Selected reords of the city Przedbórz Akta miasta Przedborza (Sygn. 520)

Identifier
irn531851
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.38.1
  • RG-15.442
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn531851

Extent and Medium

36,745 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Urz?d Miejski w Przedborzu

Biographical History

Przedbórz is a town in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,835 inhabitants (2004). Przedbórz is situated on the Pilica River in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland. From its foundation until the Partitions of Poland, it belonged to Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship. A Jewish community is documented as being established in Przedbórz by 1570. At the beginning of the Second World War, the town was 60% Jewish. There were approximately 6, 800 inhabitants in Przedbórz before the war, including approximately 4,400 Jews. Before the Second World War, tourists would travel to Przedbórz to visit the architecturally notable Przedbórz Synagogue.

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. 520 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 of sessions of the Municipal Council of Przedbórz, budget records, files related to electionS (including lists of voters), diverse lists and statistics, lists of estates and housing matters, records of lands, fees/fares and taxes (including those for the synagogue), construction matters, recruitment to the army, and applications for identification cards, and many other matters. Included are files of the Jewish Community that survived from 1940-1942 (call No 578-582), and a list of estate owners.

System of Arrangement

Selected records arranged in fifteen series: 1. Minutes, election and administrative records of the Municipal Council; 2. Registers of voters; 3. Registers and statistics of town estates and housing; 4. Records of taxation matters; 5. Social services and medical expenses; 6. Constructions matters in the city; 7. Registers of voters to the Polish Sejm; 8. Book of population, 1926; 9. Records of population movement; 10. Files relating to identity documents and various certificates, 1923-1939; 11. Court and administrative verdicts, 1922-1939; 12. Recruitment to the Army, 1918; 1931-1939; 13. Files of the Board of the Jewish Community in Przedbórz, 1940-1942; 14. Register of property owners, 1940-1943; 15. Files for issuing identity cards and passports 1925 and 1932.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

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

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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