Poland (Vilna Archives)
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Brief Description: The collection consists of ephemeral and fragmentary materials relating to Jewish communities in over 200 Polish cities and towns.  The following topics are included: Political organizations such as Agudas Israel, Bund, He- haluz, Mizrachi, Poalei Agudas Yisrael, Poale Zion. Community elections, elections to the Sejm (Polish Diet). Business and economics: banks, credit unions, taxes.  Labor: trade unions, strikes. Cultural activities and groups: Yiddish cultural organizations, publishing houses. Religious matters:  synagogues, ritual slaughter (*shehitah*), rabbinical figures.  Sports clubs, games. Historical events:  pogroms, German occupation of Poland during World War I.
Held at:
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Record Series Number: RG 28 /RG 28 
Created by: Poland (Vilna Archives)
Volume: 0.0
Arrangement: Boxes 1-20 and box 23 are arranged alphabetically by town
Subject Index
Agriculture
Antisemitism
Belorussia
Cemeteries
Charitable Activities
Children
Communism
Community Records
Culture
Economic Life
Education
Everyday Life
Film and Cinema
Food
Hasidism
Health and Health Care
Jewish Labor Bund
Kehillah Records
Labor Movements
Pogroms
Poland
Politics and Political Parties
Press, Jewish
Rabbis
Refugees
Religious Life
Socialism
Social Welfare
Sports
Synagogues
Theater
Ukraine
Unions
Women and Women's Organizations
World War I
Writers
Yiddish Language and Linguistics
Yiddish secular movement
YIVO - Vilna
Youth Groups
Zionism
Genres/Forms of Material
Documents - Collection
Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/06/01 ; 1999/03/23 ; y.a.t. & GMB
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