Jan Karski Papers
Biographical History
Liaison officer and courier of the Polish government-in-exile to the Polish underground, 1939-1943; author, Story of a Secret State (1944).
Scope and Content
Correspondence, memoranda, government documents, bulletins, reports, studies, speeches and writings, printed matter, photographs, clippings, newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings, videotape cassettes, and microfilm, relating to events and conditions in Poland during World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation, and operations of the Polish underground movement during World War II. Includes microfilm copies of Polish underground publications. Of particular importance are 26 reels of microfilm of Polish underground publications during the German occupation as well as a set of 750 photographs and a collection of reports, mostly in Polish.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
19 ms. boxes, 10 oversize boxes, 6 card file boxes, 24 envelopes, 26 microfilm reels.
Existence and Location of Copies
Boxes 1-34 also available on microfilm (24 reels).
Archivist Note
Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson
Sources
The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0