Collection GB 1556 WL 532 - Persecution of Jews in Poland: reports and statements (microfilm)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 532

Title

Persecution of Jews in Poland: reports and statements (microfilm)

Date(s)

  • 1939-1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

c690 frames

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Repository

Archival history

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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Existence and location of copies

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Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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