Socio-Cultural Society of Jews in Poland Towarzystwo-Społeczno Kulturalne Żydów w Polsce (TSKŻ) (Sygn. 325)

Towarzystwo Społeczno-Kulturalne Żydów w Polsce (TSKŻ)-a secular Jewish organization was established in 1950 as a result of the merger of the Central Committee of Polish Jews and the Jewish Society of Culture. TSKŻ has about 2,700 members and is the largest Jewish organization in Poland. The aim of the Society is to meet the cultural needs of the Jewish community and to represent it, develop literary, artistic and scientific creativity, promote the Yiddish language, protect Jewish heritage in Poland, and material and spiritual help to its members. The Society is represented in the World and European Jewish Congress. It is maintained with own resources. It also uses grants for the implementation of tasks in the field of culture of national and ethnic minorities. The Society operates based on the statute and the law on associations. The General Meeting elects the management every four years. Elections are also held at the TSKŻ field offices.

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

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 Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma Poland, Sygn. 325. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in June 2018, and accretion in Feb. 2020. Duplication project completed.