Overview
- Description
- This collection contains unpublished studies by Michała Weichert, the Chairman of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna, ŻSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) in the Generalne Gubernatorstwo (Generalgouvernement) during the war, biographical documents, as well as other documents from the Head Office of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna in Kraków. These records refer to many Jewish communities on the territory of the Generalne Gubernatorstwo. Also included are newspaper clippings, studies by Wincenty Stypuła about the history of Jews in Kraków, and by Zygmunt Felczyński about the Jewish hospital in Przemyśl, and an account of the extermination of the Jews of Tenczynek.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1957
- 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.
- Reference
- Weichert, Michal. Jidisze alejnhilf 1939-1945. Tel Aviv: Menorah, 1962.
Rubin, Arnon. Facts and Fictions about Rescue of the Polish Jewry during the Holocaust. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press, 2003.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Extent
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5,337 digital images : JPEG ; 26.7 GB.
10 DVD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in..
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital images. Arranged thematically.
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
- Duplication of the microfilm reel for a third party requires permission of the Biblioteka Jagiellońska
- Copyright Holder
- Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939 -1945--Poland--Historiography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Jewish hospitals--Poland--Przemysl. Jewish journalists--Poland--History. Jewish literature--20th century--Poland--History and criticism. Social service.
- Geographic Name
- Tenczynek (Poland)--Social conditions. Kraków (Poland)--History. Poland
- Personal Name
- Weichert, Michal,. Felczyński, Zygmunt. Stypuła, Wincenty.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From the Uniwersytet Jagielloński (Jagiellonian University), Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Jagiellonian University via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in Sep. 2012.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 13:46:49
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