Overview
- Description
- Reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, instructions and regulations related to the condition of national minorities, mainly Jews, in Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and other countries in Europe. Included are materials about matters of visa regulations, Jewish communists, anti-fascist militia, testimony of the refugees, participation of the Polish citizen Lejz Horowitz in the work of the XX Zionist Congress in Zurich, commercial information about Polish Jews in Switzerland, Zionist congresses in Zürich, creation of the Polish-Swiss Export Association and their fraudulent commercial activities, information on Zionist activities and delegates from Poland.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Honorary Consulate in Zürich
- Date
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inclusive:
1919-1945
- 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.
- Collection Creator
- Poland. Konsulat Honorowy (Zürich, Switzerland)
Physical Details
- Extent
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256 digital images : PDF ; 117 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in four series: 1. Visa regulations, 1938; 2. Correspondence, 1933-1942, 1944: Arrests of Polish citizens in Switzerland; 3. Commercial information about the Jews from Poland in Switzerland, 1919-1934; 4. Minorities in Poland and related issues outside of Poland, 1921, 1927-1937. Zionist Congresses in Zürich, 1929, 1937.
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--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century. Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Switzerland. Emigration & immigration--Europe--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Polish people--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Jewish communists--Europe--History--20th century. Refugees--Government policy--Switzerland. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Diplomatic and consular service
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn.496. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2017. 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:
- 2023-08-25 12:45:39
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