Selected records of the Końskie Town Akta miasta Końskie (Sygn. 519)

Identifier
irn531850
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.37.1
  • RG-15.441
Dates
1 Jan 1915 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn531850

Extent and Medium

32,083 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Urz?d Miasta i Gminy Ko?skie

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 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. 519. 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

Minutes, correspondence, statistics, organizational files, lists of war damages, as well as records related to matters of social welfare, insurance, and the like. Files of the City Council, 1918-1939 relate to the election to the City Council, sessions of the council, budget commission, taxes, social welfare, emigration, industry, migration; included are books of permanent inhabitants. Files of the City Board, 1939-1945 refer to matters of property, finances, road and construction works (“Baudienst”) and taxes. Included are also lists of German and Jewish inhabitants who survived, announcements and correspondence of German authorities, data concerning camps, as well as the files of societies, associations and committees. Before WWII, the population of the town of Końskie was approximately 9,000, including about 6,500 Jews.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1. Records of the City Council, 1918-1939; 2. Records of the City Board, 1939-1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Municipal government
  • Końskie (Poland)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Końskie--History--20th century.
  • Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Końskie--History--20th century.
  • Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Końskie--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Końskie.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Końskie--History.
  • 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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