us-005578-irn593169
type: RecordSet
archival history: Archiwum Akt Nowych
biographical history: Office of Information and Tracing of the Polish Red Cross operates continuously since 1919. In 1919-1921 it was involved in collecting information about the victims of national uprisings and the transfer of information to prisoners of war. Office also took part in the reception of Polish political prisoners coming from the Soviet Union at the Polish border and was looking for their families and documents. With the outbreak of World War II the Office began to prepare lists of the dead, the wounded, sick and missing. A database of names was created. On 23 September 1939 the seat of the Office of Information and Tracing was bombed. Workers were trying to protect the remainder of the documents. The Red Cross branches in various Polish cities organized Sections of Information and Research. Information was collected from parish and municipal offices and from private individuals. In the temporary camps for prisoners of war, Polish Red Cross registered the prisoners and participated in the transmission of letters from their families. Since December 1939 Polish Red Cross Delegations started their activities in many countries. They conducted searching of Polish citizens, both military and civilian, and prepared the database of Polish of prisoners of war, staying in Oflag and Stalag camps. Thousands of requests for search were sent and much information about persons deported and interned was obtained. Thus a new Office database was created. After the discovery in 1943 of the mass graves of Polish officers murdered in Katyn, the Technical Committee of the Polish Red Cross was appointed, which led the exhumation in the period from April until June 1943. Thanks to the work of the Commission the list was prepared by the Delegation of the Polish Red Cross in Geneva, comprising 2805 names. For a long time it was the only basis for the issuance of certificates to the families of victims. On August 2, 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the Office of Information and Tracing has been set…
conditions of use: Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
has beginning date: 1939-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had identifier: 2
has or had some members with language: pol
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 843
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn593169
record resource extent: 4,341 digital images, PDF
record resource structure: Arranged in six series: 1. History, organizational structure and regulations of the Polish Red Cross (PCK): Memories, reports, and press clippings; 2. Care for prisoners of war in particular regions in Poland, 1940-1944, 1947; 3. Files of PCK-Kraków District: Reports, correspondence, registers of prisoners; 4. PCK-Branch offices of the Polish Red Cross in Skierniewice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Limanowa and Piotrków Trybunalski; 5. Files of the PCK Kraków District: Memories from captivity, German special courts, trials of Polish officers from prisoner-of-war camps; 6. Lists of displaced persons and refugees in the General Governorship (GG) area.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Records of the Polish Red Cross (PCK) districts of Kraków, Kielce, Lublin, Łódź, Pomorskie, Rzeszów, Śląsko-Dąbrowskie, Wielkopolska, and branches in Skierniewice and Łowicz including documents relating to organizational structure, regulations, extracts from protocols, and correspondence. Also included are accounts and materials of various persons regarding the financing, organization and activity of PCK; copies of German court judgments in cases against Poles; assistance for civilians during the war and occupation of 1939-1945, assistance for persons in Montelupi prison in Kraków, assistance for prisoners of war, care of graves of soldiers, visits of representatives of the PCK to the Auschwitz camp; press clippings and other documents concerning the work of the PCK during World War II.
title: Selected records of Dr Stefan Uhma related to history of Polish Red Cross Zbiór dr Stefana Uhmy dotyczacy historii PCK (Sygn.762)