Selected personal files of the beneficiaries of the Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) Teczki osobowe beneficjentów Fundacji Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP)

Identifier
irn98256
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.62
  • RG-15.371
Dates
1 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 2007
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn98256

Extent and Medium

110,283 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

Biographical History

Foundation Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP) was established on November 27, 1991 per initiative of the government of the Republic of Poland. The Foundation collected approximately one million applications submitted by individuals, who sought compensation for their forced labor for Third Reich during the German occupation of Poland. These applications usually quote detailed information about condition of work and indicate geographical locations, and also are supported by testimonies of witnesses, original photographs and documents.

Archival History

Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

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 Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.

Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of 20,534 personal files of those assisted by the Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie (FPNP). These files often contain beneficiary’s application (with individual call number) which details the places and conditions of work (forced labor); statements; accounts or testimonies; letters from the period of occupation and/or other documents (most often copies) in support of a claim; doctor’s certificates; notarized copies of archival documents; photographs; certificates from various institutions; and correspondence with the Foundation.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Fundacja Polsko-Niemieckie Pojednanie

Corporate Bodies

  • Foundation for Polish-German Reconciliation

Subjects

  • Concentration camp inmates--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
  • Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
  • Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century--Registers.

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.

Copies