Overview
- Description
- These documents relate to the Stadtverwaltung Litzmannstadt (Łódź) Poland, and the Kriminalpolizeistelle Litzmannstadt, Kriminalkommissariat Getto. They concern the general administration of the city and the ghetto. Subjects include the establishment of the ghetto; food supplies in the ghetto; public welfare; hospital administration; forced labor of Jews and Poles; police activities in the ghetto; "Germanization" of Polish orphans and their adoption by German families; confiscation of Jewish property by the ghetto police; birth and death statistics for the Jews in the ghetto; murder of Jews; suicides and arrests in the ghetto; and Jewish criminal activity in the ghetto.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- Collection Creator
- Stadtverwaltung Litzmannstadt
- Reference
- USHMM Archives, RG-15.127M, Akta Miasta Łodzi Zarząd Miejski. Wydział do Spraw Getta (Sygn. 221), 1939-1945.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.083M, Przełożony Starszeństwa Żydow w Getcie Łódzkim, 1939-1944.
USHMM Archives, RG-15.234M, Łódzka Gmina Wyznaniowa Żydowska (Sygn.228), 1885-1939.
Artur Eisenbach. Dokumenty i materiały do dziejów okupacji niemieckiej w Polsce. T.III. Getto Łódzkie, część I. Warszawa-Łódź-Kraków 1946.
T.Berenstein, A.Eisenbach, A.Rutkowski. Eksterminacja Żydów na ziemiach polskich w okresie okupacji hitlerowskiej. Zbiór dokumentów. Warszawa: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny, 1957.
Physical Details
- Extent
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30 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Reel 1-9 contain monthly reports, statistics and correspondence; Reels 10-30 contain records created exclusively by the Staatliche Kriminalpolizei, Kriminalpolizeistelle-Litzmannstadt, Kriminalkommissariat-Getto. Files filmed out of numerical order. Arrangement within the files is chronological.
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- 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
- 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.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Administration. Jewish Councils--Poland--Łódź. Jews--Segregation--Poland--Łódź. Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers. Polish people--Poland--Łódź--Registers. Polish orphans--Poland--Łódź--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland--Łódź. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Łódź. World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Poland--Łódź. World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź.
- Geographic Name
- Łódź (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Personal Name
- Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim. Marder, Karl.
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Kriminalpolizei
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Stadtverwaltung Litzmanndstadt created the records during the operation of the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. The Polish State Archives filmed selected files at the request of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Feb. 1992. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection in June 1992.
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- 2023-08-25 08:19:03
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