Władysław Żeleński Collection-materials for the history of the crimes of Lviv professors in July 1941 Akta Władysława Żeleńskiego-materiały do historii zbrodni na profesorach lwowskich w lipcu 1941 (Sygn. 1941)
Extent and Medium
6,856 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Władysław Żeleński
Biographical History
Władysław Żeleński (11 July 1903 – 25 June 2006) was a Polish lawyer, historian, publicist, and Polish diaspora activist. He, served in the Polish Army in the West (II Corps), From the end of World War II until his death he lived in tFrance in Paris in 2006. Władysław was a son of Stanisław Gabriel Żeleński (who was a brother of Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński) and Izabella from Madeyskis. He was also a grandson of Władysław Żeleński, a composer.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.1941. 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
Materials collected by Władysław Żeleński on the mass murder of professors in Lviv committed by Germans in July 1941: Correspondence, protocols of hearings of witnesses and alleged perpetrators, newspaper clippings and other investigative files.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in eleven groups: 1. Files in the case of Sawizki (Sawicki); 2. Court proceedings against Rosenbaum, Kück and Kutschmann; 3. Files on the Walter Kutschmann case; 4. Various correspondence; 5. Files relating to Theodor Oberlaender, 1959-1960; 6. Correspondence between Wł. Żeleński and the director of Yad Vaschem, Jerusalem, dr J. Kermisz and the attorney Robert Kempner; 7. Materials on Pieter Menten, 1976-1978, 1980; 8. Correspondence with various people and families of the murdered; 9. The case of Theodor Oberlaender; 10. Files of attorney Stanisław Gombiński. 11. State of the murder investigation, 1979, 1981, 2001.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Menten, Pieter.
- Żeleński, Władysław, 1903-2006.
- Kempner, Robert M. W. (Robert Max Wasilii), 1899-1993.
- Gombiński, Stanisław.
- Lanckorońska, Karolina.
- Kück, Alfred.
- Albert, Zygmunt.
- Rosenbaum, Wilhelm.
- Kutschmann, Walter, 1914-1986.
Subjects
- Lʹviv (Ukraine)
- Mass murder--Ukraine--L'viv.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Ukraine.
- Massacres--Ukraine--L'viv--History--Sources.
- War criminals--Germany--History--20th century.
- War crimes investigation.
Genre
- Protocols.
- Letters.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence.
- Document