Overview
- Description
- Orders, ordinances, reports, registers, correspondence, questionnaires and minutes of the Provincial Chief Officer of the State Police in Kielce. Included are registers of crimes, police reports, opinions and instructions, photos of criminals from the register of the State Police, reports of the chief officers of Major Security Organizations in Poland, personnel lists of the State Police in Kielce and subordinate police stations, personal questionnaires, personnel matters of the State Police officers, reports and information concerning police informers, information on the national movements among the Jews, materials related to an explosion at the gun powder facility in Zagoździe, situational reports, reports concerning the activity of political parties, materials related to espionage activities against Poland, reports to the voivode and starost, and minutes of sessions of the Disciplinary Commission.
- Alternate Title
- Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce
- Date
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inclusive:
1923-1939
inclusive: 1919-1924
- Credit Line
- 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.
- Collection Creator
- Urza?d Wojewo?dzki w Kielcach. Komenda Wojewódzka Policji.
- Biography
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The Provincial Command of the State Police in Kielce was tasked with keeping the peace and public order in the province of Kielce, as well as investigating and prosecuting crimes. The Provincial Command supervised all County Commands within the territory of the province.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Minutes. Ordinances. Photographs. Registers. Reports.
- Extent
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18,516 digital images : PDF ; 8.70 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in seven series: 1. Registers of crimes; 1935-1939; 2. Activities of Jewish organizations, 1924-1925; 3. Photographs of criminals from the register of the National Police, 1938-1939; 4. Orders and ordinances of the Commander of Provincial Police, 1922-1939; 5. Daily reports: Social and political situation, 1935-1936; 6. Materials related to espionage activities against the Republic of Poland, 1921-1925; 7. Reports and correspondence on security issues, 1932-1938.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Police administration--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century. Police--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century--Registers. Crime and criminals--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century. Criminal investigation--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--20th century--Registers. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce (Voivodeship)--History--20th century--Registers. Police. Political parties.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn. 111. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:30:27
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