Death cards from the Ghetto of Warsaw Karty zgonu z Getta Warszawskiego (Sygn. 201)

Identifier
irn524406
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.279
  • RG-15.119
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524406

Extent and Medium

10,055 digital images, PDF

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 imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 201. The cards were rescued by unknown person, documents contain obvious signs of damage from fire and therefore were not microfilmed (the pages are very dark and partly burnt). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Ż̇IH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Sep. 2007.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 10,055 certificates of deaths fulfilled and signed by the Jewish doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto for the office: “Wydział Statystyczny Zarządu Miejskiego w mieście Warszawie” (Statistical Department of the Council of Warsaw) for the statistical purposes and census records of the City of Warsaw. Certificates of deaths contain following information: the last, first and second name, the year of birth, the place of birth, the father's, and mother's name, the address, the date of death, the number of the death certificate, the marital status, the occupation, the citizenship, the reason of death, the coexisting illnesses and the name of the home doctor. Not all sections of the death certificates were filled. NOTE: In 2018 this collection was reproduced again in color copies, Sygn. 221, USHMM RG-15.628. Those new color copies are recommended for users.

System of Arrangement

Death certificates arranged in alphabetical order by the name of individuals.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

Corporate Bodies

  • Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization

Subjects

  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Death--Proof and certification--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Resistance groups (ushmm)
  • Jews--Segregation--Poland.

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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