Jewish Community in Łódź Łódzka Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska (Sygn.228)

Identifier
irn51115
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.26
  • RG-15.234M
Dates
1 Jan 1885 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn51115

Extent and Medium

102 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

digital images,

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi

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 Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (State Archives in Łódź), Sygn. 228. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Archives in Łódź via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2013, and accretion in April 2014.

Scope and Content

Contains records relating to Jewish community of Łódź dwellers before War World II. Includes records of Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and houses of prayer; appointments of rabbis, religious celebrations and ritual matters; social welfare matters such as day care for children, and care of orphans; a list of children under the custody of a community; applications for allowances, holiday rations of food for the poorest; medical care: general and mental hospitals; schooling and culture: construction and management of schools, and celebration of anniversaries and state holidays. Includes also records of a board of the community meetings and financial documents: minutes, protocols, membership fees, funds for schools and synagogues, endowments and loans. Contains lists of Jews of Łódź buildings (in an alphabetical order by streets), lists of the community constituency as of 1924, and registries of births, marriages and deaths.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilm reels.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Łódź (Poland)--Economic conditions--20th century--Sources.
  • Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
  • Synagogues as community centers--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish children--Education--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish cemeteries--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish orphans--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
  • Social problems--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.

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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