Overview
- Description
- This collection contains selected records related to everyday life of the Jewish community in the Żarki commune during the inter-war and war time period during WW II. Includes minutes of meetings of individual organs of communal authority, census, files concerning trade and craft, social welfare and the matters related to forced labor during the war. Selected materials also refer to the Polish society during the war as well as materials concerning mandatory quotas and forced labor.
- Alternate Title
- Files of the Żarki Commune
- Date
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inclusive:
1900-1945
- 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
- Urz?d Gminy ?arki (Poland)
Physical Details
- Extent
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30,211 digital images : JPEG ; 214 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images. Arranged in four series and corresponding subseries: Series I, Municipal Board II: Subseries, 1. General Organizing Department; 2. Department of the Communal Economy; 3. Department of Social Administration; 4. Administrative Department; Series II, Municipal Board III: Subseries, 1. General Organizing Department; 2.Department of Finance and Budget; 3. Department of the Communal Economy; 3. Administrative Department; Series IV, Municipal Board IV: Subseries, 1. Administrative Department; 2. Department of Social Affairs.
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--Żarki--History--20th century--Registers. Polish people--Żarki--History--20th century--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Poland. Forced labor--Poland--Żarki--History--20th century. Municipal government
- Geographic Name
- Żarki (Poland : Gmina) Będzinie (Poland)
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. 125. 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 15:37:16
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86070
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