Delegacy of Government for a Country Poland, Department of Internal Affairs records Delegatura Rządu Polskiego na Kraj, Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Sygn. 202/II)

Identifier
irn501973
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0142.1
  • RG-15.043M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501973

Extent and Medium

2 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Delegatura Rza?du Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na Kraj.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Warsaw, Poland, Sygn. 202/II. Records created by the Delegatura Rządu Polskiego na Kraj, Departament Informacji i Prasy, and deposited in the Archiwum Akt Nowych after World War II. The records were selected and filmed for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in 1992.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the activities of the Delegacy of a Government for a Country Poland and its subordinate units during the German occupation. Of special interest is information about prisons in various Polish cities; concentration camps; communist activity; conditions in the Warsaw ghetto; and underground movements.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in six series: 1. Polish Government in Exile . Correspondence and organizational documents; 2. Polish Government in Exile . Delegation of Occupied Poland. Eastern Affairs Office; 3. Polish Government in exile. Delegate Office. Department of Internal Affairs; 4. Polish Government in Exile. Delegation for Occupied Poland. Department of Internal Affairs, Prisons and Concentration Camps Office; 5. Polish Government in Exile. Department of Internal Affairs. Security Service Office; 6. Polish Government in Exile. "Siec"(Net). "Granica" (Border). Eastern Affairs Office. File number: Sygn. 202/II/1-74 (74 files).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
  • Communism--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.

Genre

  • Registers.
  • Document
  • Reports.
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Akt Nowych

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Akt Nowych

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