Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce Komenda Wojewódzka Policji Państwowej w Kielcach (Sygn. 111)
Extent and Medium
18,516 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Urza?d Wojewo?dzki w Kielcach. Komenda Wojewódzka Policji.
Biographical History
The Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce was tasked with keeping the peace and public order in the province of Kielce, as well as investigating and prosecuting crimes. The Provincial Command supervised all County Commands within the territory of the province.
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
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 Kielcach, Poland, Sygn. 111. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Orders, ordinances, reports, registers, correspondence, questionnaires and minutes of the Provincial Chief Officer of the State Police in Kielce. Included are registers of crimes, police reports, opinions and instructions, photos of criminals from the register of the State Police, reports of the chief officers of Major Security Organizations in Poland, personnel lists of the State Police in Kielce and subordinate police stations, personal questionnaires, personnel matters of the State Police officers, reports and information concerning police informers, information on the national movements among the Jews, materials related to an explosion at the gun powder facility in Zagoździe, situational reports, reports concerning the activity of political parties, materials related to espionage activities against Poland, reports to the voivode and starost, and minutes of sessions of the Disciplinary Commission.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in seven series: 1. Registers of crimes; 1935-1939; 2. Activities of Jewish organizations, 1924-1925; 3. Photographs of criminals from the register of the National Police, 1938-1939; 4. Orders and ordinances of the Commander of Provincial Police, 1922-1939; 5. Daily reports: Social and political situation, 1935-1936; 6. Materials related to espionage activities against the Republic of Poland, 1921-1925; 7. Reports and correspondence on security issues, 1932-1938.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
- World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
- International Jewish Labor Bund
Subjects
- Poland
- Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Kielce (Poland)
- Crime and criminals--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
- Zagoździe (Poland)
- Political parties.
- Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--20th century--Registers.
- Police administration--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century.
- Kielce (Poland : Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
- Criminal investigation--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century--Registers.
- Police.
- Police--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century--Registers.
- Kielce (Poland : Voivodeship)
Genre
- Photographs.
- Registers.
- Document
- Minutes.
- Ordinances.
- Reports.
Copies
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