Selected records from the collection Polish Welfare Committee in Częstochowa Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy Oddział w Częstochowie (Sygn.15)

Identifier
irn86061
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.225
  • RG-15.306
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86061

Extent and Medium

1,220 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Polski Komitet Opieku?czy w Cz?stochowie.

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie

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 Państwowe w Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn.15. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.

Scope and Content

This collection contains files of the Polish Social Welfare Committee (Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy) in Częstochowa during the Nazi occupation, includes mainly records related to social welfare rendered to the poor, orphaned children, refugees, and individuals deported from the USSR during 1939-1940, or who left Warsaw after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Apart from the above, some file fragments refer to matters of the Jewish community.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in three series: 1. Orders and reports, 1940-1942; 2. Records of the orphanage in Częstochowa,1941-1944 (Register of boys); 3. Records of the orphanage in Częstochowa,1941-1945 (Register of girls).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Częstochowa (Poland)
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Poland.
  • Częstochowa (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
  • Polish people--Soviet Union--Relocation--Poland.
  • Population transfers--Polish people--History--20th century.
  • Social Service
  • Poland--Ethnic relations.
  • Orphans--Care--Poland--Częstochowa--History--Registers.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Children--Poland--Częstochowa.

Genre

  • Registers.
  • Document
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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