Criminal prison Warszawa-Mokotów District Wiezienie Karne Warszawa Mokotów (Sygn. 657/III)

Identifier
irn523991
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.11
  • RG-15.113M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523991

Extent and Medium

28,143 digital images, JPEG

20 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

9 digital files, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Wiezienie Karne Warszawa Mokoto??w.

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie

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 Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy, Sygn. 657/III. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in January 2007.

Scope and Content

Contains administrative and prisoners' personnel files. The prisoners' files relate to such crimes as: espionage, possession of weapons, contraband, theft, forgery, robberies, rapes, illegal trade, lack of subordination to the authorities, arson, and murders. Particular files contain documents with significant details concerning a reason of for imprisonment, copies of the accusation indictment and verdict, a prisoner's health, certificates of death, correspondence, and the like. Only the Jewish prisoners' files have been microfilmed (1939-1942).

System of Arrangement

The prisoner files are arranged chronologically based on the year of their release from prison. The arrangement is alphabetical within chronological order

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Prisons.
  • Prisoners and prisons.
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.

Genre

  • Document
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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