Overview
- Description
- This collection contains files of the Polish Social Welfare Committee (Polski Komitet Opiekuńczy) in Częstochowa during the Nazi occupation, includes mainly records related to social welfare rendered to the poor, orphaned children, refugees, and individuals deported from the USSR during 1939-1940, or who left Warsaw after the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Apart from the above, some file fragments refer to matters of the Jewish community.
- Alternate Title
- Selected records from the collection Polish Welfare Committee in Częstochowa
- Date
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inclusive:
1940-1945
- 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
- Polski Komitet Opieku?czy w Cz?stochowie.
- Reference
- Przewodnik po Polskich Źródłach Archiwalnych: http://www.archives.gov.ua/Sections/Wolyn/Wolyn-02.pdf
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Registers.
- Extent
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1,220 digital images : JPEG ; 6.93 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in three series: 1. Orders and reports, 1940-1942; 2. Records of the orphanage in Częstochowa,1941-1944 (Register of boys); 3. Records of the orphanage in Częstochowa,1941-1945 (Register of girls).
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--Children--Poland--Częstochowa. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Poland. World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation--Poland--Częstochowa. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations. Orphans--Care--Poland--Częstochowa--History--Registers. Population transfers--Polish people--History--20th century. Polish people--Soviet Union--Relocation--Poland. Jews--Poland--Częstochowa--History--20th century. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Częstochowa. Social Service
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.15. 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:
- 2023-06-27 09:26:48
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