Collection of memoirs, testimonies and questionnaires of the former prisoners Zbiór pamiętników, relacji i ankiet byłych więźniów (Sygn. VII)

Identifier
irn73448
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.242
  • RG-15.271M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Russian
  • English
  • French
  • Yiddish
  • Slovak
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73448

Extent and Medium

27,022 digital images, JPEG

29 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Tomasz Kranz

Archival History

Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

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 Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku (Majdanek State Museum), Sygn. VII. 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

Contains hundreds of memoirs, diaries, and other written accounts created by former prisoners of Majdanek and nearby camps. Most of these accounts were collected as the result of five projects organized by the State Museum of Majdanek from 1965 to 1980. The projects sought to document how the camps and prisons in the Lublin region operated, the help rendered to victims, children, and the history of the camp of KL Majdanek. Some diaries have been published, and some are just copies obtained from other archives.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series: Series 1. Accounts related to Majdanek, marked with the letter “M", Sygn. I/M; Series 2. Accounts related to the Castle of Lublin, marked with the letter “Z”, Sygn. VII/Z; Series 3. Accounts concerning the history of ghettos, prisons and camps located throughout the entire region of Lublin, marked with the letter “O", Sygn.VII/O.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Poland--History--German occupation,1939-1945.
  • Lublin (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Jewish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Lublin--Biography.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship)
  • Poland--World War,1939-1945--Atrocities--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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