Overview
- Description
- Records pertains to the administration of the Częstochowa ghetto. Included are statistics on the Jewish community and ghetto; a census of Jews in Częstochowa, with name lists; duty rosters for and instructions to Jewish ghetto police; and a book of events and regulations for the Jewish ghetto police.
- Alternate Title
- The Częstochowa Council of Elders (Judenrat)
- Date
-
inclusive:
1940-1942
- Collection Creator
- Rada Starszych w Czestochowie (Poland)
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Statistics.
- Extent
-
108 digital files : PDF ; 2.7 GB.
5 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is thematic and chronological within the files.
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--Częstochowa. Jewish councils--Poland--Częstochowa. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--Registers. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Częstochowa. Jews--Statistics--Poland--Częstochowa--Charts, diagrams, etc. Police--Poland--Częstochowa. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Częstochowa. Judenrat
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Częstochowa (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 213. Rada Starszych w Czestochowie (Częstochowa Judenrat) created the records from ca. 1940 to 1942. ŻIH acquired the documents after World War II. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection from the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 1995.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-27 10:06:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507349
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