Collection of materials from the "Kurier Polski" Editorial Board: Competition "This is how People's Poland began" Kolekcja dokumentacji Redakcji „Kuriera Polskiego”: Konkurs „Tak zaczęła się Polska Ludowa” (Sygn. 572)
Extent and Medium
1,459 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Kurier Polski
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.572. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed 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
Memories, documents, publications, clippings, evacuation cards, certificates, ID cards, announcements, photographs, postcards, and other documents sent by readers for the competition to the newspaper "Kurier Polski" after WWII. Includes documents related to land reform, contingents, a map of the so-called Recovered Territories, and book ordinances of the City Board in Biskupiec.
System of Arrangement
Arranged by 88 files of materials sent by individual contestants. Organized in alphabetical order by last names of contestants.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Poland--History--20th century.
- Polish people--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
- Biskupiec (Olsztyn, Poland)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century.
Genre
- Memories.
- Ordinances.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Photographs.
- Certificates.
- Announcements.
- Maps.
- Document
- Postcards.