Materials collected by the Foundation of Polish-German Reconciliation (FPNP) concerning forced labor in III Reich Materialy zebrane przez Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) dotyczące pracy przymusowej w III Rzeszy

Identifier
irn73442
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.237
  • RG-15.266
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73442

Extent and Medium

1,342 digital files, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

Biographical History

Foundation Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) was established on November 27, 1991 per initiative of the government of the Republic of Poland. The Foundation collected approximately one million applications submitted by individuals, who sought compensation for their forced labor for Third Reich during the German occupation of Poland. These applications usually quote detailed information about condition of work and indicate geographical locations, and also are supported by testimonies of witnesses, original photographs and documents.

Archival History

Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

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 Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation).The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.

Scope and Content

The collection contains various records collected by the Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation (FPNP) during the project related to the payment of indemnities to Polish citizens for their forced labor on the territories of the Third Reich. Records include questionnaires, accounts, memoirs, diaries, interviews, correspondence, press cuttings; some photographs or other related documents are attached to the forced laborers files.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

Corporate Bodies

  • Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation

Subjects

  • Polish people--Germany-History--20th century.
  • Germany--History--20th century.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

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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