Testimonies collected by the Association of the Polish Victims of III Reich Relacje zebrane przez Stowarzyszenia Polaków Poszkodowanych przez III Rzeszę

Identifier
irn73439
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.236
  • RG-15.265
Dates
1 Jan 1989 - 31 Dec 1989
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73439

Extent and Medium

5,257 digital files, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Stowarzyszenie Polaków Poszkodowanych przez III Rzesz?

Biographical History

Stowarzyszenie Polaków Poszkodowanych przez III Rzeszę (SPP, Polish Association of Victims of III Third Reich) was founded in 1989 r. as an organization of victims of slave labor from the period of World War II. The aim of the organization is to document the historical truth about the fate of Polish victims of the Third Reich and the Nazi authorities, as well as social assistance to all victims of Germany, and to demand compensation from this country. The Association actively take on the national and international action to obtain redress and compensation for the Polish victims of the Third Reich.

Archival History

Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

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 Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation).The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.

Scope and Content

Contains testimonies of Polish victims of II Reich. These accounts constitute mostly the answers to a questionnaire sent by the Association of Polish Victims of the Third Reich (SPP) and edited by the Foundation of Polish-German Reconciliation (FPNP) in 1989. Many of accounts contain photographs, poems and personal documents. The contest declared by SPP was entitled: “We commemorate the evidence of the suffering of the Polish people-slaves of the 20th century” („Utrwalamy świadectwa cierpień Polaków-niewolników XX wieku”). 195 accounts were sent, unfortunately not all of them survived.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged by names of authors and titles of the testimony without any specific order.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

Corporate Bodies

  • Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany.
  • Germany--History--20th century.
  • Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
  • Poland
  • Polish people--Germany-History--20th century.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland.
  • Holocaust Survivor -- Associations, institutions, etc.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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