American Joint Distribution Committee in Poland

American Joint Distribution Committee in Poland 

American Joint Distribution Committee in Poland 

300,340 digital images, JPEG 444 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm 84 digital images of posters, JPEG 5 CDs, 

Contains 2,445 Polish- and English-language files of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) in Warsaw, including those of the Secretary’s Office and the Emigration, Individual Relief and Welfare, Tracing, Warehouses, Bookkeeping, Administration, and other departments or units. Contents reflect the AJDC’s main activities: rendering material assistance (e.g., food, medicine, clothing, tools) and funding organizations such as the Central Committee of Jews in Poland, the Bund, Zionist movements, youth associations, religious societies, and Hebrew schools. 

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the digital files. Arranged in 14 series: 1. Sekretariat; 2. Wydział Prawny; 3. Wydział Kontroli; 4. Wydział Poszukiwań; 5. Wydział Pomocy Indywidualnej; 6.Wydział Ziomkostw; 7. Wydział Emigracyjny; 8. Wydział Transportowy; 9. Wydział Transportowy w Gdyni; 10. Wydział Magazynów; 11. Wydział Buchalterii; 12. Wydział Gospodarczy (Aprowizacyjny); 13. Referat Aprowizacyjny; 14. Varia.