Overview
- Description
- Consists of catalog cards with the photo collection from a grup of records: K4-BCH Lwów-Rawa Mazowiecka. Each card contains the photograph and its description along with the date (not always). Photographs relate to World War II: military actions, Polish Armed Forces in the West (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie, PSZ), prisoners of war, occupant policy, terror, Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie, BCH)-Main Headquarters and armed units (partisans), and commemoration events after WWII.
- Alternate Title
- Collection of 3831 photographs made by members of the Peasant Movement
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1980
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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3,831 digital images : JPEG ; 15.6 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in four groups: 1. Polish Home Army-Rzeszów region; 2. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Bialystok region; 3. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lublin region; 4. Peasant Battalions (Bataliony Chłopskie)-Lviv and Rawa Mazowiecka region.
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
- Materials shall be used only for research and educational purposes including use in exhibits and educational programs. The Museum or Yad Vashem may edit, adapt or translate the reproduced archival materials. No permission for use and reproduction of materials by any third parties.
- Copyright Holder
- Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Underground movements--Peasants--Bataliony Chłopskie. World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland. World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Poland. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century. Underground movements--Poland--́́History--20th century. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--20th century. Peasants--Poland--Political activity--History--20th century. Commemorations--Poland--1945-1980.
- Geographic Name
- Biała Krakowska (Poland) Biała Podlaska (Poland) Białystok (Poland). Biłgoraj (Poland) Kielce (Poland : Powiat) Łowicz (Poland) Lublin (Poland : Voivodeship) Lviv (Ukraine) Nowy Sacz (Poland) Opatów (Poland) Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland) Piotrków (Poland) Plock (Poland) PoznanÌ (Poland : Voivodeship) Pulawy (Poland) Radom (Poland : Powiat) Rawa Mazowiecka (Poland : Powiat)--History. Rzeszów (Poland)--History--20th century. Sandomierz (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Siedlce (Poland) Sieradz (Poland)--History--20th century. Skierniewice (Poland) Stopnica (Województwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland) Tarnobrzeg (Poland) Tarnowskie Góry (Poland) Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland) Volhynia (Ukraine) Wadowice (Poland) Wkra (Poland) Włoszczowa (Poland) Zamość (Poland)--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Personal Name
- Rowecki, Stefan, 1895-1944.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Zakład Historii Ruchu Ludowego w Warszawie. Fundacja Rozwoju, Poland. 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. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:46:58
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