Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Polish Diplomatic Legation in Vienna Poselstwo Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Wiedniu (Sygn. 453)

Identifier
irn557928
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.61.1
  • RG-15.511
Dates
1 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1937
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

479 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

In November 1918 the Polish government sent a delegation to Vienna with the task of establishing diplomatic relations with the Republic of Austria and coordinating the work of Polish liquidation units in the Austrian state. The delegation was not an official diplomatic representative, but formally fulfilled its role. In 1921 the delegation was renamed the Polish Embassy in Vienna. The organizational structure consisted of: the Diplomatic Department, the Consular Branch (in 1928 transformed into the independent consulate of the Republic of Poland in Vienna), the Military Department (abolished in 1922), the Commercial Division (later reduced to the position of commercial adviser), liquidation branch (around 1928), the Chancellery and the Office of the Rachid. At the moment of annexation of Austria by the German Reich in 1938 the Delegation was abolished.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

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 Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 453. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Reports, studies, and other materials related to the condition of national minorities in Poland and beyond Poland, including Ukrainians and Polish Jews. Also includes materials about antisemitic riots, quotas at universities, activities of antisemitic organizations, condition of refugees and internees, as well as social relief for them organized by the Polish and International Red Cross. Other selected materials concern ritual slaughter, allowances for Jews, taking care of Polish citizens in Switzerland, passport documentation, as well as correspondence related to searching for individuals and determining their whereabouts.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in five series: 1. Reports of Polish institutions related to minorities outside Poland, 1933, 1937; 2. Reports, correspondence related to movements of Ukrainian nationalists, 1921-1922; 3. Reports of the Polish Liaison Officer in Vienna related to Ukrainian organizations; 1922-1923; 4. Reports of the Polish Embassy in Vienna, notes, brochures, correspondence: activities of Ukrainian terrorist organizations in Austria and North America, 1933-1936; 5. Reports of the Polish Embassy in Vienna, lists and lists, brochures, correspondence: Jewish affairs in Poland and Europe, 1933, 1935, 1937.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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