Strafanstalt in Schieratz Prison in Sieradz Zakład karny w Sieradzu (Sygn. 200)

Identifier
irn86803
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.269
  • RG-15.339
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86803

Extent and Medium

16,250 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Zaklad Karny (Sieradz)

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi

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 Łodzi, Poland, Sygn. 200. 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 a selection of 507 cases of personal files of Jewish prisoners, who were sentenced for various “crimes” committed during the occupation, and were imprisoned in the prison in Sieradz. Typical reasons for sentencing Jews to prison were: illegally crossing the country border, illegal trade and craft manufacture, illegal slaughter, hiding goods, smuggling into the ghetto, trading foreign currency, and other crimes of economic character, leaving their whereabouts, bribery, falsification of documents, theft, receiving of stolen goods, and beggary. The files contain the following personal data: first and last name, date and place of birth, occupation, address, names and whereabouts of the next of kin, characteristic features of the defendant. The entire original record group, Sygnatura 200 consists of approximately 12,800 files.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in one series: 1. Selected files of Jewish prisoners in the Prison in Sieradz, Poland, 1939-1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Łódź (Poland)--Politics and government--1945-1980--Sources.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Sieradz--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945--Sources.
  • Prisons--Poland--Sieradz--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Prisons.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Poland--Łódź--History.
  • Sieradz (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Jewish--Registers.
  • Jews--Crimes against--Poland--Sieradz--History--20th century.
  • Sieradz (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

Genre

  • Document
  • Registers.
  • Questionnaires.
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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