Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Embassy in Ankara Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Ankarze (Sygn.499)
Extent and Medium
300 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Poland. Ambasada (Turkey)
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
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 Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.499. 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.
Scope and Content
Reports, correspondence, Polish and Turkish press, statistics, circulars related to Turkish emigration policy, situation of refugees from Armenia, evacuation of Polish people from USSR to Iran, relocation of Jews in Hungary, and German dependent countries, and activities of international organizations.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in five series: 1. Report of the Polish Embassy in Ankara, 1927: Turkish immigration policy [File 41]; 2. Correspondence, 1944: Transport of emigrants. A permit to travel through Turkey to Polish Jews from Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria [File 42]; 3. Letters and press: Poland under German occupation, 1940, 1942, 1944 [File 43, 57]; 4. Studies and circulars, statistics, 1944: Relocation of Jews in Hungary, and German dependent countries. Number of Jews in Poland [File 102]; 5. Reports and correspondence, 1940-1943: Polish Red Cross and situation in Palestine [File 108]; 6. Registers, 1943-1944: Evacuation of Polish people from USSR to Iran and other countries [File 112].
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archiwum Akt Nowych
Corporate Bodies
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
Subjects
- Refugees--Government policy--Turkey.
- Poland--Foreign relation--Turkey.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
- Armenia--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Iran--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Romania--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Hungary--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
- Turkey
- Ankara (Turkey)
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Europe--History--20th century.
- Poland
- Emigration & immigration--Europe--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
- Bulgaria--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Turkey.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
- Diplomatic and consular service
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Statistics.
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Registers.
- Letters.