Lwów files Teka Lwowska (Sygn. 229)
Extent and Medium
81 digital files, PDF
1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm
1 DVD, 4 3/4 in.
Archival History
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 229. ŻIH received the records after World War II. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired a microfilm copy of the records in 1996.
Scope and Content
This collection contains reports, articles, clippings, and various other documents relating to the persecution and execution of Jews in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine); the activities of the Jewish council (Judenrat) in the Lwów ghetto; the confiscation of Jewish property; the eviction of Jews from their homes; various "actions" in the ghetto, some specifically targeting elderly Jews; the mistreatment of Jews by Ukrainians; the burning of synagogues; the extortion of money from Jews in the ghetto; the activities of the German police and Gestapo; Jews taken to forced labor camps near Lwów; the activities of the Jewish police; the pogrom against the Lwów Jews at the time of the German invasion in 1941; a massacre in the Brygidki prison in Lwów; and the oaths of Lwów rabbis from 1898 to 1928.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Gestapo
Subjects
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
- Massacres--Ukraine--L’viv.
- World War, 1939-1945---Conscript labor--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Synagogues--Ukraine--L’viv--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Rabbis--Ukraine---L’viv.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Ukraine--History--20th century.
- Police--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine.
- Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Jewish councils--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--L’viv.
- Pogroms--Ukraine--L’viv.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Ukraine--L'viv.
- Ukrainians--Ukraine--L’viv--History--20th century.
- Ukraine--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma