Guide to the Territorial Collection, Poland, 1939-1945 RG 116. Poland 2

Processed by Solomon Krystal. Edited by Rivka Schiller, 2007

Collection rearranged with the assistance of a grant from the Conference of Jewish Materials Claims Against Germany (New York) and the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, Paris. Finding aid edited, encoded and posted online thanks to a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
URL: http://www.yivo.org

Electronic finding aid was converted to EAD version 2002 by Yakov Sklyar in January 2007. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Territorial Collection, Poland, 1939-1945 RG 116. Poland 2

ID: RG 116. Poland-2

Extent: 4.3 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged topically and according to locality in 229 numbered folders, with towns and cities appearing according to their Polish names (e.g., Rzeszow—as opposed to Reyshe in Yiddish).

There are 10 series in this collection:

Languages: Polish, Russian, Yiddish, German, English, French, Hebrew, Swedish, Danish

Abstract

The Territorial Collection, Poland 2 is comprised of documents that were amassed at the YIVO in New York City. The collection is of mixed provenance and is fragmentary in nature, consisting of miscellaneous materials dating back to World War II and its immediate aftermath. The Territorial Collection Poland 2 is a portion of the greater Territorial Collection (RG 116), which incorporates materials that are relevant to over 42 different countries and geographical regions. The overarching theme of the collection Poland 2 is the annihilation of the Jewish life in Poland under the Nazi rule. Chronologically, the Territorial Collection Poland 2 follows the Territorial Collection Poland 1, which pertains to pre-World War II Poland; and precedes the Territorial Collection Poland 3, which pertains to post-World War II Poland.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection includes texts of German decrees and anti-Jewish laws; press articles written after the war about the fate of the Polish Jewry; materials relating to communities, ghettos and concentration camps; materials on Jewish resistance; records of war crimes trials of 1946-1950; letters from Nazi-occupied Poland sent abroad; texts of poems and songs written in the ghettos. The latter part of the collection contains materials pertaining to Holocaust memorial observances and commemoration meetings. A large section pertains to Warsaw and the Warsaw ghetto uprising. Files on communities contain personal documents and correspondence.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

Open to researchers.

For more information, contact:

Chief Archivist

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street

New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Various donors.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should read as follows:Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives; Territorial Collection, Poland, 2; RG 116-Poland 2; folder number.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: German Anti-Jewish Decrees in Poland, 1939-1944,
Series 2: Series II: Warsaw Ghetto, 1939-1944,
Series 3: Series III: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 19th 1943, 1942-1948,
Series 4: Series IV: Jewish Communities Under the German Rule, 1938-1967,
Series 5: Series V: Concentration and Death Camps, 1939-1965,
Series 6: Series VI: War Crime Trials, 1944-1949, 1955, 1964, 1978,
Series 7: Series VII: Eyewitness Accounts of Survivors, 1939-1958,
Series 8: Series VIII: Holocaust Memorial Observances After World War II, 1944-1973,
Series 9: Series IX: Newspaper Clippings, 1939-1969,
Series 10: Series X: Miscellaneous, 1939-1973,
All

Series VI: War Crime Trials 1944-1949, 1955, 1964, 1978

Language of Material: German , Polish , Yiddish , English

Folder 148: undated, 1947, 1955: Testimony (copy) of Hans-Adolf Asbach, former Nazi official in Poland, 9/6/1955 (German).
“Report On the Trial of Hans Biebow, a War Criminal, Supervisor of the Ghetto in Łódź , Held Before the District Court of Łódź , from 23 to 30 April 1947” (translated from the Polish).
Letter (copy) addressed to the United Nations War Crimes Commission re: Adolph Fritz Fischer (Polish).
Document detailing the legal process of Hans Biebow (Yiddish).; Language of Material: German , Polish and Yiddish
Folder 149: undated, 1944, 1949: “Report on the Trial of Karl Gallasch” (translated from the Polish).
“Trial of Leon Gross and Maier Kerner by the Special Criminal Court at Kraków” (translated from the Polish).
Trial of the members of the SS command at Majdanek 12/2/1944 (translated from the Polish).
Trial of 11 Germans for crimes in Łódź-sentence issued by court in Łódź , 2/15/1949 (Polish).; Language of Material: some materials are Polish
Folder 150: Newspaper clippings concerning Nazi war criminals, including the following: undated, 1947, 1964: Willie Ankelbach, Dr. Josef Buhler, Friedrich Gerhardt, Sergei Bobko, Al. Grabowski, Hazenmeier, B., Friedrich Kuczynski, Mozer, H., Gen. Juergen Stroop, Musielowski, Paul Schmidt.
Letter from Dr. David Wdowinski, 7/21/1964.
Polish Embassy, London concerning the matter of Nazi war criminals, 12/9/1947
Folder 151: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 152: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 153: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 154: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 155: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 156: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 157: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 158: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 159: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 160: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 161: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 162: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 163: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 164: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978
Folder 165 A: U.S. Government vs. Feodor Fedorenko 1978