Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (CKŻP). Personnel Department Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Personaly (Sygn. 303/III)

Identifier
irn47331
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.122
  • RG-15.219M
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47331

Extent and Medium

7,323 digital images, JPEG

7 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Centralny Komitet ?ydów Polskich

Biographical History

The Central Committee of Polish Jews also referred to as the Central Committee of Jews in Poland and abbreviated CKŻP, (Polish: Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, Yiddish: צענטראל קאמיטעט פון די יידן אין פוילן‎; tr: Centraler Komitet fun di Jidn in Pojln) was a state-sponsored political representation of Jews in Poland at the end of World War II. It was established on November 12, 1944, as the successor of the Provisional Central Committee of Polish Jews formed a month earlier under the umbrella of the communist Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN). The CKŻP provided care and assistance to Jews who survived the Holocaust. It legally represented all CKŻP-registered Polish Jews in their dealings with the new government and its agencies. It existed until 1950 when, together with the Jewish Cultural Society, representatives of CKŻP founded the Socio-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland [Source: Wikipedia] The Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, CKŻP (Central Committee of Jews in Poland) was the most prominent official Jewish institution in Poland following the Holocaust. CKŻP attended to the needs of Jews from fall 1944 until 1950. It sponsored a variety of programs, providing food, shelter, education, medical assistance, cultural activities, and employment services and vocational training. The CKŻP also supervised the repatriation of Jews from the Soviet Union and assisted with legal emigration. A government‐funded body, it was supported financially by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

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 Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 303/XII. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in July 2012.

Scope and Content

This collection includes the records of the Personnel Department of the Centralny Komitet Żydὀw Polskich (CKŻP). Contains documentation relating to employees of CKŻP, e.g. job applications, questionnaires (comprising of resumes and photographs), cards of the staff, insurance papers, certificates and statements, holiday leave, roll cards, sick leave, reports concerning the current number of employees, etc.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in three series: 1. General files: circular letters, orders and correspondence 2. Personal files: name lists of the staff, questionnaires, correspondence, job applications, documentation related to holiday leave, people eating at the canteen, monthly tickets for public transportation, etc.; 3. Personal files: staff of regional branches, questionnaires of the staff, name lists, and correspondence. This materials is fragmental or even remnant. In many cases, only data concerning the staff during a specific period of time survived. Most of this material refers to the staff of CKŻP headquarters in Warsaw.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Central Committee of Polish Jews

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--Statistics.
  • Jews--Employment--Poland.
  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Photographs.
  • Questionnaires.
  • Certificates.
  • Resumes.
  • Reports.
  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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