Overview
- Description
- This collection contains reports, articles, clippings, and various other documents relating to the persecution and execution of Jews in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine); the activities of the Jewish council (Judenrat) in the Lwów ghetto; the confiscation of Jewish property; the eviction of Jews from their homes; various "actions" in the ghetto, some specifically targeting elderly Jews; the mistreatment of Jews by Ukrainians; the burning of synagogues; the extortion of money from Jews in the ghetto; the activities of the German police and Gestapo; Jews taken to forced labor camps near Lwów; the activities of the Jewish police; the pogrom against the Lwów Jews at the time of the German invasion in 1941; a massacre in the Brygidki prison in Lwów; and the oaths of Lwów rabbis from 1898 to 1928.
- Alternate Title
- Lwów files
- Date
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1898-1979
bulk: 1941-1945
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Reports.
- Extent
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81 digital files : PDF ; 467 MB.
1 microfilm reel (digitized) ; 35 mm.
1 DVD ; 4 3/4 in..
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels.
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
- Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.
- Copyright Holder
- Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Ukraine--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Ukraine--L'viv. World War, 1939-1945---Conscript labor--Ukraine--L’viv. Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine--L’viv. Jewish councils--Ukraine--L’viv. Jewish ghettos--Ukraine--L’viv. Jewish property--Ukraine--L’viv. Ukrainians--Ukraine--L’viv--History--20th century. Synagogues--Ukraine--L’viv--History--20th century. Police--Ukraine--L’viv. Pogroms--Ukraine--L’viv. Massacres--Ukraine--L’viv. Rabbis--Ukraine---L’viv. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine.
- Geographic Name
- Ukraine--History--German occupation, 1939-1945. Ukraine--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Gestapo
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 229. ŻIH received the records after World War II. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired a microfilm copy of the records in 1996.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 08:12:48
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