Selected records of the Headquarters of the State Police in Warsaw Komenda Główna Policji Państwowej w Warszawie (Sygn.349)

Identifier
irn593167
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.498.1
  • RG-15.559
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn593167

Extent and Medium

11,294 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Poland. Policja. Komenda G?o?wna

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, Poland, Sygn. 349. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017. Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Registers of persons detained for an espionage and suspected of communist activity, a bulletin "Poufny Przegląd Inwigilacyjny" (Confidential Investigation Review), 1921-1934, albums of criminals, photographs of officers of the Polish State Police, a report "Ruch żydowski w Polsce' (Jewish movement in Poland), 1925; and investigative materials related to the murder of the Jungsztajn family (Correspondence, photographs), 1927, 1939.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in five series: 1. Registers of people detained for espionage; 2. Copies of bulletin #26-#729; 3. Albums with photographs of criminals; 4. Photographs of officers of the State Police, 1934; 5. Investigative, and propaganda materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Espionage, German--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Poland
  • Police
  • Warsaw (Poland)
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--20th century.
  • Antisemitism--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Police administration--Poland--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.