Selected records of the Prison in Łódź Więzienie Łódzkie (Sygn. 197) : Wybrane materialy
Extent and Medium
436 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Wi?zienie w ?ódzi
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
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 Łodzi, Poland, Sygn. 197. 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. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Contains the personal files of prisoners: admission order, prisoners description, a visit permit, an exemption order, a list of penalties, petitions and complaints. The prisoners were convicted mailny for crimes like as: organizing illegal border crossing, distributing communist materials, polygamy and financial fraud, belonging to the Communist Union of Polish Youth, and organizing bomb attacks on Jewish enterprises.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in one series: 1 Personnal files of prisoners.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Communism--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Jewish.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Crime and criminals--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
- Prisoners--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
- Łódź (Poland)--Politics and government--1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
- Police administration--Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1944.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Łódź.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.