- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- Guide to the Territorial Collection, Poland, 1939-1945 RG 116. Poland 2
Guide to the Territorial Collection, Poland, 1939-1945 RG 116. Poland 2
collection1939-1945RG 116. Poland-2
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- Held by
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via YIVO Institute for Jewish Research — Archives guide
- Dates
- 1939-1945 (indexed as 1939–1945)
- Level
- collection
- Extent
- 4.3 Linear Feet
- Scope & content
- 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. 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. 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).
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- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:22Z · source datestamp n/a · yivo