Devisenauskunfsstelle Tschenstochau Foreign Currency Office in Częstochowa Biuro Dewizowe w Częstochowie (Sygn.315)
Extent and Medium
4,749 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Biuro Dewizowe w Cz?stochowie
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. 315. 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 official correspondence related to the relief for Jewish inhabitants of Czestochowa, as well as applications for the allowance of foreign currency for family members of prisoners sent to concentration camps.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in four series: 1. Jewish companies in Czestochowa. Official correspondence, 1939-1944; 2. Individual cases. Applications for support and grants, 1939-1944; 3. Applications for the allocation of foreign exchange made by families of prisoners in concentration camps, 1942; 4. Individual and collective matters concerning Jews: support, grants, fines, official fees, 1940-1944.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Subjects
- Częstochowa--History--20th century.
- Poland--Politics and government--1918-1939.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Częstochowa.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Cze̜stochowa.
- Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Correspondence.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie