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Correspondence between the community committee and the Social Self-Help Committee in Kazimierz Dolny and the administration of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna - ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow, 11 December 1940-12 July 1941 Correspondence between the community committee and the Social Self-Help Committee in Kazimierz Dolny and the administration of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna - ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow, regarding the following subjects: The transfer of monies from the administration of the ZSS in Krakow to the Social Self-Help committee in Kazimierz...

File Number : 40

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Polish, German

Reports from various Judenrats submitted to the Joint Distribution Committee regarding the administration of funds and relief assistance in various places in Poland, 1940

Reports from various Judenrats submitted to the Joint Distribution Committee regarding the administration of funds and relief assistance in various places in Poland, 1940 - Detailed administrative reports regarding relief assistance (income and expenses); sources external and internal to the budget are mentioned and itemization of the expenses; TOZ, AJDC, ZSS and CENTOS are among the external bodies mentioned; - Statistical data reports regarding the number of Jews in the community, the number of people requesting assistance, statistics concerning the activities of the public kitchens and assistance in...

File Number : JM/2733

Type of Material : Statistical Reports

Language : Polish

Diary of Leon Dafner from the Lodz Ghetto along with protocols from House Committee meetings, 17 May 1940-22 March 1941; the situation in the ghetto, the start of the deportations and a lamentation over his five-year old daughter who was deported to her death in an "Aktion", 08 August 1942 Notebook containing a manuscript in Polish, including: - Protocols from House Committee meetings under the chairmanship of Dafner; members of the committee under the chairmanship of Dafner were elected at the first meeting, 17 May 1940, and their goals and assignments were defined; with time in the face of increasing...

File Number : 1091

Type of Material : Diary, Protocol

Language : Polish

Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943

Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943 The Jewish Self Aid organization (in Polish: Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna [ZSS]; in German: Juedische Soziale Selbshilfe) was set up in Krakow in 1940; it went by this name until July 1942. After that date, the organization's welfare activities were cut back by order of the German authorities, and they mainly consisted of the transferring of medicines to Jews in labor camps until this activity, too, was discontinued in mid-1944. ZSS documentation includes correspondence between the administration of the...

Type of Material : Lists, Statistical Report, List of Names, Report, Financial Accounts, List of Jews, Statistical Data, Correspondence, Balance Sheet, Application, Administrative Documentation, Survey Report, Reports

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department and other authorities, regarding matters concerning welfare work, social help, and JSS activity reports, 1940-1942 Letters by the JSS organization, written in most cases by Dr. Michael Weichert, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, regarding: - Request for permission to buy goods for the manufacture of clothing,...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter(s), Official Documentation, Correspondence, Copy

Language : Polish, German

O.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942

M.28 - Documentation of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Krakow, Poland regarding the organization activities in Poland, 1939-1942 The documentation includes the welfare and assistance activities of the AJDC to the Jews of Poland; it consists of four main parts: 1. AJDC correspondence with the German administration authorities in occupied Poland; 2. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations in Poland; 3. AJDC correspondence with Jewish institutions and organizations outside of Poland; 4. Survey reports, charts and statistical data. 1. Correspondence...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Polish, English, German, Yiddish

Testimony of Izaak Zukerbrot, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1898, regarding his experiences in the Mielec Ghetto, Krakow Ghetto, Czyzyny, Plaszow, Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen

Testimony

Testimony of Izaak Zukerbrot, born in Oswiecim, Poland, 1898, regarding his experiences in the Mielec Ghetto, Krakow Ghetto, Czyzyny, Plaszow, Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen Life before the war. German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Mielec Ghetto; transfer to the Krakow Ghetto; transfer to Czyzyny, 1940; deportation to Plaszow; camp life including surgery, 1943; transfer to Auschwitz, 1944; transfer to Gross-Rosen; liberation.

File Number : 2168

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Testimony of Jan Najder, a Polish concierge of the Jewish Community building in Krakow, regarding an "Aktion" and robbery of Jewish-owned property in Krakow, early December 1939

Testimony of Jan Najder, a Polish concierge of the Jewish Community building in Krakow, regarding an "Aktion" and robbery of Jewish-owned property in Krakow, early December 1939 Command of the Germans to close all Jewish homes until the end of the search, 05-06 December 1939; confiscation of all valuables owned by the Jews and found in synagogues; demand for a ransom for the rabbi, detained as a hostage; his release by Siebert; list of public soup kitchens and shelters organized for the Jewish refugees by the Krakow Jewish Community.

File Number : 76

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish

Letters from the Joint Organization in Warsaw regarding the delivery of matza, food and clothing to the Judenrats of the Jewish communities in the Lublin district, and reports of the communities from 1940 - Letters from the Joint Organization from April 1940 about the delivery of matza for Passover 1940 to the Jewish communities in the villages of Izbica nad Wieprzem, Uchanie, Krasnystaw, Zolkiewka, Wysokie, Grabowiec, Krasniczyn, Janow Lubelski, Gorzkow, and Wojslawice in the Lublin district, Poland; the letters are in German; - Powers of attorney were issued by the Judenrats to receive matza for...

File Number : 716

Type of Material : Letter, Certification, Reports

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Notices from the Judenrat in Krakow about the deportation of the Jews from Krakow from August 1940 and letters from the Jewish Self-Help Organization asking for help for the Jews deported to Cieszanow, Probuzna, and Jedrzejow from 1942 - Two announcements from the Judenrat in Krakow regarding the deportation of the Jews from the city from August 12-14, 1940; one message is in German and Polish and a second message is in German; - Letters and reports by representatives of the Jewish Self-Help Organization (JSS-Jüdische Soziale Selbsthilfe) regarding the situation and requests from Jews deported from Tomaszow...

File Number : 676

Type of Material : Letter, Application, Announcement

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

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