identifier
irn508715
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.83
  • RG-15.089M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508715

Extent and Medium

10 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Centralny Komitet ?ydów Polskich. Wydzial Prawny.

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. 303/XVI/1-438. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Programs Division in June 2001.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence, petitions, agreements, and depositions related to legal aspects of the Polish Jews after World War II, 1945-1950. The Data pertain mainly to the legal issue of the Jewish properties, repatriation, Jewish orphans, the search of Holocaust survivors, preservation of Jewish cemeteries, the search for war criminals, and exhumations. The collection includes correspondence of the Legal Department, Central Jewish Committee of Jews in Poland with a variety of world organizations e.g. the World Jewish Congress in Austria and in Great Britain, the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in France and Austria, the South African Board of Deputies in Johannesburg, and others. NOTE: In 2012 this collection was reproduced again in color copies, Sygn. 303/XVI, USHMM, RG-15.247. Those new color copies are recommended for users.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. This collection is arranged thematically and chronologically.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Central Committee of Polish Jews
  • World Jewish Congress

Subjects

  • Law and politics.
  • War criminals.
  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Education.
  • Emigration and immigration.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust survivors--Poland.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.
  • Jewish property--Poland.
  • Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Orphans--Poland.

Genre

  • Document
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