Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1939-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
c690 frames
Context area
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Biographical history
This microfilm collection consists of material gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, by a group of refugee Polish-Jewish writers and journalists, who formed a committee to collect evidence on the conditions of Jews in Poland under German occupation.
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GB 1556 WL 532 1939-1940 collection c690 frames Unknown
This microfilm collection consists of material gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, by a group of refugee Polish-Jewish writers and journalists, who formed a committee to collect evidence on the conditions of Jews in Poland under German occupation.
Jewish Central Information Office
Reports and personal accounts describing the conditions of Jews in Poland under German occupation including lists of victims, details of deportations and concentration camps; situation reports, 1939-1940.
Arranged by document type over two microfilm reels
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Yiddish and English
Microfilm
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2007 Wars (events) Concentration camps Eastern Europe European history Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Human rights violations International conflicts Jews National history Poland Polish history Religious groups War War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Jewish Central Information Office
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Reports and personal accounts describing the conditions of Jews in Poland under German occupation including lists of victims, details of deportations and concentration camps; situation reports, 1939-1940.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged by document type over two microfilm reels
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Yiddish and English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
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- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Concentration camps
- National history » European history
- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Genocide
- Humanitarian law
- Human rights violations
- International conflicts
- Religious groups » Jews
- National history
- Religious groups
- International conflicts » War
- Humanitarian law » War crimes
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English