Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of files from four Łodź prisons from the years of the German occupation (1939-1945), including: personal files of the prisoners and officers, indexes of prisoners (they contain such data as the first and last name, date of arrest, relocation from one prison or camp to another one, and whether a prisoner was released or executed). The files relate to the following prisons: 1. Police Prison (Gestapo) on 16 Sterlinga St. (Polizeigefängnis Robert Kochstrasse 16). Prisoners here were arrested by the Gestapo for sabotage, political activity, fighting for independence or belonging to the Polish resistance movement. Most of them, when the investigation was over, were sent to concentration camps and prisons of maximum security. Many prisoners were executed; 2. Police Prison for Women on 13 Gdańska Street (Polizei Frauengefängnis Danziger Strasse 13), was designed for persons arrested and sentenced for criminal or economic crimes. For the women sentenced for political reasons, this was a transit stage before they were sent to a concentration camp. Lots of women died during their stay in this prison; 3. Police Prison (Kripo) on 152 Kilińskiego St. (Polizeigefängnis Buschlinie 152), was designed for people arrested and sentenced for criminal or economic crimes. The penalties ranged from several weeks to one year in prison. For those sentenced for over one year this served as a transit prison; 4. Court Prison on 29 Kopernika Street (Gerichtgefängnis Friedrich Gössler Strasse 29) was the place to serve a penalty lasting from one month to half a year and sentenced by occupational courts, mainly Amtsgericht.
- Alternate Title
- German prisoners in Łódź
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1945
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Registers.
- Extent
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17 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the microfilm reels. Arrange in four series: 1. Police Prison (Gestapo) on 16 Sterlinga St. (Polizeigefängnis Robert Kochstrasse 16); 2. Police Prison for Women on 13 Gdańska Street (Polizei Frauengefängnis Danziger Strasse 13); 3. Police Prison (Kripo) on 152 Kilińskiego St. (Polizeigefängnis Buschlinie 152); 4. Court Prison on 29 Kopernika Street (Gerichtgefängnis Friedrich Gössler Strasse 29. The personal files of prisoners organized alphabetically.
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
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Łodzi, Poland, Sygn.198. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:55:16
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