League for the struggle against racism. Main Board and Regional Boards in Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski Liga do Walki z Rasizmem. Zarząd Główny i Zarządy Okręgowe w Bydgoszczy i Ostrowiu Wielkopolskim (Syg. 360)

Identifier
irn95711
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.6
  • RG-15.343
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1952
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

957 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The organization "Liga do Walki z Racizmem" (League for the Struggle against Racism) was founded in Warsaw in 1946. This organization was an ideological continuation of the “Żegota” organization, and focused on the objective of fighting racism and all manifestations of anti-Semitism within the Polish post-war society. Main co-founders and activists were: Władysław Bartoszewski, Julius Górecki (chairman), Irena Sendlerowa, Tadeusz Rek, Adolf Berman, Marek Arczyński, Stanisław Dobrowolski, Kazimierz Kumaniecki, Jan Wesołowski, Józef Gójski, Tadeusz Manteuffel, Władysław Bieńkowski. The League brought together people of different political views in a common cause, Poles and Jews alike. The League operated mainly in the academic circles in Kraków and in Łódź. After the Kielce pogrom (July 4, 1946), the League issued its protest in a form of posters and leaflets, articles, and published its first issue of a periodical "Prawo Czlowieka" (The Rights of Man). In the 2nd half of 1946, Władysław Bartoszewski was arrested, and the paper "Prawo Czlowieka" was no longer published. In 1946-1948 many League members emigrated from Poland or withdrew from their public activity.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

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 Akt Nowych, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Feb. 2015.

Scope and Content

Selected records of the Liga do Walki z Rasizmem (League for the Struggle against Racism). The collection contains a statute, minutes, receipts, cash books, and name lists of the League members of two regions in Poland: Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in two series: 1 Minutes and membership documents; 2. Organization statute.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

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Genre

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