Overview
- Description
- Records of the City Aleksandrów, Poland. Consists of documents of the permanent population of the city of Aleksandrów, like as: lists of properties along with the ethnic division (1937-1939), statistics and reports on industry and commerce in the city, lists of companies in the city, including their Jewish owners; population books; passports and IDs (1926-1931), the census of 1931, files of issued ID cards (1929-1939), applications for the personal ID with photographs (1933-1939), registration books (1915-1932), documents regarding the Jewish community and execution of taxes, reports on religious issues, organization of Jewish education, industry and trade, sale of properties of Polish and Jewish population to Germans (Surnames of SS men), information on the change of the street names from Polish to German, questionnaires and other documents of births, deceased, and marriages, including legalization of illegitimate children, records of notarial deeds (1929-1932), a register of members and shares of the Merchants' and Craftsmen's Bank (1938-1939), and various German documents related to population of the City Aleksandrów (1942-1943).
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the City Aleksandrów
- Date
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inclusive:
1915-1943
- 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
- Urz?d Miejski w Aleksandrowie ?ódzkim
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Applications. Census. Correspondence. Passport photographs. Passports. Questionnaires. Reports. Statistics.
- Extent
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35,387 digital images : JPEG.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in six series: 1. Statistics, population censuses and correspondence, 1926-1939; 2. Documents related to passports and identity cards, 1925-1939; 3. Registration books, 1915-1932; 4. Documents related to religious and education matters, 5. Various loose German documents regarding the city affairs and population, 1942-1943; 6. Records of notarial deeds, 1929-1932.
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--Aleksandrów Lódzki. Jews--Poland--Aleksandrów Lódzki--History--20th century. Jewish property--Poland--Aleksandrów Lódzki--History--20 century. Polish property--Poland--Aleksandrów Lódzki--History--20 century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Aleksandrów Lódzki.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Poland, Sygn. 2133. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in June 2018. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:18:27
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