Overview
- Description
- Contains newspapers, bulletins, periodicals, reports, leaflets, radio announcements, essays, clandestine underground publications, and various other documents relating to the activities of the anti-Nazi underground movement in Poland during the German occupation from 1939 to 1945. The materials relate to underground and partisan group activities, persecution and extermination of Polish Jews, activities of communists, situations on the war front, and situations in the Jewish ghettos and concentration camps throughout Poland. A significant portion of the collection is made up of photocopies of documents from the Antyk Archiv.
- Alternate Title
- Underground press
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1966
bulk: 1940-1945
- Reference
- USHMM Archives, RG-15.080M, Polska Prasa Konspiracyjna [Polish Underground Press], 1939-1945.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.091M, Prasa Konspiracyjna Powstania Warszawskiego [Warsaw Uprising Underground Press], 1944.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.096M, Prasa Konspiracyjna [Underground Press from the Museum Tatrzanskie im. dra Tytusa Chalubińskiego w Zakopanem], 1940-1944.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.097M, Prasa Konspiracyjna [Underground Press], 1940-1944.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.099M, Collection of 269 Titles of Polish Underground Newspapers, 1939-1944.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.100M, Prasa Konspiracyjna [Underground Newspapers from the State Archives in Kraków], 1940-1944
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Underground literature. Newspapers. Periodicals.
- Extent
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7 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is chronological. Files are organized as follow: Reel 1: file 1 - 26; Reel 2: file 27 - 56; Reel 3: file 57 - 105; Reel 4: file 106 - 120; Reel 5: file 121 - 148; Reel 6: file 149 - 175; and Reel 7: file 176 - 214.
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--Underground movements--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Poland. Jews--Persecutions--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish ghettos--Poland. Communists--Poland--History--20th century. Anti-Nazi movement--Poland. Communist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Poland.
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. 230. ŻIH collected and compiled the newspapers, bulletins, and other documents from the Akcja Antyk (Akcja Antykomunistyczna) and various other sources and placed them in Syg. 230. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives acquired copies of the microfilm in 1996.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:49:36
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