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Placówka

Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0330 | RG Number: RG-15.001M

Contains copies of Placówka, a weekly newspaper for “the Polish village” published clandestinely in Warsaw in 1940. Topics include discussions of the war in general including war news in other theaters and U.S. efforts to build a war machine larger than Germany’s; the need for Polish farmers to retain their land at all costs; the efforts of the occupiers to substitute German and Soviet culture for Polish culture; Soviet deportations of Poles; a speech by the Pope; and plans for the postwar period (assuming the defeat of Germany), specifically that Poland should use German lands to solve agricultural shortfalls.

Collection Subtitle
Outpost
Date
1940  (issue)
Language
Polish
Genre/Form
Newspapers.
Extent
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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.
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Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Polish State Archives in Warsaw. The newspaper was published by “Organ No. 3.” Issues 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and one issue from December 1940. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives purchased a copy of the records on microfilm from the Polish State Archives in 1994.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Conditions on Use
Restrictions 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.
 
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