Photographs and documents related to forced labor in the Third Reich collected by the Polish-German Reconciliation Foundation
Extent and Medium
6,696 digital images,
Creator(s)
- Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie
Biographical History
Foundation Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) was established on November 27, 1991 per initiative of the government of the Republic of Poland. The Foundation collected approximately one million applications submitted by individuals, who sought compensation for their forced labor for Third Reich during the German occupation of Poland. These applications usually quote detailed information about condition of work and indicate geographical locations, and also are supported by testimonies of witnesses, original photographs and documents.
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), FPNP.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 986 files of photographs and original documents sent to the Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (Foundation “Polish-German Reconciliation”) by its beneficiaries. The photos and records document the employment of forced laborers by the Third Reich, their stay in a camp or in any other place where the forced labor was performed. Includes also photographs depicting individuals during forced labor, correspondence, birth certificates, Ausweise, Arbeitskarte, occasional cards with wishes, certificates of various kinds, identification documents, tickets and other evidence related to forced labor or laborer's return to Poland at the end of the war.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on digital images. Arranged by the names of the testimony authors.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie
Subjects
- Polish people--Germany--Politics and government.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Polish people--Germany--History--20th century--Biography.
- Germany--History--1939-1944.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish--Registers.
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Forced Labor--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland--Registers.
Genre
- Questionnaires.
- Tickets.
- Document
- Photographs.
- Correspondence.
- Registers.
- Certificates.
- Birth certificates.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie