Selected records from the State Archives in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Extent and Medium
2,089 digital images, JPEG
3 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim
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 Archiwum Państwowego w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim (State Archive in Gorzów Wielkopolski). 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
Contain selected records from files of the towns Brójce, Pszczew and Gorzów Wielkopolski, created during the pre-war period, as well as in the first years of WWII. The materials from 1933-39 refer to the election of the Jewish community (list of members of the community in Gorzów), religious schooling, holidays and Jewish graveyards. Records from the period after 1939 relate to anti-Jewish orders, as well as press cuttings and personal questionnaires related to Kennkarte (from the town of Pszczew).
System of Arrangement
Arranged in three series: 1. Records of the city Brójce; 2. Records of the city Pszczewa; 3. Records of the city Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Gorzów Wielkopolski.
- Pszczew (Poland)
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Brójce.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Pszczew.
- Brójce (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Religious life--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Wielkopolska.
- Jewish religious education--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland--History--German Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland)
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Registers.
- Questionnaires.
- Document
- Correspondence.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim