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

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 532
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Persecution of Jews in Poland: reports and statements (microfilm)
Date(s)	: 1939-1940
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: c690 frames
Name of creator(s)	: Unknown

Context

Administrative/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.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Yiddish and English

System of arrangement:

Arranged by document type over two microfilm reels

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn

Rules or conventions:
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.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2007