Collection of materials relating to World War II Zbiór materiałów z lat i dotyczących II wojny światowej (Sygn.271)

Identifier
irn593163
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.494.1
  • RG-15.555
Dates
1 Jan 1926 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn593163

Extent and Medium

666 digital images, PDF

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, Poland, Sygn. 271. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017. Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Various materials relating to the World War II, including patriotic and anti-German poetry, prophecies referring to the future of Poland and Europe, an open letter to the General Gub. Dr. Hans Frank, condemning the inhuman crimes of the occupiers (1940), a list of Polish citizens saved from German concentration camps as a result of the action of Count Folke Bernadotte, provisions of German police equipment (Ordnungspolizei, ORPO), and reports of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost., HTO (1939-1942).

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series: 1. Polish literary work, prophecies, and letters relating to German atrocities in Poland; 2. Register of Polish citizens saved from German concentration camps by the Count Folke Bernadotte; 3. German documents and reports (ORPO, HTO).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

  • Frank, Hans, 1900-1946.
  • Bernadotte, Folke, 1895-1948.

Corporate Bodies

  • Germany. Haupttreuhandstelle Ost
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Poland.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Police--Germany--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Registers.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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