Overview
- Description
- Consists of selected records of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki, Poland, e.g. registers of foreigners; files on inhabitants of Teklinów, Feliksów, Henryków, Kozłowice, Ruda Guzowska and Wiskitki; a list of 937 Jews from Wiskitki, 1937-1940; various correspondence of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki; registers of homeowners; birth and death certificates; records of the "Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy" in Wiskitki, 1941-1942; records of Jewish community in Wiskitki; records of Judenrat and registers of Jews permitted to travel, 1940; correspondence relating to Jewish Holocaust survivors, records of industrial and commercial companies, abandoned properties; and registration of various religions in the municipality of Wiskitki.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the municipality Żyrardów-Wiskitki
- Date
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inclusive:
1885-1946
- 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 Gminy ?yrardów-Wiskitki
- Biography
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Municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki, the former rural municipality was existing in the years 1940-1954 in the province Warsaw, Poland. The headquarters of the municipality was Zyrardów. In the interwar period in the Błoński district, Warsaw province, there were two distinct of rural communities: a small municipality Wiskitki based in Wiskitki and much larger, the municipality Zyrardów based in Żyrardow. Municipality of Zyrardów-Wiskitki was established at the beginning of World War II by the amalgamation of municipalities Wiskitki and Zyrardów. Commune was abolished in 1954, together with the reform of reorganization of the municipalities. Municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki was not reinstated later, however after reactivation of municipalities, the municipality Wiskitki was created, covering an area of a previous municipality Zyrardów-Wiskitki, as well as municipality Guzów.
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Minutes. Registers. Reports.
- Extent
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6,087 digital images : PDF.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Restrictions on access refer to selected files of the collection RG-15.380: Files 1437, 1503, 2158, 2367, 2374. Third parties are required to obtain the written consent of the Director of the Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim to access these files. The Museum staff may access these records without special permission.
- 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
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina) Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--History--19th century--Registers. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--History--20th century--Registers. Jewish councils--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--History--20th century. Birth certificates--Law and legislation--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--20th century. Jewish property--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--Registers. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Żyrardów-Wiskitki (Gmina)--History. Social Service
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim, Poland, Sygn. 3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-27 09:27:22
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