American Relief for Poland organization records
Extent and Medium
5 microfilm reels (digitized),
digital images,
Archival History
Polish Museum of America
Acquisition
Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 from the Polish Museum of America
Scope and Content
Contains reports, bulletins, general correspondence, name lists, "welfare messages," financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and various other records relating to the work of the American Relief for Poland from 1939 to 1952. The files of the American Relief for Poland, Lisbon office, contain reports and general correspondence from Florian Piskorski, American Relief for Poland delegate to Europe, general financial records of the Lisbon office, name lists of Polish and Jewish refugees, Polish prisoners of war, and Roman Catholic priests, in concentration camps receiving aid, and general records relating to the American Relief for Poland's work with various branches of the Red Cross throughout Europe.
System of Arrangement
Organized in the following order: American Relief for Poland general records and bulletins, Reel 1, files 1 - 134, and Reel 1, file 285 - Reel 5, file 342, American Relief for Poland, Lisbon office records Arrangement within the files is generally chronological
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Polish Museum of America
Corporate Bodies
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Subjects
- Catholic Church--Clergy--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief.
- Priests--Nazi persecution.
- Refugees, Jewish--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross.
- Refugee -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Concentration camps--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- Prisoners of war--Poland.
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Photographs.
- Document