Literary works Utwory literackie (Sygn. 266)

Identifier
irn610022
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.264
  • RG-15.231
Dates
1 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1999
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn610022

Extent and Medium

511 digital files, PDF

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 266. Most of the literary works were collected by the staff of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce. Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Commission); other parts were sent directly to ŻIH, or were collected by ŻIH staff for accademic reserch. Most of these literary works are already published. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2012.

Scope and Content

Jewish literary works: poems, memoirs, letters, songs, literary and political notes, written in various ghettos, mainly in the Łódź ghetto (Litzmannstadt), as well as in various concentration camps in Poland and Lithuania. Includes also copies of „Getto szriftn“, a clandestine newspaper published in Łódź ghetto, and some personal photographs. This collection consists of both original work (mostly from the Ghetto Litzmannstadt (Łódź)) and their postwar copies.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four series: 1. Works of individual authors (organized alphabetically by author's name), File 1-329; 2. Collective works (Anthology), File 330-336; 3. Works of unknown authors (NN), File 337-481; Inventory cards, File 482.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Central Committee of Polish Jews

Subjects

  • Ghetto--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
  • Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1945.
  • Yiddish poetry--Poland--20th century.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
  • Polish poetry--Jewish authors.
  • Jews--Poland--History--Yiddish poetry.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Łódź--Personal narratives.

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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