Overview
- Description
- Contains reports, bulletins, general correspondence, name lists, "welfare messages," financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, and various other records relating to the work of the American Relief for Poland from 1939 to 1952. The files of the American Relief for Poland, Lisbon office, contain reports and general correspondence from Florian Piskorski, American Relief for Poland delegate to Europe, general financial records of the Lisbon office, name lists of Polish and Jewish refugees, Polish prisoners of war, and Roman Catholic priests, in concentration camps receiving aid, and general records relating to the American Relief for Poland's work with various branches of the Red Cross throughout Europe.
- Date
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1939-1952
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Photographs.
- Extent
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5 microfilm reels (digitized).
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Organized in the following order: American Relief for Poland general records and bulletins, Reel 1, files 1 - 134, and Reel 1, file 285 - Reel 5, file 342, American Relief for Poland, Lisbon office records
Arrangement within the files is generally chronological
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
- Copyright Holder
- Polish Museum of America
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Prisoners of war--Poland. Concentration camps--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--War work--Red Cross. World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Poland. Catholic Church--Clergy--Poland. Priests--Nazi persecution. Refugees, Jewish--Poland. Refugee -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Corporate Name
- International Committee of the Red Cross
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Polish Museum of America
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 from the Polish Museum of America
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-23 09:29:57
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505511
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