Polish State Police Station in Opoczno Policja Państwowa w Opocznie (Sygn. 772)
Extent and Medium
1,754 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Policja Pa?stwowa w Opocznie
Biographical History
In the German-occupied territories of Poland, in which the General Government had been established in 1939, the German police played a significant role. The police was divided into the order police, security police and security service. The operations of the German police was supported by auxiliary Polish Police squads, also called the “blue police”. The activity of the squads of the Polish Police bordered the territories of the prewar counties of Opoczno and Rawa, as well as a part of the Będzin county. The headquarters of county authorities were in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and therefore, it was later renamed to the Tomaszów county.
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
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 or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn.772. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Police Station Books, 1940-1943. The Station Books noted all operations of the police in Opoczno area; and contain numerous references to Jewish residents.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in four series: 1. Station Book, 1940; 2. Station Book, 1941; 3. Station Book, 1942; 4. Station Book, 1943. Each book is divided into six sections.: "The Order Number"; "Type of Service"; Time of Exit and Return to the Station"; "Number of Hours; "Actions Performed During the Service"; Notes."
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
- Policja Polska Generalnego Gubernatorstwa
Subjects
- Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Opoczno--History.
- Police--Poland--History--20th century--Registers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Opoczno.
- Police administration--Poland--Opoczno--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Police
- Opoczno (Poland)
Genre
- Notes.
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach