Selected records of the police of the region of Silesia Policja Województwa Śląskiego (Sygn. 38/0)

Identifier
irn524450
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.268
  • RG-15.130M
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

8,670 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Silesian Voivodeship Police started operating in June 1922 immediately after Poland's part of Upper Silesia was granted to it. The matter of competence and organization of the police authorities was established by the ordinance of June 17, 1922, regarding the organization of the Silesian Voivodeship Police. It stated that the voivodship police is an organization of the security service and has the task of maintaining security, peace and public order, and in this respect is the executive body of the voivodeship administration authorities. Organizationally, the police were adapted to the administrative division of the province, divided into the Main Police Headquarters of the Silesian Province with headquarters in Katowice, poviat and city headquarters (for cities constituting poviats), police stations in cities and larger municipalities or districts of larger cities, and posts in municipalities and smaller cities. In the field of organization, administration, supply, weaponry and training, the voivodship police was subordinate to the chief commandant, while in the area of security service and executive actions of administrative authorities subordinated to the voivode, and in poviats - starosts, in the districts for which police directorates were established (Katowice, Chorzów), Bielsko) - police directors. The above regulation also regulated the attitude of the police to the judiciary. It established that in the investigation of crimes, the police are directly dependent on the judiciary; Prosecutor's offices and judicial authorities have the right to directly issue orders to the police in accordance with the criminal proceedings laws. [Source: Based on description from the source Archives]

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach

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 Katowicach, Sygn. 38/0. 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

The collection contains selected records from the files produced by the Head Command of the Police of Region of Silesia and some of the County Police Commands. They cover the following matters: orders and resolutions of the superior authorities, situation reports, searches, inquiries and arrests of the delinquents, information about the social and political events, especially relating to the German minorities and communist movement, and information about the political parties and associations.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Reel 1: File 146, 147; Reel 2: File 174, 176, 178, 180; Reel 3: File 202-207; Reel 4: File 208-212; Reel 5: File 347, 348, 390, 391, 40; Reel 6: File 561, 622. See also records: RG-15.581M: 2018.53.1. Policja Województwa Śląskiego (Sygn. 38): Selected records of the Police of the Silesian Province.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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.