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Title: German Crimes in Poland, 1939-1945

Predominant Dates:1945 -- 1950s

ID: RG-63/RG-63

Primary Creator: Central Commission for Investigating of German Crimes in Poland (1939 -- 1945)

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Subjects: Administrative division of the General Government, 1941 -- 1945, Aftermath of Warsaw ghetto uprising, Belzec extermination camp (Lublin, Poland), Belzec extermination camp, gas champers, Belzec extermination center, orientation plans, Central Commission for Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, 1945-1949, Central Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto, Chelmno (Poland: Extermination Center), Collaboration between the members of Jewish councils and German administration, collaboration in the Holocaust, Collaboration with the German administration in the General Government (Poland), 1939 -- 1945, Correspondence between German and Jewish authorities of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940 -- 1944, Correspondence between German authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944, D.A.W., German Armament Works, wartime, Day-to-day life in the ghetto, reflected in the German documents, day-to-day life in the Lodz Ghetto, Deportation from the Lodz Ghetto to the Chelmno Extermination Center, 1942 -- 1944, Deportation of Jewish population from General Government to the extermination centers, 1941 -- 1944, Deportation of Jewish population from the General Government to Belzec extermination center, 1942, Deportation of Jewish population from the General Government to Sobibor extermination center, 1942, Deportations from Lodz ghetto, Destruction of buildings during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Documents from the Stroop Report, 1943, Documents in English language, Documents in German language, Documents in Polish language, Economy of the Lodz ghetto, the list of establishments, Expropriation of Jewish Property, Expulsion of Polish population from General Government, 1942 -- 1943, Final Aktion (action) in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943, Financial documents regarding the Lodz ghetto, Fritz Gebauer, Nazi-German official, Janowska Road Camp, Lviv, 1941 -- 1944, General-Government (German-occupied Poland, 1939-1945), General Governor, Hans Frank, correspondences, statements and memorandums, 1939 -- 1945, German-Nazi crimes in the Lodz ghetto, German administration of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940 -- 1944, German civil authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944, German combat operations in the Warsaw ghetto, May 1943, German decrees, orders and ordinances with regards to establish a ghetto in Lodz, 1939 -- 1940, German military operation against Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, German police and security forces, Poland, German police and SS authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944, Germany invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, Gustaw Wilhaus, Nazi-German official, Janowska Road Camp, Lwow, Poland, 1941 -- 1944, Hans Biebow, biography, Hans Biebow, Nazi-German administrator in Lodz ghetto, Hans Frank, General Governor of the occupied Poland (General Gouvernment), Hierarchy of the SS, History of Belzec extermination center, Holocaust in Poland, Holocaust in Ukraine, Janowska (Poland: Concentration Camp), Janowska Road (Lwow, Poland: Concentration Camp), Janowska Road Camp, subdivision of D.A.W, Lwow, Poland, 1941 -- 1943, Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Lodz Ghetto, Judenrat (Jewish council), Lodz ghetto, Jurgen (Juergen) Stroop, report of the last day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943, Kleparow (Lwow, Poland), Large-scale ghetto operations, Warsaw, Liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, 1943, Liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, photo-documents, Liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, May 1943, Lodz (Poland), Lodz (Poland: Ghetto), Lviv (Ukraine), Lwow (Poland), Mass extermination of Jewish population in General Government, 1941 -- 1943, Medical Experiments, Medical experiments at the Ravensbrueck concentration camp, Michal Borwicz, author, Holocaust research, Narratives in English language, Narratives in German language, Narratives in Polish language, Nazi-German extermination of the patients in hospitals, General Governments, 1940 -- 1944, Nazi-German hierarchy of the Janowska Road Camp in Lviv, 1941 -- 1943, Nazi-German medical experiments, photo-documents, Nazi-German medical experiments of patients with mental disorders, Nazi-German politics in General Government, 1939 -- 1945, Nazi-German politics with regard to Polish population in General Government, 1939 -- 1945, Nazi-German politics with regard to Ukrainian population in General Government, 1941 -- 1945, Nazi-German propaganda against Poland, Nazi-German terror in the General Government as a method of administration, 1939 -- 1945, Office of Mordechaj Chaim Rumkowski, Chairman of the Jewish Council of the Lodz Ghetto, Orders issued by the German administration during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943, Phenomenology of Chaim Rumkowski, Poland (1939 --1945), Polish auxiliary police under German administration, 1939 -- 1945, Polish government in exile, Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945, Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland, Ravensbrueck (Germany: Concentration Camp), Sobibor (Poland: extermination camp), Sobibor extermination center, situation plan, SS and administrative personnel, German, Street map of the Lodz ghetto, Stutthov (Poland: Concentration Camp), Subjugation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by the German special forces, May 1943, The Holocaust in General Government (German-occupied Poland), The last day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943, The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942, There are no more Jewish living quarters in Warsaw, May 16, 1943, Jurgen Stroop, The Role of Mordechaj Chaim Rumkowski in the Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944, Umpschlagplatz, collection point before deportation from Wasaw ghetto, 1941 -- 1943, Waffen SS (Combat) SS, German, Warsaw (Poland), Warsaw (Poland: ghetto), Warsaw ghetto, post-uprising and liquidation, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Poland)

Languages: German, Polish, English

Abstract

This Record Group comprises documents collected by the Polish Government in Exile, by the Central Polish Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of the German Crimes in Poland and by other postwar investigative organization, all in all about the Nazi-German crimes in Poland, in 1939 -- 1945

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This Record Group contains five collections, namely, RG-63.01, The Report of Juergen Stroop; RG-63.02, German occupation of Poland, Lodz ghetto; RG-63.03, German crimes in Poland, General Government; RG-63.04, Janowskka Camp; RG-63.05, Polish Government in Exile

Collection Historical Note

All collections contain docuements that reflect the enormous scale of the Nazi-German crimes in Poland in 1939 -- 1945. The documented evidences were collected by the Central Extraordinary Commission established by the postwar Polish government, as well as by the undeground organizations of the Polish Government in Exile. There were also the other investigative organization, largely Jewish, collecting the evidences of Nazi-German crimes in Poland in 1939 -- 1945. These organization acted in postwar time.

Biographical Note

Central Commission for Investigating of German Crimes in Poland was a govermental agency that collected evidences of the Nazi crimes in the German-occupied Polish territories

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative division of the General Government, 1941 -- 1945
Aftermath of Warsaw ghetto uprising
Belzec extermination camp (Lublin, Poland)
Belzec extermination camp, gas champers
Belzec extermination center, orientation plans
Central Commission for Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, 1945-1949
Central Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of German Crimes in Poland
Chaim Rumkowski, chairman of the Judenrat in the Lodz ghetto
Chelmno (Poland: Extermination Center)
Collaboration between the members of Jewish councils and German administration
collaboration in the Holocaust
Collaboration with the German administration in the General Government (Poland), 1939 -- 1945
Correspondence between German and Jewish authorities of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940 -- 1944
Correspondence between German authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944
D.A.W., German Armament Works, wartime
Day-to-day life in the ghetto, reflected in the German documents
day-to-day life in the Lodz Ghetto
Deportation from the Lodz Ghetto to the Chelmno Extermination Center, 1942 -- 1944
Deportation of Jewish population from General Government to the extermination centers, 1941 -- 1944
Deportation of Jewish population from the General Government to Belzec extermination center, 1942
Deportation of Jewish population from the General Government to Sobibor extermination center, 1942
Deportations from Lodz ghetto
Destruction of buildings during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Documents from the Stroop Report, 1943
Documents in English language
Documents in German language
Documents in Polish language
Economy of the Lodz ghetto, the list of establishments
Expropriation of Jewish Property
Expulsion of Polish population from General Government, 1942 -- 1943
Final Aktion (action) in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943
Financial documents regarding the Lodz ghetto
Fritz Gebauer, Nazi-German official, Janowska Road Camp, Lviv, 1941 -- 1944
General-Government (German-occupied Poland, 1939-1945)
General Governor, Hans Frank, correspondences, statements and memorandums, 1939 -- 1945
German-Nazi crimes in the Lodz ghetto
German administration of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940 -- 1944
German civil authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944
German combat operations in the Warsaw ghetto, May 1943
German decrees, orders and ordinances with regards to establish a ghetto in Lodz, 1939 -- 1940
German military operation against Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
German police and security forces, Poland
German police and SS authorities of Lodz, 1939 -- 1944
Germany invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939
Gustaw Wilhaus, Nazi-German official, Janowska Road Camp, Lwow, Poland, 1941 -- 1944
Hans Biebow, biography
Hans Biebow, Nazi-German administrator in Lodz ghetto
Hans Frank, General Governor of the occupied Poland (General Gouvernment)
Hierarchy of the SS
History of Belzec extermination center
Holocaust in Poland
Holocaust in Ukraine
Janowska (Poland: Concentration Camp)
Janowska Road (Lwow, Poland: Concentration Camp)
Janowska Road Camp, subdivision of D.A.W, Lwow, Poland, 1941 -- 1943
Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Lodz Ghetto
Judenrat (Jewish council), Lodz ghetto
Jurgen (Juergen) Stroop, report of the last day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943
Kleparow (Lwow, Poland)
Large-scale ghetto operations, Warsaw
Liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, 1943
Liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto, photo-documents
Liquidation of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, May 1943
Lodz (Poland)
Lodz (Poland: Ghetto)
Lviv (Ukraine)
Lwow (Poland)
Mass extermination of Jewish population in General Government, 1941 -- 1943
Medical Experiments
Medical experiments at the Ravensbrueck concentration camp
Michal Borwicz, author, Holocaust research
Narratives in English language
Narratives in German language
Narratives in Polish language
Nazi-German extermination of the patients in hospitals, General Governments, 1940 -- 1944
Nazi-German hierarchy of the Janowska Road Camp in Lviv, 1941 -- 1943
Nazi-German medical experiments, photo-documents
Nazi-German medical experiments of patients with mental disorders
Nazi-German politics in General Government, 1939 -- 1945
Nazi-German politics with regard to Polish population in General Government, 1939 -- 1945
Nazi-German politics with regard to Ukrainian population in General Government, 1941 -- 1945
Nazi-German propaganda against Poland
Nazi-German terror in the General Government as a method of administration, 1939 -- 1945
Office of Mordechaj Chaim Rumkowski, Chairman of the Jewish Council of the Lodz Ghetto
Orders issued by the German administration during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
Phenomenology of Chaim Rumkowski
Poland (1939 --1945)
Polish auxiliary police under German administration, 1939 -- 1945
Polish government in exile
Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945
Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland
Ravensbrueck (Germany: Concentration Camp)
Sobibor (Poland: extermination camp)
Sobibor extermination center, situation plan
SS and administrative personnel, German
Street map of the Lodz ghetto
Stutthov (Poland: Concentration Camp)
Subjugation of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by the German special forces, May 1943
The Holocaust in General Government (German-occupied Poland)
The last day of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 16 May 1943
The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942
There are no more Jewish living quarters in Warsaw, May 16, 1943, Jurgen Stroop
The Role of Mordechaj Chaim Rumkowski in the Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944
Umpschlagplatz, collection point before deportation from Wasaw ghetto, 1941 -- 1943
Waffen SS (Combat) SS, German
Warsaw (Poland)
Warsaw (Poland: ghetto)
Warsaw ghetto, post-uprising and liquidation
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Poland)

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[Sub-Collection 1: RG-63.01, The Report of Juergen Stroop of the liquidation of the last strongholds of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, May 1943, May 1943],
[Sub-Collection 2: RG-63.02, German occupation of Poland, Lodz ghetto, 1940 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 3: RG-63.03, German crimes in Poland, General Government, 1939 -- 1945],
[Sub-Collection 4: RG-63.04, Janowskka Road Concentration Camp in Lwow, 1941 -- 1944],
[Sub-Collection 5: RG-63.05, Polish Government in Exile, Note addressed to the Government of the world about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942, 1942],
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Sub-Collection 5: RG-63.05, Polish Government in Exile, Note addressed to the Government of the world about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942, 1942

The Note addressed by the Polish Government in Exile to the Governments of the United Nations about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, December 10, 1942

Subject/Index Terms:: Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945; Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland; The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942; Countries of anti-Hitler Coalition; United Nations of anti-Hitler Coalition, 1942; Mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland; Materials collected by the Polish underground agencies about mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Factual materials about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942; Warsaw (Poland); Warsaw (Poland: ghetto); Roundups and Deportations of Jews; Deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto, 1942 -- 1943; Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Warsaw ghetto; Deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka death camp, July 1942; Declaration of the Polish Government in Exile with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile; Poland (1939 --1945); Count E. Raczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polish Government in Exile; Count E. Raczynski, text of broadcast with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland, 1942; Narratives in English language; Documents in English language

Creators:: Polish Government in Exile (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-63.05.01, Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland 1942, Note addressed to the Governments of the United Nations on December 10, 1942, Part 1, December 10, 1942

This document is the first part of a note addressed by the Polish Government in Exile to the Governments of the United Nations about the mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Europe and particularly in Poland. Part one contains the introduction and first parts of the text of the Note.

Subject/Index Terms:: Count E. Raczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polish Government in Exile; Count E. Raczynski, text of broadcast with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland, 1942; Countries of anti-Hitler Coalition; Declaration of the Polish Government in Exile with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Documents in English language; Factual materials about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942; Mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland; Materials collected by the Polish underground agencies about mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Narratives in English language; Poland (1939--1945); Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945; Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland; Roundups and Deportations of Jews; The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942; United Nations of anti-Hitler Coalition, 1942; Warsaw (Poland); Warsaw (Poland: ghetto); The Holocaust in Poland; Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -- 1945); Wartime knowledge of the Holocaust in the U.S.; English, language; Mortality in the Warsaw ghetto; Living conditions in the Warsaw ghetto; Hunger in the Warsaw Ghetto; Ghettoization of Warsaw, 1940; Starvation, ghettos; Disease in ghettos; Jan Karski, 1914--2000; Polish underground carriers; American awareness of Nazi atrocities in Europe; Holocaust awareness during WWII; Raising awareness of the Holocaust; Awareness of the Holocaust in the allied countries, 1942

Creators:: Polish Government in Exile (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-63.05.02, Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland 1942, Note addressed to the Governments of the United Nations on December 10, 1942, Part 2, December 10, 1942

This document is the second part of a note addressed by the Polish Government in Exile to the Governments of the United Nations about the mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Europe and particularly in Poland. Part two contains the text of the Note and Annex 1 (a notice about rules of deportation in the Warsaw ghetto).

Subject/Index Terms:: Adam Czerniakow, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1939-1942; Marc Lichtenbaum, Chairman of the Jewish Council of Warsaw, 1942-1943; Janusz Korczak, Polish-Jewish educator, Director of the Jewish orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto; Korczak, Janusz; Deportation to Belzec; Belzec extermination camp (Lublin, Poland); Belzec extermination camp, gas champers; Treblinka (Poland: extermination camp); Sobibor (Poland: extermination camp); Jewish Council in Warsaw, notice regarding rules for deportation, 1942; Jewish Children, Polish; Deportations from ghettos; Wilno (Poland); Lwow (Poland); Rowne (Poland); Lublin (Poland); Kowel (Poland); Count E. Raczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polish Government in Exile; Count E. Raczynski, text of broadcast with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland, 1942; Countries of anti-Hitler Coalition; Declaration of the Polish Government in Exile with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Deportation from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka death camp, July 1942; Deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto, 1942 -- 1943; Documents in English language; Factual materials about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942; Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Warsaw ghetto; Mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland; Materials collected by the Polish underground agencies about mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Narratives in English language; Poland (1939--1945); Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945; Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland; Roundups and Deportations of Jews; The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942; United Nations of anti-Hitler Coalition, 1942; Warsaw (Poland); Warsaw (Poland: ghetto); The Holocaust in Poland; Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -- 1945); Wartime knowledge of the Holocaust in the U.S.; English, language; Mortality in the Warsaw ghetto; Living conditions in the Warsaw ghetto; Hunger in the Warsaw Ghetto; Starvation, ghettos; Jan Karski, 1914--2000; Polish underground carriers; American awareness of Nazi atrocities in Europe; Holocaust awareness during WWII; Raising awareness of the Holocaust; Awareness of the Holocaust in the allied countries, 1942

Creators:: Polish Government in Exile (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-63.05.03, Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland 1942, Note addressed to the Governments of the United Nations on December 10, 1942, Part 3, November 27, 1942 -- December 17, 1942

This document is the third part of a note addressed by the Polish Government in Exile to the Governments of the United Nations about the mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Europe and particularly in Poland.

Part three contains:

- The Joint Declaration of the foreign governments regarding the issue (December 17, 1942)

- An extract of the statement made by the Deputy Prime Minister Mr. St. Mikolajczyk at a special meeting of the Polish National Council (November 27, 1942)

- Text of a broadcast by Count Edward Raczynski, Polish Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the Court of St. James (December 17, 1942)

Subject/Index Terms:: Documents condemning National Socialist Regime issued by the Allied Governments; Documents condemning the Holocaust issued by the Allied Governments; Joint Declaration condemning the Holocaust, December 17, 1942; Count E. Raczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Polish Government in Exile; Count E. Raczynski, text of broadcast with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland, 1942; Countries of anti-Hitler Coalition; Declaration of the Polish Government in Exile with regard to mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Documents in English language; Factual materials about mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland, 1942; Mass extermination of Jews in German-occupied Poland; Materials collected by the Polish underground agencies about mass extermination of Jews in Poland; Narratives in English language; Poland (1939--1945); Polish Government in Exile, 1939 -- 1945; Polish government in exile, 1939 -- 1945, reports of Nazi-German crimes in Poland; Roundups and Deportations of Jews; Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile; The Note of the Polish Government in Exile about the mass extermination of Jews, 1942; United Nations of anti-Hitler Coalition, 1942; Warsaw (Poland); Warsaw (Poland: ghetto); Polish National Council (London, England); The Holocaust in Poland; Holocaust, Jewish (1939 -- 1945); Wartime knowledge of the Holocaust in the U.S.; English, language; Jan Karski, 1914--2000; Polish underground carriers; American awareness of Nazi atrocities in Europe; Holocaust awareness during WWII; Raising awareness of the Holocaust; Awareness of the Holocaust in the allied countries, 1942

Creators:: Polish Government in Exile (1939 -- 1945)