Selected records of the district of Grodzkie Częstochowskie Starostwo Grodzkie Częstochowskie (Sygn.3)

Identifier
irn85888
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.222
  • RG-15.303
Dates
1 Jan 1928 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

5,771 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

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. 2. 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 contains selected records, correspondence, reports, registers and minutes related to activities of the World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers-Po'alei Zion ("Poale-Sjon") in Częstochowa, the matters of foreigners, such as public order and registers, the Jewish religious community, including correspondence, minutes of the community sessions, financial reports, fees for ritual slaughter and ritual baths, a list of community members, and payments of membership fees in 1938. There are also files of Jewish craft guilds operating in Częstochowa: tinsmiths and roofers, tailors, furriers, cap-makers, metal workers, bakers and confectioners, butchers and port-butchers, carters and turners. Includes also records about physicians, dentists, surgeon’s assistants in the town of Częstochowa, and monthly reports of the Częstochowa Town Starosty.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in five series: 1. Correspondence related to the Żydowska Socjaldemokratyczna Partia Robotnicza "Poale-Sjon", 1934-1935; 2. Records related to foreigners, 1932-1937; 3. Records of Jewish community and Jewish artisans, 1928-1939; 4. Correspondence related to medical personnel in Częstochowa, 1935-1937; 5. Minutes of the Częstochowa Town Starosty, 1933-1936.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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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.