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Rada Główna Opiekuńcza. Biuro Centrali w Krakowie (Sygn.125)

Document | Accession Number: 2017.490.1 | RG Number: RG-15.550

Correspondence, minutes of reports, activity reports, lists of population, statistical information and other records created by the Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council), RGO, Polish social welfare organization working during the occupation period in Poland. Some of the material concerns the Jewish population and cooperation with the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna, ŻSS (Jüdische Soziale Selbsthilfe).

Alternate Title
Seleted records of the Central Welfare Council. Head Office in Cracow
Date
inclusive:  1940-1945
Language
Polish
German
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Minutes.
Notes.
Registers.
Reports.
Statistics.
Extent
99,414 digital images : PDF ; 46.5 GB .
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.

About This Document

Document Creator
Rada G?ówna Opieku?cza
Biography
Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council) RGO-Polish social welfare organization, established in February 1940, with the consent of the German occupation authorities, for the assistance of the Polish population residing in the General Gouvernement. RGO's activities included the distribution of food, clothing and cash benefits to the most deprived, running of folk kitchens, shelters, nursing homes and guest houses, parcel shipments for prisoners, and special relief actions for displaced from the territories annexed to the Third Reich, displaced from the Zamość region, and of Warsaw - after the end of the Warsaw Uprising. RGO operated through a network of care councils and their delegations, established in individual districts, counties and cities. It is estimated that the RGO helped an average of 800,000 people every year until 1944. The Council was headed by prince Janusz Radziwiłł (until June 1940), count Adam Ronikier (until October 1943) and Konstanty Tchórznicki (until April 1945). The Council had at least 15 000 volunteers all around Poland. The Council received finances from the German authorities and (clandestinely) from the Polish Government in Exile.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in three series: 1. General Department (Wydział Ogólny): Correspondence, reports, minutes, etc.; 2. Financial and Commercial Department (Wydział Finansowo-Gospodarczy): Notes, minutes of conversation with German authorities, and correspondence with Jewish Committee of the Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (ŻSS), 1941-1942; 3. Department of Helping Population (Wydzial Pomocy Ludności): Statistics, registers and correspondence.
Reference
See also: RG-15.190M, Zespoł Żydowska Samopomoc Społeczna (Sygn. 211)

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 125. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017.
Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Rights and 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
 
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