In memory of the Polish Jews
Extent and Medium
89 digital images, JPEG
42 slides,
1 booklet,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The slides were produced from originals in the collections of the Central Nazi War Crimes Commission, the Jewish Historical Institute and Mechanical Documentation Centre, and other sources. The slide production was released by Epoka Slajd in 1983.
Scope and Content
Consists of a copy of "In memory of the Polish Jews," a slide presentation produced by Epoka Slajd. The package includes 42 color and black & white slides as well as a booklet containing historical information on Polish Jewry and individual descriptions of the slides. The slides depict various aspects of Jewish life in Poland, including persecution by the Nazis, various religious sects in Poland, the Umschlagplatz and transports from the ghettos to concentration camps, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, and memorials dedicated to the memory of the Polish Jews who suffered and died during the Holocaust. The information booklet provides a description in both Polish and English. The images in the presentation were reproduced from the Central Nazi War Crimes Commission, the Jewish Historical Institute and Mechanical Documentation Center.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Korczak, Janusz, 1878-1942.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Kraków.
- Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Białystok.
- Executions and executioners.
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
- Holocaust memorials.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Synagogues.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements.
Genre
- Slides.
- Document
- Photographs.