Selected records of the city Żyrardów Akta miasta Żyrardowa (Sygn. 2)

Identifier
irn608117
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.151.1
  • RG-15.379
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

4,095 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The town of Żyrardów is situated in the heart of Poland, at the south-west part of Mazowieckie Voivodeship, 45 km from Warsaw and 90 km from Łódź. The town is 1.433 ha in area. The town has a population of more than 40 thousand.

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. 2. 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

This collection contains selected records of the city Żyrardów in Poland, e.g. registers of permanent inhabitants and houses, birth certificates, circular letters and other documents issued by the German authorities (1940-1943); witness testimonies relating to the crimes committed by the Gestapo and gendarmerie; documents relating to the changing of surnames, social welfare in the wartime including a list of victims, and documents of the WWII Committee of the Exhumation of those Murdered by the Nazis.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in nine series: 1. The register of permanent residents of the city Żyrardów (before WWII); 2. Metrics and correspondence of the city population, 1938-1940: 3. Circulars and orders of the supervisory authorities, 1934-1945; 4. Protocols of testimonies of witnesses of those arrested by the Gestapo and gendarmerie, 1945; 5. Records relating to the changes of surnames, 1948-1949; 6. Lists of people executed by the Germans in the city, and correspondence, 1934-1947; 7. Registration books of the city population on the streets: Fabryczna (Okrzei), Familijnej (Mireckiego), Mielczarskiego (Ogrodowa), Narutowicza (Szkolna), 1 Maja, Szeroka (Łukasinskiego), and Tylna (16 Stycznia); 8. Records of the WWII Committee of Exhumation of those Murdered by the Nazis in Międzyborów; Registry of homes in Żyrardów with a list of residents (including Jewish population); 9. The lists of killed and murdered by Germans, buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Żyrardów, and minutes of meetings of the WWII Committee of the Exhumation of those Murdered by the Nazis.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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.