Women's Military Service (WSK). District of Lublin Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK). Lublin Dystrykt (Sygn. XIII)

Identifier
irn73450
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.244
  • RG-15.273M
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn73450

Extent and Medium

210 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Poland. Polskie Si?y Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa. Wojskowa S?uz?ba Kobiet.

Archival History

Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

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 Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku, Sygn. XIII. Documents were donated to the Majdanek Museum in 1972 by Danuta Magierska and Maria Czyżowa, members of the Armia Krajowa, Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK). 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 orders, ordinances, instructions and reports of the Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK) (Women's Army Service) of the Lublin District. Includes also a diary of Warsaw Uprising and documents of Władysław Oleszkiewicz.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in six series: 1. Instructions, directives, orders (Sygn.XIII/1); 2. Reports of district’s officer (Sygn.XIII/2); 3. Reports of regional’s officers (Sygn.XIII/3; 4. Economic matters (Sygn.XIII/4); 5. Diary of Warsaw Uprising August 1-31, 1944 (Sygn.XIII/5); 6. Documents of Władysław Oleszkiewicz (Sygn.XIII/6).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

People

  • Wittek, Maria, Stanislawa, 1899-1997.
  • Rowecki, Stefan, 1895-1944.
  • Czyżowa, Maria.
  • Oleszkiewicz, Władysław, 1898-1940.

Corporate Bodies

  • AK-Home Army (Poland)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Women--Poland.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship)
  • Women soldiers--Poland--Lublin.
  • Poland--Armed Forces.
  • Lublin (Poland)--History.
  • Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland.
  • Lublin (Voivodeship)
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Lublin.

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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