Overview
- Description
- Correspondence, reports, memoranda, press clippings, press reviews and other documents concerning the following subjects: Political relations between the US and Germany; minorities in Poland and the USA, immigration policy in USA and Canada; Polish and Jewish scouting in the USA; Polish Army in France (1939); Jewish issues in Poland and Germany (1935-1937); diplomatic reports on the situation in Germany (1940); Polish-American relations (1944-1945); World War 1939: the situation of children and women, the fate of prisoners of war; immigration policy in USA and Mexico (1940-1944); aid for refugees who came to the US (1940); visa and passports issues for Polish citizens; Haitian passports for Polish Jews; Polish citizens in the United States (1944-1945); searching for people and setting addresses (1941-1945); correspondence to individuals channeled through embassy; notes of Bernard Singer on situation of Jews in the USSR (1942); the Jewish minority in Poland and other countries after the war (1944-1945).
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington
- Date
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inclusive:
1921-1945
- 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 (U.S.)
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Reports. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Memorandums. Statistics. Visas. Passports.
- Extent
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36,512 digital images : PDF ; 23.2 .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in six series: 1. Correspondence and statistics, 1932-1937; 2. Reports of the Polish Consulates in US, 1942-1944; 3. Reports of the Ministry of Information RP (Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)), 1944; 4. Reviews and press clippings of US newspapers, 1942-1945; 5. Requests of visas and passports; 6. Correspondence, articles, press clippings related to Jewish minority in Poland and other countries, 1944-1945.
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--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. Diplomatic and consular service, Polish--United States. Emigration & immigration--United States--1940-1950. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century. Refugees – Government policy – United States. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Diplomatic and consular service
- Geographic Name
- Poland--Foreign relations--United States. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Poland United States
- Corporate Name
- Rzeczpospolita Polska (Government-in-exile)
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. 490. 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
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-26 08:10:29
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