Lwów files Teka Lwowska (Sygn. 229)

Identifier
irn505512
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0228
  • RG-15.069M
Dates
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1979, 1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

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

Subjects

Genre

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.