Zespół Zwiazek Towarzystw Opieki Sierotami, CENTOS (Sygn. 200), 1941-1942 (Associations for the Care of Orphans, CENTOS) RG-15.077M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 Email: [email protected] Title: Zespół Zwiazek Towarzystw Opieki Sierotami, CENTOS (Sygn. 200) (Records of the Associations for Children and Orphans CENTOS) Dates: 1941-1942 RG Number: RG-15.077M Accession Number: 1997.A.0126 Creator: Centralne Towarzystwo Opieki nad Sierotami, CENTOS Extent: 28 digital files, PDF (.25 GB); 1 microfilm reel (35 mm) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: Polish and Yiddish Administrative Information Access: No restrictions on access. Reproduction and Use: Publication or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma. Preferred Citation: RG-15.077M, Zespół Zwiazek Towarzystw Opieki nad Sierotami, CENTOS (Sygn. 200), 1941- 1942. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition Information: Purchased from the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela 1 Ringelbluma, 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 Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, ul. Tlomackie 3/5, Warsaw, Poland 00-090. Tel. 011 48 22 827 92 21. More information about this repository can be found at: http://www.jhi.pl/en Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka Biographical Note Centralne Towarzystwo Opieki nad Sierotami, CENTOS (Associations for the Care of Orphans, CENTOS), was an organization for the care of Jewish orphans, established in Poland in 1924 as a federation of nine regional committees: 1.Congress Poland (Warsaw, Łódź, Lublin, Kielce); 2. Polesie (Pińsk); 3. Volhynia (Rovno); 4. Białystok; 5. The Committee of Yekopo for the regions of Vilna and Nowogrodek; 6. The city of Vilna; 7.Eastern Galicia (Lwów, Stanislav, Tarnopol); 8. Western Galicia (Cracow); 9. The city of Poznań. CENTOS, a veteran organization that had accumulated considerable experience in dealing with orphaned children during the period between the two wars, rapidly geared itself to coping with the orphanages during World War II. In the Warsaw ghetto the activities of CENTOS included managing kitchens and focal points for children as well as managing boarding houses and day houses. CENTOS also took care of refugees' children, arranged reading and playrooms for them, and organized half-day camps for children. CENTOS published two monthlies, Unzer Kind (in Yiddish) and Przegląd Społeczny (in Polish), which dealt with the theoretical and practical problems of child care and Jewish orphans. Scope and Content of Collection Contains reports, minutes, remarks to reports, inspection reports, kitchen inventory, kitchen menu, financial statements, correspondence, and a variety of documents relating to the work of the CENTOS kitchens and boarding houses in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, 1941-1942. Records document virtually all aspects of CENTOS kitchens activities, including organizational structure, kitchen expenses, staffing, kitchen menu, food supplies, falsification of food supplies, unfair accusation of shortages, disinfection of the kitchens, coal supplies, and all elements of inspection tasks. System of Arrangement The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged thematically and chronologically, in four series: Series 1, Organizational structure and reports; Series 2. Financial statements; Series 3, CENTOS correspondence; Series 4, Kitchen’s menu. 2 Indexing Terms Centralne Towarzystwo Opieki nad Sierotami. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland--History--20th century. Jewish orphans--Services for--History--Poland. Jewish orphans--Poland--Warsaw--History. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw. World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Warsaw. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Poland--Warsaw. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Minutes. Reports. Correspondence. CONTAINER LIST Note: Finding aid adapted from the inventory compiled in the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH). See also a guide: Jarzębowska, A. Inwentarz Zespołu Archiwalnego. Centrala Towarzystw Opieki nad Sierotami i Dziećmi Opuszczonymi (Centos). Warszawa-ghetto 24.07.1941-26.05.1942. Warszawa: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, 2006. See also: ŻIH Archives Web Page at: http://www.jhi.pl/archiwum/zbiory_archiwum Reel File Description 1 File # 200/1 1. Report extracted from the CENTOS documents, October 1941. The document includes general, personal, administrative information, also describes the organizational structure. (Page 1-4). File # 200/2 PIK Organization, no date. 1. Document presents organizational structure of the office, duties of managers, and technical department. (Page 1-3). File # 200/3 PROTOCOLS, Dec. 2 1941 – May 26, 1942. 1. Protocol of meeting of Tymczasowa Komisja dla Reorganizacji Prac Magazynu i Transportu (Temporary Commission of Reorganization of the Storage and Transport Work). Dec. 2, 1941. (Page 1) 3 2. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 18 Mylna Street. March 17/18 1942. (Page 2-4) 3. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 6/8 Gęsia Street, March 19/20 1942. (Page 5 - 6) 4. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 35 Twarda Street, March 25, 1942. (Page 7 - 8) 5. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 27 Twarda Street, March 27, 1942. (Page 9 - 10) 6. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding -House at 27 Twarda Street, March 30, 1942. (Page 11 - 12) 7. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House, April 5, 1942. (Page 13 –14) 8. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House, April 6, 1942. (Page 13 –14) 9. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 26 Sliska Street, April 24, 1942. (Page 18) 10. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 26 Dzielna Street, April 24, 1942. (Page 19 -20) 11. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House “Dobra Wola”, April 28, 1942. Page 21 - 22) 12. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding -House at 67 Dzielna Street, April 26, 1942. Page 23 -24) 13. Protocol concerning food supplies of the Boarding House at 26 Sliska Street, May 26, 1942. (Page 25 -26) File 200/4 REPORTS, October 9, 1941 – March 23, 1942. 1. Report of a control of the Food Bank # 139 at 15 Karmelicka Street, carried out by controller N. Kirchenbaum, Oct. 30-31, and Nov. 9-10, 1941. Page 1 – 7) 2. Report of Janina Pucer-Sarna from the kichen # 131 at 68 Nowolipska Street, Dec. 8, 1941. (Page 8) 3. Report of a control of the Food Bank # 139 at 28 Sliska Street. Page 9) 4 4. Report concerning a desinfection of the kitchen # 138 at 28 Sliska Street. (Page 10) 5. Report from an instructor M. Rozenberg on the kitchen control 35 Nowolipska Street, Dec. 24, 1941. (Page 11). 6. Report from an instructor N. Kirchenbaum on the kitchen control at 13 Dzika Street, March 22, 1942. (Page 12 -13) File 200/5 REMARKS TO REPORTS , Dec. 3, 1941 – Dec. 26,1941 (KITCHEN # 116, 118, 121, 123, 131, 133, 135, 137, 138). 1. Remarks on reports on Dec. 3, 1941. Page 1) 2. Letter to manager of the kitchen # 116 at 56 Leszno Street, concerning the report of Dec. 3, 1941. Page 2) 3. Remarks on the report on Dec. 7, 1941, kitchen #116 at 56 Leszno Street. (Page 3) 4. Remarks on the report on Dec. 12, 1941, kitchen #116 at 56 Leszno Street. Page 5) 5. Remarks on the report on Dec. 14, 1941, kitchen #116 at 56 Leszno Street. (Page 6) 6. Remarks on the report on Dec. 25, 1941, kitchen #116 at 56 Leszno Street. (Page 7) 7. Remarks on the report on Nov. 11, 1941, kitchen #118 at 35 Nowolipki Street. (Page 8) 8. Remarks on the report on Nov. 12, 1941, kitchen #118 at 35 Nowolipki Street. (Page 9) 9. Remarks on the report on Nov. 14, 1941, kitchen #118 at 35 Nowolipki Street.(Page 10) 10. Letter addressed to the manager of the kitchen # 121 from CENTOS Control Department, Dec. 10, 1941. (Page 11) 11. Remarks on the report on Dec. 10, 1941, kitchen #121, 22 Elektorialna Street. (Page 12) 12. Remarks on the report on Dec. 10, 1941, kitchen #121, 22 Elektorialna Street. (Page 12) 13. Remarks on the report on Dec. 10, 1941, kitchen #121, 16 5 Elektorialna Street. (Page 13) 14. Remarks on the report on Dec. 30, 1941, kitchen #121, 16 Elektorialna Street. (Page 15) 16 Remarks on the report on Nov. 14, 1941, kitchen #121, 16 Elektorialna Street. ( Page 15) 15. Letter on manager kitchen # 131 CENTOS Control Section, Dec. 17, 1941. (Page 16) 16. Remarks on the report on Dec. 12, 1941, kitchen #131, 68 Nowolipki Street. (Page 18) 17. Remarks on the report on Dec. 14 1941, Kitchen #133. (Page 19) 18. Remarks to the report on Dec. 19 1941, kitchen #135. (Page 20) 19. Remarks on the report on Dec. 14, 1941, kitchen #135, 42 Leszno Street. (Page 21) 20. Remarks on the report on Dec. 25, 1941, kitchen #137, 37 Nalewki Street. (Page 22) 21. Remarks on the report on Dec. 29, 1941, kitchen #137, 37 Nalewki Street. (Page 23) 22. Remarks on the report on Dec. 13, 1941, kitchen #137, 37 Nalewki Street. (Page 24) 24. Remarks on the report on Dec. 20, 1941, kitchen #137, 37 Nalewki Street. Page 25) 25. Remarks on the report on Nov.11, 1941, kitchen #138, 28 Sliska Street.