Overview
- Description
- Plans of reconstruction of the burned settlement of Radoszyce and other villages in the commune of Radoszyce, plans and registers of abandoned Jewish properties; applications for building permits, inheritance claims (Jews in Radoszyce commune); files on marital status, religious matters, death and birth certificates; records on population movement in the commune of Radoszyce; registers of cemeteries of religious associations and tombs, Radoszyce commune, 1953.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the Commune Council in Radoszyce
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1955
- Collection Creator
- Urz?d Gminy Radoszyce
- Biography
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Radoszyce is a village in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland (historic province of Lesser Poland). It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radoszyce. It lies approximately 19 kilometers (12 mi) south-west of Końskie and 33 km (21 mi) north-west of the regional capital Kielce. The village has a population of 3,400. Radoszyce was a town from around 1370 to 1869. In 1827, the population of Radoszyce was 1,425, with 252 houses. By 1858, the population grew to 1,934, but together with other locations in northern Lesser Poland Radoszyce lost its town charter after the January Uprising (1869). In 1905, the population of the village was 5,379, with a significant Jewish minority. In the Second Polish Republic, Radoszyce belonged to Kielce Voivodeship, and remained a poor village, whose residents supported themselves by trade, agriculture and services.
In the late autumn of 1939, after German Invasion of Poland, the unit of Major Henryk Dobrzański operated in the area of Radoszyce. Local Home Army units were commanded by Jan Stoiński (who was later replaced by Jan Pacak). In the late 1941 and early 1942, Jews of Radoszyce were murdered by Germans in the Holocaust. Since the village was a major center of Polish resistance, German occupiers decided to take their revenge on its population. On September 3-4, 1944, Radoszyce was surrounded by the Wehrmacht. All residents were ordered to gather in the market square, and Germans began the massacre. They managed to kill 19 residents, when local Home Army units attacked the Wehrmacht, forcing it to retreat. After the battle, however, the village was completely destroyed. On September 29, 1944, near the village of Gruszka, one of the largest battles of Polish resistance took place.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Applications. Census. Correspondence. Plans (maps) Registers.
- Extent
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513 digital images : PDF.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in four groups: 1. Reconstruction plans; 2. Applications for building permits and inheritance claims; 3. Census of the commune of Radoszyce; 4. Registers of cemeteries and tombs.
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- 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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn. 702. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2020. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
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