Zbiór rękopisów (Sygn. 205)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2016.329.1 | RG Number: RG-15.484

Overview

Description: The collection contains memoirs, manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, clippings documenting the experiences of Poles and Polish Jews who lived in Poland during the German occupation in World War II. Includes the memoir of Tadeusz Hilarowicz about the Nusbaum-Hilarowicz family, the memoir of Bronislaw Maul-Hochber about his life and fate in Warsaw, 1906-1945, a portrait of Rabi Rabin Załman Boruchowski from Łożnia, materials concerning masonic lodges in Warsaw (the Jewish masonic lodge B'nai B'rith), 1799-1936, and various memoirs and essays relating to participation in the resistance movement, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and memoirs on other subjects written before, during and after WWII (some materials were published, e.g. Julian Kulski, Ludwik Landau). Some memoirs was a part of work submitted to the national competition organized by the President of the City Warsaw and a weekly "Stolica."
Alternate Title: Collection of manuscripts
Date: inclusive: 1799-circa 1975
bulk: 1939-1961
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.

Language: Polish Yiddish German
Genre/Form: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Diaries. Essays. Memoirs. Photographs.
Extent: 19,624 digital images : PDF.
System of Arrangement: Arranged in one series: 1. Manuscripts and photographs, 1799-1975 (bulk 1939-1961). Most of memoirs are organized in an alphabetical order by a name of the author.

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

Topical Term: World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movement--Poland. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century. Jews--Crimes against--Poland--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--19th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.
Geographic Name: Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Poland--Politics and government--20th century. Poland--Politics and government--19th century. Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943. Warsaw (Poland)
Personal Name: Hilarowicz, Tadeusz, 1887- Nusbaum-Hilarowicz family. Maul-Hochber, Bronislaw. Kulski, Julian. Landau, Ludwik.
Corporate Name: B'nai B'rith

Holder of Originals: Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 205. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Nov. 2016, and accretion in May 2018.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive