Court inquiries about executions and mass graves in districts, provinces, camps, and ghettos Ankieta Sadów Grodzkich (Sygn.163)
Extent and Medium
21,097 digital images, JPEG
19 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
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.163. Deposited to the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej from the various Polish courts. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired microfilm copies of selected files in 1991. The Archives received the microfilm in April 1992.
Scope and Content
This collection contains questionnaires distributed by various Polish courts to districts and provinces and to municipal authorities near the sites of concentration camps and ghettos in Poland. The questionnaires request information about mass executions and mass graves.
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
Subjects
- Wrocław (Poland)
- Gdańsk (Poland)
- Concentration camps--Poland--Occupation--1939-1945.
- Kielce (Poland : Voivodeship)
- Poland
- Białystok (Poland)
- Dąbrowa Białostocka (Poland)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--History--Occupation.
- Kielce (Poland)
- Poland--Politics and government--1945-.
- World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons--Poland.
- Rzeszów (Poland)
- Poznań (Poland)
- Pomerania (Poland and Germany)
- Courts
- War crimes--History--Poland-20th century.
- Kraków (Poland)
- Massacres--Poland--History--20th century.
- Lublin (Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Łódź (Poland)
- PoznanÌ (Poland : Voivodeship)
- Poland (Territory under German occupation, 1939-1945)
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Occupation–History.
Genre
- Questionnaires.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu