Overview
- Description
- Contains a Yiddish-language diary recovered from an ash pit (see Acc. 1998.A.0135) at crematoria nr. 2 in Birkenau concentration camp. An unknown writer compiled the diary. It describes life in the Łódź ghetto. Also contains a Yiddish-language transcription of a diary.
- Subtitle
- diary of the Łódź ghetto
- Date
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undated:
Physical Details
- Extent
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1 microfilm reel.
- System of Arrangement
- Records are arranged in the original order of their acquisition from the source archive. The museum has acquired only selected records from Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, or IPN). More information about this collection and other materials in the possession of the Institute of National Remembrance, including archival finding aids from the Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance, is available at the website: https://ipn.gov.pl
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Researchers must complete and sign a User Declaration form before access is granted to materials from the Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej).
- Conditions on Use
- 1. Each researcher using the materials obtained from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) or materials whose originals belong to the IPN must complete the registration procedure required by USHMM.
2. Publication or reproduction of documents (in the original language, in facsimile form or in the form of a translation of an excerpt or of the entire document) or making them available to a third party in any form requires the written consent of the Institute of National Remembrance (archiwumipn@ipn.gov.pl). The use of an excerpt defined as the fair use right to quote does not require obtaining consent.
3. Researchers assume all responsibility for the use of materials that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance.
4. References to documents that belong to the Institute of National Remembrance must cite the Institute of National Remembrance as the owner of the original documents and include the full reference citation of the Institute of National Remembrance in the citations. - Copyright Holder
- Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź. Diaries--Poland--Łódź.
- Corporate Name
- Birkenau (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Instytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Officials of the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp memorials recovered the original diary fragments from a metal in an ash pit at crematoria nr. 2 in Birkenau concentration camp on July 28, 1961. Main Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against the Polish Nation -Institute of National Memory in Warsaw, Poland, acquired the diary fragments shortly after its recovery. The Main Commission and Museum of Auschwitz and Birkenau made photocopies and microfilm copies in 1961. The microfilm title page indicates that the transcription was completed in 1962. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired a duplicate of the microfilm in June 1998 and received the copy in July 1998.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:06:10
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502026
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