Der Aelteste der Juden vom Litzmannstadt-Getto The elders of the Jews in the Łódź ghetto Przełożony Starszeństwa Żydow w Getcie Łódzkim

Identifier
irn507401
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.126
  • RG-15.083M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507401

Extent and Medium

794,030 digital images, JPEG

707 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi

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 Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (Polish States Archives in Łódź), Record group: Przełożony Starszeństwa Żydow w Getcie Łódzkim; File 1-21105. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of the the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June 2000, and several subsequent accretions between 2001 and 2007.

Scope and Content

Contains various documents of the record group Przełożony Starszeństwa Żydow w Getcie Łódzkim, 1939-1944. Consists predominantly of the records of Chaim Mordechai Rumkowski, the Eldest of the Jews in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and of his administration. Included are letters, announcements, circulars, charts, publications, reports, essays, name lists, and photographs.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological. Alphabetical cards of employees are microfilmed at the end of the collection (Reels 673-696). Files organized as follow: File 1-2467; Reels 1-328; Reel 329 organized in subgroups: 329/1-329/11; 330-696. File 1011, containing alphabetical information cards of employees, microfilmed at the end of the collection (Reels 673-696)

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

  • Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim.

Corporate Bodies

  • Nazi Party

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
  • Łódź (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
  • Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Poland--Łódź.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź.
  • Jews--Segregation--Poland--Łódź.
  • Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland)
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

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.

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