Jewish National Fund. Head Office in Poland, Łódź Żydowski Fundusz Narodowy. Biuro Centralne w Polsce, Łódź (Sygn. 627)

Identifier
irn51116
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.27
  • RG-15.255M
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

3,295 digital images, JPEG

4 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Jewish National Fund is a Jewish financial institution established in 1901 at the 5th Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland. The fund raised funds for the purchase of land and the settlement of Palestine. The JNF is a non-profit organization. By 2007, it owned 13% of the total land in Israel. Since its inception, the JNF says it has planted over 240 million trees in Israel. It has also built 180 dams and reservoirs, developed 250,000 acres (1,000 km2) of land and established more than 1,000 parks. In 2002, the JNF was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievement and special contribution to society and the State of Israel.

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. 627. 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.

Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence with the Commission of Foreign Currency of the National Polish Bank, as well as the files of the property matters, includes personal documents of Jews emigrated from Poland to Israel.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1. Commission of the foreign currency: Sales of the property of persons living in Israel; 2. Records of the property rights of Polish citizens of the Jewish origin who left Poland to Israel (Alphabetical order by the last name of the applicant).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.