Polish State Police Station in Opoczno Policja Państwowa w Opocznie (Sygn. 772)

Identifier
irn531858
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.45.1
  • RG-15.449
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn531858

Extent and Medium

1,754 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Policja Pa?stwowa w Opocznie

Biographical History

In the German-occupied territories of Poland, in which the General Government had been established in 1939, the German police played a significant role. The police was divided into the order police, security police and security service. The operations of the German police was supported by auxiliary Polish Police squads, also called the “blue police”. The activity of the squads of the Polish Police bordered the territories of the prewar counties of Opoczno and Rawa, as well as a part of the Będzin county. The headquarters of county authorities were in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, and therefore, it was later renamed to the Tomaszów county.

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.772. 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

Police Station Books, 1940-1943. The Station Books noted all operations of the police in Opoczno area; and contain numerous references to Jewish residents.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four series: 1. Station Book, 1940; 2. Station Book, 1941; 3. Station Book, 1942; 4. Station Book, 1943. Each book is divided into six sections.: "The Order Number"; "Type of Service"; Time of Exit and Return to the Station"; "Number of Hours; "Actions Performed During the Service"; Notes."

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

  • Policja Polska Generalnego Gubernatorstwa

Subjects

  • Police
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Opoczno.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Opoczno--History.
  • Police administration--Poland--Opoczno--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Police--Poland--History--20th century--Registers.
  • Opoczno (Poland)

Genre

  • Notes.
  • Registers.
  • Document
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