Overview
- Description
- Contains records of the Arbeitsamt (Labor Office) in Łódź, mainly regulations of general functions of labor offices, mandatory recruitment and deportation of Polish people to work in Germany, materials related to administration and official procedures, correspondence concerning military training of the Arbeitsamt clerks, a card-file of the arms plant in Łódź, police reports of Polish people who tried to avoid labor and their medical check-up, personal files of the Labor Office staff of Wieluń located in Ostrzeszów.
- Alternate Title
- Arbeitsamt in Litzmannstadt
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- 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
- Reports. Correspondence. Case files.
- Extent
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3,566 digital images : JPEG ; 26.2 GB.
4 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
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
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Wieluń (Łódź) Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century. Deportation--Poland--Łódź. Polish people--Poland--Łódź.
- Geographic Name
- Wieluń (Łódź, Poland)--History. Ostrzeszów (Poland)--History.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (State Archives in Łódź), Sygn. 217. 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.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:52
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