Overview
- Description
- This collection consists of selected records created before and during the WWII in Częstochowa, Poland by the President and executive authorities of the Town Hall (1918-1939), and by the Municipal Government (Stadtverwaltung) headed by the Municipal Starost (Stadthauptman) (1939-1944). Consists also of books listing information about the inhabitants of Częstochowa (1870-1930). The pre-war records refer to the social, cultural, economic and religious life of the Jewish community in Częstochowa, for example: sport activities, schools, charity, social welfare and hospitals. Includes a list of Jewish artisans (1929), as well as statistics concerning the Jewish community (1919). The occupation records, 1939-1944 contain mainly statistics, lists of economic enterprises (1940-1941), registers of Jews, permissions to settle in Częstochowa granted to the Jews coming from other places (1940-1941), passes to leave the ghetto, official correspondence, and materials concerning the forced labor of Jews. A major part of the collection consists of the books with indexes of Częstochowa's permanent inhabitants, as well books of inhabitants from individual districts of Częstochowa: Stradom, Lisiniec, Raków, Kucelin, Ostatni Grosz, Kiedryn, Kule (1870-1930).
- Alternate Title
- Records of the City of Częstochowa
- Date
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inclusive:
1870-1944
- 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
- Urz?d Miasta Cz?stochowy.
- Reference
- Dzieje Cze̜stochowy od zarania do czasów współczesnych. Praca zbiorowa pod red. Komitetu w składzie A. Czarnota, S. Krakowski, redaktor. et al. Katowice: Śląsk, 1964.
RG-15.302. Zarząd Miejski i Miejska Rada Narodowa w Częstochowie (Sygn. 2), 1945-1951.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Statistics. Correspondence.
- Extent
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49,142 digital images : JPEG ; 33.9 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in three series: 1. Częstochowa Town Hall records, 1918-1939; 2. Books of Częstochowa inhabitants with indexes, handwritten in Polish and Russian (alphabetical indexes are located on the end of this series),1870-1930; 3. Occupation records, 1939-1944.
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
- Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--19th century--Registers. Polish people--Poland--Częstochowa--History--19th century--Registers. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century. Jews--Statistics--Poland--Częstochowa--Charts, diagrams, etc. Jewish artisans--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers. Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--Societies, etc. World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Częstochowa. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Częstochowa. Municipal government
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn.1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-06 08:05:24
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