Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish Republic : Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Hamburg Konsulat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Hamburgu (Sygn.476)

Identifier
irn557946
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.65.1
  • RG-15.517
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

101 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Polish Consulate in Hamburg was created in February 1921 and operated until the first days of September 1939.

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. 476. 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, agreements, instructions, statistics, and other materials related to the condition, legal status and emigration of national minorities in Germany, including Poles and Polish Jews who were residing in Germany.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four series: 1. Polish-German agreement on emigration of Jews-Polish citizens, instructions, and correspondence, 1938-1939; 2. Correspondence and circulars: General Cultural and educational issues of Polish emigration; 3. Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a fragment of the book " Refugees. Anarchy or Organization?" by Dorothy Thompson: Jewish Question; 4. Reports, statistics and correspondence: Situation of the Polish population in Germany, 1938-1939.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.