Regierung Kattowitz Rejencja Katowicka (Sygn.119/0)

Identifier
irn524449
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.267
  • RG-15.129M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524449

Extent and Medium

28,002 digital images, JPEG

25 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach

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 Katowicach, Sygn.119/0, records created by the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in September 2007.

Scope and Content

Contains selected records of numerous official correspondence among the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz and the subordinate authorities as: landrats, communes, towns as well as superior authorities. The files of the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz contain numerous circular letters “Der Reichsfuehrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern”, most of the documents were signed by Heydrich - the Chief of the RSHA. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz was in existence from October 26, 1939 to January 26, 1945. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz included the following towns: Bytom, Katowice, Gliwice, Królewska Huta (Chorzów), Sosnowiec, Zabrze, and the counties of Będzin, Bytom-Tarnogóra, Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn, Chrzanów, Gliwice, Katowice, Pszczyna, Rybnik, Ż̇ywiec and Olkusz.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Katowice (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews, Polish--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Czerwionka (Poland)
  • Jewish property--Katowice (Poland)
  • Jews--Katowice (Poland)--History.
  • Rybnik (Poland)
  • Knurów (Poland)
  • Jaworzno (Poland)
  • Holocaust survivors--Poznaǹ (Poland)--History.
  • Olkusz (Poland)
  • Radlin (Poland)
  • Sosnowiec (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Migrations--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Document
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