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Editions of the newspaper Dziennik Obozowy APW (camp diary of the Polish army in the East) from 1.7.1945 to 31.12.1945

Editions of the newspaper Dziennik Obozowy APW (camp diary of the Polish army in the East) from 1.7.1945 to 31.12.1945 A daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv on behalf of the Polish army in the Middle East that faithfully reflected the policy of the Polish government-in-exile in London; Poland is potrayed in the newspaper as a country that converted the German occupation into Soviet occupation, even worse than its predecessor; Many news reports describe the crimes committed in Poland by the soldiers of the Red Army and the Soviet security services (NKVD), including executions of priests, soldiers who served...

File Number : 705

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Polish

Report prepared by the Ministry of National Defense of the Polish government-in-exile in London regarding a deliberation attended by Jewish officers and soldiers of the Polish Army concerning displays of antisemitism in the Polish Army in Great Britain, 16 May 1944 The meeting was convened following the defection of scores of Jewish soldiers and officers from the Polish Army in Great Britain and their request to transfer to units of the British Army; the meeting was attended by officers from the Ministry of National Defense of the Polish government-in-exile in London and also by 44 Jewish officers and...

File Number : 66.1

Type of Material : Survey Report, Discussion, Protocol

Language : Polish

Telegrams with New Year's greetings sent from the Soviet Union to Ignacy Schwarzbart in London and correspondence between him and the Polish Government-in-Exile Ministry of the Interior in London regarding the cooperation between Jewish survivors in the Lwow area and the Soviet security services - Telegrams from Jews in the Soviet Union to Schwarzbart in response to New Year's greetings they received from him; - Telegram sent to Ignacy Schwarzbart in his capacity as the Jewish representative on the Polish Government-in-Exile National Council regarding the cooperation between Jewish survivors and the...

File Number : 357

Type of Material : Reports, Letter, Telegram

Language : Polish, English

Excerpts from newspapers, articles and books regarding the mass murder of Polish officers in the Katyn forest by the Soviets

Excerpts from newspapers, articles and books regarding the mass murder of Polish officers in the Katyn forest by the Soviets Excerpts from newspapers published in Poland in 1943 regarding the execution of approximately 10,000 Polish officers, who were taken as prisoners of war by the Soviets, in the Katyn forest. The slaughter was presented by the Soviets as a German crime. Various publications, testimonies and documents collected by Polish Army personnel in the area of the Soviet Union strengthen the claim that approximately 10,000 Polish officers who were taken captive by the Soviets in September 1939,...

File Number : 47

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings

Language : Polish, German

BBC Polish Department broadcasts in Polish and English, 08 December 1942-04 August 1944

BBC Polish Department broadcasts in Polish and English, 08 December 1942-04 August 1944 Among the broadcasts during this period: Statements by Stanislaw Kot, a minister in the Polish Government-in-Exile in London regarding the resistance of the Poles to the Germans; meetings with Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile and Supreme Commander of the Polish Army, in which political subjects concerning Poland were discussed; the efforts of the clergy to extend help to the Jews; information from a Swedish newspaper regarding the general liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto; the meeting of...

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Radio Broadcasts

Language : Polish, English

Documents regarding Jews from Poland in the Soviet Union, 1941-1943

Documents regarding Jews from Poland in the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 Reports and sources from the Polish Embassy in the Soviet Union regarding Polish Jews in the Soviet Union; in the documentation, among other items are documents concerning the distribution of aid to the Jews of Poland; correspondence between Kot, the Polish Ambassador, and Izchak Gruenbaum in Eretz Israel, from December 1942; a list of rabbis in the Soviet Union; lists of Jews deported to the Far East; the Erlich and Alter affair; Jews serving with Anders Army in Teheran.

Type of Material : Lists, Reports, Correspondence, Investigation Report

Letters sent by Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union to Moshe Ischai in Jerusalem, 14 September 1944-01 March 1945; overview of the antisemitism in the Polish Army in the Soviet Union, and the situation of Jewish refugees in the Soviet Union - Letters from people in the Soviet Union to Moshe Ischai in Jerusalem containing information regarding the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union and the assistance they need in order to leave the Soviet Union; - Overview of the enlistment process of Jews into the Polish Army being established within the area of the Soviet Union, February 1942, and the...

File Number : 17

Type of Material : Letter, Survey Report, Reports

Language : Hebrew, Polish

Overview of the foreign policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation in Poland

Overview of the foreign policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation in Poland The overview was apparently written in 1943 by the head of the Foreign Office of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London Legation in Poland (Delegatura Rzadu na Kraj). In the overview there are notes regarding the international situation of Poland, including the entrance of the Soviet Union into the war against the Germans; maintaining contacts with England; determining the boundaries of Poland after the war; nationalism among the Poles; and Holocaust survivors who will return to Poland and demand their property...

File Number : 28

Type of Material : Survey Report, Survey

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Yehuda Tzukerman, born in Pacanow, Poland in 1919, regarding his escape from Lodz to the Soviet Union, his stay in Uzbekistan and Novosibirsk and his aliya to Eretz Israel, in 1939-1948

Memoirs of Yehuda Tzukerman, born in Pacanow, Poland in 1919, regarding his escape from Lodz to the Soviet Union, his stay in Uzbekistan and Novosibirsk and his aliya to Eretz Israel, in 1939-1948 Memoirs of Yehuda Tzukerman, compiled in Israel in October 1983; - childhood in Lodz; studies and joining the left-wing Borochov youth movement; outbreak of war in Poland; escape with his father and brother to the east and return to Lodz a few days later; anti-Jewish legislation; wearing a yellow badge; transfer of Jews to forced labor; escape with a friend towards Lwow; arrival in Sieniawa close to the border...

File Number : 10918

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

Memoirs of Arie Kestenbaum, born in Lwow, regarding his experiences and his family's experiences in Asia during the Holocaust, and aliya to Eretz Israel with his mother and sister with the Teheran Children in 1939-1943 - family life in Lvov; war between Poland and the Soviet Union; his father's conscription into the army (probably the Polish Army); the Soviet occupation; transfer at the age of six with his mother and sister to Kazakhstan by train; life in a village in the Semipolatinsk region; treatment by the Kazakhs; escape to Urdzhar and life in Urdzhar; escape and hardships on the way to Ayaguz; escape...

File Number : 10873

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew

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