Overview
- Description
- Selected records of the Liga do Walki z Rasizmem (League for the Struggle against Racism). The collection contains a statute, minutes, receipts, cash books, and name lists of the League members of two regions in Poland: Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski.
- Alternate Title
- League for the struggle against racism. Main Board and Regional Boards in Bydgoszcz and Ostrów Wielkopolski
- Date
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inclusive:
1947-1952
- 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
- Liga do Walki z Rasizmem
- Biography
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The organization "Liga do Walki z Racizmem" (League for the Struggle against Racism) was founded in Warsaw in 1946. This organization was an ideological continuation of the “Żegota” organization, and focused on the objective of fighting racism and all manifestations of anti-Semitism within the Polish post-war society. Main co-founders and activists were: Władysław Bartoszewski, Julius Górecki (chairman), Irena Sendlerowa, Tadeusz Rek, Adolf Berman, Marek Arczyński, Stanisław Dobrowolski, Kazimierz Kumaniecki, Jan Wesołowski, Józef Gójski, Tadeusz Manteuffel, Władysław Bieńkowski. The League brought together people of different political views in a common cause, Poles and Jews alike. The League operated mainly in the academic circles in Kraków and in Łódź. After the Kielce pogrom (July 4, 1946), the League issued its protest in a form of posters and leaflets, articles, and published its first issue of a periodical "Prawo Czlowieka" (The Rights of Man). In the 2nd half of 1946, Władysław Bartoszewski was arrested, and the paper "Prawo Czlowieka" was no longer published. In 1946-1948 many League members emigrated from Poland or withdrew from their public activity.
- Reference
- See also: RG-50.488*0025, Oral History Interview with Władysław Bartoszewski.
Physical Details
- Language
- Polish
- Genre/Form
- Minutes. Registers. Reports. Statutes.
- Extent
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957 digital images : PDF ; 469 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arranged in two series: 1 Minutes and membership documents; 2. Organization statute.
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
- Racism--Moral and ethical aspects--Poland--History--20th century--Sources. Racism--Political aspects--Poland--History--20th century--Sources. Jews--Poland--History--20th century. Antisemitism--Poland--History--20th century--Sources. Communism--Poland--History--Sources.
- Geographic Name
- Bydgoszcz (Poland : Voivodeship) Ostrów Mazowiecka (Poland : Powiat) Poland--Ethnic relations. Poland--Politics and government--1945-1980.
- Personal Name
- Bartoszewski, Władysław, 1922-
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-24 11:58:41
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