Overview
- Description
- Statements of death, with accompanying investigative documentation, issued by the Office of General Prosecutor in Kielce. Majority of records relate to Kielce Jews from the years of German occupation. Prosecutor's investigations cover the period from 1945 until 1951. Included are persecution of civilians, descriptions of the deaths of individuals and groups of people murdered by the occupier, deaths of Poles who perished in labor camps, concentration camps, and displacements, and the persecution of Jews. Most of investigations of the Attorney General (General Prosecutor) in Kielce relate to matters of the restoration of abandoned and post-German estates as per the decree of March 8, 1946 (Decree concerning abandoned and formerly German assets), as well as various non-disputable procedures in civil cases, e. g. presuming someone dead or finding someone dead.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Poland
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1951
inclusive: 1945-1951
- 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 or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Poland. Prokuratura Generalna
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Statements. Death certificates.
- Extent
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28,328 digital images : PDF ; 9.03 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in one series: 1. Statements of deaths and investigative documents (Files organized in alphabetical order by personal last names), 1945-1951.
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--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century--Registers. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century--Registers. Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Kielce--History--20th century--Registers. Jewish property--Poland--Kielce--Registers. German property--Poland--Kielce--Registers. Executive departments. War crime trials
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn. 347. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:29:31
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