Records of the City of Częstochowa Akta miasta Częstochowy (Sygn.1)

Identifier
irn85884
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.220
  • RG-15.301
Dates
1 Jan 1870 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn85884

Extent and Medium

49,142 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Urz?d Miasta Cz?stochowy.

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie

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 Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn.1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of selected records created before and during the WWII in Częstochowa, Poland by the President and executive authorities of the Town Hall (1918-1939), and by the Municipal Government (Stadtverwaltung) headed by the Municipal Starost (Stadthauptman) (1939-1944). Consists also of books listing information about the inhabitants of Częstochowa (1870-1930). The pre-war records refer to the social, cultural, economic and religious life of the Jewish community in Częstochowa, for example: sport activities, schools, charity, social welfare and hospitals. Includes a list of Jewish artisans (1929), as well as statistics concerning the Jewish community (1919). The occupation records, 1939-1944 contain mainly statistics, lists of economic enterprises (1940-1941), registers of Jews, permissions to settle in Częstochowa granted to the Jews coming from other places (1940-1941), passes to leave the ghetto, official correspondence, and materials concerning the forced labor of Jews. A major part of the collection consists of the books with indexes of Częstochowa's permanent inhabitants, as well books of inhabitants from individual districts of Częstochowa: Stradom, Lisiniec, Raków, Kucelin, Ostatni Grosz, Kiedryn, Kule (1870-1930).

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in three series: 1. Częstochowa Town Hall records, 1918-1939; 2. Books of Częstochowa inhabitants with indexes, handwritten in Polish and Russian (alphabetical indexes are located on the end of this series),1870-1930; 3. Occupation records, 1939-1944.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Jews--Statistics--Poland--Częstochowa--Charts, diagrams, etc.
  • Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--19th century--Registers.
  • Municipal government
  • World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--Societies, etc.
  • Lisiniec (Poland)
  • Częstochowa (Poland)
  • Stradom (Poland)
  • Raków (Poland)
  • Polish people--Poland--Częstochowa--History--19th century--Registers.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • Kucelin (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century.
  • Kiedryn (Poland)
  • Ostatni Grosz (Poland)
  • Jewish artisans--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers.
  • Kule (Poland)

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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