Overview
- Description
- Contains records relating to Jewish community of Łódź dwellers before War World II. Includes records of Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and houses of prayer; appointments of rabbis, religious celebrations and ritual matters; social welfare matters such as day care for children, and care of orphans; a list of children under the custody of a community; applications for allowances, holiday rations of food for the poorest; medical care: general and mental hospitals; schooling and culture: construction and management of schools, and celebration of anniversaries and state holidays. Includes also records of a board of the community meetings and financial documents: minutes, protocols, membership fees, funds for schools and synagogues, endowments and loans. Contains lists of Jews of Łódź buildings (in an alphabetical order by streets), lists of the community constituency as of 1924, and registries of births, marriages and deaths.
- Alternate Title
- Jewish Community in Łódź
- Date
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inclusive:
1885-1939
- 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.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Birth certificates. Marriage certificates. Deaths certificates. Minutes. Protocols. Registers.
- Extent
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102 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilm 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
- 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Poland--Łódź--Registers. Jewish cemeteries--Poland--Łódź. Synagogues as community centers--Poland--Łódź. Jewish children--Education--Poland--Łódź. Jewish orphans--Poland--Łódź--Registers. Social problems--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century.
- Geographic Name
- Łódź (Poland)--Economic conditions--20th century--Sources.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (State Archives in Łódź), Sygn. 228. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Archives in Łódź via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2013, and accretion in April 2014.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:53:50
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn51115
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