Files of Szymon Zachariasz Akta Szymona Zachariasza (Sygn. 476)

Identifier
irn95712
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.7
  • RG-15.344
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1975
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95712

Extent and Medium

5,744 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Sz. (Szymon) Zacharjasz

Biographical History

Szymon Zachriasz (1900-1970) was a Polish-Jewish communist, politician and author, a member of the Po'alei Zion since 1918. In the years 1927-1938, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP), and since 1929, a Secretary of the Centralne Biuro Żydowskie (Central Bureau of Jews) at KPP. He spent six years in prison for his political activities. He was a student of the International Lenin School in Moscow (1932), and a member of the Communist International (Komintern). During World War II, he was in the Soviet Union and was active in the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and the Związek Patriotów Polskich (ZPP), after the war, he was a member of the Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). In the years 1948-1964 was a member of the Central Committee of the Party Control of the Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (PZPR). Author of numerous publications in the field of Polish and Jewish labor movement. Awarded with the First Class Order and the Commander's Cross with Star.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

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 Akt Nowych, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Feb. 2015.

Scope and Content

Collection of files relating to Szymon Zachariasz and his political activities. Contains resumes, surveys, certificates, identity cards, memories of Zachariasz; memories and reports of the Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and its activists, records on the cooperation with the editorial committee of the dictionary "Słownik Biograficzny Działaczy Polskiego Ruchu Rewolucyjnego", articles published in the "Folks Sztyme", and other unpublished speeches and articles, 1941-1968; papers, historical sketches, instructions, clippings and extracts from the press issued on the celebration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1949-1961; minutes, reports, correspondence of the Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR) and Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (PZPR) on creation of cooperatives, preventing emigration to Israel, participation in world conferences, 1946-1958; reports and minutes, notes on the activities of Jewish organizations in Poland, 1945-1950; correspondence and notes on the activities of Szymon Zachariasz,1946-1957.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in five series: 1. Personal files and memories on Szymon Zachariasz, 1941-1970, vol. 1-3; 2. Komunistyczana Partia Polski (KPP) and its activists, 1941-1968, vol. 4-17; 3. Celebration of the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1949-1961, vol. 18; 4. Activities of the Polska Partia Robotnicza (PPR) and Centralny Komitet Żydow Polskich (CKŻP), 1946-1996, vol. 19-26; 5. Jewish organizations in Poland (mainly Bund), 1945-1950, vol. 27-28; 6. Activities of Zachariasz in the PPR and KPP, 1946-1957, vol. 29-30.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

People

  • Zacharjasz, Sz. (Szymon), 1900-1970.

Corporate Bodies

  • Polish Worker's Party
  • World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
  • International Jewish Labor Bund
  • Komunistyczna Partia Polski
  • Central Committee of Polish Jews

Subjects

  • Jewish communists--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Labor movement--History--20th century.
  • Communist parties.
  • Political parties--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Politics and government--20th century.
  • Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.
  • Poland
  • Jewish committees (ushmm)
  • Communism--Poland--History--20th century.

Genre

  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Minutes.
  • Memories.
  • Document
  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Correspondence.
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.

Copies

  • Archiwum Akt Nowych

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archiwum Akt Nowych

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