Polish Red Cross – Lublin District (1939-1946)

Identifier
XI
Language of Description
English
Dates
1939 - 1946
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI

Extent and Medium

85 units

Scope and Content

The records of the Polish Red Cross handed over to the Archives of the State Museum at Majdanek in 1957. The materials are connected with the activity of the Polish Red Cross in the Lublin district in the years 1939-1946. They include: the personal records of the prisoners of Majdanek and the Lublin Castle, who received parcels from their families by hand of the Polish Red Cross; postcards confirming the receipt of the parcels; lists of Polish soldiers who were wounded or killed in 1939; and a register of former forced labourers, people coming back from the camps, refugees and foreigners looking for family members.

Archivist Note

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