Overview
- Description
- Consist of court case files, notes, brochures, proclamations, publications, posters, leaflets related to communist and anti-Polish activities of Jewish population in Krakow District after Polish independence. Jews were accused of participation in the activities of the local communist parties, dissemination of communist magazines and illegal possession of weapons, editing and dissemination of anti-Polish publications and a secret prison newspaper, distribution of communist literature, slogans and banners, participation in the plot of the attack on the state system of Poland, participation in a communist demonstrations and other activities supporting Communism.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Prosecutors Office at the District Court in Kraków
- Date
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inclusive:
1923-1939
- 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
- Prokuratura S?du Okr?gowego w Krakowie.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Brochures. Bulletins. Court records. Leaflets. Photographs. Posters.
- Extent
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3,776 digital images : PDF.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in one series: Prosecutor's files on Jews suspected or accused of crimes and communist activities, 1923-1939.
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
- Jewish communists--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Poland. Communism--Poland--History--20th century. Justice, Administration of--Poland--History--20th century. Anarchists -- Associations, institutions, etc. War crime trials
- Geographic Name
- Borek Fałęcki (Kraków, Poland) Byczyna (Opole, Poland) Chrzanów (Poland) Czyżyny (Kraków, Poland) Kąty (Poland) Kraków (Poland) Nowy Wiśnicz (Poland) Podgórze (Kraków, Poland) Rynek Podgórski (Kraków, Poland) Tarnów (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) Wola Duchacka (Poland) Jaworzno (Poland) Poland
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 2240. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in April 2018.
Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 10:17:47
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