Central Jewish Committee in Poland, Department of Education Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Oświaty (Sygn. 303/IX/649)

Identifier
irn507400
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.123
  • RG-15.085M
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507400

Extent and Medium

23 digital files, PDF

7 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Centralny Komitet ?ydów Polskich. Wydzia? O?wiaty

Biographical History

The Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, CKŻP (Central Committee of Jews in Poland) was the most prominent official Jewish institution in Poland following the Holocaust. CKŻP attended to the needs of Jews from fall 1944 until 1950. It sponsored a variety of programs, providing food, shelter, education, medical assistance, cultural activities, and employment services and vocational training. The CKŻP also supervised the repatriation of Jews from the Soviet Union and assisted with legal emigration. A government-funded body, it was supported financially by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 303/IX/649. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in June 2000.

Scope and Content

Sygnatura 101/IX, File 649 consists of 7619 index cards of the Jewish children registered by the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP), Wydział Oświaty (Central Committee of Jews in Poland. Department of Education) after World War II.

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

  • Central Committee of Polish Jews

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
  • Poland--History--1945-
  • Child welfare--Poland.
  • Jewish children--Poland--Registers.
  • Holocaust survivors--Poland--Politics and government--20th century.
  • Holocaust survivors--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland.
  • Jewish children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--20th century.

Genre

  • Registers.
  • Document
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.

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