Overview
- Description
- Selected records of the Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR (ZPP) and the Organizing Committee of Polish Jews in the Soviet Union Included are minutes, correspondence, personal files of organization activists and members, various name lists, newsletters related to the repatriation of the Polish population, statistical data on field work, regional and local units of the Union of Polish Patriots, memories, albums and photographs of Polish emigrants in USSR.
- Alternate Title
- Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR
- Date
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inclusive:
1942-1947
- 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
- Zwi?zek Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR
- Biography
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Związek Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR (Union of Polish Patriots in USRR, ZPP) was established in USSR at the end of 1942 and was active until Aug. 1946. ZPP was supervised by the Main Board and presided by the secretary general. The president of the Main Board was Wanda Wasilewska, the members were: Stanisław Skrzeszewski, Stefan Jędrychowski, Włodzimierz Sokorski and Zygmunt Berling. The vast number of Polish Jews (at least 230,000) survived the period of WW II in the USSR, and as Polish citizens they belonged to ZPP. In July 1944, Polish Jews at ZPP in the USSR established Komitet Organizacyjny Żydów Polskich (Organizing Committee of Polish Jews, ZPP-KOZP). It was presided by dr. Emil Sommerstein, the members were: Jakub Berman, Leo Finkielsztein, Szymon Zachariasz, Ida Kamińska, Bernard (Ber) Mark, Rabbi Sztejnberg, Mojżesz Broderson, Marian (Meir) Melman, Efraim Kaganowski, Józef Rubinsztein, Lejb Olicki, Rachela Korn and, Abram Zak. The objective of KOZP was to collect the records of Polish Jews in the USSR, sharing information, rendering relief of all kind (financial or non-financial) necessary to organize repatriation to Poland. KOZP activists continued their work after coming back to Poland at the Central Committee of Jews in Poland (CKŻP).
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Albums. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Memoirs. Minutes. Photographs. Plays. Questionnaires. Registers. Résumés (personnel records) Statistics. Telegrams.
- Extent
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245,706 digital images : PDF ; 104 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Selected records are arranged in 20 series: 1. Organizational matters of the Union of Polish Patriots (ZPP); 2. Meetings, minutes and regulations; 3. Repatriation of the Polish population of the USSR (name lists, and regional statistics); 4. Activities of the ZPP in various regions, 1944-1946. 5. Situation of the Polish population and activity of ZPP in various regions (Correspondence, minutes, certificates, reports), 1943-1946; 6. Registers of the personnel of the main board and local boards of the ZPP (alphabetical order). Resumes, questionnaires, certificates, opinions; 7. ZPP activists in various regions (Resumes, questionnaires, certificates, opinions), 1944-1946; 8. Polish partisans. Personal matters, 1944-1945; 10. Book of incoming letters-requests for admission to the Army: Alphabetical Index of names of authors of letters, 1944. 11. Applications for admission to the Army. Correspondence, 1943-1945; 12. Search of Polish Army soldiers and their families in the USSR. Help for soldiers and their families; 13. Educational institutions for Polish children and teachers and educators (Reports); 14. Newsletters of various regions, 1945-1946; 15. Competition "Memories of Polish Emigrants in the USSR": Memories and plays, 1945; 16. Local organizations of ZPP, 1945; 17. Albums and photographs of the National Board of ZPP and Polish community centers, 1939-1946; 18. Weekly "Wolna Polska" (Free Poland), 1945; 19. Main Board of ZPP: Organizational Department, Human Resources; National Department, and Publication Department: Resumes and characteristics of the field officers of the ZPP, correspondence, statistics, reports, 1944; 20. Union of Polish Patriots in Palestine. Reports, correspondence, telegrams, 1944-1946.
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--Atrocities--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Personal narratives, Polish. Polish people--Evacuation and relocation,1939-1945--Registers. Jews, Polish--Soviet Union--Biography. Jewish communists--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish authors--Soviet Union--20th century--Registers. Polish author--Soviet Union--20th century--Registers. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc. Nationalist -- Associations, institutions, etc. Socialists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Geographic Name
- Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953. Poland
- Personal Name
- Berling, Zygmunt, 1896-1980. Berman, Jakub,1901-1984. Broderson, Mojżesz. Finkielsztein, Leo. Jędrychowski, Stefan, 1910-1996. Kaganowski, Efraim, 1893-1958. Kamińska, Ida. Korn, Rachela. Mark, Bernard (Ber) Rubinsztein, Józef. Skrzeszewski, Stanisław. Sokorski, Włodzimierz. Sommerstein, Emil. Wasilewska, Wanda,1905-1964. Zachariasz, Szymon. Zak, Abram.
- Corporate Name
- Central Committee of Polish Jews World Jewish Congress
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archiwum Akt Nowych
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Feb. 2015.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-28 09:13:56
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