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The Central Committee of Polish Jews also referred to as the Central Committee of Jews in Poland and abbreviated CKŻP, (Polish: Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, Yiddish: צענטראל קאמיטעט פון די יידן אין פוילן‎; tr: Centraler Komitet fun di Jidn in Pojln) was a state-sponsored political representation of Jews in Poland at the end of World War II. It was established on November 12, 1944, as the successor of the Provisional Central Committee of Polish Jews formed a month earlier under the umbrella of the communist Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN). The CKŻP provided care and assistance to Jews who survived the Holocaust. It legally represented all CKŻP-registered Polish Jews in their dealings with the new government and its agencies. It existed until 1950 when, together with the Jewish Cultural Society, representatives of CKŻP founded the Socio-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland [Source: Wikipedia] The Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce, CKŻP (Central Committee of Jews in Poland) was the most prominent official Jewish institution in Poland following the Holocaust. CKŻP attended to the needs of Jews from fall 1944 until 1950. It sponsored a variety of programs, providing food, shelter, education, medical assistance, cultural activities, and employment services and vocational training. The CKŻP also supervised the repatriation of Jews from the Soviet Union and assisted with legal emigration. A government‐funded body, it was supported financially by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
32 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Arranged in five series: 1. General records : Administrative records, minutes of sessions of the Presidium of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP), circular letters, ordinances and instructions of the Financial Department, post-inspection reports,, correspondence, and the like [Files 1-27]; 2. Financial records: Preliminary budgets, execution of budgets and collective balance of CKŻP [Files 28-97]; 3. Financial records: Bookkeeping of the central administration along with orphanages in Otwock, Sopliców, Śródborów, Świder and Zatrzebie [Files 98-103]; 4. Financial records: Bookkeeping of regional committees. Records of provinces and districts are arranged in alphabetical order [Files 104-244]; 5. Financial records: Bookkeeping of institutions subordinated to CKŻP [Files 245-257]
Records of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce (CKŻP). Wydział Finansowy (Central Committee of the Jews in Poland. Financial Department). Consist of administrative records, minutes, circular letters, ordinances and instructions for post-inspection reports from the field, correspondence on the budget matters, financial records, registers of Jewish children in care facilities, registers of teachers, and the like. Records relate to planning and controlling of the budget of the organization activities: in charities, culture, health, schools for Jewish communities, care of orphan children, publication of books (publishing houses: Dos Naje Lebn”, Idisz Buch”), and cooperation with regional committees.
Central Committee of the Jews in Poland. Financial Department Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich (CKŻP). Wydział Finansowy (Sygn. 303/VII)