Overview
- Description
- The collection contains correspondence, notes, press clippings, articles, regulations, speeches, reports, and correspondence. Materials relate to the following subjects: Aid rendered by Schwarzbart to the Jewish emigrants and war refugees from Poland; Jewish emigration, editing of the Jewish newspaper “The Future” in France in 1940 and newspapers in other countries; and Schwartzbart’s activity in the National Council of the Republic of Poland in France during 1939-1940.
- Alternate Title
- Records of Ignacy Schwarzbart
- Date
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inclusive:
1937-1940
- 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
- Ignacy Schwarzbart
- Biography
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Ignacy Schwarzbart (1888–1961) was a prominent Polish Zionist, and one of two Jewish representatives on the Polish National Council of the Polish Government-in-Exile during the Second World War, along with Szmul Zygielbojm. Schwarzbart and Zygielbojm played key roles in highlighting reports of Nazi atrocities against Jews in occupied Poland. In 1942 Schwarzbart held a press conference in London alleging that 1 million Jewish people had already been killed. The figures were reported in the media but were treated sceptically by both the British and by some other Polish politicians.
Physical Details
- Extent
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846 digital images : PDF ; 521 MB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. International contacts for helping Jewish people in Great Britain. Palestine, Switzerland, US, Belgium, Holland, Italy, and Poland, 1937-1940; 2. Correspondence, requests for visas, documents of Jewish affairs abroad; 3. Various newspapers, clippings, brochures and photographs related to Jewish matters.
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--Governments in exile. Jews--Politics and government--20th century. Zionism--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Europe--History--20th century--Registers. Emigration and immigration--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Zionists.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. United States--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--20th century. England--Emigration and immigration--20th century. France--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Switzerland--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Belgium--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Netherlands--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Poland
- Personal Name
- Schwarzbart, Isaac I.
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, Poland, Sygn. 543. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 14:07:59
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