Selected records of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington Ambasada Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Waszyngtonie (Sygn. 490)

Identifier
irn607804
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.155.1
  • RG-15.373
Dates
1 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607804

Extent and Medium

36,512 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Poland. Ambasada (U.S.)

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. 490. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, press clippings, press reviews and other documents concerning the following subjects: Political relations between the US and Germany; minorities in Poland and the USA, immigration policy in USA and Canada; Polish and Jewish scouting in the USA; Polish Army in France (1939); Jewish issues in Poland and Germany (1935-1937); diplomatic reports on the situation in Germany (1940); Polish-American relations (1944-1945); World War 1939: the situation of children and women, the fate of prisoners of war; immigration policy in USA and Mexico (1940-1944); aid for refugees who came to the US (1940); visa and passports issues for Polish citizens; Haitian passports for Polish Jews; Polish citizens in the United States (1944-1945); searching for people and setting addresses (1941-1945); correspondence to individuals channeled through embassy; notes of Bernard Singer on situation of Jews in the USSR (1942); the Jewish minority in Poland and other countries after the war (1944-1945).

System of Arrangement

Arranged in six series: 1. Correspondence and statistics, 1932-1937; 2. Reports of the Polish Consulates in US, 1942-1944; 3. Reports of the Ministry of Information RP (Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)), 1944; 4. Reviews and press clippings of US newspapers, 1942-1945; 5. Requests of visas and passports; 6. Correspondence, articles, press clippings related to Jewish minority in Poland and other countries, 1944-1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

  • Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)

Subjects

  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
  • United States
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--United States.
  • Poland
  • Poland--Foreign relations--United States.
  • Refugees – Government policy – United States.
  • Diplomatic and consular service
  • Emigration & immigration--United States--1940-1950.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.

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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Akt Nowych

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Akt Nowych