Selected records of the Polish Care Committee in Busko Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy w Busku (Sygn. 2170)
Extent and Medium
340 digital images, PDF
Archival History
Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn.2170. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Reports of the Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy w Busku (Polish Welfare Committee in Busko) related to the situation of Busko city's population, 1940-1944 and situation in Pińczów after the fire in September 1939 . Includes posters, announcements, and two issues of the German propaganda magazine “Służba światowa” ("World Service", subtitle "International Information Agency for the Study of the Jewish Question"), July-October 1943. The articles in the newspaper were intended to discredit the Jewish community around the world. The following articles appeared in the October issue: "The leading position of Jews in England in the 20th century"; "Jews prohibit Shakespeare's "Venetian Merchant"; "The Red Army was a tool of Jewish Bolshevism"; "Increased Bolshevization in the United States"; "Centenary of the B'nai B'rith Jewish Association"; "Jewish chronicle from the Soviet Union"; In the August issue: "Development of Jewish influence in the United States of America"; "Satan's plan of Jewry foresees the slavery of all non-Jewish nations"; "The "Conference for victualling " in Hot-Springs was the work of Jews: What did Churchill say about Jews as the main instigators of the revolution".
System of Arrangement
Arranged in two groups: 1. Files of the Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy w Busku; 2. Two issues of German propaganda magazine.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Poland--Busko.
- Polish people--Poland--Busko--History--20th century.
- Jews--Poland--Busko--History--20th century.
- Social Service
- Antisemitism--Germany--20th century.
- Busko (Poland : Powiat)
- Pińczów (Poland)
Genre
- Posters.
- Announcements.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Reports.
- Document
- Correspondence.