Edward Kossoy collection Akta Edwarda Kossoya (Sygn. 2633)

Identifier
irn714722
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2020.190.1
  • RG-15.811
Dates
1 Jan 1949 - 31 Dec 2009
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
  • Hebrew
  • Polish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

17,260 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Edward Kossoy (1913-2012) was a lawyer, publicist; prisoner of the Soviet labor camps, soldier of the Anders Army. After the Second World War Kossoy lived in Israel, then in Switzerland. As a lawyer, he represented thousands of people in cases for German damages for Nazi crimes; published several books, including memories in Polish “Na marginesie” ("On the margins") ed. 2006. His whole family perished in the Holocaust.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.2633. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Archives of Edward Kossoy (Jewish lawyer and publicist) consists of his education records, university diplomas, emigration and naturalization, official and private correspondance, fragments of memoirs of the victims, materials regarding German crimes, the chronicle of German capitulation, reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) from Polish teritories, press clippings, articles and other publications, and numerous documents related to his private life. Includs biographies of clients, a letter from Andrzej Olechowski to Donald Tusk (2009), correspondence with Norman Davis (1993, 2002-2005), and the inventory of valuables and arts confiscated by Germans (Lublin, 1942-1944)

System of Arrangement

Arranged in 65 folders.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.