Overview
- Description
- Circulars and ordinances of authorities, official correspondence, reports on activities, quota reports, sending people to work, minutes of meetings, materials on the population policy of the occupant, censuses, lists of employees of the office of the starost, materials on the Polish resistance movement, reports of gendarmerie, interrogation of Jews in cases of illegal border crossing, correspondence with the Judenrat from Wegrów, matter of control of correspondence, daily orders, certificates, receipts, documentation related to the implementation of the antisemitic exhibition entitled "Juedische Weltpest" and many other very important materials regarding every aspect of the population's life under German occupation, resistance, forced labor and the functioning of the office of the County Starost.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the County Starosty in Ostrów Mazowiecka
Kreishauptmannschaft Ostrów Mazowiecka - Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- 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
- Starostwo Powiatowe Ostrów Mazowiecka
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Extent
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3,701 digital images : PDF ; 1,95 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in nine series: 1. Office of the County District; 2. Security Police. District Department in Ostrów Mazowiecki; 3. Office of the Interior: Population and social welfare matters, Personnel Office, Propaganda; 4. Office of Police Matters; 5. Trusts; 6. Office of Food and Agriculture; 7. School Office; 8. Siedlce Labor Office. Branch of Ostrów; 9. The Management of the Union of Municipalities Ostrów Mazowiecka.
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. Housing and health--Poland--Ostrów Mazowiecka--History--20th century. Jewish councils--Poland--Ostrów Mazowiecka--History--20th century. Forced labor--Poland--Ostrów Mazowiecka--History--20th century. Police administration--Poland--Ostrów Mazowiecka--History--20th century. Schools--Poland--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Ostrów Mazowiecka--History.
- Geographic Name
- Ostrów Mazowiecka (Poland : Powiat) Treblinka (Poland) Wegrów (Województwo Mazowieckie, Poland) Wyszków (Poland) Zegrze (Poland) Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945 .
- Personal Name
- Fischer, Alfred, 1910-1943.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie, Poland, Sygn. 489. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in May 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:18:04
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