Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Opole (Oppeln) Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Opolu (Sygn.482)

The Polish Consulate in Opole (Polnisches Konsulat in Oppeln) operated during the interwar period in Oppeln. The Consular office in the rank of the consul general was opened on April 1, 1920 as the representative of the Polish government to the Inter-Commission for the Ruling and Plebiscite in Upper Silesia. Since 1920, the consulate was located in the "Bank of Farmers" building, at Nikolaistraße 36a (Mikołowska Street). After the liquidation of the Commission in 1922 the office was transferred to Bytom. In 1931, the consul returned to Opole to represent Polish affairs in the German Opolskie Regierungsbezirk (Oppeln). The general consulate was located on the island Pasieke (Pascheke) at Eichstraße 1 (today the Consular Street), which was previously the orphanage of the Prussian House (Preussenhaus). In 1938, the rank of this office was reduced from a general consulate to a consulate. The Polish Consulate in Opole functioned until 1939.

Archiwum Akt Nowych

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 Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 482. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.