Edward Kossoy collection Akta Edwarda Kossoya (Sygn. 2633)
Extent and Medium
17,260 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Edward Kossoy
Biographical History
Edward Kossoy (1913-2012) was a lawyer, publicist; prisoner of the Soviet labor camps, soldier of the Anders Army. After the Second World War Kossoy lived in Israel, then in Switzerland. As a lawyer, he represented thousands of people in cases for German damages for Nazi crimes; published several books, including memories in Polish “Na marginesie” ("On the margins") ed. 2006. His whole family perished in the Holocaust.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn.2633. 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
Archives of Edward Kossoy (Jewish lawyer and publicist) consists of his education records, university diplomas, emigration and naturalization, official and private correspondance, fragments of memoirs of the victims, materials regarding German crimes, the chronicle of German capitulation, reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) from Polish teritories, press clippings, articles and other publications, and numerous documents related to his private life. Includs biographies of clients, a letter from Andrzej Olechowski to Donald Tusk (2009), correspondence with Norman Davis (1993, 2002-2005), and the inventory of valuables and arts confiscated by Germans (Lublin, 1942-1944)
System of Arrangement
Arranged in 65 folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
People
- Landau, Ludwik.
- Kossoy, Edward, 1913-2012.
- Apelbom, A.M.
- Siegel, Uri.
Corporate Bodies
- Djakovo (Concentration camp)
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions.
- Concentration camp inmates--Poland.
- Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century.
- Emigration and immigration--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jewish lawyers--Poland--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.
Genre
- Letters.
- Telegrams.
- Invitations.
- Document
- Maps.
- Reports.
- Registers.
- Statistics.
- Bulletins.
- Correspondence.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Affidavits of support.