Akta miasta Sosnowca

  • Files of the city of Sosnowiec
Identifier
776
Language of Description
Polish
Dates
1902 - 1945
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
  • Russian
Scripts
  • Cyrillic
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

14 025 files

Scope and Content

The collection contains notices and orders concerning and affecting Jews and their resettlement from Sosnowiec, as well as matters such as forced labour for the Zarząd Miejski (Municipal Administration), liquidation of businesses (the files of businesses closed down in various sectors), the organization of the ghetto in Sosnowiec and its expansion (including maps, plans and records), economic activity on the part of Jews in the ghetto, levies imposed on the Jewish community organization and Jewish businesses, lists of names of Jews in Sosnowiec and Będzin, orders following the liquidation of the ghetto (including lists of evacuated streets and houses), materials on the trustee administration board, and many other documents permitting extremely detailed research into the history of the Jews under the German occupation in this region.

Archivist Note

Entry selected by Michał Czajka from the book by Alina Skibińska, "Guide to the Sources on the Holocaust in Occupied Poland"

Rules and Conventions

EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0