Einwandererzentralstelle, Rasse und Siedlungsamt, Aussenstelle Litzmannstadt records (Sygn. 167)

Identifier
irn503573
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0065
  • RG-15.021M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503573

Extent and Medium

6 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Einwandererzentralstelle Litzmannstadt

Archival History

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Institute of National Remembrance-Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation), Sygn. 167. The records were created by the Einwandererzentralstelle, Rasse und Siedlungsamt, Aussenstelle Litzmannstadt from ca. 1939 to ca. 1944. After World War II, the records were deposited in the archives of the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej.The records were selected and filmed during 1992 and 1993. The Archives received the microfilm on April 23, 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the activities of the Einwandererzentralstelle, Rasse und Siedlungsamt, Aussenstelle Litzmannstadt from circa 1939 to circa 1944; resettlement of Poles; Germanization of native Poles; Germanization of Polish children; qualification of Poles as Volksdeutsche; racial investigations by the SS; Mischlinge; marriages of SS members; transports; establishment of concentration camps; and Poles used in forced labor.

System of Arrangement

This collection is arranged thematically. Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

Corporate Bodies

  • Einwandererzentralstelle Litzmannstadt
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Poland.
  • Eugenics
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland.
  • Germany
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Polish children--Germanization.
  • Łódź (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Polish people--Łódź--History.
  • Germanization--Poland--Łódź--History.
  • Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Crimes against humanity.

Genre

  • 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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu

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