Records of the Association of Former Prisoners of the Lublin Castle and the "Under the Clock" Prison Zbiór akt Stowarzyszenia byłych Więźniów Zamku Lubelskiego i Więzienia "Pod Zegarem" (Sygn. XXV)

Identifier
irn73452
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.246
  • RG-15.275M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1991
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

14,926 digital images, JPEG

14 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

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 (Majdanek State Museum), Sygn. XXV. 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

The collection contains prisoners' correspondence, including secret letters and postcards, diaries, personal documents, as well as notices and orders from German authorities, dating from the years 1939 -1944; as well as lectures and studies about the prison that were conducted after the war. Altogether the collection includes 923 units and 3339 former prisoners’ surveys.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series: Series 1. Documents (Files: 1 – 110; 62A-62O; 62P-62Ż), [Reel 1-3]; Series 2. Memoirs (Fiels 1-541, [Reel 4-10]; Series 3. Studies (Files 1-16, 17VII, 17 VVII-45, Part 1 and Part 20, Reel 11-14.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku

Subjects

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.