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Reichsstadthalter im Reichsgau Wartheland Posen (Sygn. 299), 1939‐1945

RG‐15.124M

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Tel. (202) 479‐9717 Email: [email protected]

Descriptive Summary

Title: Reichsstadthalter im Reichsgau Wartheland Posen (Sygn. 299)

Dates: 1939‐1945

RG Number: RG‐15.124M

Accession Number: 2007.247

Extent: 6 microfilm reels (35 mm); 4,536 digital images (JPEG)

Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024‐2126

Languages: German . Administrative Information

Access: No restrictions on access.

Reproduction and Use: Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under its control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on‐line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.

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To request written permission, contact the General Director, Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, ul. Rakowiecka 2D, 02‐517 Warsaw, Poland, Attention: General Director

Preferred Citation: RG‐15.124M, Reichsstadthalter im Reichsgau Wartheland Posen (Sygn. 299), 1939‐ 1945. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington DC., and Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu, Poland.

Acquisition Information: Purchased from the Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu, Poland. Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see the Archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information.

Custodial History

Existence and Location of Originals: The original records are held by the Archiwum Państwowe w Poznaniu, ul. 23 Lutego 41/43, 60‐967 Poznań, Poland. Tel. 011 48 61 852 46 01. More information about this repository can be found at www.poznan.ap.gov.pl.

Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains records of statistical vital information of Jewish communities as well as files of the private properties and lists of stolen art from Jews and Poles. Includes correspondence, reports and German orders.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in three series: 1. Press clippings; 2. Statistics; 3. Orders, reports and correspondence.

Indexing Terms

Jews‐‐Poznań (Poland)‐‐History‐‐Registers. Holocaust survivors‐‐Poznań (Poland)‐‐History. Jews, Polish—Poland—History‐‐20th century. Jews‐‐Poland‐‐Migrations‐‐History‐‐20th century. Jewish property‐‐Poznań (Poland) Poznań (Poland)‐‐Ethnic relations. Poland‐‐Historical geography. Registers. Reports.

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Correspondence. Statistics. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

CONTAINER LIST

Reel File Description

1 File number Press clippings, 1944. 486

File number Statistics on Polish and Jewish population in Warta region ‐ Posen 594 administrative district (June 1940 .) by provinces .

File number Statitics dealing with Polish and Jewish population in the Warta region 595 divided into administrative districts and provinces regarding marriages, births of deceased and living individuals, as well as deaths (1941.).

File number Interim results. Population movement in the Warta region, 1942.. 597 Pages 1‐100 deal with the entire population of the Warta region, Poles and Jews, pp. 101‐108, 113‐120, 125‐132, 176‐180, 189‐203, 208‐215, 220‐227, 235‐239, 243‐250, 255‐263, 268‐275.

2 File number Legitimate and illegitimate births among German Poles, Jews and 600 foreignes. Years 1941, 1942 and 1943. Poles pp.. 120‐166, Jews pp. 167‐218 (empty sheets), pp. 168‐170.

File number Survey of population by nationalities based on information in the 611 police residents' register 1939.

File number Population statistics 1942, Poles and Jews, Posen administrative 613 district

File number Population statistics, Poles and Jews 1942. Administrative districts of 614 Posen and Hohensalza.

File number Population statistics 1943. Interim results. Posen and Litzmannstadt 608 administrative districts. Poles and Jews.

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3 File number Population statistics 1943. Interim results..Administrtive districts of 620 Posen and Hohensalza. Poles and Jews.

File number Population statistics 1943. Interim results. Administrtive districts of 626 Hohensalza and Posen. Poles and Jews.

File number Statistics of births of Jews in 1941 in the following provinces: Łask, 647 Sieradz and Wieluń.

File number Statistics on deaths of Jews (with exception of still births of infants) by 648 age and marital status in 1941. In the following provinces:: Łask, Wieluń, Turek, Łódź and Łódź city.

File number Statistics on deaths of Jews (with exception of still births) by age and 649 marital status in 1941. In provinces Sieradz, Turek, Wieluń, and Kalisz city.

File number Statistics on deaths of Jews (with exception of still births) by age and 650 marital status in 1941. In provinces: Wieluń, Sieradz, Łask, Ostrów, Łódź.

File number Orders regarding treatment of Poles and representatives of other 1174 nationalities, such as Russians, Ukrainians and Jews. Also regarding situation of Jews in labor camps and supplies /1943/. Situation in the Lodz ghetto and information on deaths there and their causes. Lists of foreigners compiled by police precincts in Lodz. Lists of foreign workers employed in the territory of the Warta region in June 1944.

4 File number Placement of Jews in ghettos. 1940‐1943. Transfer of Jews and 1214 Gypsies from "Altereich" [old Reich] to the ghetto in Litzmannstadt. Use of transportation means per decree governing Jews of the Reich Secretary of Transportation 15 VPA of 18 September 1943. Order for Jewish camp.

File number 1236

File number Police orders of Reichsfuehrer SS and governor‐general of the Warta 1218 region (1939‐1944). Use of transportation means by Jews. March 1942, General regulations regarding recruitment and employment of labor force from the East (II.1942); Employment of Soviet war prisoners (IX‐1941).

5 File number The confiscated property valuables from Jews and Poles (1940‐1944). 1786 Utilization of confiscated Polish and Jewish furnishings by the File number congregation.

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1787

File number 1835 Dispatching of Jewish handlers to Lentschuetz administrative district File number (Jewish ghetto – town of Ozorków) XII. 1941. Jewish labor camp of 2034 the firm of Heinrich Exner in Posen (X.1942).

Typhoid fever in the ghetto in Loewenstadt in Zelow, Litzmannstadt, File number Wieluń. Dobra, Pabianice (1941‐1942). 2112

6 File number Orders, reports and correspondence regarding consolidation of 3382 German customs (1939‐1944). Among them Reichsfuehrer SS Himmler's of 16.12.1939 regarding securing and taking over collections kept in archives and museums as well as those in possession of individual Poles and Jews. Also other orders from that same office and official notes..

File number Reports and correspondence regarding registration of art work in the 3383 territory of the Warta administrative district. /1941‐1942/.Among them lists of buried art work from private collections of landowners from the Posen and [ino ?]Wroclaw administrative districts.

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