Overview
- Description
- Reports, publications, press releases, correspondence, press clippings notes related to national minorities in European countries and Russia, emigration polices, Jewish affairs and political parties before WWII, international preparation of postwar political and economic reconstruction of Europe and Poland, UNRRA planning for mission in Poland, investigation of Nazi crimes, compensation for victims of German atrocities, activities of Jewish socio-political organizations and emigration to Palestine.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassies, Consulates and Diplomatic Legations of the Polish : Embassy in London
- 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. Ambasada (Great Britain)
Physical Details
- Extent
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8,505 digital images : PDF ; 3.69 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in fourteen series: 1. National minorities in Lithuania, Germany, USSR, 2. Emigration policy and trends, 1920-1938; 3. Records of the Jewish movement in Europe and Poland, Jewish political parties in Poland, 1919-1922; 4. Jewish school and publishing houses, 1923-1936; 5. Social assistance for Poland and Polish refugees, 1939-1945; 6. Meetings and conferences of the Inter-American Committee, 1942-1945; 7. Dumbarton Oaks Conferences, 1944-1945; 8. Preparation of UNRRA mission in Poland, 1942-1944; 9. Preparation of postwar reconstruction plans for Europe and Poland, 1940-1943; 10. Postwar political and economic plans for reconstruction of Poland, 1945; 11. Activities of the Government of the Republic of Poland in London: investigation of Nazi crimes in Poland and informing the Allies about the camps in Majdanek and Auschwitz; 12. Compensation for victims of Nazi persecution and return of looted property, 1945; 13. Reviews of German and Polish, Jewish press, 1940-1944; 14. Jewish minority in Poland and outside Poland. Rescue of Jews in Poland. Activities of Jewish socio-political organizations in the West. Emigration to Palestine, 1942-1945.
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. Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--Great Britain. Refugees--Europe--History--20th century. Emigration & immigration--Europe--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Jewish organizations--Europe--History--20th century--Registers. Diplomats--Poland--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe. Diplomatic and consular service
- Geographic Name
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration. Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Poland--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Poland--Foreign relation--Great Britain. Poland Great Britain
- Personal Name
- Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
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.503. 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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