Stadthauptmannschaft Tschenstochau Selected records of the district of Częstochowa Starostwo Miejskie w Częstochowie (Sygn. 4)

Identifier
irn86059
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.223
  • RG-15.304
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86059

Extent and Medium

6,962 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Starostwo Miejskie w Cz?stochowie

Archival History

Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie

Acquisition

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

The records of Starosta of Częstochowa survived only partially, and include records of the financial department and partial records of the internal department. During the German occupation Częstochowa was a separate town (county) in the Radom district. The selected files of this collection contain mainly correspondence with Judenrat regarding Jewish matters. Includes records of the Jewish community during 1939-1944 and consists of correspondence on such matters as: confiscation of Jewish property, displacements and deportations, orders concerning the ghetto of Częstochowa, permissions to leave the ghetto and travel by train, statistics, and supplies for the ghetto, forced labor, the synagogue and cemetery. There is also information concerning the anti-Jewish demonstrations of the Polish community along with plundering of Jewish-owned shops in December 1939.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in one series: Correspondence with Judenrat of Częstochowa, 1939-1944.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Municipal government
  • Jewish associations--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--Registers.
  • Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.
  • Jewish councils--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
  • Częstochowa (Poland)
  • Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--Societies, etc.

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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