Selected records of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki Akta gminy Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Sygn. 3)

Identifier
irn608075
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.111.1
  • RG-15.380
Dates
1 Jan 1885 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

6,087 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki, the former rural municipality was existing in the years 1940-1954 in the province Warsaw, Poland. The headquarters of the municipality was Zyrardów. In the interwar period in the Błoński district, Warsaw province, there were two distinct of rural communities: a small municipality Wiskitki based in Wiskitki and much larger, the municipality Zyrardów based in Żyrardow. Municipality of Zyrardów-Wiskitki was established at the beginning of World War II by the amalgamation of municipalities Wiskitki and Zyrardów. Commune was abolished in 1954, together with the reform of reorganization of the municipalities. Municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki was not reinstated later, however after reactivation of municipalities, the municipality Wiskitki was created, covering an area of a previous municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki, as well as municipality Guzów.

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim

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 Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim, Poland, Sygn. 3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.

Scope and Content

Consists of selected records of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki, Poland, e.g. registers of foreigners; files on inhabitants of Teklinów, Feliksów, Henryków, Kozłowice, Ruda Guzowska and Wiskitki; a list of 937 Jews from Wiskitki, 1937-1940; various correspondence of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki; registers of homeowners; birth and death certificates; records of the "Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy" in Wiskitki, 1941-1942; records of Jewish community in Wiskitki; records of Judenrat and registers of Jews permitted to travel, 1940; correspondence relating to Jewish Holocaust survivors, records of industrial and commercial companies, abandoned properties; and registration of various religions in the municipality of Wiskitki.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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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.