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 IX: Newspaper Clippings 1939-1969

Language of Material: German , Polish , Yiddish , French , Hebrew , English , Danish

Folder 198: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and related material pertaining to World War II. undated: Language of Material: Yiddish , English , Polish , French
Folder 199: Newspaper clippings re: plight of Polish Jews, “Morgn frayheyt,” 9/18/1939, untitled newspaper, 12/8/1939 1939
Folder 200: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re: plight of Polish Jews. 1940: Language of Material: German , Yiddish
Folder 201: Newspaper clippings from “Forverts” and “Der tog” 1941: Language of Material: Yiddish
Folder 202: Miscellaneous clippings from “Forverts,” “Der tog,” “Krakauer Zeitung,” “Zionist Review,” re: plight of Polish Jews. 1942: Language of Material: German , English , Yiddish
Folder 203: Miscellaneous material pertaining to the Warsaw ghetto uprising. 1943: Language of Material: English , Yiddish
Folder 204: Miscellaneous articles concerning the Warsaw ghetto. 1944: Language of Material: Yiddish , German , English , Polish
Folder 205: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings from “Forverts,” “Der tog” 1944: Language of Material: Yiddish
Folder 206: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re: the Warsaw ghetto uprising from “Forverts,” “News from the International Rescue and Relief Committee, Inc.” 1946: Language of Material: Yiddish , Polish , English
Folder 207: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re: the Warsaw ghetto, including: “Dos naye lebn” nos. 9, 12, 29, “Folkstsaytung” no. 13, “Folks-shtime” no. 13, “Idisher kemfer,” 5/16/1947, “Der tog,” 2/26/1947, “Commentary,” 5/1947, “Hjemmets Sondag,” 4/13/1947. 1947: Language of Material: Yiddish , Polish , English , Danish
Folder 208: “Information Onsdag,” 6/9/1948, “Labyrinthe,” Paris, no. 19, 5/19/1946, “Zwierciadlo,” 4/18/1948, “Hadavar,” “Undzer veg,” Munchen, no. 15(164), 2/3/1948, correspondence with the “Judisches Wissenschaftliches Institut in U.S.A.,” Austria 1948, “Nidershlesie” no. 4(6), 1948(?), “Unzer shtime” no. 390(889), 4/29/1948. 1946-1948: Language of Material: Yiddish , French , Polish , Hebrew , Swedish
Folder 209: “Der Kampf um das Warschauer Ghetto,” “N.Y. Staats-Zeitung und Herold” 1949: Language of Material: German
Folder 210: Die Gegenwart,” Frankfurt a/M, no. 163, 8/30/1952-article re: the Warsaw ghetto. 1952 August 8: Language of Material: German
Folder 211: “Hjemmets Sondag”-article re: the Warsaw ghetto. 1953 April 9: Language of Material: Danish
Folder 212: “Labour Israel,” London, no. 106, “Z Notatnika Kronikarza 1939-1944 (XXVII)” no. 3, 1/20/1957. 1956 March-April: Language of Material: Polish
Folder 213: “Israelitisches Wochenblatt fur die Schweiz,” 10/18/1957, “Jewish Vanguard,” 4/19/1957, “Folks-shtime,” 1/30, 4/2, 4/8, 4/18, 6/6, 7/25, 8/14/1957. 1957: Language of Material: German , Yiddish , English
Folder 214: “Folks-shtime,” 4/12/1958, “Forverts,” 4/19/1958, “Polytika,” Warsaw, 10/18/1958, “Maariv,” 1/2/1959. 1958-1959: Language of Material: Yiddish , Polish , Hebrew
Folder 215: “Tog-morgn zshurnal,” 2/16/1960, “Le Soir,” Brussels, 4/15/1960, “Le Soir Illustre,” 4/14/1960. 1960: Language of Material: French , Yiddish
Folder 216: “Tog-morgn zshurnal”-eyewitness testimonies of World War II survivors, 7/5/1961, 6/3, 6/12, 6/13, 6/14, 6/20, 6/26, 6/28, 6/29, 7/5/1961. 1961: Language of Material: Yiddish
Folder 217: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, “The Observer,” London, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19/1968, “Yidisher kurier,” Chicago, 8/18/1945, advertisement for “The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto” by Jacob Patt in “Magazine Digest,” December edition 1945, 1969
Folder 218: “Gazeta zydowska” excerpts and clippings: 1940-8/2, 8/14, 9/27, 10/14 (4), 10/21, 10/23, 12/3, 12/27, 1941-1/24 (2), 2/25, 3/11, 3/14, pp. 63-66 1940