Collection of posters and prints from the area of Częstochowa Zbiór afiszy i druków z terenu Częstochowy (Sygn. 59)

Identifier
irn86066
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.229
  • RG-15.310
Dates
1 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86066

Extent and Medium

1,323 digital images, JPEG

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. 59. 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 posters and prints from the pre-war, wartime and postwar periods. Includes announcements issued by the German authorities with regulations directed to Polish people, farmers and workers for paying taxes, to report to work in Germany, and to work in Poland, etc. Contains several issues of Polish newspaper "Nowiny dla Polskiej Wsi" (April 1942, May-Dec.1943; Jan.-June 1944) with articles related to Katyń massacre, political situation, some are with antisemitic and anti-Bolshevik titles. The newspaper includes a list of Polish generals murdered in Katyń.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. This collection is not yet arranged by the source repository. The digital images represent unprocessed status of the collection and are organized in 5 parts: 1. Posters and announcements, 1916; 2. Posters and announcements, 1919-1939; 3. Issues of the newspaper "Nowiny dla Polskiej Wsi", April 1942/I; May 1943/II; June 1943/I; August 1943/II and 1943/III; September 1943/I; October 1943/I; October 1943/II; Nov. 1943/I; and posters and announcements, 1942-1944; 4. Posters and annoncments, 1945-1948; 5.The legal document "Ustawa z Dnia 27-ego Kwietnia 1946 r. o Głosowaniu Ludowym. Ustawa z Dnia 28 Kwietnia 1946 r. o Przeprowadzeniu Głosowania Ludowego.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

Subjects

  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century.
  • Poland
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Częstochowa (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Częstochowa.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1918-1945--Sources.
  • Humanitarian assistance.
  • Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940.
  • United States

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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