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http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Stanisław Maciejewski Collection, 1946-1981 RG-15.081 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: Stanisław Maciejewski Collection Dates: 1946-1981 RG Number: RG-15.081 Accession Number: 2000.97 Creator: Stanislaw Maciejewski Extent: 13 boxes (Ca. 2000 pages); 111 microfiche. Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: Polish, English, German Administrative Information Access: No restrictions on access. Reproduction and Use: No restrictions on use. Preferred Citation: RG-15.081, Stanisław Maciejewski Collection, 1946-1981. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition Information: A gift from Michael Maciejewski. 1 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Custodial History In 1949, the administration of the Association of Polish Former Political Prisoners of Prisons and Concentration Camps in Germany authorized Stanisław Maciejewski to take all the correspondence and verification documents to the Józef Piłsudski Institute in New York City. Mr. Maciejewski, however, retained the documents in two wooden shipping boxes, in the basement of his house in Lawerence, Massachusetts. Shortly after Maciejewski's death in 1985, according to a telephone conversation with his son, Michael, Maciejewski's widow gave the material in Box 1 and an original concentration camp uniform to Mr. Henry Mikos. Mikos subsequently claimed ownership of the uniform and donated it to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994. In 1999, Stanislaw Maciejewski's son Michael found the documents in Box 2 and donated them to the Holocaust Museum Archives on Mar. 31, 2000. The whereabouts of Box 1 and its contents are unknown. Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see the Archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information. Processing History: Processed by Aleksandra B. Borecka in March 2000. Historical Note Stanisław Maciejewski, 1919-1985. Stanisław Maciejewski was born in Smagow, Kielce, Poland, in April 1919. He was arrested by the Gestapo during the Warsaw Uprising on August 12, 1944, and sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, where he was registered as prisoner number 73207. He was subsequently transferred to Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp and its subcamps Errlich, Harzugen, and Vido, where as a slave laborer, he worked to produce V-1 and V-2 rockets. After liberation, he was interned in Displaced Persons Camp #63 in Brauschweig, Germany. He became an active member of The Association of Polish Former Political Prisoners of Prisons and Concentration Camps in Germany and on September 10, 1948, assumed chairmanship of the Association’s Verification Commission, the duty of which was to verify that new members had actually been political prisoners. Maciejewski immigrated to the United States on October 5, 1949, and settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He worked in various factories until 1969, when, as a result of an accident he became an invalid. He became a United States citizen in 1968. Maciejewski was active in the Polish St. Michael the Archangel Society and served as Secretary of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America. He died in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1985. The Association of Polish Former Political Prisoners of Prisons and Concentration Camps was founded in 1946 in the Polish displaced persons camp in the British Zone of Occupation of Germany. On February 24, 1947, German authorities issued an order dissolving the Association, however, after numerous appeals, in December 1947, at a convention in Gottingen, Germany, the Association had branches in Meppen-Rose, Osnabruck-Eversburg, Brauschweig, Gottingen, and Clausthal, Germany. Its official publication was Szlak (The Trail). Scope and Content of Collection 2 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Contains records relating to activities of the Association of Polish Former Political Prisoners of Prisons and Concentration Camps in Germany. Includes prisoner questionnaires containing comprehensive bibliographical information about prisoners and prospective association members as well as photographs, fingerprints, and Verification Commission notes. Also contains correspondence, medical and compensation records, Maciejewski family documents, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and a book collection. The most frequently cited reasons for political incarceration were participation in the Warsaw Uprising, work sabotage, being a Polish priest or university professor, issuing of false birth certificates, membership in the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), helping partisans, and distributing underground leaflets and publications. Also incarcerated by the Gestapo were people arrested during routine round-ups or as retaliation for Polish partisan attacks against Germans. System of Arrangement Arranged in eight series: 1. Maciejewski family documents. 2. Correspondence. 3. Medical and compensation records. 4. Financial records. 5. Polish Association of Former Political Prisoners of Prisons and Concentration Camps records. 6. Newspaper clippings. 7. Newspapers and book of the prisoner's memories. 8. Miscellaneous documents Indexing Terms Maciejewski, Stanisław, 1919-1985. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish--Registers. World War, 1939-194--Prisoners and prisons, German. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps. Polish refugees--Germany--Braunschweig. Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Braunschweig (Germany) Questionnaires. Registers--Polish refugees. Registers--Polish political prisoners. 3 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection CONTAINER LIST Note The name index follows the inventory. Box Series Folder Description 1 1: Maciejewski 1: 1928-1971; RG- 1. Baptismal certificate, September 3,1928 Family 15.081M*01*01 2. Copy of baptismal certificate in Documents translation, September 3, 1928 3. ICRC certificate of incarceration, including photo, for Stanislaw Maciejewski (SM), August 13, 1944 4. Polish Association of Political Prisoners of German Prisons and Concentration Camps in Germany verification protocol #17, May 2, 1946 5. Marriage certificate, May 7, 1947 6. Certificate of baptism, February 16, 1948 7. Certificate of good moral conduct of SM from the Eversburg-Osnabruck parish, April 20, 1948 8. Certificate for SM, May 10, 1948 9. Certificate for SM, September 20, 1948 10. SM questionnaire as a political war prisoner issued by the Polish Association of Former Political Prisoners, September 29, 1948 11. IRO Office of Resettlement information on emigration to the US, August 10, 1949 12. Certificate attesting to membership of the Catholic church, September 10, 1949 13. Certificate (in Polish) attesting to Maciejewski’s valuable work for the regional committee, September 27, 1949 14. Certificate (in English) attesting to Maciejewski’s valuable work for the regional committee, September 27, 1949 4 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 15. Power of attorney document (in Polish) issued by PAPPGPCC permitting SM to take all documents and correspondence amassed during his chairmanship with him for donation, September 27, 1949 16. Power of attorney document (in English) issued by PAPPGPCC permitting SM to take all documents and correspondence amassed during his chairmanship with him for donation, September 27, 1949 17. Thank you letter to regional PAPPGPCC from SM, October 3, 1949 18. Request/approval of leave of absence for SM, August 8, 1954 19. Request for leave of absence for SM, November 1, 1966 20. Confirmation of SM’s birth date from the Dept. of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 21. Social Security Administration letter of award to SM, August 9, 1967 22. Letter to SM from UNHCR to complete a supplementary indemnification application, August 17, 1967 23. Personal information about SM, March 12, 1968 24. Certificate of naturalization, June 7, 1968 25. Letter from Senator Edward M. Kennedy to SM, November 8, 1968 26. UNHCR letter granting SM $940 from indemnification fund, June 15, 1969 27. Certificate of attendance for SM’s son, Marion, at Northeastern University, March 22, 1971 28. Certificate attesting to graduation of Marion (Myron) from Central Catholic School of Lawrence, MA in 1969, March 23, 1971 2; RG-15.081M*01*02 1. Statement by SM concerning his entry to the US and membership in the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America 2. Same content as #1 with different format 3. Resume, Michael M. Maciejewski 4. Resume, Gail Maciejewski 5. Permission for SM to travel from Brunswick to Neustadt to attend a refresher course for YMCA welfare 5 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection workers 2: 1: Official 1. Request to SM as Chief of Social Welfare Correspondence Correspondence, 1947- in Osnabruck Displaced Persons Camp for 1959; RG- needy children, June 11, 1947