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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  1. Paper Wholesale Company in Częstochowa Ltd. Hurtownia Papieru w Częstochowie Spółka z.o.o. (Sygn.152)

    This collection contains records of the Paper Wholesale Company in Czestochowa including financial books of departments, related to: bookkeeping, sales and employment. The founders of the company were: Leopold Kohn, Józef Markusfeld, Juliusz Schleicher, Gustaw Heyman, Alfred Kohn, Antoni Markusfeld and Stanisław Markusfeld. Initial capital amounted to 35,000 Polish zlotys divided into 100 shares of 350 zlotys each. There were many Jews among the staff and customers of this company who were later victims of the Holocaust.

  2. Heeres-Abnahmestelle b.d. Firma Hasag Eisen-und Metallwerke G.m.b.H Apparatebau Tschenstochau Military Collection Center Hasag Hardware Ltd Facilities Construction in Częstochowa Wojskowy Punkt Odbioru Firmy Hasag Zakłady Metalowe Sp. z o.o. Budowa Urządzeń Częstochowa (Sygn. 192/2)

    Contains records relating to the production and organization of the Hasag ammunition factory located in the labor camps at the Hasag Facility in Częstochowa. Including are ordinances, circular letters, reports and protocols of inspection, as well as general correspondence. There were thousands of Jews among the forced laborers from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary.

  3. Bank of Factory Owners and Merchants in Częstochowa Bank Przemysłowców i Kupców w Częstochowie (Sygn.192/7)

    This collection includes protocols of the board meetings and books of shareholders and stockholders, who were primarily Jewish merchants and factory owners.

  4. "Minerwa" Metal Factory in Częstochowa Zakłady Wyrobów Metalowych "Minerwa" w Częstochowie (Sygn.192/9)

    Contains records relating to opening balance of the "Minerwa" Metal factory in Częstochowa for Jan. 29, 1945. Included are records about the factory equipment, as well as records concerning the trial to regain the property by the heirs of the former owners.

  5. American propaganda label

  6. District Court in Częstochowa Sąd Okręgowy w Częstochowie (Sygn. 300)

    This collection comprises selected materials concerning civil cases and criminal cases. The largest group of records concern litigations, including cases relating to mortgages, property, estates, indemnities, and related subjects, and cases not in litigation, including sales of estates, death certificates, rectification of registry acts, and adoption of a child. Additional files relate to criminal activity, mostly concerning theft. Selected files refer only to Jews, and contain records with personal data (apart from merits of the case).

  7. Court of the First Instance in Janów Sąd Grodzki w Janowie (Sygn.312)

    This collection contains three civil cases concerning Jews, which were selected out of 29 civil cases judged by the Court of the 1st Instance in Janów. The Court had the following communes in its jurisdiction: Olsztyn, Przyrów and Złoty Potok. The files of criminal cases did not survive.

  8. Devisenauskunfsstelle Tschenstochau Foreign Currency Office in Częstochowa Biuro Dewizowe w Częstochowie (Sygn.315)

    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.

  9. Selected records of the district of Częstochowa II Starostwo Powiatowe Częstochowskie II (Sygn.318)

    This collection contains selected files from the County administration of Częstochowa from 1945-1950, including the town of Częstochowa, as well as towns and rural communes incorporated in the County of Częstochowa, a part of the Province of Kielce. Selected files contain such materials as: situational reports (1946-1947), correspondence concerning people of other ethnic origins, matters of citizenship, information about graveyards (1946), registration of artisans, wartime graves, lists of civilians murdered, arrested and sent from the county to forced labor during the German occupation, as...

  10. Records of the town of Krzepice Akta miasta Krzepice (Sygn.397)

    Contains selected records relating to Jews living in Krzepice, including are the registration books of permanent citizens and other inhabitants.

  11. District Liquidation Office in Częstochowa Rejonowy Urząd Likwidacyjny w Częstochowie (Sygn.401)

    This collection contains selected files of the District Liquidation Office in Częstochowa concerning ownership of property in the region of Częstochowa. Records relate to Jewish and German abandoned or deserted property in the post-war period (documents of the so-called "entering into possession," “wprowadzenia w posiadanie”). Included are lists of estates, along with their descriptions, tenancy agreements, applications for purchase or lease of Jewish estates, monthly reports, correspondence, as well as the administrator’s files of those estates.

  12. Records of the town of Kłobuck Akta miasta Kłobucka (Sygn.495)

    This collection contains minutes of the Municipal Council meetings of the town Kłobuck. Meetings were held during the year 1927, and years 1932-1939. Records relate to various matters of the town Kłobuck: budget, planning new construction of public objects, city taxes, and public regulations.

  13. Amtsgericht Guttentag District Court of the Town of Dobrodzień Sąd Obwodowy w Dobrodzieniu (Sygn.584)

    This collection contains selected files from the German District Court in the town of Dobrodzień (Guttentag). Selected materials refer to the Roman-Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish religious communities. Contains statistical reports prepared at the behest of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. (NSDAP), and the official German regulations issued for religious communities. The records were unprocessed and documents are in poor physical condition.

  14. Court of the First Instance in Koziegłowy Sąd Grodzki w Koziegłowach (Sygn.587)

    This collection contains five legal cases in which one of the parties was Jewish. Cases relate to restoration of property, acknowledging the right to inheritance, and finding a person deceased.

  15. Nazi swastika armband acquired by an American soldier

    The armband was removed from a dead German soldier by the fiancé of Leslie Finch's mother. He sent the armband to his fiancé from Europe while serving in the US Army during WWII. He died in Europe.

  16. The Mijaczów Steel Foundry and Machine Works "Baueretz Bros." Inc. Towarzystwo Mijaczowskich Odlewni Stali i Zakładów Mechanicznych Braci Bauertz SA (Sygn.597)

    This collection contains selected records of the Mijaczów Steel Foundry and Machine Works facility in Myszków, Poland. Included are the land layouts and machinery layouts, insurance documents, and official correspondence of the steel factory.

  17. Court of the First Instance in Częstochowa II Sąd Grodzki w Częstochowie II (Sygn. 626)

    This collection contains records related to the civil cases investigated by the court, i.e.: cases related to estates, various kinds of dues, inheritance, recognition of debts, files of cases transferred to the Courts of Conciliation, and the like. This collection provides information on Jewish life during the wartime period.

  18. Sąd Okręgowy w Piotrkowie. Wydział Zamiejscowy w Częstochowie (Sygn.722)

    Contains selection of various civil cases related to divorce, invalidation of marriage, indemnity and disability pension, eviction, rent, declaring a person deceased, rectification of registry act, granting rights for the poor, and the like. The files contain the petitions and verdicts of the court, and, in the cases concerning divorce, a certificate of rabbinate and a notary’s certificate in cases concerning the cancellation of a contract. Contains also documents made out as a result of operations of the court such as: summons, confirmation of receipts, and the like.

  19. The Polish Police Station in Częstochowa Komisariat Policji Polskiej w Częstochowie (Sygn.1040)

    This collection contains police reports related to the temporary departure from the post of two Jewish policemen who were members of the Jewish Service of District I: Rafałowicz and Monhajt, as well as an application for employment of Moszek Nachtigal.

  20. Camp in Czestochowa Obóz w Częstochowie (Sygn.1041)

    This collection contains a register of Jews prisoners employed in the Camp of Częstochowa during April 10-12,1943. The register contains 23 cards.