Collection of 3831 photographs made by members of the Peasant Movement Zbiór 3831 zdjęć wykonanych przez członków Ruchu Ludowego

Identifier
irn611584
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.185.1
  • RG-15.617
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

3,831 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in May 2018. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Consists of catalog cards with the photo collection from a grup of records: K4-BCH Lwów-Rawa Mazowiecka. Each card contains the photograph and its description along with the date (not always). Photographs relate to World War II: military actions, Polish Armed Forces in the West (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie, PSZ), prisoners of war, occupant policy, terror, Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie, BCH)-Main Headquarters and armed units (partisans), and commemoration events after WWII.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four groups: 1. Polish Home Army-Rzeszów region; 2. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Bialystok region; 3. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lublin region; 4. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lviv and Rawa Mazowiecka region.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju

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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.