Collection of testimonies of disabled soldiers of World War II Zbiór relacji inwalidów II wojny światowej (Sygn. 1702)
Extent and Medium
5,054 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Zwi?zek Inwalidów Wojennych PRL
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
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.
Records originate from a series of competitions organized by the Historical Commission of the Warsaw District Board of the War Disabled Ex-Servicemen Union of the People’s Republic of Poland (now, the Republic of Poland), to submit memoirs of disabled ex-servicemen from World War II. These competitions took place in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980/81, 1983/84, 1988 and 1992. Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 1702. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Nov. 2016.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the memoirs of disabled ex-servicemen from Poland, related to their experiences during World War II and the German occupation of Poland. The volume of individual accounts ranges from a few to several dozen pages. Many cases include personal questionnaires. The main subjects included in the memoirs are: the campaign of September 1939, the Polish Resistance movement, the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, forced labor and imprisonment in concentration camps and prison camps for NCO’s and soldiers in Nazi Germany.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in one series: 1.Testimonies and diaries of disabled soldiers of WW II (alphabetical order by last names)
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- Ravensbrück (Concentration camp)
- Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Polski Korpus, 2
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
- Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944--Personal narratives, Polish.
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Polish resistance--Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Polish soldiers--Europe--History--20th century.
- Prisoners of war--Polish--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Poland.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Uprising (Warsaw, Poland : 1944)
- Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944--Personal narratives.
- Warszawa (Polska)--1944 (Powstanie Warszawskie)--relacje osobiste.
Genre
- Testimonies.
- Diaries.
- Document