Wykaz ocalalych Zydow polskich : Syg. 307 = Index books and registration forms for Jewish survivors in Poland. (ID: 31551)
Authorship or Source:
Central Committee of Polish Jews. Department of Statistics.
Year:
1945-1947
Title or Main Description:
Wykaz ocalalych Zydow polskich : Syg. 307 = Index books and registration forms for Jewish survivors in Poland. [microform]
Place Published or Holding Institution:
[Warsaw, Poland :Jewish Historical Institute (original records custodian)]
Description:
- Microfilm. 134 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Number of Names or Other Entries-- Approx. 230,000
Type of Work:
Microfilm
Alternate or Series Title:
Index books and registration forms for Jewish survivors in Poland.
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
USHMM Archives: RG-15.057M.
Provenance:
- Source Institution: Zydowski Instytut Historyczny (Jewish Historical Institute), ul. Tlomackie 3/5, 00-090, Warszawa, Poland.; Tel. 011 48 22 279 221, Fax: 011 48 22 827-8372 / Marek Jozwik, Archivist).
- The Central Committee of Polish Jews, Department of Statistics, compiled the registration forms and index books from 1945 to 1947. The Jewish Historical Institute acquired the records after 1947 and placed them in their record group "Syg. 307." The Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny, or, "ZIH") filmed the records for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives begining in 1995, the indexing project continues.
Keywords:
- Holocaust survivors --Poland --Indexes.
- Holocaust survivors --Poland --Registers.
- Jews, Polish --Poland --Indexes.
- Jews, Polish --Poland --Registers.
- Names, Personal --Jewish --Poland.
- Jewish Historical Institute --Warsaw (Poland) --Sources.
Abstract:
Contains index books and registration forms compiled by the Central Committee of Polish Jews, Department of Statistics, from 1945 to 1947, for Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors. The indexes contain only basic information from registration forms and personal index cards completed by the Central Committee shortly after World War II. Included in the registration forms is information on survivors' date of birth, name of survivor's mother, survivor's address in 1939, survivor's post-war address, and ghettos and camps where they were imprisoned during the Holocaust.
Language and Other Notes:
- Text in Polish with English-language finding aid located at the USHMM Archives reference desk.
- Image quality is poor in some areas of the film. Users researching names A-O should perhaps also refer to the clearer microfilm copy of this collection found in the World Jewish Congress Collection: USHMM Archives RG-67.035.
- Record group: Syg. 307. Organization: Reels 1 through 5 contain the index books; and Reels 6 through 13 contain the individual registration forms for Polish Jewish survivors, 1946; A-Z. Reels 14 through 154 contain individual registration forms for Polish Jewish survivors, 1947: A-S; Arrangement: Generally alphabetical by surname, but oftentimes phonetically similar names will be found mixed together (i.e. Schapiro, Shapiro, Szapiro) An ongoing project.
- ZIH staff will research the original files for a fee of $10-15. Researchers may write to ZIH in English, but their response will be in Polish and should take approximately two months to get a response (Contact: Zydowski Instytut Historyczny, ul. Tlomackie 3/5, 00-090 Warszawa, Poland (n.b. USHMM Archives began microfilming this collection in 1995, and it is now located in RG-15.057M)
Location of Electronic or Internet File:
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277.pdf
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277_batch.PDF
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277_batch11.PDF
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277_batch14.PDF
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277_batch23.PDF
- T:\DArchives\ReferenceCollection\AA0277\AA0277_batch24.PDF
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
Former Q&A Name Lists Database File Number-- AA0277