Overview
- Description
- Contains orders, ordinances, instructions and reports of the Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK) (Women's Army Service) of the Lublin District. Includes also a diary of Warsaw Uprising and documents of Władysław Oleszkiewicz.
- Alternate Title
- Women's Military Service (WSK). District of Lublin
- Date
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inclusive:
1942-1944
- 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. Polskie Si?y Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa. Wojskowa S?uz?ba Kobiet.
- Reference
- Marek Ney-Krwawicz. Komenda Główna Armii Krajowej 1939-1945. Warszawa: Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, 1990, s. 79-81.
Marek Ney-Krwawicz. Struktura Organizacyjna Armii Krajowej, [w:] Mówią wieki nr 9/1986.
Minczykowska, Katarzyna., and Jan Sziling. Kobiety w Konspiracji Pierwszej i Drugiej Wojny Światowej: Materiały Sesji Popularnonaukowej w Krakowie w Dniu 18 Maja 2005 Roku. Wojenna Służba Polek w Drugiej Wojnie Światowej : Materiały Sesji Popularnonaukowej w Toruniu w Dniu 5 Listopada 2005 Roku. Toruń: Fundacja "Archiwum i Muzeum Pomorskie Armii Krajowej oraz Wojskowej Służby Polek", 2006
Grabowski, Waldemar. "Akcja Czynna" Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego. Warszawa: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej--Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, 2007.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Extent
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210 digital images : JPEG ; 217 MB.
1 microfilm reel (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in six series: 1. Instructions, directives, orders (Sygn.XIII/1); 2. Reports of district’s officer (Sygn.XIII/2); 3. Reports of regional’s officers (Sygn.XIII/3; 4. Economic matters (Sygn.XIII/4); 5. Diary of Warsaw Uprising August 1-31, 1944 (Sygn.XIII/5); 6. Documents of Władysław Oleszkiewicz (Sygn.XIII/6).
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
- Copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku, Poland. No publication of the materials on the Internet, or any public domain without the special permission from the source archives allowed. Users may need to pay fee for material usage.
- Copyright Holder
- Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Lublin. World War, 1939-1945--Women--Poland. Women soldiers--Poland--Lublin. Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship) Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Lublin (Voivodeship)
- Geographic Name
- Lublin (Poland)--History. Lublin (Voivodeship) Poland--Armed Forces. Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945. Warsaw (Poland)--History--Uprising, 1944.
- Personal Name
- Rowecki, Stefan, 1895-1944. Wittek, Maria, Stanislawa, 1899-1997. Czyżowa, Maria. Oleszkiewicz, Władysław, 1898-1940.
- Corporate Name
- AK-Home Army (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Państwowe Muzeum na Majdanku, Sygn. XIII. Documents were donated to the Majdanek Museum in 1972 by Danuta Magierska and Maria Czyżowa, members of the Armia Krajowa, Wojskowa Służba Kobiet (WSK). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2013.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-05 15:13:50
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