Files of Szymon Zachariasz Akta Szymona Zachariasza (Sygn. 476)
Extent and Medium
5,744 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Sz. (Szymon) Zacharjasz
Biographical History
Szymon Zachriasz (1900-1970) was a Polish-Jewish communist, politician and author, a member of the Po'alei Zion since 1918. In the years 1927-1938, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP), and since 1929, a Secretary of the Centralne Biuro Żydowskie (Central Bureau of Jews) at KPP. He spent six years in prison for his political activities. He was a student of the International Lenin School in Moscow (1932), and a member of the Communist International (Komintern). During World War II, he was in the Soviet Union and was active in the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and the Związek Patriotów Polskich (ZPP), after the war, he was a member of the Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). In the years 1948-1964 was a member of the Central Committee of the Party Control of the Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (PZPR). Author of numerous publications in the field of Polish and Jewish labor movement. Awarded with the First Class Order and the Commander's Cross with Star.
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
Collection of files relating to Szymon Zachariasz and his political activities. Contains resumes, surveys, certificates, identity cards, memories of Zachariasz; memories and reports of the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and its activists, records on the cooperation with the editorial committee of the dictionary "Słownik Biograficzny Działaczy Polskiego Ruchu Rewolucyjnego", articles published in the "Folks Sztyme", and other unpublished speeches and articles, 1941-1968; papers, historical sketches, instructions, clippings and extracts from the press issued on the celebration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1949-1961; minutes, reports, correspondence of the Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR) and Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (PZPR) on creation of cooperatives, preventing emigration to Israel, participation in world conferences, 1946-1958; reports and minutes, notes on the activities of Jewish organizations in Poland, 1945-1950; correspondence and notes on the activities of Szymon Zachariasz,1946-1957.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in five series: 1. Personal files and memories on Szymon Zachariasz, 1941-1970, vol. 1-3; 2. Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and its activists, 1941-1968, vol. 4-17; 3. Celebration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1949-1961, vol. 18; 4. Activities of the Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR) and Centralny Komitet Żydow Polskich (CKŻP), 1946-1996, vol. 19-26; 5. Jewish organizations in Poland (mainly Bund), 1945-1950, vol. 27-28; 6. Activities of Zachariasz in the PPR and KPP, 1946-1957, vol. 29-30.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Zacharjasz, Sz. (Szymon), 1900-1970.
Corporate Bodies
- Polish Worker's Party
- Central Committee of Polish Jews
- World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
- International Jewish Labor Bund
- Komunistyczna Partia Polski
Subjects
- Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.
- Political parties--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Labor movement--History--20th century.
- Communist parties.
- Jewish communists--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jews--Politics and government--20th century.
- Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
- Poland
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Document
- Correspondence.
- Memories.
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Minutes.
Copies
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