Reprezentacja Żydowstwa Polskiego, Tel Aviv (J25)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2011.122 | RG Number: RG-68.141M

Overview

Description: This collection includes lists of Polish refugees in the Soviet Union; testimonies of survivors about the destruction of the Jewish communities in Poland; correspondence with the Polish Provisional Government regarding the actions and attitudes regarding Polish Jews in the present and future.
Alternate Title: Representation of Polish Jewry, Tel Aviv
Date: inclusive: 1940-1946
Reference: Engel, David. 1993. Facing a Holocaust: the Polish government-in-exile and the Jews, 1943-1945. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Stola, Dariusz. 1995. Nadzieja i zagłada: Ignacy Schwarzbart, żydowski przedstawiciel w Radzie Narodowej RP (1940-1945). Warszawa: Oficyna Nauk.

Ofer, Dalia, Françoise Ouzan, and Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz. 2012. Holocaust survivors: resettlement, memories, identities. New York: Berghahn Books.

Language: Polish Hebrew English
Genre/Form: Testimonies. Correspondence. Telegrams. Reports. Questionnaires.
Extent: 61,552 digital images : TIFF ; 6.18 GB.
14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Publication of documents and duplication of microfilm reels/copies of digital images for third parties require the written permission of the Central Zionist Archives, which may require payment of a license fee for commercial use.
Copyright Holder: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe--Reports. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish refugees--Soviet Union--History--20th century--Registers. Jewish refugees--Palestine--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Sweden--20th century. Jewish refugees--France--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Japan--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Portugal--History--20th century. War criminals--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe. Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, instititoins, etc.
Geographic Name: Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Soviet Union--History--1939-1945--Refugees. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Spain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Portugal--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Poland
Personal Name: Raczynski, Edward, 1891-1993. Schwarzbart, Isaac I.
Corporate Name: Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile) World Zionist Organization International Committee of the Red Cross Ogólny Żydowski Związek Robotniczy "Bund" w Polsce Agudat Israel

Holder of Originals: World Zionist Organization. Central Zionist Archives
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Central Zionist Archives, Israel (Record Group J25). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Central Zionist Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2011.