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Komunistyczna Partia Polski (KPP). Centralne Biuro Żydowskie​ (Sygn.158)

Document | Accession Number: 2015.5 | RG Number: RG-15.342

Selected records of the Polish Communist Party (KPP). Central Jewish Office. The collection contains minutes, resolutions, reports, analyses, instructions, articles, correspondence of the organization, and a list of Jewish communist newspapers in Russian. General reports relate to various districts in Poland: Łódź-Częstochowa-Radom, 1935-36; Ciechanów, Płock, Włocławek. 1932, 1934-35; Wołyn, 1923; Łódź and its district, 1931-1935; Piotrków district, 1932; Radom and Lublin, 1931-1932; Siedlce, 1932, 1934, 1935; Warszawa, 1931 and 1935; Kutno, Włocławek, Płock, Mława, Ciechanów, 1931-1932; Częstochowa-Sosnowiec-Siedlce-Lublin, 1937. The reports on "Jewish work" relate to several other districts in Poland: as Łódź, Poznań, Siedlce-Łomża. Other documents relate to the Bund, Poalei Zion, a speech of Nikolai Bukharin at the VI Congress of KPP in Moscow, 1929; incidents in the sanatorium Włodzimierza Medema w Miedzeszynie, and activities of union workers.

Alternate Title
Polish Communist Party. Central Jewish Office
Date
inclusive:  1920-1937
Language
Polish
Yiddish
Genre/Form
Minutes.
Reports.
Correspondence.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Extent
396 digital images : PDF ; 1.07 GB .
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.

About This Document

Document Creator
Komunistyczna Partia Polski
Biography
Komunistyczna Partia Polski (KPP). Centralne Biuro Żydowskie​ (Polish Communist Party. Central Jewish Office) was founded on Dec. 16, 1918 in Warsaw. The organization was a co-founder of the Communist International and acted as a section. Main newspapers published by KPP: Nowy Przegląd (The New Digest), Czerwony Sztandar (Red Banner), Głos Komunistyczny (Communist Voice), Gromada (Community) and Wiadomości (“News”). KPP activity was discontinued in August 1938, the organization began working again in 1956. The Central Jewish Office was an integral part of KPP.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in one series: 1. Reports, correspondence and other documents of the Polish Communist Party (KPP). Central Jewish Office.
Special Collection
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
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.

Rights and Restrictions

Copyright Holder
Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Conditions on Access
No restrictions 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
Restrictions 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.
 
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