Collection of 3831 photographs made by members of the Peasant Movement Zbiór 3831 zdjęć wykonanych przez członków Ruchu Ludowego

Identifier
irn611584
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.185.1
  • RG-15.617
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn611584

Extent and Medium

3,831 digital images, JPEG

Archival History

Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in May 2018. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Consists of catalog cards with the photo collection from a grup of records: K4-BCH Lwów-Rawa Mazowiecka. Each card contains the photograph and its description along with the date (not always). Photographs relate to World War II: military actions, Polish Armed Forces in the West (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie, PSZ), prisoners of war, occupant policy, terror, Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie, BCH)-Main Headquarters and armed units (partisans), and commemoration events after WWII.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four groups: 1. Polish Home Army-Rzeszów region; 2. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Bialystok region; 3. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lublin region; 4. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lviv and Rawa Mazowiecka region.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju

People

  • Rowecki, Stefan, 1895-1944.

Corporate Bodies

  • Poland. Polskie Siły Zbrojne. Bataliony Chłopskie
  • AK-Home Army (Poland)

Subjects

  • Underground movements--Poland--́́History--20th century.
  • Rawa Mazowiecka (Poland : Powiat)--History.
  • Białystok (Poland).
  • Opatów (Poland)
  • Wkra (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Underground movements--Peasants--Bataliony Chłopskie.
  • Commemorations--Poland--1945-1980.
  • Poznań (Poland : Voivodeship)
  • Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century.
  • Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland)
  • Tarnowskie Góry (Poland)
  • Volhynia (Ukraine)
  • Wadowice (Poland)
  • Kielce (Poland : Powiat)
  • Biała Krakowska (Poland)
  • Skierniewice (Poland)
  • Radom (Poland : Powiat)
  • Stopnica (Województwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland)
  • Sieradz (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Tarnobrzeg (Poland)
  • Sandomierz (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Włoszczowa (Poland)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland.
  • Peasants--Poland--Political activity--History--20th century.
  • Pulawy (Poland)
  • Łowicz (Poland)
  • Rzeszów (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Piotrków (Poland)
  • Lublin (Poland : Voivodeship)
  • World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Poland.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century.
  • Biała Podlaska (Poland)
  • Nowy Sacz (Poland)
  • Zamość (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Siedlce (Poland)
  • Biłgoraj (Poland)
  • Plock (Poland)
  • Lviv (Ukraine)

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.