Overview
- Description
- Contains approximately 7,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies. Testimonies describe the destruction of an entire Jewish community during World War II. From the autumn of 1944 to the summer of 1947, Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Commission) developed a questionnaire and trained interviewers to record the testimonies. Survivors came forward from bunkers in the forests, from partisan units, and from newly liberated concentration and labor camps wishing to relate to the Commission's field workers what they or their families had endured during the occupation. In some cases, the survivor wrote down his/her own statements. The materials in this collection have been and continue to be used as evidence in the trials of war crimes.
- Alternate Title
- Holocaust survivor testimonies
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1946
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Centralny Komitet ?ydów w Polsce. Komisja Historyczna
- Reference
- Jóźwik, Marek., Teresa Mahorowska, and Apolonia Umińska. Relacje z Czasów Zagłady: Inwentarz : Archiwum ŻIH-INB, Zespół 301 = Holocaust Survivor Testimonies : Catalogue : Jewish Historical Institute Archives, Record Group 301. Wyd. 1. Warszawa: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny--Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, 1998.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Testimonies. Diaries.
- Extent
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14,588 digital images : JPEG ; 57.3 GB.
71 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- 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--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--20th century--Registers. Jewish ghettos--Poland. Jews--Segregation--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Poland--Social conditions. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Central Committee of Polish Jews
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. 301, File:1-7,297. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 1997, 2000, 2006, and accretion of missing files in 2012.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-26 10:27:40
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