Overview
- Description
- This collection contains selected records, correspondence, reports, registers and minutes related to activities of the World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers-Po'alei Zion ("Poale-Sjon") in Częstochowa, the matters of foreigners, such as public order and registers, the Jewish religious community, including correspondence, minutes of the community sessions, financial reports, fees for ritual slaughter and ritual baths, a list of community members, and payments of membership fees in 1938. There are also files of Jewish craft guilds operating in Częstochowa: tinsmiths and roofers, tailors, furriers, cap-makers, metal workers, bakers and confectioners, butchers and port-butchers, carters and turners. Includes also records about physicians, dentists, surgeon’s assistants in the town of Częstochowa, and monthly reports of the Częstochowa Town Starosty.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records of the district of Grodzkie Częstochowskie
- Date
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inclusive:
1928-1939
- 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.
- Collection Creator
- Starostwo Grodzkie Cz?stochowskie
- Reference
- Dzieje Cze̜stochowy od zarania do czasów współczesnych. Praca zbiorowa pod red. Komitetu w składzie A. Czarnota, S. Krakowski, redaktor. et al. Katowice: Sląsk, 1964.
RG-15.301. Akta Miasta Częstochowy (Sygn.1), 1870-1944.
RG-15.302, Zarząd Miejski i Miejska Rada Narodowa w Częstochowie (Sygn. 2),1945-1951.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Registers. Minutes. Correspondence. Reports.
- Extent
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5,771 digital images : JPEG ; 2.70 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in five series: 1. Correspondence related to the Żydowska Socjaldemokratyczna Partia Robotnicza "Poale-Sjon", 1934-1935; 2. Records related to foreigners, 1932-1937; 3. Records of Jewish community and Jewish artisans, 1928-1939; 4. Correspondence related to medical personnel in Częstochowa, 1935-1937; 5. Minutes of the Częstochowa Town Starosty, 1933-1936.
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--20th century--Registers. Jews--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--Societies, etc. Jewish artisans--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers. Medical personnel--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers. Jewish physicians--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers. Jewish dentists--Poland--Cze̜stochowa--History--Registers. Jews--Politics and government--20th century--Sources. Zionism and communism--Poland--Cze̜stochowa. Municipal government
- Geographic Name
- Częstochowa (Poland) Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980. Poland--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Częstochowie, Poland, Sygn. 2. 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
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 10:55:03
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