Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1940s] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
c 97 frames
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The collection was extracted from Polish archives in London. The precise details of the provenance precede each account (or group of accounts).
Repository
Archival history
GB 1556 WL 556 [1940s] Collection level (fonds) c 97 frames Jewish Central Information Office
The collection was extracted from Polish archives in London. The precise details of the provenance precede each account (or group of accounts).
Jewish Central Information Office
Reports on the fate of Polish Jewry during the Nazi era, [1940-1949]. In addition there is an extract from a captured German archive and a typescript account of a French Jew's experience of Auschwitz.
Original order
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Mostly Polish, some French and English
Microfilm
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
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.
Mar 2008 Wars (events) Auschwitz concentration camp Concentration camps Eastern Europe Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Human rights violations International conflicts Jews Nazism Occupied territories Poland Political doctrines Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism 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 on the fate of Polish Jewry during the Nazi era, [1940-1949]. In addition there is an extract from a captured German archive and a typescript account of a French Jew's experience of Auschwitz.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order
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
Mostly Polish, some French and English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Concentration camps
- Humanitarian law » War crimes » Genocide
- Humanitarian law
- Human rights violations
- International conflicts
- Religious groups » Jews
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Humanitarian law » Occupied territories
- Political doctrines
- Religious groups
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
- International conflicts » War
- Humanitarian law » War crimes
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
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.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English