Records of the Generalgouvernment- Kraków (Sygn. 880)

These records contain information about activities of the General Government and its officials in Kraków. Also included is information about the administration of prisons in Kraków and Rzeszów, the establishment of a separate Jewish section in Kraków, and the treatment of prisoners of war. Included are instructions, orders, guiding principles, and correspondence of the cabinet of the Governor General and the office of the Governor of the District of Kraków, which mainly relate to legal and prison matters concerning the prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment of criminals, as well as staff matters in Kraków and Rzeszów. Also included is private and official correspondence of State Secretary Dr. Ernst Boeppl.

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