The office of the region of Silesia in Katowice Urząd wojewódzki śląski w Katowicach (Sygn. 27)
Extent and Medium
9,997 digital images, JPEG
6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
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. 27. 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 files of the Office of the Region of Silesia in Katowice. There were 14 departments within this office. Almost all the files selected for microfilming are from one department: Dept. IV., Social and Political Department.
System of Arrangement
Organized in the following order: Reel 1: File 808, 561-566; Reel 2: File 567-572; Reel 3: File 573-576; Reel 4: File 577-581; Reel 5: File 582-592, 603; Reel 6: File 495, 606, 649, 651, 765.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Jews--Katowice (Poland)--History.
- Jewish property--Katowice (Poland)
- Jews, Polish--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--Historical geography.
- Jews--Poland--Migrations--History--20th century.
- Holocaust survivors--Poznaǹ (Poland)--History.
- Katowice (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach