Overview
- Description
- This collection contains records of the various departments of the Verwaltungsschef im Militärbezirk Łodź (Administrative Office of the Military District of Łódź), of the German occupation authorities. The records include office documents, journals of ordinances beginning on Sept. 19, 1939, daily ordinances, headquarters ordinances, reports of the Committee of Citizens of the city of Łódź, documents relating to personnel matters of the employed officers, operations against Polish leaders, German minorities in Poland, membership of the NSDAP, exchange of prisoners of war and war refugees between the German Reich and USSR; quartermaster’s reports at the headquarters of the 8th Army; documents relating to matters concerning churches and schools; reports by experts on power management, water management, transport, employment, prices, supply, agriculture and forestry; documents concerning mail offices and railroads; and relating to the organization of Sondergericht; reports of financial administration, duty and tax administration; documents on the setting of administrative boundaries, and reports from regional offices in Radom and in Warsaw. Includes also handwritten "Biuletyn Łódzkiego Komitetu Obywatelskiego", statistics relating to German population in Tarnowskie Góry, Lubliniec, Częstochowa, Wieluń, Kępno, Ostrowo, Krotoszyn, Rawicz, Leszno, Gostynin, Jaroszyn, Kalisz, Turek i Sieradz, and records demonstrating preparations for police terrorist action against Polish left-wing political activists (KPP, PPS, trade unions, against Volksdeutsche in Łodź gathered around the weekly "Wegweiser", and against the so-called "Polnische führend Personen" regardless of their political activities).
- Alternate Title
- Verwaltungsschef im Militärbezirk Łodź
- Date
-
creation:
1939
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Reports. Statistics. Periodicals.
- Extent
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2,826 digital images : JPEG ; 5.43 GB.
4 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in nine series according to the organizational structure of the Verwaltungsschef im Militärbezirk Łodź: 1. Department of Administration (Verwaltungsabteilung); 2. Department of Schooling and Religion (Kirchen und Schulabteilung); 3. Department of Wartime Economy (Kriegswirtschaftliche Abteilung); 4. Food and Agriculture (Ernährungs und Landwirtschaft); 5. Department of Transportation (Verkehrsabteilung); 6. Department of Forestry (Forstsverwaltung); 7. Department of Justice (Justizverwaltung); 8. Department of Finances (Reichsfinanzverwaltung); 9. Department Spraw Pogranicza (Reichsgrenzgouvernement).
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. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
- Geographic Name
- Poland--History--German occupation, 1939-1945. Łodź (Poland) Tarnowskie Góry (Poland) Lubliniec (Poland) Częstochowa (Poland) Wieluń (Poland) Kępno (Poland) Ostrowo (Poland) Krotoszyn (Poland) Rawicz (Poland) Leszno (Poland) Gostynin (Poland) Jaroszyn (Poland) Kalisz (Poland) Turek (Poland) Sieradz (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi (State Archive in Łodź), Sygn.175. 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
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-24 15:47:09
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