Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
28,002 digital images, JPEG 25 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Regierung Kattowitz Rejencja Katowicka (Sygn.119/0)
Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach
Contains selected records of numerous official correspondence among the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz and the subordinate authorities as: landrats, communes, towns as well as superior authorities. The files of the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz contain numerous circular letters “Der Reichsfuehrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern”, most of the documents were signed by Heydrich - the Chief of the RSHA. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz was in existence from October 26, 1939 to January 26, 1945. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz included the following towns: Bytom, Katowice, Gliwice, Królewska Huta (Chorzów), Sosnowiec, Zabrze, and the counties of Będzin, Bytom-Tarnogóra, Bielsko-Biała, Cieszyn, Chrzanów, Gliwice, Katowice, Pszczyna, Rybnik, Ż̇ywiec and Olkusz.