Central Committee of the Jews in Poland. Building Department Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce. Wydział Budowlany (Sygn. 303/X)

Identifier
irn49779
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.292
  • RG-15.251
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49779

Extent and Medium

1,918 digital images, PDF

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.

From the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 303/X. After liquidation of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP) the records were transferred to the ŻIH Archives. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2012.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Building Department (known also as a Department of Engineering and Construction) of the Central Committee of the Jews in Poland (Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, CKŻP), which was established on March 1,1946. The most valuable part of this collection is the materials documenting the search for the Underground Archive of The Warsaw Ghetto (The Ringelblum Archive) (1949-1950) in the ruins of the estate located at 34 Świętojerska Street. The collection contains the following subject files: Minutes and reports (1 file); Archives of dr. E. Ringelblum (2 files), Edifices, Graveyards, Investments in the Lower Silesia, Monuments, Administration and Housing Cooperatives, and Theaters.

System of Arrangement

Arranged into eight series: Series 1. Minutes and reports (File 1); Series 2. Archives of dr. E. Ringelblum (File 2); Series 3. Edifices (File 3-15); Series 4: Graveyards (File 16-18); Series 5: Investsments in the Lower Silesia (File 19-20); Series 6: Monuments (File 21-33); Series 7: Administration and Housing Cooperatives (File 34-39); Series 8: Theaters (File 40-42).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Jewish Press Agency
  • Central Committee of Polish Jews

Subjects

  • Poland
  • Jewish committees (ushmm)
  • Jewish cemeteries--Poland.

Genre

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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