Selected records of various Landratsämte (administrative district offices)
Extent and Medium
18,764 digital images, JPEG
24 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu
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 Paǹstwowe w Poznaniu, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in September 2007.
Scope and Content
This collection contains selected records of the Landratsämte (administrative district) offices of Jarocin, Kalisz, Konin, Krotoszyn, Leszno, Nowy Tomyśl, Oborniki, Ostrów, Poznań, Czerników, Wolsztyn, and Września. Documents cover financial matters, taxes, medical care, German officials, municipal affairs, and other administrative matters. Files contain lists of inhabitants, employees, and other local materials.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in twelve series. 1. Landratsämte Jarocin (Sygn. 450); 2. Landratsämte Kalisz (Sygn. 451); 3. Landratsämte Konin (Sygn. 455); 4. Landratsämte Krotoszyn (Sygn. 457); 5. Landratsämte Leszno (Sygn. 458); 6. Landratsämte Nowy Tomyśl (Sygn. 459); 7. Landratsämte Oborniki (Sygn. 460); 8. Landratsämte Ostrów (Sygn. 461); 9. Landratsämte Poznań (Sygn. 462); 10. Landratsämte Czerników, 1939-1945 (Sygn. 464); 11. Landratsämte Wolsztyn, 1939-1945 ( Sygn. 468); 12. Landratsämte Września, 1939-1945 (Sygn. 469)
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Wielkopolska.
- Poznaǹ (Poland)--Ethnic relations.
- Krotoszyn (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Kalisz (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Oborniki (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Konin (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Nowy Tomyśl (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Wolsztyn (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Września (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Jews--Poznaǹ (Poland)--History--Registers.
- Jarocin (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Jews--Poland--Migrations--History--20th century.
- Holocaust survivors--Poznaǹ (Poland)--History.
- Ostrów (Poland)--Politics and government.
- Leszno (Poland)--Politics and government.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu