Selected records of the district of Częstochowa Starostwo Powiatowe Częstochowskie (Sygn. 60)
Extent and Medium
6,250 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Starostwo Powiatowe 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. 60. 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 comprises selected records of the County Starosty in Częstochowa, 1919-1939, towns of: Częstochowa, Krzepice, Mstów, Olsztyn and Przyrów, as well as 22 rural communes. Consists mainly of monthly reports related to political and social situation, to antisemitic propaganda and activities of the National Party (Stronnictwo Narodowe) and other right-wing organization's fighting squads. There are also reports of other starosties: Piotrków, Radomsko, Wieluń, Włoszczowa, Zawiercie. The collection includes also records on Jewish associations and organizations and Jewish religious communities: correspondence with the Synagogue Districts of places located in the County of Częstochowa, the synagogue registration cards in Częstochowa, synagogue layouts, minutes of sessions of the community governments, lists of Jewish families inhabiting the Węglowice commune, and a register of Jewish community members in Krzepice. There are also files of Jewish guilds in Koziegłowy, Kłobuck and Krzepice: shoemakers and shoe top makers, tailors, cap makers, furriers, bakers, butchers and confectioners. Some of the files contain layouts of Jewish bakeries.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in three series: 1. Reports; 2.Jewish associations and organization; 3. Jewish religous communities.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Skowronek, Mordka.
- Bereza, Jakób.
- Rozen, Tobiasz.
Corporate Bodies
- Stronnictwo Narodowe
- World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
- International Jewish Labor Bund
Subjects
- Socialists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Kłobuck (Poland)
- Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Częstochowa (Poland)
- Radomsko (Poland)
- Janów (Poland)
- Jewish artisans--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century--Registers.
- Częstochowie (Poland)
- Krzepice (Poland)
- Municipal government
- Przyrów (Poland)
- Włoszczowa (Poland)
- Olsztyn (Poland)
- Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century--Registers.
- Wieluń (Poland)
- Piotrków (Poland)
- Professional associations.
- Nationalist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Mstów (Poland)
- Poland
- Koziegłowy (Poland)
- Poland--Politics and government--1918-1939.
- Truskolasy (Poland)
- Zawiercie (Poland)
- Krzepice (Poland)
Genre
- Plans (maps)
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Registers.
- Reports.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie