Overview
- Description
- Records created during the WWII by the German occupation authorities, and after the war by the Polish municipal authorities. Contains files of towns (Łuków, Mińsk Mazowiecki, Siedlce, Węgrów), communes (Łuków, Tuchowicz, Dąbie, Celiny, Łysów, Skórzec, Zbuczyn, Żeliszew, Wyrozęby, Sterdyń, Chruszczewka, Korczew, Kowiesy), county (in Łuków, Węgrów, Sokołów Podlaski, Siedlce), as well as the collection of German posters of the Siedlce county. They refer to various matters, such as the registration of populations, displacements, forced labor, raising taxes and other fares, security and public order, condition of life and fate of the Jewish and Polish population during the war and the situation of the Holocaust survivors after the war, including the activities of the Jewish Committee in Siedlce, census records of Jewish and Polish population in Siedlce region, 1941-1942 (some records from 1933), a list of Aryans and Jews living on the area of Jewish quarter of Siedlce. Nov. 07, 1941, a list of Poles displaced from the Zamość region during 1942-1944, and records of German crimes 1945. Included are also records related to Sinti and Roma deported from the Third Reich to the territories of Poland. The post-war records contain the registration of war damages and exhumations.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1949
- 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
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Posters. Flyers. Reports. Census records.
- Extent
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15,165 digital images : JPEG ; 45.2 GB.
13 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in twenty one series by localities and a form of materials: 1. Starostwo Powiatowe w Łukowie (Sygn. 547); 2. Akta miasta Łukowa (Sygn. 709); 3. Akta gminy Łuków, and Tuchowicz (Sygn. 667); 4. Akta gminy Dąbie (Sygn. 324); 5. Akta gminy Celiny (Sygn. 297); 6. Akt miasta Mińska Mazowieckiego (Sygn. 765); 7. Akta miasta Siedlce (Sygn. 36); 8. Akta gminy Łysów (Sygn. 93); 9. Akta gminy Skórzec (Sygn. 90); 10. Akta gminy Zbuczyn (Sygn. 91); 11. Akta gminy Żeliszew (Sygn. 92); 12. Akta gminy Wyrozęby (Sygn. 85); 13. Akta gminy Sterdyń (Sygn. 83); 14. Akta gminy Chruszczewka (Sygn. 74); 15. Akta gminy Korczew (Sygn.77); 16. Akta gminy Kowiesy (Sygn. 79); 17. Akta miasta Węgrowa (Sygn. 253); 18. Starostwo Powiatowe w Wegrowie (Sygn. 247); 19. Starostwo Powiatowe w Sokołowie Podlaskim 1944-1950 (Sygn. 86); 20. Starostwo Powiatowe w Siedlcach (Sygn. 29); 21. Zbiór afiszów okupacyjnych powiatu siedleckiego (Sygn.1290).
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--Destruction and pillage--Poland--Siedlce. World War,1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland--Siedlce. Jewish councils--Poland--Siedlce--History--20th century. Jews--Poland--Siedlce--History--20th century--Registers. Jews--Poland--Siedlce--Social conditions--20th century. Polish people--Poland--Siedlce--History--20th century--Registers. Prisoners and prisons--Poland--Łuków--Registers. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Poland--Registers.
- Geographic Name
- Siedlce (Poland) Łuków (Poland) Stoczek (Poland) Mińsk Mazowiecki (Poland) Węgrów (Poland) Tuchowicz (Poland) Dąbie (Poland) Celiny (Poland) Skórzec (Poland) Zbuczyn (Poland) Żeliszew (Poland) Wyrozęby (Poland) Sterdyń (Poland) Chruszczewka (Poland) Korczew (Poland) Kowiesy (Poland) Sokołów Podlaski (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Siedlcach
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Siedlcach, Poland. 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:
- 2022-07-28 17:53:56
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