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Selected Records form the Polish State Archives in Tarnów Branch, 1931‐1980 (bulk 1931‒1945)

RG‐15.020M

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Descriptive Summary Title: Selected Records form the Polish State Archives Tarnów Branch Dates: 1931‐1980 (bulk 1931‒1945) RG Number: RG‐15.020M Accession Number: 1994.A.0078 Creator: Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie. Oddział w Tarnowie Extent: 11 microfilm reels (35 mm) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Languages: Polish and German Administrative Information Access: No restrictions on access Reproduction and Use: Reproduction of mre than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires written permission from the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under its control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on‐line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.

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To request written permission, contact the General Director, Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych, ul. Rakowiecka 2D, 02‐517 Warsaw, Poland, Attention: General Director Preferred Citation: RG‐15.020M, Polish State Archives in Tarnów Records, 1931‐1980 (bulk 1931‒1945). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC., and Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie. Acquisition Information: Purchased from the Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie. Oddział w Tarnowie, 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 Archiwum Państwowe w Krakowie. Oddział w Tarnowie, ul. Chemiczna 16, Tarnów, Poland 33‐101. Tel. 011 48 14 633 06 21. More information about this repository can be found at www.archiwum.krakow.pl. Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka Scope and Content of Collection This collection contains investigative and court cases in Tarnów relating to the following two categories of offenses: 1) Against public order and instigation to disturbances of public peace (mainly anti‐Jewish propaganda and actions); and 2) Cases involving Jewish plaintiffs, often having to do with complaints against members of the Jewish community organization, the Kahal in Tarnów. System of Arrangement The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. This collection is arranged thematically in two series: 1) Cases against public order, and instigation to disturbances of public peace (mostly crimes against anti‐Jewish propaganda); 2) Cases involving Jewish plaintiffs, often having to do with complaints against members of the Kahal. Indexing Terms World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Jews‐‐Poland. Jews—Poland‐‐History‐‐Tarnów‐‐20th century. Jews‐‐Legal status, laws, etc.‐‐Poland‐‐Tarnów‐‐20th century. Jews‐‐Persecutions—Poland‐‐History.



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Antisemitism‐‐History‐‐20th century Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Poland. Tarnów (Województwo Malopolskie, Poland) Poland‐‐Politics and government‐‐1945‐ . Poland‐‐World War,1939‐1945‐‐Atrocities.

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Public prosecutor's office in Tarnów; dossiers of investigations and interrogations of the regional prosecutors. 1931. Register of criminal investigation; dossier title: "Distribution of anti‐semitic fliers"; Deposition: suspended‐‐perpetrator unknown. Fliers: "Don't buy in Jewish stores. Economic crisis is caused in great measure by Jews." no date. Title: "Hanging of anti‐Jewish posters;" Deposition: Susp., perpetrator unknown. 22 Nov. 1931; Poster accuses Jews of murdering Wilno university student, actual poster, handwritten included. Legal proceedings against Moses Chaim Grünbaum denouncing Leib Schachner and Israel Kamma. Deposition: not guilty‐‐acquitted‐‐lack of proof. 21 Oct 1932, he was accused of non‐kosher slaughtering for professional and financial gain, not under auspices of Jewish rabbi. Notes of investigation. Legal proceedings against Stanislaw Klekot from Otfinow for publically inciting Jewish hatred. 4 Oct 1932 unknown perpetrator poured benzine into the well of two Jewish citizens and broke windows of others. Accused incited people in his store to attack Jews. Disposition: Can't tell what he got as punishment. Guilty; three years in prison. Legal proceedings against Jan Czub for inciting others to attack members of religious minorities. 31 January 1932 accused of



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NRWS K10/88/33

IDS 2817/34

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#U‐2/4/33; 898/33

reading handwritten anti‐Jewish fliers to sons who gave it to Wendell Rand who took it to the police; investigation revealed that the accused only copied the contents for some literature he got in the mail and never propagated hate in his town or others. Disposition: Not guilty as charged. Legal proceedings against Saloman Leufeit for incident in the synogogue. Disposition 23 May 1932: discontinuance of investigation ‐ no proof of transgression. Proceedings against Juda Gruber for incident in the synogogue. Disposition 26 April 1932: discontinuance of investigation, no proof of transgression. Legal proceedings against Michats Abraham Brand for procurring illegal documents (military). Disposition: discontinuance‐‐faked evidence. AKTS of the prosecuting attorney of Tarnow Legal proceedings against D. Zygmunt Silbiger (ironic the district chief was D. Zygmunt Döllinger, president of the Jewish commune) for some financial discrepancies in the Kahal. (Looks like the members of the town Kahal were getting money personally and had others get money for them for they did not want to be known as not having money and therefore unable to get credit). Disposition: discontinuance, accused cleared of any wrongdoings. Legal proceedings against Szimon Appel, janitor ‐ manager of Jewish cemetary who was supposed to appropriate funds and goods. Disposition: discontinuance ‐ no proof of guilt. Investigation of robbery at the Jewish Congregation offices ‐ destruction of two fire‐proof safes and robbery of some thousand zlotys and jewlry. Criminals worked in gloves. Three real known burglars were arrested who had alibis for the time of the crime. Another Benjamin Mlyniec was arrested for this burglary. 29 Sept 1933. Basis for the investigations Art. 170 of the penal code, 9.23. Four pages of legal proceedings against unknown person(s) for spreading anti‐Jewish (600‐800) leaflets on 18 March 1933 in Ryglice; they were collected by police and only a few were picked up by people; wet and damaged therefore destroyed on the spot. Copy of leaflets included the organization O.W.P. is suspected (The Great Poland camp & party). Disposition: discontinuance ‐ perpetrator not identified.



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Proceedings against Stefan Klimecki and others (arrested May 29 for anti‐semitic agitation) in Brzesko (member of National Democrats). Accusation groundless. Accused freed on 2 June 1933. Proceedings against accused Ignac Kedzierski; Complaints 86/33 still outstanding ‐ case sent to higher court. Proceedings started 6 June 1933 concerning the leaflet "workers" ending in anti‐semetic demagogy. Confiscated in Bresko, six pages of Monitor Polski, official publication of the government of the Polish Republic of 6 June 1933 (somewhere in it is the article 170 of the penal code with paragraph 9.23 concerning anti‐Jewish agitation) C: Proceedings against Karol Habryta of Brzesko ‐ started 24 June 1933 for robbery and murder during anti‐Jewish disturbance in Brzesko in 1918. Discontinued ‐ not enough evidence. A certain Goldman was killed in 1918 in Brzesko. Witnesses could not definitely say that it was the accused who killed Goldman. There were other bandits who were shooting Habryta, who was aiming at Abraham Teichtal but missed. Others heard that the accused did a three year stretch in jail and was trying to have his verdict changed. 16 pages of investigative reports. C: Proceeding ‐ investigation against Michal Nowak and Józef Jedryka arrested 26 June 1933 for breaking windows in Jewish stores in Brzesko. Released 17 July 1933. Discontinuance ‐ not enough proof. The accused were standing in front of Rafalski's store windows and no witnesses were convinced of their innocence. Some 43 pages of testimony. Investigation of denunciation of Dr. Jakob Prawin against the following leaders of the Jewish community in Dębica: Abraham Goldman; Hirsch Horowitz; Moses Keprner; Saul Strauss; and Abraham Storcow for extortion and defamation of Dawid Pravin, retired railroad station master in Chorzlów and Mielec. The denounced were conspiring to extort money from the widow for allowing the deceased to be buried in the Dębica Jewish cemetary. Investigative reports of eight witnesses to the machinations of the accused. Disposition ‐ discontinuance. Fees for burials are assigned according to the financial status of the family of the deceased. Discontinuance because the fee imposed on the Prawin family was not too high; it fell between the 10‐800ZT frame. Proceedings against Stanisław Węgrzyn by Elżbieta Adamska for having a policeman shot her son who took part in anti‐Jewish



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disturbance. He was shooting at him from a distance without having told him to stop says the mother, Elżbieta Adamska, and is making an appeal to open the case. Disposition ‐ discontinuance. The accused policeman was on duty and Adamska knew what he was doing. Investigation of Michal Czarnocki from Jadownik for having committed robbery on the person of Hana Münz 2 July 1933. Investigative reports into the activities of Adamski and Pinkel. Others knew that Adamski (shot by the policeman Węgrzyn) and Stanislaw Marmul "Pinkel" were involved in the attack on Josef Flaumenhaft and Jeosek Gimpel. It looks as though there was a band of robbers headed by Pinkel and Adamski was a member of the band. Investigation in the case of Aron Seidel in charge of the Jewish Community in Ropczyce, anonymously accused of appropriation of land around the Klaus synogogue (the conflict is 60 years old). Disposition ‐ no investigation. Proceeding in case of anti‐Jewish actions in _oniowa, district Brzesko. Accused: Józef Gurgula and friends. Disposition ‐ no further actions; not enough grounds to be guilty, according 251‐250 article claimant: Helena Grunberger. The village representative Gurgol was supposed to invite the community to boycott the Grunbergs. C: Case of Chaim Münz from Jadowiniki accusing unknown perpetrators of destroying three windows during the night of 11 Nov. 1933. Investigations showed that the act was a part of anti‐Jewish activities by the members of the "National Party". Disposition ‐ discontinuance; not enough grounds to arrest perpetrators (unknown) included "Nowiny Poranne" the morning news leaflet, anti‐Jewish Jadowniki. Case of Dr. Zygmunt Kachani, lawyer (article 264) in Zakliczyn started 7 June 1933. Disposition: discontinuance, accused by Stanislaw Kolzwara, shoemaker from Zakliczyn of not representing him before court in Kraków as agreed upon and paid for (50 zł). Koczwara wants his 50 zł back (because the lawyer caused him to sustain a loss of some 2000 zlotys). Case against Zygmunt Kachani (Art. 140). Appeal court in Kraków accused by Stefania Kusnierz of not depositing 400 Austrian krone and not returning the money (July 1927) in the account of Josef Kustnerz residing in the USA. Disposition: discontinuance. Case of Chaim Engländer and others. Concerns elections for Jewish



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representation of opposition party B.B.W.R. in Tarnów. The Jewish Courier informed the readers that there were 1000 fictional voters registered. Because of those votes the pro‐government party lost and the Socialist‐Zionist party won. The list was the work of Chaim Engländer, Chaim Aberdam, etc. Mandel Halpern wants the irregularity investigated. This Mandel Halpern doesn't exist in the Kahal registers. The Jewish officials reminded not to let anyone without papers to vote. Case of David Bierenbaum (accused of abuse of voting rights within the Jewish Community Council). Accused of trying to influence the outcome of the election to the Jewish community representatives in Tarnów by pretending to be Bernard Bieber (who was a registered voter). Discontinuance: objection overruled. Case of David Roth Kopf (baker) accused by Nathan Müller of the defamation of the Torah by turning his back toward him (torah was behind them). Disposition: discontinuance; groundless accusation. Case of broken windows in the house of Pinkas Kreiswirth (anti‐Jewish activities of the National Party members) on 20 Dec 1933 in Jadowiniki. Suspects unknown. Already third such incident happened in this village. Damage: 10 zł (around $2). Disposition: discontinuance, impossibility of finding the perpetrator to be indicted. Case of Józef Ferziger, merchant in Debica, plaintiff against teachers: St. Markiewicz, director of school for for boys; teacher Rozak and Rog for continuous beatings and persecuting without reason and cause of his son Józef in May 1933. During a break one Cwik incited others to attack the Jewish boys. The latter escaped into the street and to their houses. They returned wtih their parents. The plaintiff complained to the director Markiewicz, who laughed at them saying that it was all "play". But from that moment on Józef was persecuted. Father's intervention didn't help. The other accused teachers beat the boy and told the parent "To take the boy home," which was equal to suspension. The father asked the education inspector for action against the three teachers. The teachers denied anti‐semitic actions and sued the father for false accusations. Disposition: discontinuance of proceedings against Józef Ferziger. Case of Dawid Birnbaum and Henryk Heller. Case of the periodical "Goniec", 8 July 1934 and the article: Did the District Attorney Put his Hand to the Kahal Elections. Election Abuse. Disposition: discontinuance, no proof. Case of Abraham Goldman, the head and managing officer of the



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Kahal of Tarnów. Chaim Eisen wants Goldman suspended from office in the Kahal of Tarnów. Disposition: no proof of mismanagement or injustices. Case of the Jewish Macabi organization in Brzesko. Broken windows, damage 5 zł. Investigation showed that the deed was probably the work of the youth section of the National Party in Brzesko as anti‐Jewish propaganda. Further investigation pending. Case of Alexander Michaler, Dębina Zakrzowska (for preventative reasons not allowed to leave his place of residence)‐‐discontinuance‐‐no proof of guilt as charged. Accused of dissemination of a publication Najważniejsze Zagadnienia, carries allegedly anti‐Jewish information which could lead to the disturbance of public order. Case of Stanislaw Szczeklik (law student) alleged anti‐Semite seen by Izaak Einspruch with book and anti‐Jewish leaflets; accused denied the deed, investigating officer writes that it had to be Szczeklik who strew the leaflets on the road to Pilzno from Szczegocie. Discontinuance: no witnesses of actual dissemination of leaflets. Case of Stanislaw Trojan, arrested. Brzesko jail ‐ released from jail 27 Apr. 1934. Disposition: discontinuance, no proof of guilt. Accused was a speaker before 10 youths (who say they don't remember the matter discussed) and organizing a youth section of the National Party. After that meeting anti‐Jewish posters appeared on the walls. Before the meeting no one ever saw such posters in Jasien. This lawyer got him off pointing to the fact that house searches (for anti‐Jewish literature) and arrest will harm Jewish population. Copy of anti‐semitic pamphlet. Case of Jan Kania, Jan Wszolek, and others; members of the youth section of the National Party; accused of anti‐Jewish activity and slander of Polish police ("bought by the government"). Members of the youth group beat Pirsch Sohn and they will be persecuted if the culprits are arrested. Case against Michal Kura from Jadownik, member of the youth section of the National Party accused of inciting public disturbance, arrested, denied any participation in the breaking of windows, by use of a petard of the Jewish citizen Kreiswirth from Jadownik. Released, no proof of guilt. Case against Jan Biernat from Jadownik, and Franciszek Zwierzec from Gradec arrested for anti‐Jewish activity. 17 June 1934. Known co‐speaker with the Chief of the National (Democratic) Pary



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but released. No incriminating evidence found; released. Case against Gustaw Oleksik from Biednik arrested for inciting anti‐Jewish activity and few Jews actually beaten up by members of the youth group of the National Party. Prosecuting Józef a Majewska for working for the family Scheindcer, threatening to beat her up. Incited workers to refuse certain work (a copy of proposed speech). Investigation didn't find him guilty as accused; copy of the "youth anthem" distributed by the organization. Case of Chaim Engel, rabbi from Radomysł Wiełki against Jakob Pelz from RW, 1934 (for spreading rumors undermining the office of state officials); for spreading anonymous letters allegedly written by Chaim Engel to his wife to district offices in Mielec requesting the dismissal of the rabbi from his post with the Kahal. Jakob Pelz accuses the Rabbi of bribingr the officials to let him charge high prices for the ritual killing of cattle and poultry and uses the money for personal use; taking $200 for granting a certain Mendel Ebenhon the job of butcher, etc; pages and pages of investigative reports. 12 October 1935. Investigation of Fryderyk Jungerman in the case of Growski of harming Berta Appelbaum (17 Nov. 1933) and for giving false evidence in her case against Stanislaw Gilowski, sent to the Court of Appeals in Kraków. Case of Edward Appelbaum and Berta Appelbaum (widow of the attorney in Tarnów) against Fryderek Jungerman reviewed by the court of appeals in Kraków. Court refused to review the case of Berta Appelbaum against Stanislaw Gilowski who sold some buildings belonging to the Appelbaums, F. Jungerman, and others. Case of Stefan Kilemecki demanding that the flier "Poles" printed for him and confiscated by the police be returned to him. The publication "National Self‐Defense" shows a Polish worker led by the nose by a Jewish merchant and calls for a boycott of Jewish stores. Court refuses the petition for return of the confiscated anti‐Jewish literature. Case of Pinkas Itzkowitz from Szczurow against Józef Zydron and Jan Nesolowski for insulting him at the police station in Jan. 1944 by saying, "What do you want here, you filthy Jew, go to Palestine to look for your rights." The article on which rests the accusation of appropriate execution of duty is not applicable. Threats of beatings the plaintiffs were not substantiated. Pinkas had to pay a fine of 5 zł. for breaking of public peace and is appealing the fine. On 23 Jan. 1934 he was attacked by a few students in Tarnow, he called for help and was taken to the station for deposition and there insulted



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by _ydron and Wesolowski as reported above. Witnesses can't remember what was said; Court wants Pinkas to testify under oath. Case of confiscated flier, "The Holidays are coming," 17 Apr. 1935. Request to discontinue the investigation because the publication didn't disturb public peace, although it was calling to buy only in Polish stores. The flier was to be read and passed on. Case of David Freidreich who on 25 Nov. 1935, falsely accused Wilhelm Waldemar Brand of unlawfully demanding the sum of 400 zł. for entering the children of Freidreich into the Kahal register of vital statistics. Brand reported in 1934 Freidreich for not entering his four children in his registry, as demanded by law. The court found for the accused and freed him from fines. Freidreich appealed and won. Investigation in the case of Andrzej and Adam Nowielcki for Czechow for receiving and distributing anti‐Jewish printed matter (12) on 24 Dec 1935. Both suspects belong to the youth group of the National Democratic Party. Pamphlet shows drawing of a richly set table and a Jew and a meager one of a Pole. Among others it says: "Work and bread in Poland for Poles only," "Don't buy in Jewish stores," "Worker, peasant and Intelligentsia wake‐up ‐ Don't buy in Jewish stores." Anti‐Semetic fliers of the National Democratic Party in Brzozowiec distributed and read to the members by Zygmunt Matjasik. Started Apr. 23 and closed 30 July 1935, who refused to say where the printed anti‐semetic matter was coming from. "Crime in Poland" tells that after years of promises to eradicate crime by Pilsudski, the country is still full of scoundrels, thieves and murderers in the public sector offices. The bureaucracy is robbing people. The paper accuses the pro‐semitic government of blaming the public for the government's crimes which the Gazetta Poranna, a pro‐goverment paper excuses. "In the Basement," a story of WWI. "The Drowning of Winter" "The Unemployment Crisis," 1 1/2 million unemployed. "How food is delivered to New York." "The Future economy" "English Voices about Germany" "German camps" (Sequestation camps) under the

command of Eicke. "Palestine in the Far East ‐ The Soviet region called

Birobidzan has many Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine and the Western Soviet Union," "where did the Slavs come from," "Catholics in Japan," etc. Printed matter criticizing the Polish government for mismanagement and it contains



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anti‐Jewish oratory such as the Jews saying, "The worse, the better, better for the Jews." It accuses the government of serving the Jews and not the Poles fearing that soon not the Polish but the Jewish spirit will prevail in Poland. It calls for severing all contacts with the Jews and ends, "Poland for Poles." The above publication was typed and sent ot the prosecutor for the police station in Brzesko.

Case of Izrael Unger, rabbi in Zabno, plaintiff: Abraham Naugot. Argument over burial plot. Naugot objects to assigining a spot by the plaintiff's mother to another women. After that: Izrael Unger allegedly harmed the business of the baker Naugot and thus transgressed his official capacity; the rabbi had declared that the goods of Naugot are under "shaal" (czunlt). Disposition: accused not guilty criminally, but spiritually for not performing in good faith his religious duties. Case of Józef Zawrzykraj who publically threatened to bodily harm on 2 Apr. 1935 in Rzachowa Leopold Osterwiel and other Jews. Witnesses prevented bloodshed. He denies inciting others to battery and murder. Arrested; prosecution started; one year given. Case of Jan Nowak accused of anti‐Jewish activities. deposition: home arrest; reporting two weeks to police in Zakliczyn, later released. Plaintiff: Sitka Steinerowa in Weslow. Accused warned about further notes and threats to Steinerowa. Witness: Solomon Korn who brought the leaflets to the police. Case of unknown perpetrators, broken windows at Wiktor Kleinberger in Toponin, district Brzesko, not solved. Case of Jan Adamik, and others arrested for breaking windows in the house of Feinwelneller, Józef Zicer and Chaim Heller on 13 July 1935 in Uszwa. "The perpetrators were throwing stones for a joke, do not admit to breaking windows." Others arrested: Władysław Mierzwa, Michał Mendel, Bronistal Ciesca, Jan Kotarba. The accused later released. No known lives were threatened‐‐some of the accused were juveniles (released to parents); others were denied release from jail. Case of Franciszek Podgorski arrested for organizing meetings for breaking windows in Jewish homes and inciting others (those under 28) to commit those anti‐Jewish acts. Accused denies guilt, blames the Jews for campaign against him (member of the National Paryt) for telling the farmers to form their own dairies. Podogorski appeals his case to Kraków; released, not enough proof of guilt, discontinuance. "Podogorski was for the anti‐semitic Haller and against Pilsudski and called for boycott of Jewish stores but others



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committed no crime." Mońcice community to list subordinate parishes. 8 Mar. 1946. Pleśna roster of parishes. 7 Mar. 1946. Ryglice report on parishes. 12 Mar. 1946. Cover letter from Tuchów. no date. List of parishes of Tuchów. Wierzchosław report. no date. Information that one parish takes care of the town of Tuchów. 11 Mar. 1946. Lisia Góra, cover letter. no date. List of parishes of Lisia Góra commune. 16 Mar. 1946. Gromnik report. no date. Information to the district of Tarnów about only one civil registar's office. no date. Cover letter from Tarnów to Kraków about the civil registars and parishes. no date. Request for the consulate in Berne (Switzerland) for a birth certificate (copy) for Waleria Batko. 8 Feb. 1946. More about the new civil registrars. no date. Law addressed to all communes in Tarnów. no date. Changes in the former guidelines. no date. Remarks after the scrutiny of lists sent to the district office in Tarnów. no date. Cieżkowice reports that the civil registrar's office has orientations boards on the inside and outside of the buildings. 8 Apr. 1946. The registrar Wladyslaw Klimer couldn't come to the official pledging due to sickness. 1 Apr. 1946. The excuse of Papuga Antoni who couldn't pledge on the given date



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due to travel. He did on another stay. no date. Complaints about the building appearance and the registrar's non‐pledging; the negative attitude of the population to the new establishment (civilian registrars). People do not believe that marriages or baptisms are legally valid if not registered in the parish books. Praise for the Registrar in Gomniki; his office does a good job. no date. Praise for the Registrar in Gomniki; his office does a good job. no date. Urgency in fulfilling the district's request about smooth functioning of the civil registrar's offices. 4 May 1946. Complaints of the chief of the community in Klikowa ‐ no representative office yet; no books either. 28 Apr. 1946. Letter to the parish of Janowice for a copy of birth certificate of Waleria Batko. 28 Feb. 1946. Cover letter to the copy of birth certificate of Waleria Batko to the Polish Legation in Bern. no date. Names of Władysław Cieslik, new registrar. no date. Request for opinion as to the attitude of the new registrar Wł. Cieślik. 9 Apr. 1946. The administration of Klikowa community praises the attitude of Wł. Cieslak. 29 Apr. 1946. Request for opinion about the attitude of Adam Trytka from Klikowa. 9 June 1946. Letter from Klikowa about the departure of Adam Trytka to the new Western territories. 9 Apr. 1946. The registrar from Ryglica could not report to the official swearing ceremony because the letter about it arrived after the designated date. 25 June 1946. Request for information about the changes in the registrar's office. 9 June 1946. Report on the registar for Ryglice. 18 May 1946 (2 copies).



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Complaints of the registrar from Ryglice about non‐compliance with the regulations and lack of books, index cards, etc. no date. Tuchów reports lack of formal and official stamps. 8 May 1946. Wierchosławice office still without books. Population's attitude is positive. 10 May 1946. Guminska commune reports that all is well now. 10 May 1946. More about nominating Cieślik to replace Trytka in the registrar's office in Klikowa. no date. Opinions of Klikowa about Władysława Cie_lik. 3 July 1946. Ludwik Cerata certifies the receipt of summons. 12 Aug 1946. Opinion of Klikowa (positive) about Wł. Cieślik for the registrar. no date. The nomination of Trytka for registrar and Cieślik for his deputy. Both to give the usual pledge of office. no date. About the time to pledge of the registrars. 24 Oct 1946. Letter to the American Consulate about copy of death certicicate for Zofia Bruk Olejarczyk has been forwarded to Dabrowa Tarnowska. 10 Oct 1946. Tadeusz Milkulski nominated for the registrar of Tarnów and Władysław Mierzwinski made his assistant. 1 Jan. 1946. Information about the pledge of office of Mikulski in Mierzwinski. 6 Nov. 1946. Cover letter to request for death certificate for Franciszek Hadzis. 6 Dec 1946. Cover letter to a new regulation for all registrars. 18 Mar. 1946. All requests for international exchange of records must go through official central channels. 26 Feb. 1946. Cover letter to a new regulation for all registrars. 18 Mar. 1946. All requests for international exchange of records must go through official central channels. 26 February 1946. (copy) Fees to be paid of copies of certificates with some exception. 14



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Mar. 1946. More of the same (copy) sent to lower instances. no date. About fees for certificates; cover letter to all community registrars in District Tarnów. no date. Cover letter from the Kraków administration to district officials about the fees. 14 Mar. 1946. Statement about a female foundling brought to the orphanage in Tarnów; the assistant to the orphanage director states that a policeman brought the child aged 2. The militia man Chalecki told the former that the parents of the child had been discovered and sent to jail for five years. 5 Apr. 1946. Militia man Czeslaw Chalecki states that in the ruins of the Jewish ghetto in Tarnów he found a unknown female baby. He put his sweater around the baby and took it to the orphanage on Nowoda Browska street. Irena Kowalska from Zbylitowska Gora was handed over to the court. Cover letter. 6 June 1946. Forwarding of some. 16 June 1946. Complaints about Franciszek Gonciarz who has no time to perform the duties of the community's registrar and recommending Piotr Stasik for the position. 27 Mar. 1946. Letter to Ple_na concerning the nomination of Gawron Jan to function as the registrar, 18 June 1946, and the Tarnów district office of the change. Cover letter about news of death of Maria Kijak. 31 Mar 1946. Information for all Registrars in Tarnów District. About Staniak Helena, late registering of birth in the civilian register. Three months late is OK. 27 Mar. 1946.



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Case: Andrzej Nowicki, 12 Mar. 1936. Petition to discontinue investigation in case of dissemination of anti‐Jewish fliers (6 + 2), non‐compliance and insulting the arresting constable (crooks are loose and you spend time on me). Disposition: three weeks in jail with suspended execution. Case: Jewish religious community in Radomy_l Wielki, 1 June 1935 ‐ 25 Nov. 1935 of Chaim Engel, Rabbi and president of the Jewish community accused by Jakob Pelz for abusing authority during filling ritual butcher's post. Disposition: 25 Nov. 1935: discontinuance of investigation (costs to be paid by the state treasury). Case: Breaking of windows in Jewish homes and "Muza Club House," 13 and 19 Mar. 1936 and 2 panes in the synagogue by two boys (at the same time they broke two windows in Catholic home). Perpetrators unknown; all investigations without result as to the origin of the brick. The suspects had nothing but bad intention when they went to play hide and seek in the Jewish section of Tarnów. Denial of throwing any bricks or pushing an unknown Jewish man. Youngsters were only bragging about beating another man. Discontinued: perpetrators not found. Name: Grabczynski Tadeusz and others released witnesses for breaking windows: Jewish school and Jewish‐Polish homes by a group of 10 students. 4 Apr. 1936. Disposition: discontinuance, no proof of guilt. Case: The confiscation of parts of Jewish Weekly no. 13, 27 Mar. 1936, In the Defense of Jewish Population, article; BUND's (Jewish Socialist Party); Anti‐government (capitalists, fascists); fliers directed at Polish workers to fight for Jewish civil rights, calling for active participation in a rally organized by Poalej‐Sjon and Jugent. 27 Mar. ‐ 5 May 1936. Disposition: confiscation of materials to be



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PT 111 I Ds 2123/36

PT 112 I Ds 4640/36

PT 112

PT 116 III Ds 87/36

PT 116 III Ds 376/36

396/36

PT 117 III Ds 3071/36

destroyed as they contain hateful proclamations and falsehoods (about anti‐semitic actions). Case: Dr. Henryk Blumenfeld accused of wanting 500 zł. for winning the case of the plaintiff, Stanis_aw Stwarz of charging too much for services not rendered. Date: 6 Aug 1936. Disposition: petition for discontinuance granted. Case: Anti‐Jewish excesses, 6 Dec 1936 ‐ 14 Jan. 1937. Plaintiff Wolf Adler wounded by a knife of an unknown perpetrator from a group of persons running and shouting "Beat the Jew" (according to witness Izrael Mendel Sauerstrom. No disposition in the folder). Case: Embezzlement of 200 zł. by Jakob Killig from the synagogue in Tarnów. Date: 24 Aug 1936 ‐ 31 Oct 1936. Plaintiff: Association cantor Markus Dawid Kauftoel. No disposition included in file. Karol Orzeł member of the youth section of the National Democratic Party from Bujne by Ro_nów. Accused of anti‐Jewish agitation and painting of slogans: "Don't buy in Jewish stores" on signposts with black paint. Disposition as to punishment not included. On 1 ‐ 31 January 1936, and 11 Sept 1937 did not report to pick up the confiscated jacket and paint can. Andrzej Nowicki, Czchów accused by Natman Plachier and Gerszon Schreiber (on 29‐30 Jan. 1936) of distribution of anti‐Jewish leaflets "Don't buy in Jewish stores," etc. released the possession of leaflets not punishable. A. Nowicki didn't know that the offering of hate literature was unlawful and punishable. The flier shows a Polish farmer with a wheel barrow loaded with Jews and taking them to a road leading to Palestine and words, "Poland for Poles." Another "Wake‐up Poles, Support the Weekly NDP, The people's defense." Case against Tekla Misturowa threatening her husband Michel Mistura. 18 Feb. – Mar. 1936. No explanation, no disposition. : Anti‐Jewish excesses. Suspect: Gustaw Pawlik and companions (Czub and Malinowski) from Wesołow. Plaintifs: Józef Kokosza (stones), Moses Unger (cane) for bodily harm (6 Aug 1936); arrested 14 Aug 1936. Confirmed, release from jail 31 Aug 1936. Discontinued 30 Sept 1936: no proof of guilt(?); ordered to destroy the stone that hit Komosza. Petition to change arrest to fine of 75 zł. 75zł. returned after the order of discontinuance. Case: The Jewish religious community in Ropczyce accused of beating four women, Gizela, Sara, Marja, and Traua Reh with the office of the Kahal in Popczype by six kahal members (including the rabbi). The women were accusing the kahal members of abuse of



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PT 118

PT 119

PT 120 Ds 204/37

PT 120 I Ds 234/37

PT 121 I Ds 603/37

PT 123

authority and collecting. (1 Jan. 1936 it was decided to plant three palm trees for the deceased Marshall Pilsudski for 30 zł. in Palestine). Date: 10 Jan. ‐ 30 Apr. 1936. Disposition: discontinuance, no proof of wrongdoing. Railroad accident or robbery and antisemitic attack. Reported by the Jewish hospital: plaintiff is Izak Ger, hurt by unknown perpetrators in the railroad station in Sedziszów on 7 Nov. 1936 (between Tarnów and Rzeszów) and then thrown off the train and deported to the Jewish hospital in Lwów with contusions having first been seen by Dr. Goldberg in S_diszów. Assertion not substantiated by passengers. Deposition: discontinuance, 7 Nov. 1936 ‐ 23 Dec 1936. Case of Albina Greiner from Tarnów against Dr. Teodor Simche, Tarnów attorney, against Dr. Hermann Schmalberg, dentist, who allegedly had the ear of Judge Dentawicz. Disposition: stopped proceedings, no reasons to persecute. 26 Feb. ‐ 10 Apr. 1937. Anti‐Jewish excesses of Alexander Bryg and others for painting over the Jewish store signs and writing on city walls boycott slogans: who accused the policeman Józef Włoch of abusing his authority (taking personal effects before incarceration). 7 ‐ 24 March 1937. Disposition: discontinuance, acted in accordance with the law. The judge ordered to keep the file for 10 years, then sell or burn as of 30 Dec 1937. Disposition: Bryg received 14 days in jail. Anti‐Jewish excesses. Wounding of Jakob Ships and Pesah Ships by Bełzowski Kryczka Nowak. On 16 May 1937 people returning for a celebration arranged by the National Party accosted Jews. One soldier among them threatened them with his bayonet. Discontinuance: witness retracts information about perpetrators who denied any wrongdoing. 8 July ‐ 7 Aug 1937. A note for a witness Józef Radecki writes to Mr. Miller about the attack. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Zaborów. Police report about a conspiracy to boycott Jews. The perpetrators are breaking windows of farmers selling to Jews or working for them. There is a program book of sorts issued by the National Party Manager 4 June ‐ 7 Oct 1937. Accused: Jan Majska. Search ordered at the Peasant Party headquarters in Zaborów, 20 July 1937. Discontinuance: no proof of guilt established. Anti‐Jewish excesses. Case: breaking windows in the synagogue in Ciŧkowice on 14 Sept 1937. Victim: Mozes Rigelhaupt. Perpetrators unknown. Disposition: discontinuance, no perpetrators caught. 16 ‐ 17 Sep 1938.



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PT132 II Ds 971/37

PT136 III Ds 963/37

PT140 II Ds 377/38

PT140 I Ds 187/38

PT141 Ds 678/38

PT142 II Ds 970/38

Stopping of train in the station of Słotwina Brzesko by Jews who were attacked by unknown perpetrators. Disposition: discontinuance, 28 Aug 1937. Plaintiffs: Srul Fenichlar and Zak Lustgarten was refused entry to a place of worship. Discontinuance: house of worship was in a private home not a public place of worship. 13 ‐ 18 Apr. 1938. Case: Witek Marek Ostrowski whose six month arrest and 50 zł. fine was changed to five days arrest is appealed by the prosecutor who thinks the penalty too low, the above named was the editor of Robotnik Weekly, an article "Pups of the Endek Breed." 27 Jan. ‐ 30 Apr. 1938. Democrats asserting that the authorities are not doing their jobs and let the young adults attack Jews and not be punished for it (for the case of wounding of Eugeniusz Sit on 24 ‐ 25 Nov. 1937 by Jan Jasiewicz and others suspects). Disposition: discontinuous. Ostrowski left Warsaw without leaving forwarding address. He could not be found to be prosecuted. Case of Franciszek Łachecki, Tarnów, 27 July ‐ 17 Nov. 1938. Plaintiff Schächter Israel, Tarnów. A light bulb filled with foul smelling liquid was thrown into his store. The same thing happened to Aasher Lauvel, Majer Gastwirth, and Maria Suruej, Anna Lis. At the time of criminal activity, the suspect could not have been arrested because he was burnt, face bandaged, and in hospital. Disposition: discontinuance, no sufficient proof. Antisemitic propaganda in Tarnów, 26 ‐ 28 Oct 1938. Attack on a teacher by Jews. Supposedly a Jewish thief wanted to steal a school bag for a child. He was caught. Teacher wanted to deliver him to the police and was attacked by other Jews. She was rescued by a policeman. Poster: under a caricature of an old Jew, Martin Luther's antisemitic message underneath anti‐Jewish "poem" about the reason for not buying in Jewish stores. The police in Tarnów negates the receipt of any such postcard, and of any such an incident in the garden, and having saved any teacher. Disposition: discontinuance, teacher and bag fictitious; anti‐Jewish propaganda. Case: Michał Jaroch, Tarnów, carried eight calendars of the "National Self Defense," Endek's propaganda. This calendar for 1938 pictures a Jewish court over a lamb and says: Poles watch out, this court will not be repeated. The goal of this calendar is to spread the dijudication action. Do not buy in Jewish stores." Disposition: discontinuance, the possession of the calendars does not constitute a crime. Posting of anti‐Jewish propaganda by the National Party before elections. Anti‐governmental agitation in Wojnicz. Do not buy in



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PT146 Ds 332/38

PT146 II Ds 268/38

III Ds 642/38

Jewish stores ‐ type flyers posted by the sympathizers of the National Party. 3 ‐ 4 Nov. 19?. Disposition: discontinuance, perpetrators unknown. Case: Moses Keimer, łabno, 4 ‐ 30 Apr. 1938. Allegedly struck Meilech Salpeter, Jewish chairman of the election committee to Kahal and pushed Jan Starzyk who was supervising the elections. The accused, a small thief, without steady domicile did not appear for trial on 3 Oct. Trial postponed. Discontinuance. Rabbinate in Dabrowo case concerning unwritten rabbinical laws. 22 Mar. ‐ 1 Apr. 1938. Nuchym Weidenfeld and others, suspected by plaintiff Gustawa Krischerowa of help to commit bigamy with Perla Sussman. The plaintiff appeals the discontinuance of investigation of the rabbis identification Sehman and Nuchym Weidenfld. Her complaint was not thoroughly investigated. The accused issued her husband Izek Krischer a document called "Heter" so he could marry in secret another woman without being divorced from the plaintiff. Her husband lost all processes in Nowy Sacz Rabbinate where she lived. They dared to act against state and rabbinical laws. The plaintiff is without any means of support for herself and her two minor children. Disposition: discontinuance, the issuance of "Heter" is no crime. Poor Lustawa lost: Torah does not forbid more than one wife. Case: breaking windows in Jewish homes by members of the "National Party" on 6 July 1938 in Biadoliny Radłowskie, district Brzesko, 7 ‐ 24 July 1938. Plaintiff: Dawid Korngold, and Liba Korngold, Moses Bergman. In Apr. 1938 the same perpetrators damaged windows, roof, and shutters. Five perpetrators were identified by the victims. Disposition: to persecute for attempt to harm life no more. Case of Władysław Bidus from D_bica and anti‐Jewish excesses. "Witness to attacks on synagogue" accusing another of criminal activity, Tadeusz Srebro who accused Bidus of slander. Bidus, persecuted for falsification does not change his testimony. Disposition: no proof of guilt. 21 Mar. ‐ 28 May 1938. Case Abraham Goldman and other Dębica. Embezellment in the Kahal. 12 May ‐ 3 July 1938. Plaintiff: M. Rozen, 14 Apr. 1938. Disposition: discontinuance the accusers unknown in D_bica ‐ falsification. Antisemitic excesses in Bobowa. 4 ‐ 5 Apr. 1939. Breaking windows in the house of rabbi Benzion Halberstam on 3 Mar. 1939 (40 zł. damage) as revenge for supporting the rival of the perpetrators during elections to the Community Council in Bobowa. Disposition:



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PT149 IV Ds 306/38

PT150 Ds IV 546/38

PT154

PT154 Ds 209/39

PT158 Ds 435/39

PT160 III Ds 704/39

PT163 III Ds 573/39

PT31

discontinuance, no perpetraitors identified. Cyrla Scheinberg and Isak Kleingut accused Stanisław Wąsik, postman of picketing their store during duty hours in Cieźkowice. Wąsik is suing the captioned persons. In case of W_sik: discontinuance. In case of Cyrla: discontinuance. 17 ‐ 30 April 1939. Case: plaintif Isak Mayerhof and others broke windows during anti‐Jewish excesses on 3 May 1939. Discontinuance: perpetrators not found. 11 ‐ 31 May 1939. Mordek Maichel Salpeter: embezellment, łabno (100 zł.) accused by Bóroniec, Jan. Report that the lawyer Salpeter left _abno, direction east in September. 25 July ‐ 8 Aug 1939. Salpeter is not found. Jan Szczurek, Borek and Mielec. Antisemitic and election excesses arrested and in custody. Freed on 13 June 1939. Disposition: discontinuance. 6 ‐ 12 June 1939. Bencjan Schiffman and Schiffman and Schlesinger, Tarnów accused by the City of Gda_sk, Danzig in 1930 of reckless wrong, causing bankruptcy. 1930.

3 PT31 U/70/30

Case: Chicorymills "Kolb" and others via Danzig (Gdańsk) municipal Court, 17 Feb. 1930. Benzion Schiffs Mendel Schlesinger, Tarnów, bankruptcy. Testimony of witnesses Bister Rössler, Richter Abraham Kronman, Hans Berghäwer, ABraham Grschebib. Owed in



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478/30

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PT36 316/31

IDs 973/31

PT37 IV Ds 778/31

1929 monies to different German firms in Gdańsk. Bought commodities. Disposition: discontinuence. Above mixed up with report on UNRRA shipments from Gdańsk on 9 Nov. 1946 to Skawina bei Kraków vie Polish Railroad. Bags of coffee (1900 tons). Receipt acknowledged. Kahau in Bolesławie bei Dabrowa against Sil Silber (5 Dec 1929) took Torah home because being sick, could not go to the synagogue to pray. Disposition: discontinuance, extenduating circumstances. 13 Jan. 1932 ‐ 14 Feb. 1932. Jewish sportsclub "Makrabeusz" in Tarnów against Henryk Multer, who sold the club's equipment without consulting the members. Disposition: discontinuence. 17 June 1928 ‐ 4 June 1930. Kahau in Dębica against Abraham Goldman. Falsification of voting lists. 1 July ‐ 30 Nov. 1930. Disposition: discontinuance; no proof of guilt. Ing. Jan Müller deceased (he committed suicide on 30 Jan. 1930) and others for embezzlement concerning the building of the Tarnów courthouse and jail. Jan Müller was given blank checks by other Public Works managers and surveyors. Majchrowie, Sochackil and Lang are going to be prosecuted and Helena Müller, the accountant of the Public Works office in Tarnów. The couple was unable to get money to cover monies taken for the state coffers: 197, 438.89zt around $40,000. No disposition as of 11 Feb. 1931. Jan Bielatowicz and Co. Teodor Mester. Alojzy Kuta accused (6 July 1931 of intrusion of forcing Emilio Colle to remove photograph of religion class with professor Fenichl from the ice cream parlor window and of starting fight with Jewish men: Eljasz Salpeter, Klein Wolf, Wm. Groszów, Anschel Isler and Michal Dienterfass, and causing a crowd of 500 persons around public building. (There is a note concerning the theft of a watch belonging to Dawid Kleinkändler. He left the watch on the tennis court and found it on the bench.) Discontinuance: M. Colle willingly took off the Zionist group picture. 16 ‐ 26 June 1931. Gölzel Birbaum against Juda Gruber, representative of the synagogue "revolt" in the Synagogue in Bolesławie disturbing and hampering members of Jewish congregation in the reading of the Torah. 22 Aug ‐ 2 Sept 1931. Discontinuance: accused was calling the noise makers to order. Minister of Finance, Demblin. Stanisław Klekot, debtor, unable to pay the fine for court proceedings of 21zł. Suspended execution 19 Feb. 1936. Frieda Wolf ‐ deferred payment of 27zł and not



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W1695/34 PT177

PT205 III K1200/34

PT208 W 1423/36

PT210 W2024‐2028/36

PT216 II Ds 577/37

W2124/37

enforcing verdict of confiscating possessions. Minister of Finance, Tarnów. Business Swindle: defendant Samuel Engelhardt to the detriment of Amalia Tertilowa's promissory notes. 2 June ‐ 28 Dec 1933. Deposition: six months in jail, three years of loss of public rights; half given amnesty, fined 60 zł. Exception from seizure of furniture belonging to the brother of Samuel. The whole process discontinued because the defendent has no means to pay the court fine. Furniture and silver objects were auctioned. 5 Jan. 1933. Plaintiff: the Polish Republic. Defendent: Józef Gadzia_a from Szczucin for resisting arrest and wounding the policeman Franciszek Biernat who was defending vendors in the marketplace from antisemitic excesses of Gadziała and companions. Gadziała hit Rojza Klein on the head, destroyed stands, etc. 13 ‐ 18 Aug 1936. Disposition: reduced sentence of 12 months. The others were fired earlier, some not found at all. Plaintiff: the Polish Republic. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Brzesko. Defendent Zygmunt Matiasik propagandist of the National Party. Committed excesses against Polish citizen of Jewish faith. Leaflets: "No reconcitiation in a nation of two nations" confiscated. Deposition: six arrested. Antisemitic propaganda in Czchów. Defendent Michal Jarosz. Plaintiff: the Polish Republic. Distribution of anti‐Jewish propaganda (boycott of Jewish stores). Deposition: one day arrest or one day in jail. Plaintiff: Polish Republic defending the Jewish Religious Commune in Ropczycz. Defendant Birnbaum Gitta and eight others. On 2 Jan. 1936, forced entrance, demolition of and destruction of the office of the Jewish commune as protest against execution of dues not affordable especially to the defendant. Deposition: six months in jail, four acquitted. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Skrzeszów. Defendent: Jan Kozioł and five companions 17 July 1937 stole bricks from public works and damaged the house of Samuel and Józef Hirsch (windows, curtains) and attacked policemen arresting them. Deposition: six weeks in jail. 6 Aug 1937. Anti‐Jewish agitation in Tarnów. Defendent Aleksander Bryk illegally and on other people's property posted anti‐Jewish propaganda and painted anti‐Jewish slogans. 13 Jan. 1938. Deposition: sentenced to four days in jail or 60 zł fine.



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W63/39 PT227

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Anti‐Jewish excesses in Jadowniki Mokre. Stefania Kowalczyk setting fire to three buildings in Wietrzychowice. She has anti‐Jewish fixation and wants to free Poland from Jews. Sentence: sebt to instituion for mentally ill in Kobierzyn until 15 Mar. 1937 to prevent further excesses. Anti‐Jewish propaganda. Defendent: Stanisław Wielgus, in Tuchów on 9 Aug 1938 created public disturbance by preventing people from buying in Jewish stands in the market place. Sentence 10 zł fine or five days in jail. Defendant: Bulaga Franciszek, from Dąbrówka Tuchowska, was sentenced by Polish Court to 3.50 zł fine and on 2 Jan. 1941 he is freed from the fine on order from the Tarnów district. Execution becuase he caused public disturbance by standing in front of a Jewish store committed immoral act of preventing people from entering the store of Hindla Eilbaum. Sentence: one day in jail or 52 zł fine. Sentenced again to two days in jail for ridiculing buyers and agitating against Jewish merchants. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Jadowniki. Defendant Mg. Władyslan Augustyn, organizaiton of demonstration during which windows in Jewish homes were broken. 15 Feb. 1939. Sentence: fine 10.50 zł or two days in jail. Defendant Stanisław Burek, disturbed public peace in Tuchow by ridiculing Jewish merchants and their clients during market day activities on 26 July and 2 Aug 1938. Sentence: 5.50 zł fine or two days in jail. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Wola Żelichowska on defendants Józef Boduch, Wojciech, Dudek, Wiktoria Dudek. Pushing Szymon Issler under a willow tree and threatening to hang him. Refusing arrest and insulting policement for protecting Jews and not Poles. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Jadowniki. Defendant Zygmuni Wolny organizes National Party's demonstration was causing public disturbances on 12 Dec 1938 during which Jewish windows were broken. Sentence 16.50 zł fine or two days in jail. Brzesko anti‐Jewish excesses defendant Wilhelm Meczko caused public disturbance on 14 Dec 1938 by the Jewish stalls on the marketplace calling people to boycott their business. Sentence 10 zł fine or five days in jail. Defendant Józef P_achita in Jadowniki on 11 Mar. 1938 broke windows in Jewish homes causing public disturbance. Sentence: 10 days in jail.



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Anti‐Jewish excesses in Brzesko. The Polish Republic against Adolf Zale_ski for disturbing peace on 27 Aug 1937 (preventing Catholic buyers from shopping at Jewish stands in the marketplace in Brzesko). Sentence: 10 zł fine or four days in jail. 25 Apr. 1939. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Brzesko. The Polish Republic against Władysław Gica_a for disturbing peace in front of Jewish stands on the marketplace in Brzesko. 25 Apr. 1939. Sentence: 10 zł fine or four days in jail. Anti‐Jewish excesses in Brzesko. The Polish Republic against Władysław Lekki for disturbing the peace, and who went to Germany to avoid paying fine of 5.50 zł fine or two days in jail. In 1941 he was granted amnesty in regard to the fine. Anti‐Jewish excesses. The Polish Republic against Micha_ Nowak for disturbing peace during market day in front of Jewish stands in Brzesko. Sentence: 10 zł fine or four days in jail. Investigation started Dec 1935 of Chaim Braun and Samuel Braun, tailors who sold the business in Tarnów and left without paying their debts. Wrote checks that bounced. Five weeks in jail. July 1939. Public register matters ‐ 1945 Sworszt Piotr ‐ birth certificate for illigetimate son Jerzy Piotr (living with the son's mother Karolina Jarosz). Polish Consulate in Paris regarding Gluck Finkas, Tarnów, birth certificate, negative, all documents and books of the Jewish public register were destroyed by the Nazis. no date. A German form about the confiscation of horse and wagon by the Germans. No people mentioned. no date. Circular about reporting of all destroyed, burnt, taken documents and registers with vital statistics. 7 Sept 1945 by Dr. Iserzon, Warsaw. Request for submission of all reports concerning vital statistics to Kraków with four weeks. no date. Another of the German prefect's Kriple form letters. They must have been used by the new Polish instances for paper. Department of State of the Polish People's Republic desires birth and christening certificate of Jan Markoczynski, Vel Marskow



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(danish citizen) negative answer. Szków (his birthplace) does not belong to Tarnów. June 1945. Wojewoda (Governor) of Kraków district circular about the functions of the local registrar's offices and officers. 3 Mar 1945. Instruction as to the new forms of birth and death certificates. Register of communes in the Tarnów district as of 31 May 1944. Comparative population count Sept 1939 ‐ May 1944. Law concerning vital statistic registration. 6 June 1945. Starosta's (district manager) letter about nomination to the office of public registrants wanting explanations as to the qualifications of such. 25 Nov. 1945. Names of the officials of the Lisia Góra villages group, one Julian Kubisztal became a chief of the registrar's office. Letters telling of place and personnel of Registrar's Offices in village groups listed before. One of instructions to the chief of Tarnów district asks for requisitioning of the building of the Bishop of Tarnów and birth certificates of Maria Juniszewska no later than 30 Dec 1945. Nomination of registrars in Tarnów district communities. Correspondence concerning the institution of Registrar Offices in the Tarnów district. Sample of marriage certificates to be issued. Sample of death certificate. The Ministry of Administration for Kraków promises standard forms. Concerning the search of Jewish vital statistics records. Mayor Lamut testifies that it is not known to him that Michał Schneeweis president of the Jewish Registry depositied any records in the Rzeszów Jewish Registrar's Office. June 1945. Statement of Chaim Schiffer concerning the whereabouts of Jewish vital statistics registers. The witness has no knowledge of the actions of Micha_ Schneeweis. Examination ‐ statement of Mila Rosenblatt. Case of search for Jewish vital statistics records. Goldman to report about those sought records and other official correspondence.



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Kazirów Wojciech ‐ lost. Order to all Catholic official record holders to submit them to civilian authorities in Kraków. Same to the Jewish religious registrars. Request to all administration to announce the new marriage certificate rules. 11 June 1945. Vital statistics certificates, 8 pages. List of registers turned in by communities. 1946. Concerns: marriage certificate protocol and samples. 9 Jan. 1946. Proclamation and sample form concerning marriages. Concerning the public display of the proclamation about vital statistics. Inspections to be carried out concerning the new birth, death, and other forms. Reports of individual communes concerning the putting into services of the new civil registrar's offices. The village chief of Pleśna reports that the transfer of records has been accepted but the more intelligent elements are critical of it, and some are actively against it. Report from Tuchów ‐ all has been organized "one instance not finished." Guminska community reports adopting the new method of records keeping. Tuchów has the new registrar's office. Pleśna complied with the new law. Mo_cice public views the new law with indifference. 1946. Remainder to all community administration to report on implementing the new regulation. 2 June 1946. Information as to locations of new civil registrar's offices, 25 Jan. 1946. Regulation about registering birth of a child born in foreign country.



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Vital Statistics, Registrar's Office, Krakow, matters ‐ 1946‐1947 Ruling on the late recording of the birth of Helena Staniek in Biata Krakowska, 27 May 1946: as of 1 Jan. 1946, the clegy, who up to now have registered births and deaths, have lost this authority; only civilian registrars have this authority; three‐months ruling regarding registration of new births; Helena Stanick has to re‐register her child. Circular about the new registrar's powers over all districts of Tarnów, 24 Mar. 1946. Resignation of Jan Strojny and request to appoint Adolf Biedron to the position of civil registrar, Wierzchosławice, 29 Mar. 1946. Transfer of 1/46/21/46 to the appropriate jurisdiction. 1 Apr. 1946. Request for appointment of Okaz Tadeusz as registrar in Tuchów. 3 Apr. 1946. Request of Okaz Tadeusz to pledge allegiance as new registrar in Tuchów on 27 Apr. 1946. The High Court of Kraków requests attitudinal report on the new registrar, T. Okaz. no date. Candidate Tadeusz Okaz questioning of outgoing assistant registrar, Stanisława Przeczek, Tuchów. 1 Apr 1946. Stanisława Przeczek explains that she did not attend the pledge ceremony because she got another job. 30 Mar. 1946. From Warsaw ‐ rules concerning the authority of Polish consular offices abroad regarding marriage licenses for Polish citizens. 20 Mar. 1946. Cover letter forwarding #387 from main office in Tarnów to all communities of the district. 4 Apr 1946. Cover letter from Kraków chief registrar's office in Tarnów. 4 May 1946. Cover letter from Kraków office to Tarnów office to transfer letter



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[no names mentioned] to Gromnik office. 1 Apr 1946. Cover letter from Kraków office to Gromnik office [no names mentioned]. 4 Apr 1946. Cover letter and transfer [no names mentioned] from Starosta in Nowy Sacz office to Tarnów office. 28 Mar. 1946. Circular and cover letter from Kraków to Tarnów Administration office concerning a list of new registrar and parochial offices. 4 Aug 1946. Letter from Tarnów Administratice office to all district registrar offices concerning list of new offices. 13 Apr 1946. Forwarding of above letter to all registrar offices. 13 Apr 1946. Information about non‐existence of a Czesników office which is included on list of all registrar offices. 13 Apr 1946. Request for confirmation of Miezysław Cygan as a civil registrar in Gumniski. 31 June 1946. Resignation of Kozak Wojciech and nomination of Mieczysław Cygan as registrar in Gumnisk. 24 Mar. 1946. Explanatory letter about the personnel in Gumnisk office. 9 Sept 1946. Personnel changes in Gumnisk office and those who must come and pledge in Starost's [administrative chief of a district] office on 27 Sep 1946. 2 pages. no date. Cygan, administrative chief of Gumnisk, has already pledged and his assistant, Adolf Bartynski, will do so 27 Sept 1946. Tarnów district chief's reports from communities having a registrar's office on 26 May. 11 May 1946. Piotr Stasiak is the new registrar and Jan Ganron is the assistant for Plesnia. 23 May 1946. Tarnów district office asks who performs the duties of the registrar, the community leader, a teacher, or who? 17 May 1946. Request to the community of Tuchów to answer the letter from the Starost regarding registrar office personnel rolls. 23 May 1946.



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449

no file #

451

453

455

457

459

461

463

469

Cover letter for transfer of correspondence to Tarnów office; list of 12 communities and the names of their registrars; Moscice has no registrar. no date. Ludwik Kostera is the Gromnik registrar. 23 May 1946. Wladyslaw Klimek is registrar in Tuchów. 23 May 1946. Tarnów District personnel office: Wladyslaw Mierzwinski, a Polish national with a legal education, is the Tarnów registrar. 21 May 1946. The Guminski registrar [no name given] is an official in the community. 23 May 1946. The Klikowa registrar is community official, Adam Trytko. 23 May 1946. Repeat of the order to report who fulfills the function of registrar in certain communities no later than 26 May 1946. 17 May 1946. The Tarnów registrar is a community official. 26 May 1946. Reprimand to Klików for non‐compliance with the order on reporting. 2 pages. 29 May 1946. The Lisia Góra registrar, Jan Merchut, is a community official. 6 July 1946. Tuchów registrar is an official of the community. 13 June 1946. Chief Officer of Gromnik is the registrar. 29 May 1946. Reply of the Tuchów town administration that they have on numerous occasions reported the existence of one registrar. 1 June 1946. In Moscice the community secretary performs the duties of the registrar. 3 June 1946. Request from Kraków district authorities to Tarnów to send the list of registrars' social and official status. 13 May 1946. Cover letter to Gumniski community from Kraków registrar office. 18 May 1946. Request to forward registrar office in Kraków to registrar of Lekowica parish. 7 May 1946.



32

471

no file #

no file #

473b

475

no file #

479

481

485

487

483

485

487

A‐G 1946. CZ III. Cover letter from Kraków administration sending 12 copies of official gazette announcing current legislation on registrars' functions. 17 May 1946. Cover letter transfering copy of Kraków official gazette to Lisia Góra. 25 May 1946. Request to forward a letter to the Lisia Góra a. 18 May, 1946. Circular #20 of the Minister of Public Administration in Warsaw ‐ an act of marriage is legal when the registrar announces it following the signing of the marriage contract by both parties. 17 May 1946. Continuation of Circular #20 ‐ explanation for the Warsaw Ministry of Public Administration regarding the validity of the declaration of marriage intentions. 17 May 1946. Mikolaj Bednarczyk of Gromnik ‐ questionnaire relating to marriage and request for documentation. 26 June 1946. Reply to #485 ‐ Bednarczyk is unknown in the locality and no letter about documents was received. 17 Sept 1946. Mikolaj Antoni Bednarczyk marriage documents are in Chrzonów. no date. Dispute about responsibilities of registrar offices; explanation of documentation of marriages contracted on foreign countries; documentation of death in cases where the courts declare the death of a person. 2 pages. 10 June 1946. Explanation of article #29 regarding registrar offices' procedures in cases of judicial declarations of death. The death of a person should be registered according to the place of death decided by the court. If the death was declared without specifying the place of death, as is common in cases of lost persons, the death should be recorded in the locality of the deceased's last domicile. If the death occurred outside Poland article #29 does not apply. Kraków. 2 pages. 12 June 1946. Cover letter to all registrars in Tarnów district regarding article #29. 18 June 1946.



33

501

503

505

507

508

511

513

515

517

519

521

523

525

Late birth registration of Józef Dziaokiewicz and Stefania Janina. Request to examine their birth registrations in the Starost's register of persons not belonging to established religions (years 1936, 1938 and 1940). The father of the above mentioned children belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses in Tuchów. 17 June 1946. Cover letter for transfer of #503 to Tuchów. 2 pages. 25 June 1946. Information to Kraków about the above transfer. 30 June 1946. Ministry of Finances' explanation about collection of fees for extracts from registry records. Warsaw. 13 June 1946. Circular from Tarnów district administration to all district registry offices concerning fees to be collected from applicants for copies of vital statistics documents. 2 pages. 25 June 1946. Visits by community registry officials to the Central Model Registrar Office for schooling. 19 June 1946. From Kraków to Tarnów, more about Central Model Registrar Office schooling. 2 pages. 25 June 1946. From Tarnów to all registrars: send in proposals for registration procedures and assuring of good attitudes. 2 pages. 13 June 1946. Opinions to reach the Starost in Tarnów by 20 July 1946. no date. Draft of the organization of registrar offices, duties of the 6 people in the Tarnów office, accomodation and schooling of officials. 2 pages. 29 July 1946. Copy of the above. 2 pages. Cover letter to forward the above instructions to all offices. no date. From Kraków Budget Department, 11 copies of official gazette to be sent to all Tarnów District registrars except the Tarnów City registrar, and the payment of 24 zlotys for each copy. no date. Tarnów pays 528 zlotys for the copies of the gazette. 2 Oct 1946. Copy of #527 ‐ 12 copies of gazette and request for money. 24 Oct 1946. List of registrar offices, location, and names of registrars and their



34

527

no file #

529

531

533

535

537

539

541

543

545

547

549

551

553

559

assistants. no date. Sulkowski, Cresław, Gromniki ‐ copy of the pledge of office. The registrars want to protect the Constitution of 17 Mar. 1921. 27 Mar. 1946. Wolkowicz, Jan, registrar for Cieżkowice, pledge of office. 5 Apr 1946. Raposzyn, Antoni, registrar for Tarnów, pledge of office. 15 Mar. 1946. Cetera, Ludwik, registrar for Gromnik, pledge of office. 15 Mar. 1946. Przewo_ska, Jamina, registrar for Gromnik, pledge of office. 5 Apr 1946. Cygan, Mieczyslaw, registrar for Gromnik, pledge of office. 17 Mar. 1946. Bartynski, Adolf, registrar for Gromnik, pledge of office. 27 Sept 1946. Court pledges of registrars of Tarnów District and Klikow. 31 Oct 1946. Court pledge of registrar for Lisia Góra. 22 Mar. 1946. Jan Gwózdz' pledge of office. 17 Dec 1946. Wiśniewski, Franciszek, registrar for Mościce. 7 June 1946. Stasik, Piotr, registrar for Pleśna, pledge of office. no date Pledges of office from Jan Gawron, registrar for Pleśna, through Pawlik, registrar of Wierzchosławice. Some documents do not indicate what locality the registrar represents. The Lisia Góra office is to render 482 zlotys for copies of the official gazette. a pages 2 Oct 1946. Cover letter form to be used in recording. Report from Klikowa. no date. Requests from Klików office to Kraków office for materials needed for recording. 23 Aug 1946.



35

561‐577

579

581

583

585

587

589

591

no file #

597

599

601

603

607

609

Klików office to order materials from the appropriate firm in their territory. 23 Aug 1946. Reports from individual registrar offices in Gumniki to offices in Kraków. 9 July 1946. Gumniska registrar complains about stamps, books, forms, etc., not being delivered. 5 July 1946. Report and requests for necessary materials from Klikowa office. no date. Kraków office indicates where to get the necessary stamps, forms, etc. 12 Aug 1946. Guminska registrar complaims that the parish did not send him the copy of their vital statistics. no date. The case is referred to the Curia [church government] in Kraków. 12 July 1946. Cover letter to Tuchów. no date. Correspondence concerning lists of Jews who were interned in the Tuchów ghetto during the German occupation. The lists were compiled by the Tuchów municipal government. 25 July 1946. Jan Kuzek's request for Siemiechow's birth certificate from America. 23 July 1946. The parish office sends the requested birth certificate. 8 Aug 1946. Late reporting of birth of a child, Julian Klor. 10 July 1946. Instructions regarding supplementary bookkeeping needed for control over parish bookkeeping. 2 pages. 28 Aug 1946. Sample page of supplementary records. no date. Cover letter transferring instructions about supplementary records to all district registrars. no date. Cover letter regarding the above. no date. Confirmation of Jan Gwózdź as registrar in Mościce. 23 Sept 1946. Request for opinions on the qualifications of Alexander Cholewa to be registrar in Moscice. no date.



36

611

613

617

619

621

623

625

627

635

637

639

641

643

645

647

649

651

661

Cholewa has all the necessary qualifications. no date. Cholewa is approved and asked to give pledge of office. 31 Oct 1946. There is no appropriate place for weddings in the Model registrar's office in Tarnów. 22 Nov. 1946. Tarnów office complains about the above to Kraków office. 28 Jan. 1947. Kraków office presses for appropriate place for weddings. 2 pages. 24 Jan. 1947. Tarnów office requests appropriate wedding accomodations. 5 Nov. 1946. Tarnów gets 2 rooms and, in the future, will get a 3‐room office. 7 Feb. 1947. Same as above, handwritten. 2 pages. Mikolaj Gronski is searching for inheritors. 28 Oct 1946. Negative response to 649. 23 Sept 1946. Changes in personnel of the Gromnik registrar's office. 7 Oct 1946. Information concerning Alojzy Peck, Śliwinsky, Stanislaw Ryglice. no date. Piotr Stasik and Jan Gawron are new registrars in Pleśna. no date. Adolf Biedron is registrant in Wierzchaslowice and Józef Pawlik is his assistant. no date. Changes in Moscice registrar's office. no date. Registrars in Ciężkowice. Chamges in Klikowa registrar's office. no date. Additional information on registering deaths which occur in foreign countries. 10 Nov. 1946. Applications for documentation from Polish citizens living in



37

663

665

no file #

673

675

677

683

685

685

687

697

10d, pp. 1‐71

p. 72

pp. 73‐101

Germany are to be handled by the Polish Military Mission in Berlin, Consular Office. German applicants should write to the appropriate Allied Occupation authorities. No information will be obtainable from local Polish authorities directly. 23 Sept 1946. Information to be dispersed throughout the Tarnów district. no date. Confirmation of #685 information. 5 Nov. 1946. Michalina‐Monika Semla's late registration of birth; transfer for proper action to Brzezany Górne. no date. Register of the "Jewish Birth Records" This is a 71‐page list of people declared dead by the Tarnów district court. It gives: 1. name of the survivor to whom the death declaration was issued 2. date of issuance of death declaration 3. names of the dead 4. date of death 5. witnesses (survivors) It will be attested later that they were all shot in the head. Copy of birth certificate for Anna Seiden, born 22 May 1914. Death certificates issued by the Jewish Community in Tarnów for the persons listed on pp. 1‐72. An 18‐page official protocol which is the basis for the issuance of the death certificates follows. "Jewish vital statistics," 1945, 1st part Petition of D. Korn from Tarnów for the return to him of property owned by his parents in Tarnów. no date. Power of attorney to the Jewish Community officials for D. Korn. 9 Apr 1945. Protocol taken at the headquarters of the Transit Committee for Aid to Jews in Tarnów, for Grachela Grünn about the death of her father who died of head wounds during the Nazi occupation and who owed 80 morga of land in Poland. Copy of death certificate for Chiel Grünn from the Jewish Community office, 10 Apr 1945, attesting to his having been shot in the head. Copy of death certificate for Melock Pinkas, 27 June 1945.



38

169

171

173

175

175‐277

279

279b

281

282

283

284

285

286

291

Protocols taken from survivors and witnesses for the issuance of death certificates for survivors from Tarnów. They had all been shot in the head. no date. Title page, Jewish Community birth and death records in Tarnów, Part II. no date. Confirmation by the Registrar of the Tarnów Jewish Community of the deaths of 9 persons shot in the head. no date. Protocol regarding the death of Mojżesz Goldceiger. no date. Death certificate for the above person. no date. Protocol regarding the deaths of Chaim Grünberg and Berta Linkier. no date. Death certificate for the above persons. no date. Protocol regarding Dasza Korzennik. no date. Death certificate for the above person. no date. Death certificate for the above person issued by the District Jewish Committee in Tarnów. no date. Protocol of the death of the Tisch and Erman families. no date. Death certificate for Kreswirth Taube, died 12 Sept 1943. Death certificates for Tisch and Erman family members. no date. Protocol and death certificate for persons listed in the Jewish records. no date Protocol regarding the deportation and loss of Zygmunt Trefel. no date. Protocol regarding the death of Roth family shot in the head. no date. Certificate of death for Roth family and intermittent protocols and death certificates. no date. Death certificates for Rebeka Fisch who died of natural causes, 17 Nov. 1917, and for Menashe Fish who was shot in the head on 12 Sept 1942.



39

293

295

297‐9‐30/303

515

516

521

523‐580

581

583‐731

733

737

739‐755

757

759

761

765

Protocols and death certificates of persons shot in the head. no date. Death certificate for Salomon Reinhold, from Tarnów, in Mauthausen, 16 Nov. 1966. Death certificate for Dawid Batist, from Tarnów, in Gross Rosen, 15 Apr 1945. Protocols and death certificates of persons from the name list (see preceding page) who were shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. Certificate of inheritance, issued 25 July 1945, for Izaak Lamet, whose sister and brother had died. no date. Death certificate for 4 Leist family members shot in the head. no date. Statement of Izaak Lamet that he is the only surviving claimant to the Wilk family inheritance. Death certificate for the Wilf family issued 15 Jan. 1945. Certificate identifying Izaak Lamet as the sole living inheritor of the Wilf family estate. no date Protocols and death certificates for people from the name list (see preceding page). no date. Jewish birth and death records, Part V, 1945 Protocols and death certificates issued by the Central Jewish Committee in Tarnów. no date. Certificate of the Central Jewish Committee of Tarnów that Janina Brillan is the sole survivor of Dr. Brilland and Karoline neè Krach. Protocols and death certificates of Izak family members shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no date. Death certificate of Herman Izak, died in Mauthausen on 28 Nov. 1944. Protocols and death certificates for people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. Death certificates for Brajndla Silberman, who died of natural causes, and for Debora Amada, who was shot in the head. no date.



40

777

769‐785

786‐805

807, 809

811

813

815‐887

889

891‐921

923

923b

967, 969, 971

973, 975

997

Protocols and death certificates for people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. Certificate of next‐of‐kin to the deceased Samuel and Mina Warenhaupt. no date. Cover page, "Jewish Records," Part VII Death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Protocols issued to Blanka Hollander: grandfather died of natural causes; Karolina Srora, grandmother, shot in the head; Bina, mother, died in Skarzysko camp, 2 Feb. 1943. no date. Death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Death certificate for Jerry Grzyb who perished in Otfinón. no date. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Certificate stating Mala Robhan is next‐of‐kin to Amalia Langer who perished, 1 Aug 1945. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Death certificate of Arnold Haber who died on natural causes in Tarnów on 12 May 1942. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Cover page, "Jewish Records," Part IX Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in 1942. no dates. Death certificates of Jósef Goldzahler who died in Mauthausen concentration camp on 15 Mar. 1945 and of Ewa Goldzamler who perished in Puck on 8 Apr 1945. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów. no dates.



41

1001‐1029

1031

1033‐1043

1045, 1047

1049‐1055

1057a

1057b, 1085

1087

1091‐1101

1103, 1105

1107

1109‐1117

1119

1121‐1145

1147

Acknowledgments that Mojer Sambor is the brother of Tobias Sambor and Feiga Rimer nèe Sambor is the wife of Herman Riemer and the daughter of Majer and Róza Sambor. 14 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate for 5 members of the Sambor family shot in the head on 18 Sept 1942. no date. Copies of protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów on 16 Aug 1945. no dates. Certificate attesting that there is no living relative to the fourth generation of Sará Bétheil with rights of inheritance. Protocols and death certificates for people shot in the head in Tarnów on 11 June 1942. 20 Aug 1945. Copy of death certificate of Mozes Haber who died of natural causes 21 Apr 1942 and his wife, Salomea née Fabian, who was shot in the head on 5 Nov. 1943. 20 Aug 1945. Protocol of death of the Haber family shot in the head 11 July 1942 in Tarnów, requested by Bronislawa Haber, 19 Aug 1945. Death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów. 19 Aug 1945. Death certificate of Haber family. 19 Aug 1945. Protocol of the death of Regina Herzko Ebenholz, shot in the dead 22 Dec, 1942, requested by Sara Ebenholz. 19 Aug 1945. Death certificate of Mechel Hilowicz, 17 May 1936, and Gelda Hilowicz, 5 Apr 1934, who died of natural causes. 19 Aug 1945. Death certificate of Jakób Katzner shot in the head in Pustków on 11 June 1942. 11 Aug 1945. Death certificate of Markus Faust shot in the head in Tarnów on 18 Mar. 1942. 11 Aug 1945. Death certificates of Faust family members who died in pre‐war years. Markus Faust is recognized as the legitimate son of Majer and Debora née Wasserzweib Faust. 19 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate of Maurycy Millet, 17 Apr 1942, and Zofia née Schinagel Millet, shot in the head 12 Sept 1942. 19 Aug 1945.



42

1149

1151

1157

1159

1163

1167

1171

1173

1177, 1179

1181‐1183

1185

1187, 1189

1891, 1893

1195‐1196

1197

Protocol and death certificate of Osios and Antonina Schmelkes shot in the head 14 Aug 1942 in Gorlice. no date. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in Gorlice 22 Feb. 1941. 19 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate of Roth family shot in the head 18 June 1942 in Tarnów. Protocol and death certificate of 8 members of Gewürz family shot in the head, 11 June 1942 in Tarnów. 20 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate for 2 members of Süss family shot in the head, 2 Sept 1945 in Tarnów. no date. Death certificate of Biberber family shot in the head 11 June 1945 in Tarnów. 3 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate of Sperber family shot in the head 8 Jan. 1943 in Tarnow, issued to Feiga Sperber. Death certificate of Sara Isler, dead of natural causes 11 June 1942. 4 Aug 1945. Protocol and death certificate of Gelb‐Isler family shot in the head 1 Sept 1943 in Tarnów, issued to Hermine Wild. no date. Protocols and death certificates of people shot in the head in Tarnów in June 1942. 10 Aug 1945. Death certificate of Cirla Abramowicz, dead of cancer on 4 Aug 1942. 19 July 1945. Protocols and death certificates of Tarnów Jews shot in the head in June 1942. 28 Aug 1945.



43

1203‐1209

1211

1213‐1215

1217‐1315

1317

1319‐1427

5

1421

1929

1431

1439

1443

1441

Continuation of protocols and death certificates of people killed by a shot to the head in Tarnów in 1942 The protocols list the person requesting the death certificate; the names of the dead family members; and at least two surviving eye witnesses. The death certificates list the names of the deceased; his or her date and place of birth; cause and date of death; and date of issuance. If family members were executed together, one death certificate was issued; otherwise, a death certificate was issued for each executed individual. All death certificates were issued by the Jewish Community, Tarnów office, in the presence of the Jewish Registrar's representative, Rabbi Lamet Majer, in July‐Aug 1945. Protocol listing 3 members of the Rinder family. no date. Protocol listing 10 members of the Katz family. no date. Death certificates for the Katz family. Protocol of the death of Chone and Hana Rosner, naming Jan Woznicki guardian of the minor, Estera Rosner. no date. Death certificate for Chone and Hana Rosner. 27 Aug 1945. Protocol for Estera Lederer, executed 12 Aug 1942. no date. Death certificate for Estera Lederer.



44

1445

1447

1449

1451

1453‐1455, 1457

1459

1461

1463

1465

1467

1469

73

75‐77

79

81‐83

85

89

1491b

Protocol for 2 members of Lederer family. no date. Death certificate for Mindla Lederer, who died of natural causes on 8 Sept 1942 in Tarnow. Death certificate for Kalman Lederer, who died of natural causes on 23 July 1942. Protocol and death certificate for Dina Gelb Majer, who died of natural causes. no date. Protocol for 3 executed members of Gelb family. no date. Death certificate for the above. Protocols for 2 members of the Linzberg family executed on 9 Sept 1942, and for 2 members of the Herz family executed on 17 Sept 1942. no dates. Death certificate for Herz family members. Death certificate for Linzenberg family members. Protocol and death certificate for 2 members of the Fider family executed on 17 Sept 1942. no dates. Protocol for Chaim Heiner, who died of natural causes in 30 May 1940, and for Rósia Heiner, who was executed on 20 Sept 1942. no date. Death certiticate for the above. Protocol for 4 members of the Hudes family executed on 20 Sept 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Protocol for 5 members of the Appel family executed on 22 Dec 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Jewish births and death records, Part XI Protocol for Heini Wolf, who died of natural causes on 11 May 1942. no date.



45

1493

1495

1497

1499

1501

1503

1505

1507

1509

1511

1513

1515

1517

1519

1521

1523

1525

1527

1529

Death certificate for the above. Protocol for 3 members of the Unger family executed on 11 Sept 1942. no date. Death certificate for above. Protocol for 6 members of the Gruber‐Roth family executed on 18 June 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Protocol for executed members of the Gruber family, 5 of whom were executed on 10 June 1942 and 2 of whom were executed on 16 Mar. 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Protocol for 5 members of the Sturm family executed on 18 June 1942. no date. Death certificate for Debora Sturm, executed on 18 June 1942. Death certificate for Eleanora Sturm. Protocol for Mates Sturm, who died of natural causes 21 Nov. 1928. no date. Death certificate for other executed members of the Sturm family. Death certificate for Balbina Sturm, who was executed. Death certificate for two members of the Krengel family executed on 18 Sep 1942. Death certificate for Mates Sturm. Protocol for 2 members of the Krengel family. no date. Protocol for 3 members of the Florenz family executed on 18 Sept 1942. no date. Death certificate for Helena (Nechyme) Weindling, executed on 18 Sept 1942. Death certificate for Liwsi (Lucia) Grayuser, executed on 18 Sept 1942.



46

1931

1533

1535

1537

1539

1541

1543

1545

1547

1549

1551

1553

1555

1557

1559, 1561

1563

1565

1567

1569

1571

Death certificate for Jakób Florenz, executed on 18 Sept 1942. Protocol for 3 members of Koss family executed on 11 June 1942. no date. Death certificate for Izaak Koss Eisig. Death certificate for Cesia Koss. Death certificate for Ides Kossowa. Death certificate for Gesla and Zelig Flink, executed 18 June 1942. Protocol for the above. no date. Death certificate for Benzion and Pepi Laufer, executed 16 Aug 1942. Protocol for the above. no date. Death certificate for Eliash Deutsch, executed 20 July 1942. Protocol for 4 members of the Deutsch‐Laufer family executed 20 July 1942. Death certificate for Sara and Noah Strom, executed 11 June 1942. Protocol for the above. no date. Protocol for members of the Wasserlauf family executed 11 June 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Death certificate for Benjamin Pencak, executed June 1942. Death certificate for Israeuer Pereíz, executed June 1942. Protocol for the above. no date. Death certificate for Rizia (Schongui?) Berger, executed 13 June 1942. Protocol for the above. no date. Death certificate for Feiwel Wilner, executed 20 June 1942. Death certificate for Symche Wilner.



47

1573

1575

1577

1579

1581

1583‐1587

1599

1601

1603

no file #

no file #

8‐11

Protocol for 2 members of the Wilner family. no date. Protocol for 4 members of the Moses‐Wertheimer families executed 17 June 1942. no date. Death certificate for the above. Death certificate for the Moses‐Wertheimer family. Geneology of Sosia Stein, née Blanez. Hanka and Dora Mosner survived. Death certificate for Chaim‐Izak Rosenbluth, executed 15 Sept 1942. Death certificate for Regina vel Rifka Rosenbluth, executed 15 Sept 1942. PPR PPS PSL SP SL SD 1945‐49 records [PPR=Polish Workers' Party; PPS=Polish Socialist Party; PSL=Polish Peasants' Party; SP=Labor Party; SL=Peasants' Party; SD=Democratic Party] "Financial management of the settlement," Nr. II, 12 1946. "Development of Building Grounds." 31‐page PPR booklet which includes information on party organization, financing, membership, punishment for breaking party rules, position on racism and nationalism, party attempts to create an intelligentsia, cooperation with the Soviet Union, etc. Transfer by Ministry of Agriculture of land title for 5 acres from the Liberation Committee to Jan Tornót Sadowicz, 6 Sept 1944. A third of the land taken for church property in Strusia. no date. Letter from PPR to Dr. Lubelski concerning the need for city‐village cooperation in making sure all medical personnel are party members, recognition that his working conditions are difficut, and the "rich" should not use the health services. no date. Report of medical teams: work schedule; 22% of peasants owning 1 hector use clinics, 48% of peasants owning 2‐3 hectors use clinics, and 1% of teachers use clinics; physicians will not treat free‐of‐charge; testing or being treated on Sunday is a sin; situation is now improving. no date. Polish Socialist Party (PPS) list of names of party officers, members'



48

13, 47

49

73

75

77

79

83

91

95

109

101

125

127

letters informing the Tarnów District authorities about meetings held to organize social events. Most names are not Jewish. no date. Polish Peasants' Party (SL) report on members and officers. The SL is obliged to report in writing to the District office (Communist) in Tarnów. no date. Outline of party's program. The party cells have to raise money for scholarships, etc. no date. Witos and Mikolajczyk disavow the Lublin (Communist) Peasant Party and call their party the PSL (Polish Peasants' Party). no date. List of names and reports for meetings. no date. Dissolution of the PLS. 7 Aug 1947. Stronnictwo Pracy[the SP], not the PPR, was organized 18 July 1945; letter to the Prime Minister, Osóbka‐Morawski; list of members. no date. The Wojewoda Ziótkowsk tells the District Chief to treat the SP as he would any other political party. 27 Sept 1945. The Ministry of Public Administration gives the SP permission to organize in Tarnów District. no date. Stronnictwo Pracy poster. Their leader, Popiel, is in Moscow; their hope for continuence. no date. Mailing addresses of members and party office. no date. The SP organizes Kościuszko Day. no date. SP report on meeting with sympathizers; political fight brewing between the PSL and SL; all these organizations have different opinions about free elections. no date. 129 The SP notifies the District authorities of the suspension of its activities as of 25 July 1946. SP correspondence regarding "ZRYW" Group; false anti‐propaganda; conditions in Poland, a Catholic country, are such that there is no climate for organizing a Christian movement within a party like the SP. 15 July 1946. The Democratic Party: on 12 Mar. 1947 the Tarnów membership



49

137‐157

159

173

181

189b

191b

199

203

no file #

205‐211

213‐231

233

237

was 30; correspondence about meetings. Correspondence regarding the organization of a SL party cell in Klikowe. no date. SL meeting report: some 200 peasants took part in the Tarnów meeting; names of officers; the peasants are called upon to support the SD. no date. Dossier #2, Political parties and legal political organizations, 1945‐1949 Formation of the Jewish Socialist Party "Bund" on Tarnów, 25 Oct 1945. Correspondence to and from state employees, organizations, etc. no date. List of professional and trade associations and names of officers. no date. Correspondence concerning dealings with organizations and associations. no date. Sample form for requests for temporary affidavits for persons who were on the German Volksliste or the so‐called Leistungs Pole list of Poles with Nordic attitudes. no date. Guidelines for control of associations, especially those that could be destructive to the state; for keeping secret information obtained during control activities. Tarnów. 19 Dec 1945. Guidelines for work cooperatives and trade associations. no date. Announcement by district authorities about party meetings and request for the presence of a representative from the political parties. 9 Oct 1945. Roster of 13 cases concerning political parties. Position 13 concerns request of the Jewish Poalej Syjon to organize. no date. Militia's request for roster of addresses and dates of establishment of political parties. 11 Feb. 1946. Register of 25 leading industrial firms and their heads. no date. Instructions about the organization of Polish boy scouts: no one over 16 years of age can be a member; scouts can be organized



50

239

241, 243

245

247

249

251

252‐258

259

261

265

275

269

271

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only within schools; problems with scouts not allied with schools such as the "DZIKI" scouts. 1946. Families of Polish UB (security police) are not to obtain bread rations from ordinary ration stores but from special cooperative stores established for that purpose. 15 Mar. 1946. Questions about the attitude to a certain decree: issue unresolved, being worked out, and the main thing is public safety. 22 Jan. 1946. Legalization of political parties. Reference to Polish Constitution of 1932. Political parties should not be required to register. no date. Public safety and the UB (security police). no date. Register of pending and settled socio‐political cases. no date. UB's guidelines on political party activities. no date. Real estate taxes dispensation for political parties. no date. Register of cases involving political parties and other organizations. 1948. Dossier #2: Political matters, 1949 Register of cases involving political organizations: Case #1 involves the United Jewish Workers' Party, "Poalej Sjon," 4 Apr 1949, its administrative organization; Case #3 involves the dissolution of the Jewish Democratic Zionists, ICHUD, 20 Apr 1949. Jewish political parties, the Bund, Poalej Sjon, Jehud, Hechaluc Pionier, 1945‐1949. Notification of the formation of the Jewish Socialist Party Bund in Tarnów with its central administration in Warsaw. Bleiweis Uscher is the chairman. no date. The District office wants proof that the Bund is ready to start functioning in the B. Michałowicz house. 25 Feb. 1946. List of Bund offices and date of reactivation of the Tarnów district office. no date. District office wants to know who holds the title to the Bund's house, "B. Michelowicia." The Bund want the house back. no date. Investigation into the Michalowicz house; it was treated as a



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deserted building and leased to a Wladyslav Labno. no date. Request for a police investigation into the above case. no date. More about Bund real estate. no date. Bund petition to the Starosta to return the building to the Jewish Commmittee. no date. Certificate of the Bund's realty possession. no date. Certificate relating to the legal activity of the Bund (Jewish Socialist Party). no date. Request that the Tarnów Bund fulfill the requirements for registration, in accordance with the instructions in the 1932 constitution. no date. The B. Michałowicz organization decides to become a registered association. no date. The District wants information about the Tarnów Bund, how long it has been active, etc. 11 May 1946. The addresses of the officers of the Tarnów Bund. 5 July 1946. Letter from the district manager to the Kraków Socio‐Political office regarding the officers and oepration of the Bund. 10 July 1946. The Bund changes its name from Polish Socialist Bund to General Jewish Organization. no date. Bund gives its new address to the Political Department: Goldhammer Street #5, 2nd Floor. no date. The Leftist Central Committee of the United Jewish Workers' Party (Poalej‐Sjon) authorizes Szuldenfraj, Lederer and Betribas to act on the party's behalf. 8 June 1946.] The Poalej‐Sjon, also located on Goldhammer Street, sends list of its officers. 23 June 1948. Notification of Poalej‐Sjon activities. no date. Address of local Poalej‐Sjon office at Szeisha[?] #5, effective 12 July 1946. Polej‐Sjon active as of 20 Dec 1946; names of officers. no date.



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The platform of the Poalej‐Sjon; they were promoting Arab‐Jewish cooperation. no date. Notification of administrative changes in the Tarnów office of the Poalej‐Sjon. 4 Apr 1949. Notification of the existence of ICHUD (Democratic Zionists Organization) and the name of its officers. 5 Aug 1946. ICHUD is asked to provide legal documentation of its status as an organization. no date. Information about the first general meeting and election of ICHUD officers. 20 Jan. 1947. Invitation to ICHUD's meeting on "The Jewish Question in the ONZ forum." ICHUD is dissolved as of 20 Apr 1949. Request for registration of "Hechaluc Pioneer in Poland" party. no date. Request of pre‐war Hechaluc organization to resume activity; names of officers in Warsaw and Lodz. no date. The Hechaluc Pioneer organization seeks to educate Jewish youth in the philosophy of Zionist socialism; it wants to include other pre‐war Polish Jewish youth organizations. no date. Permission to organize the Hechaluc Pioneer party. no date. Hechaluc authorizes Gertel Chaim to establish a center for Jewish youth in Tarnów. no date. The district office requests the list of officers and statement of the above organization's goals to be used in finalizing its establishment. no date. The Jewish Workers' Hechaluc Pioneers party has no local branch; its 14 members coordinate with the Poalej Sjon. 10 Dec 1947. The district wants a membership list and a report of activities of the above organization. 23 Apr 1948. The district demands an answer to above request by return post. 6 Jan. 1948.



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The Hechaluc Pioneer party was established in Oct 1947, has 15 members, is registered as one of the groups under the umbrella organization, Central Jewish Committee. They took part in the 18 May celebration. Internal Control and Surveillance Authorities Nationalities‐Political Department register of 8 cases and disposition concerning attitudes towards citizens of Jewish nationality for the Governor of Kraków. no date. Establishing by the police of the citizenship of the detained Anne Werszner. no date. Certificate of registration for A. Werszner. no date. Request for a temporary permit to stay in Tarnów and to receive relief money. 29 Mar. 1945. Request to establish the identity of the French petitioner. no date. Case of Emilia Król's illegal inclusion in the Volksliste. no date. Emilia Król's petition for rehabilitation. She was accused of being of German extraction and was now being taunted. no date. Request for rehabilitation of Dr. Chylak, a Ukrainian, whose family was persecuted by the Nazis and who was helping Poles. no date. Register of cases dealing with foreign nationals. no date. Marceli Koldun's statement about a Ukrainian and his Polish wife who did not report for repatriation to the Ukrainian SR. no date. The director of the Financial Department asks that Michal Redczuk, a Ukrainian who had become a citizen of Poland, be spared repatriation to the USSR. He is a good, helpful Pole, his son was a prisoner of war. No objection raised by the authorities; no repatriation to Soviet Ukraine. no date. List of 53 Ukrainians evacuated to the Ukraine from Tarnów and surrounding areas. no date. Antoni Pukielka's petition to be taken off the above list as he has a Polish wife. no date. Certification that an investigation has established that Pukielka is a



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good Pole and is to be exempted from evacuation. no date. Dr. Chylak, who has been removed from his hospital, petitions authorities to allow him to remain in Poland. no date. Testimony on behalf of Dr. Chylak. no date. Guidelines from the Provisional Lublin Government concerning voluntary repatriation adversely affecting the treatment of Polish citizens of Ukrainian nationality. Offenders are to be reported to the UB. 1 Mar. 1945. Testimony of Dr. Chylak. no date. District authorities state that it has nothing to do with the employment or dismissal of doctors for the hospital service. no date. Rehabilitation of Marianna Listewnik, who asked to be included on the Volksliste. no date. Public notice concerning the investigation of Marianna Listewnik's husband who terrorized Jews and Poles and was shot on a Tarnów street. no date. Negative response to Marianna Listewnik's petition. no date. Request to find and identity British citizens and graves of former British prisoners of war no later than 3 Dec 1945. no date. Negative testimony in the cast of Marianna Listewnik ‐ not only can she not be called a Pole, she should be punished. no date. Cover letters concerning the evacuation of Ukrainians to the Soviet Ukraine. no date. List of members (21) and officers (including their professions) of the Tarnów District Jewish Committee. no date. Cover letter for list of Volksdeutsche. no date. [no list] Józef Huniek and his wife are candidates for repatriation to the USRR. no date. Petition of Barbara Matyjaszcz, guardian of Andrzej Krzysztoforst whose father is suspected of being German, to make no difficulties for the child when he goes to high school. no date.



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No objection to Andrzej Krzysztoforst attending a Polish school. no date. Cover letter concerning Volksdeutsch list and Skwierzyna. no date. Rehabilitation of Izydors Tadeusz Strzelbicki. no date. Announcement of petition for rehabilitation of above; he is on the Volksdeutsch list; request to report wrongdoing to authorities. 7 Nov. 1945. Situation report from Tarnów Starosta to Kraków Wojewoda: the Polish population is hostile to the Soviet Union because of Soviet soldiers' criminal activities; supposedly other criminals, dressed in Soviet uniforms, are murdering and robbing Polish citizens. no date. Request for verification of Strzelbicki brothers' war activities. no date. Izydor Strzelbicki is a Polish traitor; he wore the German uniform and carried arms. The behavior of his son, a minor, is above reproach; he cannot be held responsible for his father's sins. The Volkslist was his father's doing. no date. The municipal committee of Tarnów has a negative opinion on the above case. 2 pages. no date. District office suggests that the Strzelbicki father should be held responsible for his activities during the occupation. no date. Negative opinions about the above mentioned person. no date. Register of 16 cases concerning nationalities. no date. Dymitr Krawczuk's request forwarded to higher authorities. 1 July 1946. Guidelines for the rehabilitation of Poles who had been forced to accept German citizenship during the war. no date. The Tarnów municipal authority explains why it is issuing "Polish citizen" certificates: for transplantation to the West and for work in Polish institutions. 3 Mar. 1946. "Certificates of Polishness" for rehabilitated Germans. 8 Mar. 1946. Request to stop giving above certificates.



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Change‐of‐name certificate for Mila Klapholz née Rosenblatt following her marriage. no date. The Apothecaries' Association requests information on the status of Mieczyslaw Krzysztoforski's rehabilitation case. no date. Inquiry concerning the wartime nationality of Elzbieta Poprawska, who was born in Germany. no date. Above mentioned person was on the "Deutschstämmig" list. no date. The Jewish Committee provides the Tarnów Starosta with a new list of its officers; Marek Kohn is the president. 18 June 1946. Request for the official date of the liberation of Tarnów from the Germans, in connection with school inspection and verification of activities during the occupation. no date. Polish Military Mission in Berlin needs information about Stanislaw Vogel. 5 Apr 1947. Polish Repatriation Mission in Berlin seeks confirmation of the repatriation of Vogel, who was evacuated in 1945. 9 Sept 1946. Correspondence relating to the Vogel case. no date. Opinion of the Tarnów Militia: Vogel was on the list of persons "of German stock," worked in a wholesale paper store formerly owned by Jews, and was hostile to Poles. no date. Confidential census, 26 Oct 1946: minorities in Tarnów: Germans 0, Jews 850; immediately following liberation: 4296 total ‐ Germans 4177; Jews 0. Request from Kraków for list of minorities. no date. Request of Stanislaw Gerard and family, born in Poland of German descent, for confirmation of citizenship status. Disputes his designation as mentally ill. no date. Tuchów municipal administration confirms that Stanislaw Gerard is in a hospital for the mentally sick; no information about his family. 2 Dec 1946. List of Soviet citizens in Tarnów. no date. Confidential official inquiry as to the number of Soviet citizens in



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Tarnów and Tuchów (Ukrainians, demobilized Red Army soldiers, etc.). 1946. List of villages reporting Ukrainian populations, or lack thereof. no date. List of 13 villages reporting Ukrainian populations. no date. Correspondence concerning the return to the Soviet Union of forcibly evacuated Ukrainian families. 8 Feb. 1946. Plesna authorities explain that Jan Haborski is Polish and [name illegible] did not report for repatriation. Register of Ukrainians taken for forced labor in Germany who are now residing in Plesna/Tarnów. no date. Wasil Siemionow's statement that he is married to a Pole. no date. Czwan Prakseda, repatriated to Poland from forced labor in Germany, reports loss of documents. no date. Wala Kubir, a Ukrainian, was married to a Pole in Szczepanowiec. no date. Maria Iwasko's declaration of Polish nationality. no date. Zofia Ausianska has lost documents. She is half‐Ukrainian; her mother's side of the family wants to go west with the Polish side of the family. 13 Mar. 1946. Message from Ryglice regarding two Ukrainian nationals, Aleksander Malczyn, who returned from a labor camp in Germany, and Dymitr Krawczuk, who served in the Polish Army and was a prisoner of war. no date. There is one Ukrainian national in Gromnik. no date. Iwan Jelduchin and Dymitr Jaszczynski are not listed as Tarnów residents. 5 Aug 1946. List of 76 Ukrainian nationals and 3 Soviet nationals. no date. Fourteen Ukrainians are to report for repatriation to the Soviet Union. 3 pages. no date. Form letters sent to citizens of the Soviet Union telling them to report to Kraków for repatriation. no date.



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Transfer from Tarnów of Dymitr, Nina, Katarzyna, and Tamara Jacszczynski and of Iwan Jedluchin. no date. Partial listing of Ukrainians living in the Tarnów district. no date. Lidia Piotrowski application for Polish citizenship and request for exemption from repatriation to the Soviet Union. 3 Aug 1946. Aleksandra Tkaczuk went to Winnica in the Ukrainian SSR in 1945. 3 Aug 1946. Request for Aleksandra Tkaczuk to report for repatriation. no date. Request for Nina Olejnik to report for repatriation. no date. From Guminsko, request for Anna Czychyim and Wera Guberug to report for repatriation. no date. Official correspondence regarding the procedure for changing citizenship from Polish to Soviet. no date. Urgent letter from Kraków Repatriation Office to send 8 Ukrainians for registration. no date. Statement from Tuchów office that there are no Ukrainians Red Army soldiers in the town. no date. Statement to the same effect from Moscice office. no date. Statement to the same effect from Klikowa office. no date. Statement to the same effect from Wierzchaslowice office. no date. Statement to the same effect from Tuchów office. no date. No Ukrainians in Lisia Góra. no date. Correspondence with Cieżkowice village administration about Ukrainian members. no date. The Citizens' Militia reports that there is no forced repatiation to the Soviet Union. 16 May 1946. List of Ukrainians who are Soviet citizens; no information about their service in the Red Army. 27 Feb. 1946. Wierzchoslawice reports one 74‐year old Ukrainian resident, Wlodzimie Jarosz. no date.



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Correspondence about Aleksandr Tkaczuk, who left no forwarding address, and Nina Olejnik, who married a Pole. no date. Register of cases ‐ nationalities. 2 pages. no date. 100 Ukrainian families from Tarnów are asked to report for verification of their nationality. 25 Feb. 1947. Confidential correspondence about Ukrainians, Soviets, etc. in Polish territories illegally. They should be repatriated. List of 8 people exempted from this order. no date. List of and correspondence regarding people from 11 counties summoned to appear for citizenship verification. 27 Feb. 1947. Request for reservation of room (and heat) for the commission to ascertain Ukrainian citizenship. no date. Summons for 32 Ukrainians from Tarnów. Plesna Ukrainians moved out. 3 Mar. 1947. List of 159 Ukrainians in Tarnów as of 5 Mar. 1947. 3 pages. Report of commission to ascertain Ukrainian citizenship ‐ 68 persons who declared their Ukrainian citizenship during the occupation are accused of renouncement of Polish citizenship during wartime; 4 people who came from the USSR after 17 Sept 1939 will have to leave; 57 people have already left either for the USSR or for an unknown destination; 8 persons married Polish citizens and thereby acquired Polish citizenship. no date. Cover letter sent to 65 persons who renounced their Polish citizenship during the war and received special ID's with a "U" for Ukrainian citizenship. Only 58 names are listed. no date. List of 11 people who did not report to the verification committee. no date. Handwritten list of "candidates for persecution," some of whom are already in government if they were employed by the Gestapo. Request to cooperate with an officer of the Red Army who will come for Katarzyna Tirpiczenko and Maria Iwaszko and the Militia escort who will take them to the Repatriation Station in Kraków. no date. Indictments of and correspondence relating to aforementioned Polish citizens listed on 325 who changed their nationality to



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Ukrainian in order to receive favorable treatment from the Nazis. 25 July 1947. Correspondence relating to Jan Haburski who was arbitrarily put on the Ukrainian list because he came to Plesna during the war. He has no document verifying his Polish citizenship. no date. Correspondence relating to and list of Ukrainian nationals on which Jan Haburski was placed. no date. Haburski was not indicted. no date. Further indictments of people listed on 325. List compiled by the Militia of 80 Ukrainian nationals. no date. List of 87 Ukrainains and 3 Soviets. no date. List, in Cyrillic, of 376 names. 12 July 1945. Correspondence concerning Łucja (Malec) Starzyko, an Ukrainian. no date. Public announcement regarding voting ‐ elligible voters at a certain address must vote on a certain day and at a certain time. no date. Petition of Maria Brozek, a Pole released from prison where she had served time for changing her citizenship to German during the war, for a certificate verifying her father was a Polish citizen. no date. Certificate requested by the above mentioned person. no date. Correspondence regarding request of Stefania Spirik, who renounced her Polish citizenship during the war, for an opinion about her comportment visa. no date. Stefania Spirik behaved disgracefully towards Poles during the German occupation. Nothing is known about her underground activities. no date. Correspondence regarding Leopold Gillman's affidavit of nationality and conduct; a certain Blachnio has positive comments. no date. Case of Alojzy Belza, a German prisoner of war in an English camp. no date. The Kraków Political Department asks for a list of Polish emigrants



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returning from Germany. 23 Aug 1947. Announcement and correspondence concerning the formation of a department to help returning emigrants from Germany. no date. Authorization for NYTKO and ZIOBRO to sell tickets for a soccer game benefiting the rebuilding of Warsaw. Request for report of repatriants from Germany. 27 Aug 1947. Many negative reports. Lists from Lisia Góra, Plesnia, Klikowe. Guminska, Koszyce Wielkie, Lekawica, Nowodworze, Pogórska Wola, Porebaradlana, Radlna, Rzłozin, Skrzyszów, Tarnowiec, Wola Rzedzinska, Zglabice, Zbylitowska Góra, Zawada, Uŧzkowice, Ryglice, and Gromniki. 10 Sept 1947. Two lists of 66 Ukrainians or Soviets who have left Tarnów District. no date. Summons issued to Ukrainians to appear before the commission to ascertain Ukrainian citizenship and correspondence. 1947. Register of 5 cases, dossier VII ‐ minorities. Request for names of German children due for repatriation; no list. no date. Cover letter to the Jehovah's Witnesses' announcement of a religious meeting. 4 Mar. 1948. Petition from Maria Zdorenko for non‐repatriation. no date. Certificate issued granting above petition. no date. Request from Henri Leautier, French Consul for Kraków, Rzeszów and Kielce districts, for the cooperation of all public offices. 1948. Same request as above from Alexandro Orfila, Argentine Consul. 28 Aug 1948. Cover letter about Germany children to be repatriated via the transit point in Globczyce on 9 Nov. 1948. Instruction concerning the organizing of transports of orphaned German children. 19 Jan. 1948. Negative answer to the previous request from Tarnów. no date.



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Notice of the liquidation of the assets of the Sokól (Polish Falcons) associates. May 1948. Correspondence from N. Blumental, of the Jewish Historical Society, requesting the Jewish population of Tarnów District from 1937‐1939, the number of Jews on the day of deportation, the date and number of Jews deported, and the number of Jews presently living in Tarnów District. Information wanted for historical research purposes. 15 Nov. 1948. Report in reply to 593 issued by the Jewish District Committee: during the period 1937‐1939, 35,000 Jews lived in the district; there were 4 deportations in 1942 ‐ the first involved 12,000 Jews, the second involved 8,000, the third involved 4,000, and the fourth involved 11,000; 364 Jews now live in the district. 28 Nov. 1948. Register of 26 cases involving minorities, 1949. 3 pages. no date. Foreigners have to contact local militia officers regarding notations on their passports. no date. Efforts to repatriate Soviet citizens have not been very successful. All authorities are requested to gather information about Soviet citizens who have stayed on in Poland. 21 Mar. 1949. Instructions on the deportation of Soviet women married to Poles; they have to receive a release from Soviet citizenship. Instruction to the Militia concerning the forced repatriation of Soviet citizens. no date. Confidential correspondence about Soviet citizens, mostly women married to Poles, still residing in the area. 28 Jun 1949. no file # Correspondence regarding USSR citizens living in Tarnów District who in 1949 submitted requests for revocation of Soviet citizenship. List of 7 names. Announcement of new telegraph office in the district. no date. Request for permission to register Janik Wasyla in Gumnisk. no date. Statements about nationality, etc. no date. Janik Wasyla requested to report; fined 5,000 zlotys. no date. Registration case involving Alexandr Kindrat. no date.



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Instruction about reporting residents whose citizenship has not yet been established. 4 July 1949. Reports for individual localities regarding Volksdeutsch and non‐established citizenship as well as Germans and Poles in jail for changing their citizenship during the war. no date. The search for Czech graves in Polish territory. July 1949. Negative responses. no date. Reports concerning Soviet women married to Poles and their children before marriage. 16 Aug 1949. Correspondence relating to the above report. no date. Lists of children of married Ukrainian women. no date. Investigation of Dr. Moriz Bauer, suspected of having taken over Polish and Jewish businesses. no date. The office of Honore Jacques, French Consul in Kraków, is open for business. 23 Aug 1949. The Soviet Consulate in Kraków is accepting renouncement‐of‐citizenship petitions presented by Soviet women married to Poles. List (two copies, one handwritten) indicating no women are requesting permission to renounce their Soviet citizenship. no date. Above women are to be delivered by the Militia for interrogation. no date. Request that local Poles report Germans still in the area. 30 Sept 1949. Correspondence related to the above. no date. List of Soviet citizens, formerly slave laborers in Germany and Poland, whose relatives are looking for them. no date. Correspondence relating to and lists of Soviet citizens in the Tarnów District; statements of women married to Poles. no date. Register of cases ‐ Dossier VII There are 10 Jewish citizens. no date.



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Creation of a branch of the Jewish Historical Society in Tarnów. no date. Roster of officials of the provisional Jewish Aid Association. Chaim Schiller is president. no date. List of 232 names, with birth dates and addresses, of Jewish residents of Tarnów as of 26 Feb. 1945. Request of the Jewish Committee to organize Jewish religious life in Tarnów. no date. List of 16 members of the Jewish Religious Association. no date. Permission for the Jewish Religious Association to perform religious functions. 21 Apr 1945. List of 3 typewriters. no date. Approval of the Jewish Religious Association's administration. no date. List of 2 typewriters. no date. List of Jews living on the Tarnów District. no date. The Jewish Committee starts a new register of Tarnów District Jews; old registers are destroyed; Berta Jassy is the new registrar. no date. Jewish Committee appeal for the return of all books written in Hebrew and request for the Militia's help. no date. Affirmation of the validity of the Jewish Committee. 28 May 1945. Circular sent to all local administrations: Dr, David Kahan, Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army, is the representative of all Jewish religious activities. 22 May 1945. Request for and guidelines for the investigation of death certificates issued by the Jewish Religious Registrar's office in cases of inheritance; "manipulation" of death registry to avoid takeovers of property of married couples. no date. Correspondence relating to the Tarnów Jewish Registrar's office; Majer Lamet is the registrar; copies of death certificates issued on the strength of sworn statements of witnesses and signed by Majer Lamet; suspicion of fraudulent death certificates; Majer Lamet did



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not know what he was doing. 22 Sept 1945. Race for the office of Jewish Registrar. no date. Price for copies of death certificates. 01 Oct 1945. Applications for the office of Jewish Registrar. no date. Request by the UB (Polish Security Police) for detailed information on all non‐Christian denominations. no date. Marek Kohn is the new Jewish Registrar. no date. Request by Majer Lamet for office space for the Jewish Registrar and for other religious and cultural associations. no date. The house at #3 Goldhamer Street is the seat of Jewish activities; complaint that someone want to take the house away and is making the performance of religious duties difficult; soldiers are making trouble. 2 pages. no date. Protocols of difficulties inflicted on Jews (anti‐Semitic remarks, soldiers disturbing services, etc.). no date. Document issued by the Polish Liberation Front in Lublin in 1949 prohibitng abuse of Jewish prayer houses by Polish and Soviet soldiers. Starosta Andrzej Grzybowski refuses to give the regional military quartermaster's office permission to appropriate the house at #3 Goldhamer Street and thus disturb Jewish religious life. no date. Correspondence relating to the requisition of the above house by the Army. no date. Starosta Grzybowski appeals to Kraków on behalf of the Jewish Committee. no date. Correspondence relating to complaints of citizens whose furniture was arbitrarily confiscated by Polish soldiers stationed in Tarnów. no date. Further correspondence relating to buildings confiscated by Polish soldiers and restored to the Jewish Religious Association. no date. Correspondence relating to Jewish homes in liberated Poland; decisions by the Housing Commission are unfavorable to the Jewsish population. no date.



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Register of cases involving religious demoninations (Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics). no date. Militia reports on anti‐state activities of religious leaders. no date. Report on the Jewish Committee, its members, functions, concerts, lack of funds for the housing of orphans, etc.. 1228 registered observant Jews; 722 registered in Tarnów. no date. Request to restore the Jehovah's Witness Association, active in Tarnów since 1913. no date. Representation of Władyslaw Domijan. no date. List of parochial church fairs held on patron saint days. no date. Tarnów's Starost approves the officers of the Jewish Congregation. no date. Jósef Rybusiewicz is confirmed as the liaison in cases involving the productiveness of the Jewish population. 6 Nov. 1946. Appeal of the Jewish Committee to remove 2 Jewish girls, Zofia and Czesława Hubel, from the cloister where they had been hidden and baptized during the war. The Committee wants to place the children in the Jewish orphanage. 19 Dec 1946. Announcement of a meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses. no date. Request for a conference room. no date. Announcement of Jehovah's Witnesses' religious activities. no date. Telegram from the Tarnów JEHUD (Zionist Democrats) to the Polish Government regarding promotion by the United Nations of the case for a Jewish homeland. May 1947. Report of the Jewish Committee on its position on issues of emigration and immigration, repatriation, and antisemitic activities by terrorists; and its religious, political, social, and cultural activities. no date. Correspondence relating to Joanna Litwor becoming a Jehovah's Witness. 21 Apr 1947. Correspondence, certificates, etc. relating to application of Henryka Mozdzirz, Jósef Moździerz, and Stanislaw Mozdzierz to change their



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religious affiliation from Roman Catholic to Jehovah's Witness. no date. Same as above for Franciszka Kukulka Ksawera, Marian Eugeniusz Moźdierz, Kazimierz Szarkowicz, and Wanda Szarkowicz. In some cases the Roman Catholic parishes notify the Starost offie that they are unable to provide a requested birth certificate because a person is not on their registers. no date. Franciszka Boziowa request to be removed from Methodist membership list. no date. Tadeusz Doder changes his religious affiliation from Roman Catholic to Jehovah's Witness. no date. Doder certification of the above has been lost and he requests another. no date. Katarzyina Zielinska is requested to appear in the District Office in connection with her change of religous affiliation. There is a 500 zloty fine if she does not appear. no date. Ludwika Leśniak and Stefania Rostecka change their religious affiliation from Methodist to Roman Catholic. no date. Stefania Wawdzykowska changes her religous affiliation from Roman Catholic to Methodist. no date. Benedy and Krystyne Juszkiewa, Stanislow Jan Dziadkiewicz, and Antoni Siadecki change their religious affiliation to Jehovah's Witness. no date. Report of Jehovah's Witness Congregation on meetings, religious functions, etc. no date. Accusation of land takeover by a farmer and members of the parish clergy of ground belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses. no date. Correspondence and report relating to Jehovah's Witness meeting and lecture on "The Reign of Peace." no date. The UB (Polish Security Police) bought a book entitled Truth Shall Free You; request for information on the legality of literature distribution by Jehovah's Witnesses. no date. The Censor's office approves the Jehovah's Witness meeting and some distribution of literature, provided the authorities permit it. no date.



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Copy of Jehovah's Witness publication, Joy and Peace to People of Goodwill. no date. Jehovah's Witness pamphlets. 27 pages. no date. Copy of program for Jehovah's Witness meeting and lecture on "The Reign of Peace." 12 Mar. 1949. Report of and correspondence relating to illegal Roman Catholic religious services in the school in Niedomice. 31 Jan. 1949. Copies of posters describing the proper relationship between church and state. no date. Banners of the Vatican, a state without diplomatic relations with Poland, are not allowed in Catholic religious ceremonies and observances. Use of them carries a 50,000 zloty fine. no date. Religious leaders have no right or duty to visit schools, hospitals, or hospices. no date. Report from political and social leaders concerning the Vatican resolution. 4 pages. no date.



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407

413b

416

416b

435b‐461

no file #

467ff

473‐477

483

487

491

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6 no file # Correspondence concerning religious matters, marriage

certificates, and samples of the marriage protocol. 5 pages. no date.

9b Instructions on the investigation and validation of vital

statistics records lost during the war. 8 pages. no date. 21 Permission granted to the Jewish community to reactivate

records. 21 Apr 1945. 25 Guidelines for handling marriage and birth registrations and

document validation of persons who used aliases during the German occupation. 2 pages. no date.

27 Circular concerning Jewish assets which are to be given to

Jewish charities, cultural institutions, etc., and buildings formerly the property of the Jewish community which are to be returned to them. 3 pages. 4 Apr 1945.

29 Guidelines for dealing with Protestant Evangelical churches in

Poland. no date. 31 Guidelines for dealing with Catholic churches in Poland. 15

June 1945. 35‐53 Correspondence relating to Krystyna Słowik second marriage.

20 Apr 1945. 55 Marriage annulment of Michal Baran and Stanislaowa Pieta. 4

July 1945. Vital statistics records of religious sects, 1945 61 Announcement of Baptist service, W. Pospieszyl, preacher. no

date. 69b Circular of instructions on affairs of public safety, 1945. 71 Lists of nationality distribution in localities within the Tarnów

district. There are no Jews in the smaller localities. no date. 127 Correspondence concerning the lateness in reporting Jews. no

date. 128‐131 Correspondence concerning the issuing of permission to leave

the Kraków area. 9 Feb. 1945.



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133 Correspondence concerning permission to present entertainment programs and designation of the cultural propaganda authorities as approval agent. 4 Apr 1945.

135 Correspondence and population lists relating to villages and

communities in the Tarnów district. 3 pages. 28 May 1945. 141‐161 Correspondence relating to problems in dealing with

rehousing of displaced persons, 16‐30 July 1945. 163 Correspondence relating to rebuilding of churches. 9 Apr

1945. 167 Protection of Soviet aircraft making emergency landings in

western Poland. no date. 169 Disposition of cases of public order. 4 pages. no date. 178 Correspondence concerning the forcible removal of a railroad

employee from his newly assigned room. 2 Feb. 1945. 181 Money exchange matter. 8 Feb. 1945. 183 Petition to free a pharmacy from War Office control. Feb.

1945. 189 Petitions, correspondence, and guidelines for room

allocations. 14 Feb. 1945. 191 Complaints by village authorities about Soviet soldiers using

mines to kill fish. no date. 195 Correspondence about room allocation and guidelines of the

Housing Commission. Feb. 1945. 197 Correspondence about Soviet soldiers. no date. 197ff Petition for a demonstration by a butcher. 5 Apr 1945. 207 Correspondence concerning requisitions of horses by the

militia. no date. 221 Correspondence concerning suspicion that list of money

exchanges is fraudulent. 12 Apr 1945. 225 Missing typewriters. no date.



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227 Petition and correspondence concerning Soviet requisition of a sanitarium. 13 Apr 1945.

233 Correspondence about a transport bus for Kraków. no date. 239 Correspondence about mass grave site in Skrzyszów. 16 May

1945. 1‐7 Roster of and correspondence about penal‐administration

cases. Destruction of military defensive installations in the river embankment to be left to specialists, Feb. 1945.

9 Fraud in the distribution of ration cards. 17 July 1945. no file # Correspondence on fines for damage to fields and woods. 17

Sept 1945. no file # Correspondence on problems of river transportation. no date. 17 Guidelines for establishing public secular registrar office in the

district. 1946, 35 Instructions on the administration of laws in villages and

communities. 15 Feb. 1946. 53 Instructions on the delivery of meat to the state. 55 Militia is forbidden to stop and search Orbis (state travel

agency) busses. 18 May 1946. 59 Guidelines for confiscation and seizure. no date. 67 Instruction on fighting usury; sale of milk. 24 Sept 1946. 69 Correspondence and guidelines for the collecting of money by

local administrations. no date. 73 Correpondence about and list of fines for misdemeanors

involving sanitation, weapons, alcohol, etc. 30 Sep 1947. 85 List of cases not processed. 9 pages. 28 May 1948. 95 Correspondence about and warning to the militia about the

increase in alcoholism and criminal behavior in the district. 23 Jul 1948.

97 Illegal meat export in the district. no date.



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99 Low‐grade flour and baked goods. 16 Nov. 1948. 101 Creation of an Office of Culture and and an Office of Fine Arts.

27 Dec 1948. 107 Organization and responsibilities of penal administration

offices. no date. 115‐133 Correspondence on the responsibilities of department chiefs

within the Division of Works. no date. 133 Department chiefs are to speed up execution of punishments.

30 Dec 1949. 135 Correspondence on administrative law cases, departmental

organization, and employee registration. no date. 147 The law administration court gets a green cloth for its table. 7

Mar. 1945. 149 List of 15 people accused of offenses; correspondence about

fines, punishments, etc.; protocol forms; report on the law administration department indicating 65 people have been punished.

179 List of offenders and their cases. 24 Mar. 1945. 185‐211 Correspondence about documents, summons, and citations

relating to persons who have broken administrative rules and regulations. 25 Apr 1945.

213 15,000 workers have not yet been paid by the Tarnów City

administration. 28 Apr 1945. 217 Warning to reluctant taxpayers. 29 May 1945. 221 45 denouncements and 13 decisions have been made; rest

are in progress. 11 June 1945. no file # Delivery of summons. no date. 245 Report of administrative cases ‐ in 1946 there were 36

judgments not executed; in 1947 3599 cases were registered, 2846 were executed; as of Aug 1948 855 cases have been registered, 495 have been executed. 2 pages. no date.

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255 Reports, plans, and instructions for 1949. Tarnów District, 1941, Municipal Administration (in German) Correspondence of the Jewish Trade Guild with the German

occupation authorities no file # Petition to German authorities to restore Samuel Kamm's

barber shop to him. Mar. 1941. no file # Request from Kraków to Tarnów for ID's for displaced Jewish

tradesmen. 17 Mar. 1941. no file # Jewish Tradesmen Association's request for timber allocation;

denial of request. 4 June 1941. no file # Warning from Jewish Butchers Association regarding overdue

payment of dues. Two of the persons owing dues have been arrested. 19 Mar. 1941.

9 The Jewish Tradesmen Association requests for Menasche Sannon as a

messenger and that their association represent localities outside the city of Tarnów. no date.

11 David Benenstock's request for permission to open a business

as optician and engraver. 30 Mar. 1941. 13 The Tarnów Department of Trade sends the Jewish Trade

Association a list of non‐Jewish barbers. 7 Apr 1941. 15 List of 20 barbers and hairdressers in Tarnów and of 11 in

neighboring localities. no date. 17 List of Christians formerly apprenticed in Jewish barbershops.

20 Apr 1941. 19 Israel Grónspani, a barber, has not paid his dues and is to

report to the German Trade Department of Tarnów. 11 Apr 1945.

21 List of 21 Jewish barbers, hairdressers and apprentices in the

Tarnów district. 4 pages. 17 Apr 1941. 27 Request for the names of Jewish tradesmen who did not join

the guild and of those who have. 19 Apr 1941. 29 List of 28 Jewish tradesmen who have not joined the

Collective Trade Guild. no date.



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31 Request for travel permit for Israel Osterweil. 28 Apr 1941. 33 Berl Pfennig's request for travel permit to a meeting in

Kraków. 13 May 1941. 35 List of persons who joined the Jewish Collective Tradesmen

Guild. 15 May 1945. 37 Request for clothing and shoe rations for 6 employees of

aforementioned guild. 11 June 1941. 39 Request for alcohol for barbers and hairdressers (47 stores

and 91 employees). 11 June 1941. 41 Request for room allocations for Israel Osterweil, Naftali Haut,

and Berl Pfennig. 19 June 1941. 43 The Jewish bakers' association wants to receive the same

provisions of flour and other ingredients for breadmaking as received in Kraków. 30 June 1941.

45 Hatmakers request production materials. 1 July 1941. 47 Request for permission to open another soup kitchen in

Tarnów as the existing nes are overcrowded. 7 July 1941. 49 Renewed request for clothing and shoes for 6 office workers

at the Jewish Trade Guild. 3 July 1941. 51 List of 9 Jewish clothing stores to be liquidated and given to

trustees. Request to let the stores remain in the tailoring business. 25 June 1941.

53 Dawid Spodek, a shoemaker, requests a travel permit to

Kraków. 13 July 1941. 55 Israel Osterweil's request that the Guild obtain for him a

travel permit at a lower fee rate from the Germans. 14 July 1941.

57 Renewed request for travel permit for Naftali Haut. 30 June

1941. 59 Berl Pfennig's travel permit for a meeting in Kraków. 22 July

1941. 61 Chiel Pfeffer's request for an ID left behind when his business

was liquidated. 24 July 1941.



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63 Request to assign larger rooms to tradesmen when they are

resettled. 08 Aug 1941. 65 Requests by Israel Osterweil and Naftali Haut for permission

to be on the streets after 8 PM. 7 Aug 1941. 67 Naftali Haut's request to renew his train travel permit. 69 Plea to exempt 6 Guild Association office workers from

resettlement. 8 Aug 1941. 71 Plea for permission for 5 people to be on the streets after

curfew. 11 Aug 1941. 73 Moses Dawid Neuman's request to travel frequently to

Kraków. 14 Aug 1941. 75 Coal request from the craftmen's guild. 14 Aug 1941. 77 Request of Abraham Goldman, manager of the Guild branch

in Dabrówa, for permission to travel between Szczucin and Tarnów. 18 Aug 1941.

79 Request for extension of travel permit for Dawid Spodek, a

buyer of shoemaking supplies for German production in Kraków. no date.

81 Request by the Guild for an additional room, now occupied by

Helena Scharf. 28 Aug 1941. 83 Travel and Kraków residence permits for Israel Osterweil and

his assistant, Naftali Haut. 30 Aug 1941. 85 The District Commissioner's certificate of travel permission for

the above, needed for resident permits. 19 Aug 1941. 87 Request for train travel permit for the Guild secretary, Perl

Pfennig, and for an exemption from payment for the permit. 5 Sept 1941.

89 Second request for a telephone in the Guild office. 9 Sept

1941. 91 Request for confirmation of a tailoring price list already

confirmed by the Kraków authorities. 12 Sept 1941.



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93 Request from the Jewish Chamber of Commerce for a duty‐free 3‐month travel permit between Tarnów and Kraków for Naftali Haut. 16 Sept 1941.

95 Request for extension of above travel permit. 16 Sept 1941. 97 The Judenrat wants the District Commissioner to assign to the

Guild the location presently assigned to Szymon‐Zimmermann, a watchmaker from Kraków who does not use it, so that the Guild can assign the location to Pflanzer, a Tarnów watchmaker. 2 pages. 19 Sept 1941.

99 Request of the Association in Brodzinskstrasse for firewood

and coal. 25 Sept 1941. 101 Request for coal for metalworkers in 3 locations. 25 Sept

1941. 103 Request of Abraham Goldman, a member of the Jewish

Committee in Dobrówa, for a travel permit covering Szczucin, Zabno and Tarnów. 4 Oct 1941.

105 Request for extension of and fee exemption for above travel

permit. 2 Oct 1941. 107 Request of The Jewish Trade and Craftsmen Association for

extensions on unspecified documents for Guild members. 8 Oct 1941.

109 Request from Rusinowski, butcher for the German Army, for

allocations of offal and meat scraps for the 68 members of the butchers' association who have no means of livelihood. 10 Oct 1941.

111 Same as above. 113 Leib Schindel, who lost his bakery and is now working

elsewhere, needs enough flour to feed 3 families. 12 Oct 1941.

115 Jewish Guild requests some 30 kilos of potatoes for their 800

Tarnów members, 94 Dabrówa members, 80 Brzesko members and 24 Tuchów members. 15 Oct 1941.

117 According to German authorities there are no potatoes for

the 998 members. 14 Nov. 1941. 115 repeated



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119 Request for 3‐month travel permit for Israel Osterweil. 17 Oct

1941. 121 Request to the housing authorities from Samuel Osterweil, a

tailor who is about to lose his shop in which he works for the trustee, Laue, and where 6 other people live. 2 pages. 22 Oct 1941.

123 Request for a 3‐month extension on Naftali Haut's travel

permit. 24 Oct 1941. 125 Request that the Jewish Guild not allow Dora, widow of Josef

Owida, to assume management of the barber and hairdressing business after the present manager, Abraham Warowicz, steps down. 30 Oct 1941.

127 Abraham Warowicz asks the Jewish Guild to relieve him of the

responsibility of caring for the widow Owida's hairdressing business. 30 Oct 1941.

129 Request by the Guild for 6 towels and 6 washcloths. 3 Nov.

1941. 131 The German District Commander returns the approved

telephone request of the Jewish Guild. no date. 133 The Jewish Guild forwards the above request to the director

of the Tarnów Post Office for action. 6 Nov. 1941. 135 Estera Bluttner's Tarnów butcher shop cannot sell Jews meat

which has been allocated to them because Jews cannot enter the part of town where the shop is located. She requests permission to relocate her shop. 7 Nov. 1941.

137 List of guild members and tradeunion foremen, with request

for passes for them because they have to cross streets which are off‐limits to Jews. 2 pages. 11 Nov. 1941.

139 Request for purchase order for 3 more pairs of shoes for Guild

officials; acknowledgment of purchase order for 5 pairs. 12 Nov. 1941.

141 Request for travel permit for Peretz Schneider. 11 Nov. 1941. 143 Jakob Machlowicz, of Tarnów, requests increase of gas

allocation for his household as he has no coal; request verified by the Guild. 18 Nov. 1941.



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145 Chaim Kempler, Rzędzin baker, requests firewood allocation;

he kets 1700 kilos of flower per month. 20 Nov. 1941. 147 Request to stop the expulsion from his home of Jakob

Machlowicz, a Guild functionary. 25 Nov. 1941. no page # Renewed request to remove Helena Scharf from her room so

that the Guild can use the room for office space. 26 Nov. 1941.

151 Request for 40 aprons and 40 pairs of galoshes for butchers

who work in the city‐owned slaughter house which caters to the Germans. 11 Nov. 1841.

153 Request of Ester Tauber, hairdresser, that the Housing Office

save her from expulsion from her plce of business. 27 Nov. 1941.

155 The Jewish Guild requests that the gas meter for the room

previously occupied by Helene Scharf be in her name as she was evicted. 2 Dec 1941.

157 Request for Tarnów‐Kraków round‐trip travel permits for

Naftali Haut and Perl Pfennig, to be used for bringing in supplies. 12 Dec 1941.

159 Request for a 1‐week extension on the above travel permits

because the Kraków suppliers are out of stock and another trip will be necessary. 22 Dec 1941.

The Polish District Welfare Council, 1940‐1941 1B Proclamation of the establishment of the above Council; all

wage earners are required to contribute monthly; outline of system for collecting contributions. no date.

3 The Polish Red Cross asks the local administration to pay for

medicine for indigent patients. no date. 5 The Council and Red Cross will help indigent Poles evicted

from territories annexed by Germany. 2 Sept 1940. 7 Dabrowa administration has no money to contribute to Polish

Red Cross. 14 Sep 1940. 9 Polish Red Cross will assist moneyed evictees, but the town

administration will pay for their medicine. no date.



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11 Radogoszcz is not financially able to care for indigent

population; poorer counties ask district authorities for financial help. no date.

13 Report and proposal to give funds to Radogoszcz. 7 Jan. 1941. 15 Polish evacuees from the East are to be studied. 26 Sept.

1940. 17 Letter to village mayors concerning evacuees. 7 Nov. 1940. no file # The Council asks for lists of evacuees needing public

assistance and suggestions of ways in which public assistance could be given. 16 Nov. 1940.

no file # List of 11 communities, 700 families, and 2153 evacuees in

Tarnów District. 22 Nov. 1940. 23 Dabrowa sub‐district reports funds for Christmas celebations

for the poor. No date. 25 The Council Director, Dr. Kryplewski, appeals to community

leaders to visit and give presents to the children of evacuees during Christmas. 17 Dec 1940.

27 Letter asking mayors to report to the Central Committee on

steps taken to help evacuees during Christmas and how much money is needed for this project. no date.

29 List of people heading the above effort. no date. 33 Letter from Tuchów concerning 50 evacuees who are in dire

need of clothing, heat, and financial aid. no date. 37 "Yuletide action" reports from Gromniki, Siemiechów, and

Brzozowa. 27 Jan. 1941. 39 Same as above from Klikowa. 5 Feb. 1941. 41 Same as above from Tuchów. 5 Feb. 1941. 43 Same as above from Cieżkowice. no date. 45 Same as above from Gomniska. 12 Feb. 1941. 47 Same as above from Lisia Góra. 18 Feb. 1941.



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49‐51 Same from Perzchosła and Mościce. 26 Feb. 1941. 53 Plesna's budget and report to German authorities. 10 Oct

1941. 55 Yearly budget for Lisia Góra. no date. no file # List of children from Jasienna school district. no date. Records and correspondence relating to market stalls, 1935 These documents are primarily requests for lower market stall

fees due to financial hardship and/or to facilitate the relocation of stalls.

no file # City lowers the fees for Maria Blima Holländer. no date. no file # Petition of above to lower her fees. no date. no file # Facts supporting need for above. 15 Feb. 1935. no file # Petition of Michal Winkelfeld, butcher, to have his fees

lowered. 30 Jan. 1935. no file # Denial of above. 7 Mar. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Rudolf Borkowski, baker. 13 Feb.

1935. no file # Petition of above to bring baked goods to the market. 6 Feb.

1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Pinkas Rubenstein's fees. 19 Mar.

1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Chaja Rubinstine's fees and

transfer of business to her nephew, Pinkas Rubenstein. no date.

no file # Correspondence relating to Jósef Kosturkiewicz finances. 20

Feb. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to fees of Piszczkiewicz, poultryman.

no date.



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no file # Correspondence relating to Debora Groder fees. 27 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to request of Elka Ruchla Moses,

baker, for lower fees; negative response. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Marjem Gutfreund, haberdasher;

negative response. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Markus Spendler, grocer, who

wants to leave his business and live with his common law wife, Eidel Glückman. 28 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Heskel Herbst, clothier, regarding

a monthly fee. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Peisech Hönigwacks, fabric

salesman, regarding a monthly fee. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Jan Kołacz, shoe salesman,

regarding a monthly fee. 2 pieces. Feb. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Tyla Blima Fertig, textiles dealer,

regarding payment of fees. 6 pieces. 25 Sept 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Efraim Mischa Zeisel, grocer,

regarding a sales permit and fee reduction. 3 pieces. 5 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Chaim Jassy, fisherman, regarding

payment of fee. 5 pieces. 29 Mar. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Katarzyna Bagacz regarding fee

reduction. 2 pieces. 28 Feb. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Chana Raizla Balsam, regarding

operation of a produce business. 2 pieces. 28 Feb. ‐ 3 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Nisen Berg, regarding payment of

fees for notions stall. 3 pieces. Feb. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to transfer of permit from David Katz

to Rozalia Katz. 2 pieces. 28 Feb. 1935.



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no file # Correspondence relating to transfer of title for business from Moses Dawid Fogelhut to Rosa Fogelhut. 2 pieces. 29 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Gizela Rand petition to the

Market Commission to restore her old place of business. 2 pieces. 27 Feb. ‐ 3 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Naftali Grünbaum petition to

restore his old place of business. Refused. 3 pieces. 13 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Samuel Mayer Rimler's petition to

transfer title for his stall to his mother. 13 Mar. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Chana Hammer's petition to

transfer her poultry stand to Solomon. 3 pieces. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Feiga Schwarz, who wants a stall

for selling fish. Granted. 2 pieces. 20 Oct 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to 70‐year‐old Estera Mira, who

wants to sell aprons and does not want to go on welfare. She is granted a permit without a fee in place of welfare. 2 pieces. 25 Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to petition of Józef Honig, a

fishmonger, who wants to retire. Granted. 3 pieces. Feb. – Mar. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to petition of Feigla Zwickelberg, to

open a business and for remission of unpaid bills. Granted. 3 pieces. 7 July 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to granting of permission to Chaim

Nussen to sell linen. 2 pieces. 16 Mar. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Rozalia Fischman petition for

exemption from payments. 27 Mar. 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Leon Apfelbaum petitiion for

exemption from fees during the summer. Granted. 3 pieces. Apr. 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Antonina Proszowska petition for

permission to sell soda water. 2 pieces. 5 July 1935.



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no file # Correspondence relating to Regina Gutfreund petition for exemption from fees. Granted. 3 pieces. 26 Apr 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Judy Teitelbaum's petition for

permission to transfer her stall to her husband. Granted. 4 Apr 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Beile Rojze Fischman, widow,

petitioning for exemption from fees. Granted. 3 pieces. 26 Apr 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Marie Niejadnik request to open a

produce stall. Granted. 01 Apr‐9 Apr 1935. no file # Correspondence and petition of Benjamin Forschirm for

exemption from fees. Granted. 5 pieces. June 1935. no file # Zofia Migatulska's petition for remission of debt. Granted. 2

pieces. 23 Apr 1935. no file # Correspondence and petition of Jacob Felsen and Cypora

Schwarz to retain their stall. no date. no file # Petition of Hardware Store Association for permission to

auction off debtors' wares to recover losses. Denied. 2 pieces. 5 Apr 1935.

no file # Franciszka Klein's petition for remission of outstanding debts.

5 Apr 1935. no file # Order to the Droshky Operators' Association regarding vehicle

and driver regulationss. 8 Apr 1935. no file # Gula Stefan's petition for permission to open a booth. 3

pieces. 8 May 1935. no file # Correspondence regarding Abraham Salomon complaint

against Tarnów city government. 4 pieces. 16 June 1935. no file # Zofia Migatulska petition for permission to open a

shoemaking booth. Granted. 3 pieces. May 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Liebe Spindel petition to resume

selling poultry. Granted. May 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Chaim Leib Tuchverderber

petition to transfer his booth to Gitla Tuchverderber. 30 Apr 1935.



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no file # Correspondence relating to Majer Manabruch petition for

lower fee. 2 pieces. June 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Sara Rand petition to be taken off

the books as a stall owner. 8 May 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Wolf Lehrreld request for

permission to open a stall. 20 May 1935. no file # Tauba Schweit's petition for lower operational fee. 2 pieces.

13 June 1935. no file # Majer Naftali Rosenstock petition for lower fee. Denied. 2

pieces. 8 May 1935. no file # Petition of Baruch Reibeisen for remission of debt. Denied. 23

May 1935. no file # Petition of Mojzesz Spindl for remission of unpaid bills.

Denied. no date. no file # Petition of Regina Gutfreund for permission to reopen notions

stall and reduction of her outstanding bills. Granted. 16 May 1935.

no file # Petitions of Frania Herzberg for a trade license and a fish stall

near that of Feiga Blecheisen. 2 pieces. 14 May 1935. no file # Jacób Tetryn's petition for a particular site for his business. no

date. no file # Permission granted to Abraham Adler to open his soda water

business during the summer months. 2 pieces. 22 May 1935. no file # Permission for exemption from fees denied to Simon Schissal.

no date. no file # Eljasz Abusz's debt is rescinded. 2 pieces. 4 June 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Brucha Goldman fee reduction. 4

pieces. 28 May 1935. no file # Jan Jagiello no longer has a bakery in the Plac Ducha

marketplace. 5 pieces. 21 Aug 1935.



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no file # Correspondence concerning Elajz Osterureil petition for lower fee. 6 June 1935.

no file # Correspondence concerning Marya Hniatuk petition for fee

reduction. Denied. 24 Aug 1935. no file # Correspondence concerning Leib Jassy petition for fee

reduction. Granted. 28 May 1935. no file # Smagacz Katarzyna is granted permission to operate a soda

water stand. 2 pieces. 25 May 1935. no file # Naftala Luxemburg Luftig's petition for lower fees. Denied.

Her request to be taken off the books is granted. 3 pieces. 29 May 1935.

no file # Tekla Lakoma's petition to open a produce stall. Granted. 2

pieces. 6 June 1935. no file # List of 5 people petitioning to open produce stalls. 01 Jun

1935. no file # Correspondence relating to Simcha Rosenstrauch's petition

for lower fees. Denied. 7 June 1935. no file # Correspondence relating to granting Katarzyna Niedojadło

permission to operate a produce stall during the summer months. 2 pieces. 7 June 1935.

no file # Correspondence relating to Freidla Kampler petition for lower

fees. Denied. 2 pieces. 7 June 1935. no file # Cyla Weisman want to sell fruit water and to pay fee daily

from proceeds. 8 June 1935. no file # Eidel Gralitzer's petition to operate a fruit stand. Granted. 1

June 1935. no file # Aniela Chwiej given permission to operate a produce stand on

the condition that the stand is dismantled at the end of the day. June 1935.

no file # Salamon Steiger wants to set up a booth close to his home in

order to be self‐supporting. Denied. June 1935. no file # Pylko Józef wants to sell fruit water in the Burek Market.

Positive. 13 June 1935.



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no file # Maria Kieraś, 75, is on welfare and is excused from paying fees for her fruit water stand. 13 June 1935.

no file # Klemens Rotter, 62, can no longer fix shoes due to poor

eyesight, and wants to open a cake and soda water stand. Permission granted. 26 June 1935.

no file # Nisen Berg wants a soda water stand fee paid for daily sales.

Permission granted. 26 July 1935. no file # Estera Küchel asked for exemption from fees during summer

months. Permission granted. no date. no file # Sefila Fisch ran a store for 25 yrs., lost it, and now has

inherited some money; she wants to open a mixed merchandise stall. Permission granted. no date.

no file # Dr. Henryk Fink wants the city to restrict parking in front of his

buildings. 30 July 1935. no file # Pinkas Braw, butcher, is having trouble paying fees.

Permission granted for him to spread payments out over 3 months. 3 pages. 16 July 1935.

no file # Cyrka Koch petition for another site for his stall. 10 July 1935. no file # General manager of the estate of Duke Roman Sanguszko

petition for lowering of fees for milk sales. Denied. 22 July 1935.

no file # From Dr. Z. Silbiger to all merchants with stalls in the market

place: must have and display sales licenses and solicit business quietly. 13 Dec 1934.

no file # General manager of the Sanguszko estate in Guminska

questions the legality of milk fees. 18 June 1925. no file # Isak Kickel requests exemption from fees for three months he

was away. Denied. 23 Aug 1935. no file # Moses Grünspan's petition to sell fruit at a particular locaiton.

Conditional approval. 5 pages. 9 July [no year]. no file # Mendel Jósef Beitscher's petition to open a produce stall.

Approved. 2 pages. 7 Jul 1935‐26 May 1936. no file # Wolf Lehrfeld, stall owner, is in debt. Lowered fee, payable in

installments approved. 10 pages. 15 Sept 1935.



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no file # Stanislaw Wendycz's petition to forbid R. Szawradiec building

of a stone house. Denied, 3 pages. 19 July 1935. no file # Chaskiel Vogelhut's petition to transfer his stall to Moses

Vogelhut. Approved. 2 pages. 3 Sept 1935. no file # Hozef Sambor needs a letter to the cashier to pay debt. 1

page. 2 Mar. 1936. no file # Receipt for Duda Blazej. no date. no file # Sara and Jósef Sambor petition for fee reduction. Denied, but

may pay in installments. 7 Aug 1935. no file # Chaskiel Vogelhut petition for lower fees and installment

payment. Granted. 2 pages. 24 July 1935. no file # Zofia Bryg petition for lower fees and postponement of

payment. Granted. 2 pages. 16 Sept 1935. no file # Szlsek Franciszek is no longer in business and is to deleted

from list of stallowners. 3 pages. 1 Apr 1935. no file # Chaim Seewald petition to be taken off city commerce books

as he is no longer sells milk. 25 July 1935. no file # Rachela Ziegelthiel petition for debt remission. 8 Aug 1935. no file # Jakób Weissman petition for fee reduction. Denied. 8 Aug

1935. no file # Rachela Ehrenberg petition for fee reduction. Decision

postponed. 4 Sept 1935. no file # Israel Wiesenfeld request for new stall; his previous stall was

removed from list Sept 1934. All debt cancelled on condition that he not engage in commerce. 10 Oct 1935

no file # Feingold Bank Markus petition for lower fee. Denied. 24 Aug

1935. no file # Reichla Wieliczker petition for fee cancellation. Granted;

confiscated textiles to be returned. 27 July 1935. no file # Moses Kursz petition for debt cancellation. Granted. 28 Aug

1935.



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no file # Dora Scheinman petition for past debt reduction. Granted with condition that she pay current bills. 21 Aug 1935.

no file # Adolf Teichuer petition to operate a chocolate stand. no date. no file # Szulem Steinberg petition for permission to sell lubricants and

tar. Granted. 4 pages. 28 July 1935. no file # Correspondence from the Starosta to the City of Tarnów

regarding collection of fees from butchers' stalls. Aug 1935. no file # Maria Pieksiowna petition to sell bakery goods in a stall

bought from Jan Jagiello. Granted. 16 Aug 1935. 375 License to conduct commerce on city property in stands and

stalls. 379 Regina Kohane Kammerowa petition to sell bakery goods and

transfer title. Granted 15 Aug 1935. no file # Helena Löbl petition to sell men clothing. Granted. 19 Aug

1935. 385 Mehrel Moses Meilicm petition to sell miscellaneous goods.

Granted. 23 Aug 1935. 387 Watroba Marcin petition for lower fees and arrears

cancellation. Granted. 5 Sept 1935. no file # Alter Kranz petition for arrears cancellation. no date. no file # Vaftala Biebelman certificate from the Jewish Hospital in

Tarnów and petition for arrears cancellation. Granted. 3 Sept 1935.

no file # Malka Goldberg petition for permission to use her stall

without paying fees. Granted for the fruit season. no date. no file # Hanna Hammer petition for lower fees. Granted with

condition that she henceforth pay fees regularly, 13 Sept 1935.

no file # Eliasz Musenberg petition for lower fees. Granted. 5 Sept

1935. no file # Michal Finkelfeld petition for lower fees. Denied. 28 Aug

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no file # Reizlalea Strum petition for permission to sell shoes and leather goods. Granted. 29 Aug 1935.

407 S. Postrong petition that the authorities enforce regulations

prohibiting fruit sellers doing business in front of historic buildings during the afternoon. no date.

no file # Petition to delete Aniela Chwiej from the books as he is no

longer in business. 2 Sept 1935. no file # Partial remission of Leib Ehren Reich debts; son will continue

business after his military service. 2 Oct 1935. no file # Tekla Lakoma petition for debt cancellation and changing of

fees from monthly to daily. Granted. 5 Sept 1935. 423 Investigation into a public disturbance involving Julia Czerwiec

and Wanczykowna, Jehovah Witnesses, and a Catholic priest. 30 Aug 1935.

no file # Cyla Weiman petition for fee cancellation. 7 Sept 1935. 425 Izakfeit gets stall 578 to sell old clothing. 18 Sept 1935. 429 Andrzej Strojny petition for fish license. Granted. 9 Sept 1935. no file # Rozalia Fischman petition for arrears cancellation. Lower fees

granted, but debt not cancelled. 25 Sept 1935. no file # Leon Kokoszka petition for a table for his bakery goods.

Granted. 12 Sept 1935. 444 Rachela Muller petition for cancellation of her husband debts.

20 Sept 1935. no file # Githa Beer petition for a notions stall. Granted. 16 Sept 1935. 495 Mojzesz Weiser given permission to sell meats. no date. no file # Andrzej Piotrowski petition to see meats. Granted. 20 Sept

1935. 451‐459 Rachela Zelt debt is cancelled and fees lowered; she must pay

current bills. 27 Oct 1935. 461 Helena Prokosz petition for lower fees. Denied. 25 Sept 1935. no file # Sara Gutfreund petition for lower fees. Granted. 3 Oct 1935.



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no file # Lejzer Fromawicz taken off the books; no longer a cosmetics

salesman. 20 Sept 1935. no file # Lejzer Fromawicz license to do business during morning

hours. 28 Nov. 1934. no file # Naftah Luksemberg petition for lower fees and debt

cancellation. Partially granted. 26 Nov. 1935. no file # Samuel Storch petition for debt cancellation and lower fees.

Grnated. no date. no file # Mindel Krämmer petition for lower fees. no date. no file # Request that city authorities clear the market place by 10:00

a.m. during the public school year. 1 Oct 1935. no file # Stefania Bylicowa is no longer in the leather business. 2 Oct

1935. no file # Markus Topper petition to relocate his stall. Granted. 22 Oct

1935. 489 Maria Zieloonka returns her produce license. 8 Oct 1935. 491 Investigation into public disturbance involving Feiga

Rubinstein and Pinkas Neurath. no date. 499 Iojna Keiner granted permission to operate meats stall;

requests return of his commercial license. 22 Oct 1935. no file # Zofia Cwiak, Wiktoria Kawalec and Anna Szypelowa to be

taken off the books as they no longer are in the produce business. no date.

501 Sara Farschuer letter to the president of Tarnów, Dr.

Brodzinski, complaining about Dr. Silbigier who gave his stall to Mrs. Rubinstein, who has other sources of income. Mrs. Rubinstein accuses Ms. Farschuer of creating incidients designed to discourage competition. List of witnesses. 25 Oct 1935.

509 Feiga Rubenstein petition against Sara Farschuer, accusing her

of harming her and her daughter. 25 June 1935. 519 Moses Leser petition for permission to sell clothing. Granted.

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525 Elijzasz Klein petition for arrears cancellation. He must pay

arrears in installments. 13 Dec 1934. 527‐535 Amalia Klein petition for debt cancellation. Granted on

condition that debts paid in installments. 25 Jan. 1935. no file # Selda Wald gives up her deceased husband’s stall. 1 Nov.

1935. 539 Erfoim Leiba Dorf petition for new location in the market

place for his produce stall. Granted; he may also pay arrears in installments. 5 Sept 1935.

no file # Szymon Schüssel petition to transfer his wife's stall to him as

he owns the license. Sept [no year given]. 545 Aron Mordke Zolles given permission to sell notions in place

of Feiwel Schmukler. 15 Nov. [no year given]. no file # Sara Hirschfeld cannot continue business due to illness; she

will rent out her stall. 4 Nov. [no year given]. no file # Samuel Storch stall to be transferred to Hanna Hammer

because he can't work next to Josef Luksenberg. no date. 553 Mania Schnur petition for a tea stall. Granted. Nov. 1935. 557 Feiwel Schmukler ID card for soda water and sweets stall

returned as he is no longer in business. 8 Nov. [no year given].

561‐563 Eliasz Blond petition for kosher meats stall. Granted. 20 Nov.

[no year given]. 567 Karolina Pachowicza petition for bakery goods stall. Granted.

no date. 573 Ratze Reich petition for arrears cancellation. 23 Nov. [no year

given]. no file # Pinkas Braw petition regarding user's fee. 14 Nov. [no year

given]. 587 Andrzej Piechowski petition for fee reduction. Denied. 29 Nov.

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no file # Szulim Gottesman petition regarding fee and arrears. Granted. The Association of Jewish War Veterans and Association of Jewish War Orphans support his petition. 13 Nov. [no year given].

585 Malka Wolf granted permission to open stand. 30 Nov. [no

year given]. no file # Request from Post Office to Tarnów authorities for a list of

carriages. No list. Nov. 1935. 593 Tekla Zakoma gives up vegetable stand. 19 Nov. [no year

given]. no file # Mina Ormian granted a permit. 30 Nov. [no year given]. 599 Izak Perlman petition for permit to sell notions. no date. 601 Zofja Bryg petition for permit. no date. 603 Samuel Goldman, butcher, cannot pay arrears; petitions to

cancel debt and for lower fees. Partial debt cancellation granted; pay rest in installments. Petition carries 10 gr stamp for Tarnów Work Fund. Dec [no year given].

609 Katarzyna Niedojadlo returns vegetable stall permit because

of bad health. no date. 615 Chana Baila Eisenbach gives up her confectionery business as

Nürnberg wants confirmation of termination. 25 Sept [no year given].

619 Zofia Szot given permission to operate a notions stall. 3 pages.

9 Dec 1935‐27 Jan. 1936. 623‐625 Majer Ehrlich petition to use old stall as he is too poor to set

up a new one as ordered. Granted. 10 Dec 1935‐28 Jan. 1936. 629 Józef Armatys correspondence with the Polish Legionnaires

Association explaining that JM's stall has been moved to another place in order to remove unnecessary competition. 6‐17 Dec 1935.

633 Izak Roth petition to give up place of business as of 01 Jan.

1936. Granted. 6 Dec 1935‐19 Feb. 1936. 635‐637 Rywka Zugmaff petition for fee exemption. Granted. 26 Feb.

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639 Abraham Adler petition to sell soda water on Sunday.

Granted, provided he uses an attractive box. 6‐12 Dec 1935.

643 Neden Berg petition to keep his old stall which complies with

the new style regulations. Granted. 30 Dec 1935‐13 Jan. 1936.

645‐647 Rachela Ehrenberg petition to keep old stall. Denied. 27 Dec

1935‐13 Jan. 1936. 649 Brucha Goldman petition to keep old stall. Denied. 4 Dec

1935‐13 Jan. 1936. 652 Estera Wirtheimer petition to keep old, recently renovated,

stall. Granted. 13 Jan. 1935. 655‐657 Aron Lederberger petition to keep old stall which still looks

pretty good. Granted. 28 Dec 1935‐13 Jan. 1936. no file # Izak Alter petition for transfer and arrears reduction. Granted.

23 Apr 1936. 665 Abraham Izak Apfelbaum petition for transfer to another site.

Granted. 27 June 1936. 667 Abraham Ausenberg petition granted on condition that he

make regular payments. 7 Apr 1937. no file # Majer Ehrlich petition for fee reduction and write‐off of

outstanding bills. Granted. 23 Mar. 1937. 677 Abraham Ausenberg petition for fee reduction. Denied. no

date. no file # Abraham Ausenberg appeal for fee reduction. Granted;

arrears to be paid in installments. no date. 681 Rachela Ehrenberg petition to keep old stall. See file #645‐

647 above. 685 Józef Pieprzny petition for loan for new tires for his cab. Apr

1937. 687 Instruction to remove Józef Czabanska, Józefa Galkowa, and

Józef Piskawa from the books and write off their fees. Mar. 1936.



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691 List of fairs and markets in Tarnów. 2 July 1936. 693 Complaint to city administration regarding large number of

unruly fruit sellers crowding the street into the market; pickpockets using the crowded situation to rob buyers. 9 July 1936.

no file # Fees for selling different varieties of poultry and resulting

profit margins. no date. no file # Petition of 8 stall merchants for lower fees because of poor

business. Denied. Aug 1936. 701 Report on sellers who disregard city ordinances and

overcrowd the streets. 19 Aug 1936. 703 Article 43 of the industrial law regulating traffic of cars, cabs

and horsedrawn carriages. 21 pages. 21 Aug 1936. 731 Instruction to railroad police that members of the public who

do not comply with regulations on the use of railroad tracks are to be stopped, identified, taken to the police station and fined. 21 Sept 1936.

no file # Petition to remove the Abaler family from the market on the

grounds that they are causing trouble for the stall merchants. No action taken; dispute settled peacefully. 24 Dec 1936.

no file # Request of the Social Insurance company in Tarnów for a cab

driver price list in order to determine the expense of transferring sick people to hospitals. 13 Oct 1936.

no file # Stanislaw Banasinski petition to sell offal in the market place.

Granted. 14 Jan. 1936. no file # Pinkas Braw petition to assign his stall and repay arrears in

installments. Granted. 2 Mar 1936. no file # Józef Blander petition to sell baskets. Granted. 2 Mar. 1936. no file # Wolf Brand petition to write off his debts and to be taken off

the merchants' fees book. Granted. 27 Nov. 1936. no file # Józef Blanker petition for license to sell notions. Granted. 5

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no file # Nuchem Brachner petition to sell used clothing. Granted. 4 Apr. 1936.

767 Józefa Bryga granted permission to sell bacon offal; 32‐zloty

monthly fee. 29 Apr 1936. 775 Szaindla Bieberberg clothing business is out of business as of 1

Jan. 1935. 3 pages. 781 Chana Balsan petition to write off debts and for lower fees.

Denied. no date. 783 Regina Blach is no longer in business. 1 Mar. 1936.

7 List of Jewish (and possibly some Gentile) merchants and market‐

stall keepers petitioning the Tarnów municipality, 1936‐1937, to grant them licenses to sell their products, to lower the monthly user fees or grant permission to pay a percentage of daily sales, to allow them to pay arrears in monthly installments or cancel their debts due to poverty. In most cases their petitions are granted after an inquiry and recommendations are made (see Reel 6). Some petitions are denied because the petitioners are deemed able to pay the fees. Others will go out of business. It appears that in 1937 the market stalls had to conform to a certain aesthetic style. Many stall owners petition the city Market Department for postponements of the date by which they have to comply with the style code. The following is a list of market‐stall keepers in Tarnów's three markets, the Rynek, Burek and Dozywocie. Several entries not related to individual market‐stall keepers are interspersed.

783 Regina Black Adolfina Bogusz, vegetables 787 Chaim Boguchwal 781 Moses Mendel Rromer, fabrics 785 Moses Kurz Rachela Eiser 803 Szyja Cukier, used clothing 813 Chrabliwa Sprinca (see 787 above) 817 Wojciech Czerwinski, used clothing 821 Karolina Czerwinska 825 Syma Drucker



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827 Symche Eichenholz 828 Rachela Ehrenberg 835 Sprinze Frölich Chaja Rachela Fast Markus Feingold Jacob Felsen Cypora Szwarz 845 Sabina Fries 899 Pest control instruction of the Kraków Wojewoda that fruit

saplings cannot be sold in markets or fairs if there is no source identification. no date.

855 Debora Groder, poultry 863 Gidla Glückman Naftali Grünbaum, notions 869 Eidel Gralitzer Natal Berkchamer, meats Chajim Józef Grün, fish Chiel Glückman 881 Jakób Grünberg 883 Regina Gutfreund 887 Marjem Gutfreund 889 Dora Hofstädter 891 Salomon Herzberg, baked goods Sara Hirszfeld Roza Heuberger 901 Rachela Ziegelhut 915 Rachela Herschfeld Szaja Herschfeld, textiles Chaja Hirsch, poultry 927 Anna Hajduk 931 Ester Kann, poultry



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937, 961 Löwi Klein Freida Klein 963 Mindla Kremer, produce 977 Rachela Küchel ‐ back from vacation 978 Feiga Kupferwasser, fruits no file # Abraham Kanarienvogel, underwear Nysen König, knitted fabrics 993 Ester Küchel ‐ has to undergo 3‐month cure at a spa 995 Liba Kurz, fruits 1003 Leib Kegel, fabrics Moses Krämer, fruits 1011 Bronislawa Kicówna, dresses Estera Küchel ‐ renewal Izak Kuchel, fish 1019 Abraham Mendel Kühn, eggs Lipe Laub, milk 1033 Zofia Lis, baked goods Naftan Luksenberg, poultry Szymon Leichtner, poultry Jankiel Majerowicz, shoes Leon Migacz, vegetables Sabina Miedzinska, assorted items 1051 Majer Mansbruch, poultry Wiktoria Matuszkowa, baked goods 1055 Józef Matuga, junk dealer Józef Mikiewicz, notions 1061 Baila Meth, fabrics Majer Muschel, fabrics 1067 Anna Makarowa, vegetables 1071 Jan Makara, produce Helena Mazgaj



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1079 Juda Mira, fabrics 1083 Cypora Mozes and her daughter, Helena Mozes, cakes 1085 Tariff for use of and for littering of market places as of 19 Dec

1935. List of 14 items that are tax free. no file # Hela Mozes Frymeta Neumark, pants 1091 Ludwik Nowicki Antoni Nowicki Andrzej Piotrowski 1101 Zofia Pisarska, soda water and miscellaneous Markus Berl Pippenberg, caps 1107 Izak Perlman, fish 1109 Mina Ormian 1111 Feiga Rubinstein 1121 Schulim Roth, notions 1125 Gizela Rand Majer Rand, onions 1131 Jacob Roth, milk Race Reich Debora Rand 1151 Wladystaw Rodinger, butcher 1145 Wolf Roth Antoni Banas, fruits [wife sells underwear] 1149 Izak Perman, fish Frymeta Türschnell, notions Jözef Sitko, brushes and brooms Tauba Cina Schwert Cypora Schwarz Chaskiel Schleichthorn Ida Sztrum, fabrics Rachela Siegeltuch Sander [former wine merchant]



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1181 Maria Swiatek, used shoes Marie Strusik [accuses others of unscrupulous business

practices] Stanislaw Stukus, butcher Agatha Sowiwral, used clothing Chana Stürm 1205 Dora Scheinman 1207 Liebe Spindel, poultry 1223 Marcin Watroba Moses Weiser, meats 1229 Franciszka Wanczyk Fryda Weissberg, fish Franciszek Wisńieski, religious articles Estera Wolf, fabrics Józef Zieliński, shooting gallery & toys Ignacy Zabawa, junk 1263 Seftla Fisch Singer 1267 Race Reich, notions 1271 Avon Mordeche Yolles 1275 Ginter Leib, leather 1277 Bruche Goldman 1284‐1295 Józef Leśnikowski, bus service 1297 Stanisława Lysakówna, slippers 1301 Baruch Weinstein, notions 1303 Emilia Jaraszkiewicz, bakery goods 1305 Pesla Topper, fruits 1307 Owners of gardens and orchards in Grabówka request police

help with people stealing produce. no date. 1311 City barracks guards want their social security fees back. no

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1313 The Association of Polish Was Disabled Veterans brochure

"Tarnów During the Russian Invasion." 1317 Index of incoming cases, 1936‐1937. 1319‐1333 7 names to be removed from stall fees books: Regina

Krammer, Pinkas Braw, Józef Sambor, Zofia Migatulska, Ida Sturm, Józef Sitko, Szymon Lewniowski.

1335‐1339 Isaak Schneider Rywekstern, dairy 1341‐1343 15 merchants request removal of beggars from the front of

their stalls. Beggars removed. 1345 Mielec city authorities want to know the legal grounds for

Tarnów authorities collecting fees from Mielec, and other cities', buses.

1347 9 merchants, Ida Rosenblatt et al, against taxi and cab stands. 1351 Efraime Fisch, Mozes Malec, Chaja Kochanc and Mala Pinkas

to be taken off books. 1353 Poll and inquiry concerning city markets. 1355 City parking tariff. 1361‐1363 Permission to hold city market on Dec 23 instead of Dec 24. 1365 Regional Farmers' Association's thank‐you note about milk

deliveries. 1367‐1369 Ruling about the building of new market stands. 1371 Written decisions concerning the Kraków Health

Department's meat inspection of Mozes David Vogelhut, Chaskel Vogelhut, Sara Litwak, Zofia Kornaus, Katarzyna Surdet, Pinkas Grünberg, Simche Rosenstrauch, Natalia Luksemburg, Józef Luksemberg, Hersch Keuer, Naftala Rosenstock, Tauba Schuldenfreund, Izrael Salpeter, Andrzej Piotrowski, Rudolf Borkowski and Mozes Einhorn.

1405 Feiga Bleckeisen, Trauba Gitla, Traum Goldklang 1407 Ludwik Nowicki sanitation inspection and prohibtion notice.



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1409 Zofia Pisarska inspection notice: improve candies and cakes or will be closed.

Post‐inspection notices warning about improper upkeep of stalls with

meat products sent to: 1411 Jakub Unikowski 1413 Deborah Grater 1415 Feliks Nowicki 1417 Ludwik Pawlik Aleksander Irzykowski 1421 Moses Chaja 1423 Dora Schaiman 1425 Elka Ruchla Mozes Debora Mozes 1429 Beniamiin Forscher 1431 Domicela Jaworska 1433 Rozalia Fischman 1435 Mozes Avna Apfelbaum 1437 Bronislawa Mozes 1439 Eljasz Klein 1441 Natan Küchel 1445 Schane Weits 1447 Stanislław Milówka 1449 Stanislaw Gubowski 1451 Michal Kolodziej 1453 Stefan Hauslinger 1455 Zofia Bryg



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1457 Majer Mausbuch 1459 Tauba Schweit 1461 Franciszer Balaski 1463 Wiktoria Zardzelewicz 1465 Maziarz Władyslaw 1467 Rozalia Stebelska 1464 Mendel Braun 1471 Józefa Walaszek 1473 Alojzy Dorosz 1475 Leib Fischman 1479 Schachne Weitz 1481 Mozes Dawid Vogelhut 1483 Natan Berkelhammer 1485 Jakub Rand 1487 Dojne Karnc 1489 Mozes Apfelbaum 1491 Mendel Berkelhammer 1493 Maier Mausbuch 1495 Tauba Schweiz 1497 Jakub Grünberg 1499 Stefan Hauslinger 1501 Mojzesz Weiser 1503 Szymon Klein 1505 Michel Winkelfeld



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1507 Mozes Berkelhammer 1509 Wolf Lehrfeld 1511 Szymon Grünspan 1513 Naftali Luksemburg 1515 Dawid Katz Kraków Health Department decides to remove improperly kept meat

stalls of: 1517 Symche Rosenstrauch 1519 Leib Jessi Fischman 1521 Beila Fischman 1523 Pinkas Grünberg 1525 Rozalie Fischman 1527 Naftali Rosenstock 1529 Hersch Keller 1531 Izrael Berkelhammer 1533 Chaskel Vogelhut 1535 Naftali Salpeter 1537 Jakub Blond 1539 Eliasz Blond 1541 Bronislawa Mozes (see file #1437) 1543 Abe Mohr Alter Hausman 1545 Dwojra Groder 1547 Natan Kuche (see file #1441) 1549 Józef Schlesinger



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1551 Froindla Klein 1553 Freindla Kompler 1555 Eliasz Hirsch Klein 1557 Józef Luksemberg (see file #1371) 1565 Adolfina Bogucz ‐ to be deleted from stall owners' list 1567 Nusen Berg, suits 1569 Adela Balsam, fruits ‐ wants the street merchants remmoved 1573 Ryfka Bluthaft, suits 1577, 1581 Jan Czapig ‐ wants to sell notions Jan Karimmer 1585 Julia Czerwiec 1587‐1589 Jakub Daitelbaum, kitchenwares 1593 Marja Dziubacka 1597 Rachela Faszt 1601 Mozes Józef Faber 1605 Mojzesz Fischman, notions 1609 Leon Feig 1617 Schedla Gutfreund 1627 Chaim Gotlob 1631 Naftali Grünbaum/Grünberg 1633 Efraim Jakób Grunberg 1635 Józef Chaim Grün, fish 1643 Szaja Hershfeld Salomon Lauchheimer 1651 Mariem Hirschfeld, fabrics



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Baruch Hirschfeld 1658 Feiga Herschkowitz Chana Feiga Hönig 1675 Anna Hajdur, produce 1681 Erna Herbst 1683 Chana Mindla Hasenkopf 1689 Peisech Hönigwachs 1691 Arian Hirschhorn 1697 Haja Hirsch Fischel Hirsch 1699 Mariem Hirsch 1701 Cahim Jassy 1703 Jan Jędrusik, notions 1707 Rachela Küchel 1715 Regina Klein 1717 Freida (Fryda) Kempler 1721 Wiktor Kondelka 1723 Sara Rebeka Kleinkrämer, underwear 1729 Jakób Berisch Kvech 1731 Mozes Kurz, fabrics 1733, 1735 Ryfka Koretz, kitchenwares ‐ complaint about

competition 1737 Jadwiga Kolodziej, fabrics 1739 Nathan Bernstein wife's behavior is disrupting the sales of

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1745 Nusel König 1747 Dawid Kelc 1751 Maria Kielbasz, vegetables 1753 Feiga Kupfer Wasser 1755 Rosnerchaj Majer Kurz 1757 Sara Litwak, bakery goods 1759 Tobias Jakób Lauber, notions ‐ uses a box instead of a stand 1763 Salomon Leichheimer 1765, 1767 Lejzer Malz, milk deliveries 1769‐1771 Moses Meilech Mehreb 1773 Jan Mackerg 1775‐1779 Jadwiga Niemiec, notions 1783‐1785 Izak Perlman 1787 Stanislaw Pula 1789‐1791 Izak Perlman, men's underwear & notions 1795‐1797 Salomon Jakur Pacher, pastries 1801 Markus Rosner, fabrics 1803 Dawid Rosenbluth, fruits 1807 Wolf Roth, haberdashery 1809‐1823 Leja Rand, notions (daughter of the house and store owners) 1825 Sala Speth 1827 Ida Strum, fabrics 1829 Rycok Stern, milk 1831 Andrzej Smardziel, notions



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1835 Zofia Szotowa 1837‐1839 Rywka Schüssel 1845 Feiga Schindel ‐ her husband will not pay her fees 1847 Ida Strum (2nd petition) 1849 Gizela Speth Karnas 1851 Libe Spindel 1853 Izrael Salpeter 1855‐1857 City Administrator to the estate of Duke Roman Sanguszko is

to pay fees for permission for 4 wagons to deliver milk. 1859 Jakub Izak Struin ‐ kerchiefs stolen 1861 Frymeta Türschweil 1863 Franciszek Trojak, notions 1865‐1869 Zofia Wiatrowa, milk 1871‐1873 Franciszek Wisniewski 1875 Cyla Weiman, fruit water 1879 Szczedan Wadczyk, butcher 1881 Izak Wassertrum, men's wear 1885 Regina Barucha Weinstein, notions 1887 Franciszka Walczyk, vegetables 1891‐1895 Tarnów Citizens Women's Association (notions and

underwear stand: Polski Kram) 1897 Rachela Zelt 1893 Ignacy Zabawa 1905 Denunciation by Anna Walczakowa, caretaker, of Anna

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1911 Tarnów Commission for Old Cemetary Care meets regarding upkeep issues.

1915 Draft of rules concerning the upkeep of the cemetaries in

Tarnów. 1919‐1927 Regulations and correspondence relating to the use of

cemetary grounds. 1937 Józef Szostak has permission to enter the Old Cemetary to

deliver flowers and candles before All Souls' Day. Records relating to 1935 census; emigration and immigration;

citizenship p. 1 Jan: 3 came to Tarnów; 30 left (6 for Palestine, 2 for France, 1

for Germany, 2 for Argentina, 4 for other countries). 3 Feb: 3 came to Tarnów; 31 left (11 for Palestine). 5 Mar: 8 came to Poland; 18 left (11 to Palestine). 7 Apr: 1 came to Poland; 25 left (21 to Palestine). May: 5 came to Poland from France; 18 left (17 to Palestine). 11 June: 5 came to Poland (mostly from France); 15 left (12 to

Palestine). 13 July: 20 came to Poland (mostly from France); 26 left (17 to

Palestine). 15 Oct: 7 came to Poland (from Germany, Czechoslovakia, etc.);

25 left (17 to Palestine). 16 Nov.: none came to Poland; 23 left (16 to Palestine). 17 Dec: 10 came to Poland (from France); 10 left (6 to Palestine). 18 Aug and Sept: 14 came in (from France); 24 left (15 to

Palestine). p. 23 Correspondence to Office of Vital Statistics, 1935, from

Bydgoszcz. p. 25 Correspondence relating to bailiffs' difficulties in training

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p. 29 Mendel Szydlów Brzesko has applied for Polish citizenship. p. 31 Correspondence from Przemysl's Office of Vital Statistics to

Tarnów's Vital Statistics Office regarding registration organization.

p. 33 Tarnów's answer to the above. p. 37 Correspondence relating to difficulties of regulating real

estate due to lack of addresses of landlords and multiple ownerships. Mar. 1935.

p. 39 Helena Franciszka Potocka changes citizenship from Polish to

Czech. pp. 41‐43 Correspondence relating to regulation of vital statistics

offices. p. 45 Poland has no problems with Stefania Szpak change of

citizenship to Czech. p. 47 Mojżesz Vorschirm and his wife, Idessa née Lebendiger,

change national status to French. p. 49 Correspondence regarding Wiktor Feiwel change to national

status to French; he lives in France and has been freed from Polish military service.

p. 53 Correspondence relating to Chaim Izak, Berlin, who left to

avoid military service and loses Polish citizenship. p. 55 Certificate of Tarnów citizenship for Helena Franciszka

Potocka, maid. p. 57 Dawid Sumer, Berlin, left to avoid military service and loses

Polish citizenship. p. 59 Correspondence regarding Mojzesz Eljasz Rozner (Rohsner),

who left to avoid military service and loses citizenship. p. 65 Józef Landau, formerly of Tarnów, becomes stateless because

he took out German citizenship and then had it taken away. p. 67 Polish national status certificate for Józef Landau, Tarnów

merchant, to be recalled. pp. 69‐89 Correspondence from Lódź to Tarnów about vital statistics

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the bureaucrats to be more polite and the public to be friendlier, it is necessary to keep good records.

p. 105 Wolf Engel, of Frankfurt/M, lost his Tarnów citizenship but did

not obtain Polish citizenship. p. 107 Adol Kleszyk, of Gdynia, is being sought by the military service

and needs information from Tarnów's Vital Statistics Office. p. 113 Correspondence relating to the assigning to the local

administration the collection of fines for not correctly recording vital statistics.

p. 123 Application for Polish citizenship of Mauryey Weitzenhof, son

of Berek. p. 133 Otton Genwürz is discharged from Polish military service so

that he may obtain Czech citizenship. p. 135 Izrael Celt, New York, did not report to the Polish Consulate to

straighten out his military service obligation; he has 14 days to do so or he loses his Polish citizenship.

p. 137 Franciszek Karol Magiera, Leipzig, did not report for military

service and so loses his Polish citizenship. Records relating to 1936 census; emigration and immigration;

citizenship p. 139 Correspondence regarding the mayor of Biala, who wants to

know what kind of administrative fees are collected in Tarnów.

p. 143 Abraham Rohsner, Uzhorodz (Czechoslovakia), loses his Polish

citizenship. p. 145 Cahim Wolf Schnur, Berlin, loses his Polish citizenship. p. 147 Jan: 8 came to Poland (from France); 17 left (15 to Palestine). Feb: 9 came to Poland (from France); 9 left (6 to Palestine). Mar: 10 came to Poland (from France); 10 left (9 to Palestine). Apr: 2 came to Poland (from Czechoslovakia); 4 left (all to

Palestine). June: 12 came to Poland (from France); 18 left (10 to

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July: 14 came to Poland (from various countries); 9 left (8 to

Palestine). Aug: 5 came to Poland; 6 left (3 to Palestine). Oct: 4 came to Poland (most from France); 14 left (7 to

Palestine). Nov.: 6 came to Poland; 14 left (7 to Palestine). p. 165 Correspondence relating to Dina Feuerstein. p. 171 Correspondence to and from Tarnopol regarding the keeping

of vital statistics records. p. 173 Correspondence from Drohobycz regarding Tarnów not

following rules and regulations confirmed by higher authorities.

p. 175 Correspondence from Lublin about the population of Tarnów

and fees for documents issued by local authorities. p. 179 Investigation of the granting of Polish citizenship to Eliza

Felicja Wechsler. p. 181 Tarnów's response to above (see p. 175): Apr 1936 population

of Tarnów is 52,836; proposed budget for 1936‐1937 is 1,304,542 zl.; 2,500 zl. alloted for physical fitness; Tarnów has 5 sports fields.

p. 185 Correspondence about rules and regulations governing

establishment of national status. p. 189 Herman Schein, Jerusalem, quit military service and loses

Polish citizenship. p. 191 Zygmunt Osias Brodheim, Füsstenwald, loses his Polish

citizenship. p. 193 same for Wilhelm Faust, Tel Aviv. p. 195 same for Dr. Samuel Ettinger. p. 197 same for Zygmunn Tuchverderber, Breslau. p. 199 Zygmunt Traum, Haifa, certifies that as he has Palestinian

citizenship, he does not have to service in the Polish military.



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p. 201 Salomon Jakubowicz, Haifa, loses his Polish citizenship. p. 203 Kraków "Kurier" needs Tarnów vital statistics for their yearly

calendar. p. 205 Józef Limon (Liemann) Fritz, Berlin, loses his Polish citizenship. p. 207 Vital statistics for the "Kurier" ‐ Tarnów population: 53,280

(26,188 men and 27,112 women; 52% Catholic, 47% Jewish, 1% other).

Copy of appeal to Tarnów population for contributions to

honor Marshall Pilsudski. p. 209 Juda Rohsner (Rosner), Uzhorod, loses his Polish citizenship. p. 211 same for Jakób Leibl, Jerusalem. p. 213 Correspondence relating to collection of administrative fees

for vital statistics information. p. 214 Copy of a "poverty certification" form. p. 215 Correspondence about collection of fees in Tarnów. p. 217 Correspondence about juror lists. p. 221 List of 792 jurors (from Abend to Zorawski). p. 249 Kazimierz Jaworski, United States, loses Polish citizenship and

is freed from Polish military service. p. 251 Bronoslaw Mikos does not have Polish citizenship. His father,

Ferdynand, received his Polish citizenship in 1935. p. 255 Certification that Helena Goldberg, née Abraham, has

regained her Polish citizenship. 5 zl. fee collected. p. 257 Wilhelm Wolf Schmerling loses his Polish citizenship. p. 259 Gitel Singer, married to Moses Zamarani, a Palestinian citizen,

loses her Polish citizenship. p. 261 Carol Lampel, Berlin, is not registered in Tarnów. p. 281 Correspondence regarding collection of fees by local

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p. 283 Anna Klein married Rubin Geel Huberfeld, a French citizen,

and thereby loses her Polish citizenship. p. 285 Teodor Finkelstein, Berlin, avoided military service, and

thereby loses his Polish citizenship. p. 287 Irena Traum, daughter of Dr. Hirsch, married Benjamin Fink, a

French citizen, and thereby loses her Polish citizenship. p. 293 Correspondence: Tarnów's population as of Sept 1936 ‐

53,230 (75% Jewish, 25% Polish); do not give newly conscripted men free ID's.

p. 297 Nicha Engländer, née Kalfus, married a Palestinian national,

Aron Scharman, and thereby loses her Polish citizenship. p. 299 Zygmunt Steindling, Antwerp, avoided military service and

loses his Polish citizenship. p. 301 Instructions on registering men due for military service. p. 303 Józef Majer Zelta, Zweibrücken, avoided military service and

loses his Polish citizenship. p. 305 1937 emigration and immigration statistics: Jan: 10 came to Poland (3 from Germany); 10 left (none to

Palestine). Feb: 4 came to Poland (2 from Germany); 8 left (7 to

Palestine). Mar: 2 came to Poland; 4 left (none to Palestine). Apr: 9 came to Poland (7 from Germany); 3 left (1 to

Palestine). June: 12 came to Poland; none left. Aug: 4 came to Poland; 4 left (2 to Palestine). Sept/Oct: 5 came to Poland; 8 left (2 to Palestine). Nov.: 12 came to Poland; 6 left (2 to Palestine). Dec: none came to Poland; 2 left (1 to Palestine). p. 323 Post offices are not to pay for finding forwarding addresses.



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p. 325 Correspondence regarding request for information from

Gródek Jagiellonski. pp. 327‐328 Complaint from Dr. Józef Hawliczek about the

bureaucracy, specifically Józef Gilarski, and fees charged for every little thing.

p. 331 Answer to above complaint. p. 333 Information about courses on the keeping of vital statistics

records and cities in which the courses will be held. Request that the 16th Regiment provide lodging for 60 course participants. Correspondence between officers concerning the rules and regulations of vital statistics records.

p. 345 Halina Flohrówna marrried Nissim Gani and lost her Polish

citizenship. pp. 347‐349 Correspondence from Brzesc requesting information on

vital statistics matters. Sample of form for citizens establishing residence in the community of Tarnów.

pp. 353ff Rules and regulations established by Tarnów for registering

vital statistics; the obligation to fill out forms for incoming and outgoing residents, etc.

p. 376 As of Aug 1937 population of Tarnów is 58,740; from Jan.

1935 to Aug. 1937 180 new buildings were erected. p. 379 Correspondence about the new regulations and the control of

registration offices. p. 387 Forms and instructions for persons eligible for social aid.

Sample of certificate of indigency. p. 393 Aleksander Romer, Berlin, has lost his Polish citizenship. p. 395 Correspondence requesting information about the vital

statistics office. p. 397 Theft of ID blanks in Novogróvek. p. 399 Investigation if Irena Niedzielska is the legitimate bearer of an

ID. Correspondence about the staffing of the Tarnów vital statistics office. As of Nov. 1937 Tarnów had a population of 54,877. Stanislaw Sechgorski is to be paid 550 zl. for a statistical report.



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8 p. 409 Correspondence concerning payment to Stanisław Szelipowski for services rendered.

1 Appeal of the "Workers Common Purse" to combat

unemployment. 3 Aron Hauser, merchant, does not want to pay fees. Death certificates and other vital statistics records, 1935 5 Malka Schmidt has no birth certificate. 7 Biaren Pinkas, deceased, married Lieba Feingold in a religious

ceremony. Helena Reiser, France, inquires about money left by her

mother. 13 Mozes Mikolajewicz death certificate reported to Jewish

Hospital which is keeping records of deceased for use in compiling witness lists.

15 Monika Blau death certificate; her mother, Fryda Blau, did not

have her birth certificate. 17 Ryfka Süss death certificate. 19 Death certificate of Ryfka Stern, wife of Leon Stern. 21 Mozes Samuel Ruda death certificate. 23 Death certificate of Mirel Feldmaus (Faller). 25 Sara Baila Polager death certificate. 27 Jachet Nirinska death certificate. 31 Samuel Rosenberg death certificate. Correspondence relating to death certificates and the

establishing of family members. Abraham Furman wants to know where Hirsch Buttner is

living now. 35 Abraham Salomon Weissman father is still living in Tarnów.



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Izak Ignacy Aschkenazy is deceased. 37 Henryk Aschenazy is a banker in Tarnów. 39 Jakób Salomon, son of Wilhelm and Róza Eibenschütz,

deceased, converted to Catholicism in 1929. 41 Chaja (Helena) Feder is deceased. 43 Salomon Leib Wolk changed name. Józef Migdaz establishes Polish citizenship. Correspondence relating to the Religious Jewish Registrar's

petition for funds to maintain the records office. Establishment of civilian registration and population statistics

office. 63 City Administration Office lists of births and deaths,

inoculations, etc. ‐ among them are the names of: For 1923: # 30 Jackela Feuer 39 Chiel Weinreb 46 Rosa Lanarvogel (marriage) For 1924: # 34 Ryfka Neuman (birth) 83 Ryfka Inkman (marriage) For 1925: # 2 Józef Schulim Kasten (birth certificate) 21 Izak Kanarvogel (birth certificate) Anna Remas (marriage) 25 E. Bild (birth certificate) 29 Israel Judka Grönbaum (birth certificate) Lists of school children, children vaccinated, widows and

disabled 54 Hinda Asner (birth certificate) 59 Robert Weim (birth) 60 Ignac Laugen (birth) 61 Jota Mühlstein (birth) 70 Deborah Friedman (marriage) 80 Lipa Żelazo (death) 88 Mojzesz Feuder (death) 100 Perla Tuchband (birth certificate)



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The Jewish Registrar's Office requests a lump sum for upkeep; they receive 100.00 zlotys. The Catholic Registrar will also get paid until the regular statistics office is operational.

Year 1940: Records, in German, of Nazi‐occupied Poland 1,2 Correspondence concerning social security for non‐German

workers. Feb. 1940. 3‐5 Correspondence concerning the collection of information

showing the persecution of German minorities in Poland. May 1940.

7 Order not to remove furniture from assigned living quarters.

May 1940. 9,11 Reimbursement for quarters occupied by German military

personnel. no date. 13 Soldiers have to pay the Golec community for water for their

horses. Mar. 1940. 15 Correspondence concerning requisitions and reimbursements

for class A hotels in Tarnów; the Hotel City has been given to a Volksdeutsch, FNU Berendt. no date.

17 Regulation for circulation through Tarnów. Mar.1940. 19 Tarnów's main street needs to be rebuilt because it links up

with the highway to Kraków. 21‐25 Correspondence, in Polish and German, concerning the

Workers' Fund monies not collected prior ro Sep 1939. May 1940.

27 Correspondence and order, in German, concerning the price

of candles. May 1940. 29 Correspondence requesting that the city of Tarnów pay for

water for the 100 horses of the 13th Company. no date. 31 Order concerning prostitution in the house formerly owned

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33 Order that all bills have to be in German. no date. 35 Order to the Polish school inspector: Elementary School #2

closed and children reassigned. no date. 37 Correspondence concerning Tarnów's need for help from

Kraków to rebuild the town. no date. 41 Correspondence concerning petitions fo professional trade

licenses for Julian Karol and Zofia Gawron, coal merchants. Search for 10 Aryans for the trade association in Tarnów to replace disbarred Jewish members. 1940.

47 List of 10 politically pure Polish Aryans. no date. 49 Order to collect immediately 300 women for work in

Germany; all non‐Jews working for Jews have to report to the labor office. no date.

51 Two German officers are to clear the occupied apartments.

May 1940. 53 Correspondence from Franke ‐ petition for the release of 355

Polish POW's not accepted; only those men who can be of use to the Germans can be released. no date.

55 Petitions to the Kraków Chamber of Commerce. no date. 59 The Polish police request free tram and bus rides. no date. 61 Tarnów sanitation workers request a pay raise. no date. 63 There have been 2 rabid dogs; request to guarantee all free‐

running dogs. no date. 65‐67 Permission for the German military to send money to

Germany through the Post Office. no date. 69 List of Germans to be taken off the official list and returned to

Germany. no date. 71 Concerns Prisoner Józef Pociecha (thief). no date. 73 Ethnic Germans in Tarnów have to establish Nazi

organizations; they request the use of Jewish‐owned property. no date.

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77 Correspondence concerning Poles crossing into German

territory at Trzebinia. no date. 79 No more Jews from the Soviet Union will be accepted for

settlement in Poland. 25 May 1940. 81 Nazi organizations receive 3 rooms in the Savings Bank

building. no date. 83 Report of the suicide of Franz Malinski. no date. 85‐89 Price control; correspondence and lists of city employees,

divided into Germans, Ukrainians and Poles. no date. 95 Sofie Wald, Jan Korser and Józef Jablonski will not get a raise.

no date. Two trades unions of hairdressers established ‐ Aryans and

Jewish. 101 Rosa Weissberg petitions the Germans to let her son return

from Lwów. Denied. no date. 103 Request for a list of Aryan owners of textile and notions

stores. no date. 105 List of 8 Aryan‐owned stores (the rest, 95%, are Jewish‐

owned). Order ‐ textiles can be obtained only with a purchase permit. no date.

107 Resettlement transport (of Poles) from Poznań province;

Germans sent to determine how much cash they have. June 1940.

109 Poles given a fugitive certificate; they have between 2‐20 zl.

cash each. The Propaganda Offiec in Kraków wants the swastikas returned. no date.

111 Tarnów paid 100 RM for the flags they borrowed from the flag

factory in Hamburg. no date. 113 Correspondence regarding Anton Schultz legal papers. no

date. 115 New prices for eggs (1‐13 groshen). no date.



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117 Gans and Hochberger do not want their Jewish employees; there are thousands in the ghetto whom the government can have. Order and correspondence ‐ individuals in the ghetto who work having to contribute to the ghetto welfare fund. June 1940.

121‐125 Debts to be paid by the employers into the Unemployment

and Welfare Fund. no date. 129 Report of the death of Stanislaus Sempek. no date. 131 German officials in Tarnów will not relinquish the Francis

Street lights; candlabras to be scraped and ground. no date. no file # Order to disinfect the jail cells in the Bristol Hotel. June 1940. 139 Someone wants the furniture from the Jewish Council office.

no date. 143‐155 Tarnów does not pay teh 2,100 RM fee; asks for reduced fee

of 1,500 RM. no date. 157 The Jewish Council relinquishes the furniture from the

childrens' home, "Nasze Dzieci;" inventory. no date. 159 Refusal to open a Jewish kindergarten because all Jewish

schools are closed. 27 Jun 1940. 163 Petition for the return of plans to rebuild certain streets in

Tarnów. no date. 165 Building of Otto Street. no date. 167 Natan Knobloch has five rooms but will not assign a better

one to his janitor (Polish with German translation). no date. 171 All German agencies and institutions are to collect money to

buy a present for Governor‐General Hans Frank. no date. 173 The upkeep costs for the Polish police working for the

Germans in Dabrowa are to be kept separately. no date. 175 Information on how to calculate cost‐of‐living expenses. no

date. 177 Medical care for German employees in the General‐

Gouvernement (German‐occupied territory). no date.



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179 Order concerning former government workers ‐ they should not wear military uniforms. no date.

183ff Guidelines for issuance of trade and commercial licenses. no

date. 189 Forms for the above. no date. 191 Request, in Polish with German translation, of farmers in the

Tarnów area for protection from thieves. Order to citizens regarding damaging fields and orchards. no date.

199 Józef Tomaszewski and Władimir Pankowski, fieldguards, are

being warned to do a good job. no date. 205 A Miller married with a Lipner from Detroit is unknown to the

millowners in the region. no date. 205b All bakeries have to publicly display price lists. no date. 207 The SS wants Jewish furniture; they have already taken 10,000

zl. The Tarnów stores are unable to deliver mirrors and curtains for the 4th SS Squadron barracks. no date.

209 List of items needed for the the 4th SS Squadron barracks. no

date. 215 Requisition for items for the SS sent to the Jewish Religious

Council. no date. 217‐219 The Tarnów District administrative adviser complains that his

executive police have no proper shoes or rainwear. no date. 221 The Germans pay only 50% of the electric bill. no date. 223 The apartment of the German director of electric works is

valued at 120 zl.; he pays only 52 zl. no date. 223 People expelled from the German annexed territories have

scabies, lice, etc. Polish Red Cross is blamed. The city administrator will not admit the sick to hospitals. Correspondence with Polish Red Cross. Help refused. no date.

225 Money for sports field in Tarnów. no date. 227 Estimate for work to be done on the sports field;

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229 Correspondence relating to a swimming pool for Tarnów. no date.

265 Józef von Marcke, Józef Podgórski and Stanisław Adamczyk,

Polish interpreters, are no longer needed by the administration. no date.

267 Stanislaus Krawiec is fired. no date. 269 Problems between the German military and operators of

public transportation. no date. 271 Complaint about Gypsies and beggars who are not supposed

to show themselves in Tarnów. no date. 273 Unpaid debts of municipal works in communities of 5,000

persons; Tarnów owes approximately 800,000 zl. no date. 279 The Germans collected 58 zl. for Governor‐General Hans

Frank's birthday. no date. 285 Jews complain that military personnel and Polish civilians

have forced their way into Jewish homes and plundered and/or demolished them; they want their furniture returned. no date.

289 Notice of dismissal in Polish and German (see #265). no date. 291‐303 Repeat of correspondence concerning the 4th SS Squadron's

demands for furnishings for their barracks at Tarnów's expense. July 1940.

305 Correspondence relating to Tarnów's 1940/1941 budget. no

date. 323 Budget guidelines for communities in the Tarnów district and

for all regional directors. no date. 329 Citizenship guidelines for Volksdeutsche employed by the

government. no date. 331 List of Volksdeutsche in the city government; includes Alfred

Emil Bittner, Eduard Görgner and Kasimir Typanski. no date. 333 Davora Biegeleisen is the owner of a house occupied by the

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333 Kaczorowski unjustly denounces Wachs, Bochner, Weill and Braw for working without licenses as bakers and pastry chefs. no date.

337 Correspondence concerning the seal of office of the city

commissioners in the General‐Gouvernement. no date. 339 Suggestion that the formerly Polish State Printing House

should do all printing for the Germans. May 1940. 349 Report on the state of health care establishments in Tarnów ‐

1 motorized and 1 horse‐drawn ambulance; 70 doctors (16 Jewish); 18 specialists (5 Jewish); 11 dentists (4 Jewish); etc. Population: 639 Germans; 206 Volksdeutsch; 32,800 Poles; 23,200 Jews. All important positions should be filled with Germans or Volksdeutsch. List of special forms. no date.

363 A broken pipe in the Hotel Bristol. no date. 365 Order and guidelines relating to confiscated private property.

no date. 369 General‐Gouvernement legal orders, regulations, etc. no date. 371 Correspondence concerning the Warsaw bank wanting the

money for account #17545. no date. 377 Correspondence concerning the SS in Kraków and the Polish

militia nominal rolls. no date. 379 The Tarnów militia nominal rolls are destroyed by the Polish

Starosta. no date. 381 List of estates over 50 hectares. no date. 383 Young beggars intimidate officers. no date. 385 Request to lock up beggars and ragamuffins in the area of the

Kudeski Café and the Park. 17 July 1940. 387 Request for list of civilian drivers working for the General‐

Gouvernement. There are no German civilian drivers. June 1940.

389 Instruction to the Wasilewski Bookstore to submit for

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391 Tarnów's request for welfare assistance from Kraków. Denied. no date.

393 Produce price list to be distributed to police and other

concerned authorities. Distribution of unripe fruit to be punished. no date.

397 All private schools run by the Ursuline order to be closed and

the children's academic records to be given to state inspector. no date.

401 New tax on earnings; reports to be made to German

authorities. no date. 403 Rules for new tax on earnings. no date. 411 Report to the Agricultural Council about bulbs. no date. 413 List of people employed in the Tarnów administration (no

Jews employed). no date. 419 Order to submit list of artisan associations in Tarnów. no date. 421 The three Jewish newspapers and their assets are: Gwiazda

(Star), 60,000 zl.; Ojcyzna (Vaterland), 35,000 zl.; Jad‐Charuzim, no assets. no date.

423 Inventory of furniture taken by Germans from the Gwiazda

Tarnowska. no date. 425 The Germans have the Ojczyzna inventory. no date. 427 All Jad‐Charuzim property was confiscated; books were

destroyed during the burning of the synagogue. no date. 429 Assignments of Polish policemen to Tarnów district regional

offices: 100 to Warsaw; 70 to Kraków; 15 to Tarnów; etc. Jul 1940.

433 Police need horses and wagons. no date. 435 Report of the death by drowning of Boleslaw Strojny. no date. 436b Permits for the use of railroads by 3 Jews from the General‐

Gouvernement in Kraków. no date. 439 Request for information on the POW Mendel Roth. no date.



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441 Request, in Polish that all artisans register. no date. 445 Same in German. 453 Results of water testing for bacteria; the water is usable. no

date. 457 Request for a list of bureaucrats from Saarpfalz, Baden and

Trier to be removed from the General‐Gouvernement. no date.

459 Someone wants the barracks occupied by the military back.

no date. 461 Unpaid bills of Ita Gerstner, Lazar Gray and Aror Siedliskier. no

date. 463 Relative to the above, get a lawyer. no date. 465 The General‐Gouvernement forbids payment in foreign

currency to German firms in Germany. no date. 467 Name of the single Jewish woman at Narutowicza Street, #6

whose apartment is needed and who has a room with her sister. no date.

469 Referred to the quartermaster. no date. 469 Health authorities request the delousing of some 400

resettled persons brought to the military barracks on Konopnickaste. no date.

471‐477 The reestablishment of the Household Bank; rules,

instructions, goals. no date. no file # List of craftsmen, listed according to race, nationality,

citizenship, etc. EX: Reisser, Józef, Jewish Polish in Nowytarg. no date.

481 The replacement of 140 old Polish women employed by the

city sanitary office by Jews; 28 old women left in jobs. Request for pay raise for these 28 women. no date.

483 Follow up on the above. no date. 485 Request for materials and money for the German villa for

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487 Follow up on above ‐ request for cost estimate for the German vacation villa. no date.

489 The Commercial Bank's request for clothing coupons for their

3 Polish employees (suit, shirt, underwear, stockings, shoes). no date.

487 Above request refused. May 1940. 489 Request for longer work week for 18 women employed in the

welfare office. no date. 491 Former Polish physicians and health officials are not to be

employed without the permission of Dr. Gorgon. no date. 493 Circular letters to inform all concerned about the new rules

and conditions. no date. 495 Only Germans and Volksdeutsch are to be admitted into the

General‐Gouvernement. no date. 497 Information that refugees will no longer be admitted into the

General‐Gouvernement has been known since before the refugees' relocation to the Soviet Union. Requests are not to be forwarded to the refugee authority at Jaroslav. no date.

499‐503 Rules regulating the service and scope of authority of the

German police in the General‐Gouvernement. New single command units are being established in Kraków, Warsaw, Radom, Częstochowa, Kielce, Lublin, Chełm, Przemysl and Tarnów. The German police is to supervise the Polish police. Raiding parties and flying squads executed by German police. no date.

501‐503 Rules for mills; milk and meat producers; and stores that sell

these products: follow the Polish laws. no date. 505 Regulations on name‐changing: there are 2 laws in Poland

regarding funny sounding or degrading names; follow the 1917 law and let the regional authorities decide about changes. no date.

507 Employment of veterinarians in official positions is regulated

by the Germans. no date. 509 Increase in pay supplement for regional office managers. no

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511 German work supplement is not enough for the Tarnów mayor. no date.

513 Clothing request for 13 Polish employees who need clothing

and are constantly refused. no date. 513 Cover letter concerning requisition forms and regulations

governing police seizures of property. no date. 523‐529 Regulations regarding police matters versus the General‐

Governement population. 4 pages. no date. 531 Announcement of land tax. Each landowner is responsible for

knowing how much land he owns. no date. 533 The Water Department requests transportation for district

oversight trips. no date. 535 The Tarnów Water Department is allowed 2 motorcycles. no

date. 537 The 2 motorcycles and a Citröen car are ruined and can be

given to the Water Department for disposition. no date. 539b List of parts needed for repairing the motocycles and a repair

cost estimate. The Fire Department could do the repair. no date.

539c The motorcycles and car can be used in efforts to fight

blackmarketeering. no date. 539d Slaughterhouses request 2 people be employed during

slaughter times. no date. 541 Health Department requests free rides on city trams for 2

people in an effort to same wear and tear on shoes. Denied. no date.

543 Announcement in German and Polish of new rules under a

certain Priuser regarding room and board for transport drivers in Tarnów district. no date.

545, 547 Announcement, in German and Polish, about the unification

of the means of transportation in the Tarnów district. no date. 549 Michael Czermak receives 2,000 RM for services rendered to

the army quartermaster. no date.



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549b Receipt for the above. no date. 551 Dr. Buchmüller requests ration cards of people delivered to

hospitals are to be returned to the German Hospital in Kraków; they cannot keep the money from the closed account of O. Jortner and Katz Fleischer. no date.

553 Announcement, in German and Polish concerning cultivation

of winter rape‐oil seeds. no date. 557 Order to submit list of farmers who do not cultivate the

above. All farms are small and grow vegetables for Tarnów; there are no communal pastures. no date.

559 The phrase "for the Polish occupied lands" is to be omitted

from official documents and "Oberbefehlshaber Ost" is to be changed to "The Military High Commander in the General‐Gouvernement." no date.

561 Finances and price controls of the General‐Gouvernement;

the need for unified set of regulations on incoming and outgoing monies. no date.

563 SS cover letter (but not actual regulations) concerning the

Polish police. no date. 567 List of 336 police stations receiving the SS regulations. no

date. SS refuses to increase pay or improve working conditions of Police

policemen and ask the German commanders to stop requesting that they do so. no date.

569 Revised maps with "The German interest regions" instead of

"The Polish occupied regions" can be picked up at the District Office. no date.

571 Announcement to all economic affairs offices: whenever

possible, wives and children of forced laborers in Germany are to receive preferential treatment in obtaining ration cards. no date.

no file # Letter to the Polish Red Cross and FNU Bielatowicz concerning

the decision to give them preferential treatment provided they obtain monthly vertification of the spouse's stay in Germany, that bills are paid, etc. (see #571)



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573 Correspondence concerning financial affairs and military service of former Tarnów Commandant Kundt. no date.

575 List of school expenses, in Polish and German. no date. 583 Correspondence concerning the back payment of former

Commandant Kundt's 70,000 zl. debt. no date. 583b The city is 600,000 zl. in the red and could pay the 70,000 zl.

no date. 583 Tarnów receives its soap rations. no date. 591 Instruction, in Polish, concerning distribution of soap and soap

powder ‐ in the city, Jews will need 8 coupons and Poles will need 4; in the villages, Jews will need 10 coupons and Poles will need up 5. no date.

593 Food inspections and controls. no date. 595‐597 Correspondence concerning prices for livestock imposed by

the slaughterhouses. no date. 601 Correspondence concerning public relief; money for organized

Polish charities should be taken out of paychecks. no date. 603 Official announcement regarding the obligation to support the

P.H.K. [Polish Charity Committee]. The country‐wide population has to give 1 hectare of land per month to the villave elder before the 15th of each month. no date.

605 Germans need coupons for leather goods and textiles. no

date. no file # Correspondence concerning Jews who did not register with

the labor office. The Polish police are ordered to bring them in; they must report on Saturday, August 3, 1940. no date.

no file # Only Hirsch Mann was brought in; the other 13 were not

available. On August 2, 12 Jews were brought in. no date. 615 Correspondence concerning Jews who do not report for

registration. no date. 621 Correspondence concerning request for rooms for the forest

police; they cannot take furnishings when they leave. no date.



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623 Correspondence concerning a complaint about the destructive practices of the German military (e.g. watering horses in the swimming pool). General zu der Luth is warned to ensure his soldiers do not ruin the city's sports installations. no date.

627 Correspondence concerning an electrical fire in the military

commissary compound. The Polish police are to investigate. The fire department is thanked. no date.

no file # Order calling for Jews to be added to the labor pool; they

should be non‐forcibly employed st first, but when large projects are involved, forced labor is to be considered. After 3 Aug 1940, the Judenrat will have no more say in who works where. The Labor Office will make such decisions. By July 30th: 7 Jews had been brought to the Labor Office, 14 could not work; 2 were very sick; 2 were mental cases; 1 was in jail; 2 could not be found; 1 had died; 2 had left Tarnów; and one had escaped and was being hunted. Correspondence about the delivery of 14 Jews. no date.

643 Correspondence and order with instructions on combating

rabies. Announcement in German and Polish concerning precautions to be taken against rabies. no date.

649‐651 Correspondence with instructions on the obligation to

register. no date. 653 Correspondence relating to an order concerning the

obligation to register and permits for Jewish and Polish parents who left their children in Tarnów to take them back. no date.

655 Finance Office instruction concerning 1939‐1940 tax

collection. 3 pages. no date. 661 Correspondence from the Labor Office concerning the

building contruction in Tarnów, credits, etc. no date. 663 Report and correspondence concerning the need for family

housing in Tarnów. List of 15 people whose homes were started in 1939 and remain unfinished. no date.

669 Correspondence concerning salaries of German employees.

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673 Request that the General Gouvernement military command send a Tarnów city plan and list of German street names. no date.

675 Correspondence concerning the Tarnów fire department. no

date. 679 Cover letter; no list of street names in German. no date. no file # Correspondence concerning military authority in the General

Gouvernement. no date. 681 List of police officers in the General Gouvernement as of Jul

1940. no date. 685‐689 Correspondence concerning SS order to let the members of

the Polish police visit their families who are living in the incorporated provinces (Wartegau, Poznań, etc.). Request of a Polish policeman, Johan Mischker, for a furlough permit. no date.

693 Correspondence concerning SS passes allowing the wives and

children of South Africans to leave Poland. no date. 685 The Tarnów Price Control Chief's complaint that petitions are

sent to a higher authority rather than to his office. no date. 687 Correspondence concerning price lists for leather goods. no

date. 689 Correspondence concerning the need to clear with the main

finance office the employment of any additional personnel in branch offices. no date.

701 Order that all employees are to get an "Ost" armband which

can be obtained from Karl Marer's in Kraków. no date. 703 Instuction that while visits of family members in the General

Gouvernement do not have time limits, permission must be obtained. no date.

705 Order that Polish policemen are to stay away from church

processions. no date. 707 Correspondence concerning prohibition of kosher butchers.

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709 List of 20 Jewish kosher butchers whose licenses have been revoked. no date.

711 Instruction regarding balloons, parachutes and other

equipment used for the distribution of leaflets. 2 pages. no date.

715 Correspondence and order concerning the housing and use of

fire department equipment. no date. 717‐721 Correspondence concerning the setting of salt prices and

regulation that all dealers charge the same price. no date. 723 Rules and instructions, in German and Polish, about printed

matter. no date. 729 Rules relating to meat inspection. no date. 731 Correspondence concerning Jews who have not yet registered

for work. 9 Aug 1940. 733 Correspondence concerning taxes. no date. 737 Germans going on furlough in Germany and using 2nd class

traincars can get their money back. no date. 739 Correspondence concerning Tarnów Jews who have not

registered with the Labor Office; they should be arrested by the Polish police. 12 Aug 1940.

743 How and when to address letters to SS authorities. Routine

mail is to go through the usual channels. no date. 745b Correspondence concerning the Polish Guild Association's

informing the city of Tarnów of a meeting. no date. 747 Furniture request for the Tarnów Police offices. No answer;

repeat request in 6 weeks. no date. 749 Note for the SS ‐ there is no communal kitchen in the jail and

there is as yet to German homes in Tarnów. no date. 751 Request for German homes is granted; 120 will be

accomodated. no date. 757 Answer to the note regarding a communal kitchen in the jail ‐

the city pays for the jail food and the city has a 600,000 zl. deficit. no date.



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759 Physicians and pharmacists are not allowed to receive

payment for services which social security pays for; the German military pays for their own services. no date.

763 Correspondence concerning room for military vehicles in the

Koscinszko School. no date. 777 Previously enacted Polish laws relating to guilds will apply as

long as they are not harmful to German interests. no date. 779 Correspondence concerning meat instpection in slaughter

houses. no date. no file # Complaints about women who do not charge set prices.

Special care should be taken to prevent Jews from buying from these women and then reselling goods for a higher price. Controls at the railroad station. no date.

no file # Rules governing public transport, especially bicycles. The

curfew, especially for Jews, should be carefully observed. Violators are to be arrested, held in jail over night, and given a ticket. no date.

793 Permission is granted for the head of the Health Office to use

a droshke in an emergency. no date. no file # Correspondence concerning permission for the city's head

physician to use a droshke. no date. 797 Correspondence concerning the sports field in Tarnów. no

date. 799 Correspondence concerning renovation of the police building

and the assigning of temporary housing for the police. Negative response. 08 Aug 1940.

no file # Instruction that prostitutes are to pay for the use of city public

health services. no date. 801 Correspondence, in German, concerning military housing and

payment of examination fees. no date. 803 Correspondence concerning not using breeding horses for city

transportation. no date. 805 Correspondence concerning bills for the Hotel Astoria which

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811 Request for information on the cost to the military of renting

a granary; 802 zl. per month is not too much. no date. 815 Correspondence concerning a pre‐war agreement involving a

drainage ditch on the estate of Prince Sanguszko. no date. 829 The possession of radios must be reported and payment for

use must be made; fines will be levied for illegal listening, and radios will be confiscated to ensure that authorites have enough radios to head news of German victories. no date.

no file # Permission to own a radio is issued by the Propaganda Office

and the German Post Office. Poles, Ukrainians, Jews and foreigners must have special permission to own a radio or their radio will be confiscated. no date.

853‐40 Price control regulation. no date. 837 German elementary schools are to be financed by the public.

no date. no file # Prison maintenance ‐ request for report on the number of

inmates in criminal, political and special prisons; report on the prison population in Tarnów. no date.

836/40 Information on payment by Germans to the General

Gouvernement to cover the costs of cultural and social activities of their organizations. no date.

837/40 Individual German officials are not to submit reports to the

Führer; the General Governor is responsible for submitting reports. no date.

835 Order to add "Dunajer" to the district name "Neumarkt" in

order to differentiate it from other Neumarkts in Germany. no date.

853‐855 Correspondence containing 51 additional names of Polish

policemen in the Tarnów district. no date. 857 The military rents a shed in the Narutowicz Strasse. There is a

question of an appropriate price. no date. 861 Only those with passports issued by the Soviet authorities in

Berlin may cross the Soviet border. no date.



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865 Regulation regarding the reporting of infectious diseases. no date.

867 Regulation regarding Jewish bakeries. no date. 869 List of 5 Jewish bakeries to be closed for failing inspection. no

date. 871 Female market vendors are to post price lists or be closed. no

date. 875 Polish‐language official rubber stamps are to be replaced by

German‐language ones. no date. 875f Request for telephone installation in the private and official

quarters of Police Chief Laske. no date. 879 Request for 100 German policemen to conduct a forced labor

roundup of Jews as the Polish police's performance has not been satisfactory. 03 Sep 1940.

881 Correspondence to the Polish Red Cross regarding

preferential treatment when issuing ration cards for clothing to families whose wage earner had been working in Germany at least 3 months before being legally released and returned home. no date.

887‐897 Correspondence about the field military hospital and the cost

of building the Zbylitowska Góra nunnery. no date. 899 Registration of apprentices. no date. 909 Request that circular letters be written in German. no date. no file # The 4th SS Squadron receves a marble block from the

Annastrasse Jewish school. no date. 909 Incarcerated Polish and Ukrainian policemen are to receive no

more tahn 2/3 pay; those who are found guilty are to be let go. no date.

911 List of food items needed for a kitchen; order to build up

winter food reserves. no date. 915 Correspondence, in German, relating to winter food reserves

to Tarnów's needy. Sept 1940.



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917 Corespondence listing establishments feeding orphans, the poor, etc. no date.

919b Correspondence concerning Polish merchants' need for space

in Narutowicz Strasse. no date. 921 Official German institutions may not advertise in newspapers

for employees and promise them extra pay. no date. 921 Poles may not dance with Germans. no date. no file # "Metros" is looking for Wolf Frey and Szymon Tauber who

owe money to the firm which is now in the hands of a trustee. no date.

929 The Tarnów city administration wants to know if it can use the

money from the closed account of O. Jortner and Katz Fleisher to pay teachers. no date.

935 A German official, Firschau, wants the apartment of an elderly

Jewish couple, M/M Isaak Lieblich, He is willing to house them in a "Jewish apartment." The confiscation of Jewish property can be done only on the order of the General Gouvernement. no date.

933 Request for handcuffs for the Polish police. no date. 935‐937 Correspondence, in Polish and German, regarding a court

hearing involving a soldier, Schillinger, and a witness, Scholz, which results in the verdict that a young boy, Andreas Pituch, is guilty of running in front of an oncoming vehicle. no date.

954 Correspondence concerning 3 Germans being allowed to go to

Zakopane for free. no date. 961 The SS needs to know if Salomon Bernberg is needed in

Tarnów. no date. 963 Correspondence granting permission for the wagon driver,

Pieniadz, to be on the street at night to bring in the sick. He will need a picture ID. no date.

967 Correspondence and order relating to the need for Tarnów

district to provide for itself during the upcoming winter. no date.



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975 Passes for 2 employees of Prince Sanguszko's fruit products industry allowing them to work at night; photographs will cost 10 zl. each. no date.

983 Engineer Weigel, Count Lubienski and Engineer Lempicki have

temporary passes giving them permission to be on the street at night. no date.

989 Correspondence and instruction relating to the preparation of

food for the 1940/1941 winter. no date. no file # "Delizia," a Bielsko business firm, is looking for creditors. Six

names, 4 Jewish and 2 Polish, of people who own them money. None of the Jews named is still in business; only the 2 Poles are. no date.

1055 Correspondence dealing with handcuffs for the Polish police.

no date. 1057 Cover letter relating to flour rations for hotels, bakeries, etc.

Flour can be obtained only with valid ration coupon cards. no date.

1063 List of 27 "Asian" and 43 Jewish bakers, confectioners,

restauranteurs, etc. in Tarnów. no date. 1069 Names of 27 Polish and 43 Jewish workers in restaurants,

bakeries, and confectionery stores. no date. 1077b Correspondence relating to monies paid to apprentices and

returned to the city treasury. no date. 1083 The manager of the German "amusement house" complains

that a certain Mrs. Wasserman who inspects the girls prefers "private girls." no date.

1085 Mrs. Wasserman is a Jewish doctor who has been denounced

and is to be interrogated regarding venereal diseases. no date.

1087 Dr. Wasserman's report on the "private" prostitutes. no date. 993‐1015 List of 10 groups in order of their ranking in food priorities,

rules governing priorities, and colored cards for each group ("real and ethnic" Germans are #1 and Jews are #10). Page 12 deals with Jews. no date.



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no file # List of food rations for "real and ethnic" Germans (not to be posted or made public). no date.

1039 Bread portions for Jews ‐ 700 grams per week. County

residents have only sugar (up to 100 grams per week) rationed. no date.

1043 Josef Berger and his wife have fled and should be found. no

date. 1045 Request for fire equipment. no date. 1047 Request for a list of employees of the Tarnów bank according

to nationalities. no date. 1047b Rules for mobilization of a Jewish labor force and

establishment of a Jewish labor supervisory office. 3 pages. no date.

1089 Information that only Warsaw prints ration cards. no date. 1093 Correspondence demanding copies of archival lists for

Tarnów. no date. 1095 List of city residents (all Jews) who own housing; all have to

move out by 1 Oct 1940. 3 pages. Dec 1939. 3 Lists of names; 57 people have to pay or move on. no date. no file # List of 58 Jewish families living in the city who own houses. no

date. no file # List of stores in the city market hall. 13 Jewish stores in

Mariastrasse. no date. 25 List of 43 Jewish families living in city housing. Some of the

men or children are in Russia. no date. 27 List of Jewish families living in city housing on Powizdów. no

date. 29 List of Polish families living in city housing after the eviction of

the Jews (20 people). no date. 33 List of 58 Jewish families living in city apartments (same as

entry #3 above). no date.



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39 List of Jewish paupers living in in city housing (same names as on entry #25 list above). no date.

43 List of 120 Roman Catholics. 1940. no file # List of 113 Poles and the rent each pays. no date. 63 Petition for permission to change living quarters. no date. 65 Karol Czaicki, a public housing resident, is accused of being a

firebug. no date. 67 Petition for new public housing living quarters. no date. 71‐88 Report concerning public housing subleters paying higher rent

than the renters. no date. 89 Petitions for living quarters. no date. 91 List of and report on renters. no date. 93‐103 Permission for occupancy. no date. 107 Complaint about public housing gas meters. no date. no file # Request for permission to establish a vegetable store in public

housing. no date. 113 Correspondence regarding a petition for permission to

establish a basketball court in public housing. no date. no file # List of Jewish families who did not pay rent in public housing.

July 1940. 125 Red Cross submits a bill for repairs to an apartment. no date. 127 Petition for public housing living quarters. no date. 132 Petition to be handed in before 21 Aug 1940; Szmaja Weg is

subleting from Saul Szadkowski. no date. 155 Regulations for public housing tenants. 3 pages. no date. no file # Correspondence relating to Saul Szadkowski eviction from his

apartment. no date. 1‐31 Injunction and letter regarding unpaid rents. no date.



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247 List of people who have not paid rent for 1941. no date. 251 List of city properties (for real estate taxes); correspondence

and injunction. no date.

9 Records of cases involving rental properties, in Polish and German, 1940‐1942

278 Correspondence and petitions concerning the city of Tarnów

and the renters in city‐owned houses in Dwernicki Street; behavior of children, con‐compliance with health codes, etc.

285 List of misbehaving children. 289 Correspondence concerning the city of Tarnów, the finance

office, and the bus station. 299 Cover letter and list of 69 houses taken over by Germans. 305‐383 Correspondence, dated 1930‐1941, from the Polish Tourist

Association to the Tarnów city administration regarding the leasing and use of the city bus station; contract dated Jul 1939; rules, regulations, etc.

no file # Gleicher apartment to be renovated in 1941. 385 Correspondence concerning city‐run shelters for homeless

people; list of 19 names. 387 Abraham Gewölb rents to Nathan Holländer and his 7‐

member family without permission. The Jewish Council refuses to follow guidelines. 7 pages. Oct 1941.

401 Correspondence concerning the unpaid rent of Rudolf

Lakomy; he must pay or go. July 1942. 413 Same for Władysłlaw Sznurek. 415 Complaints about Édwin Czaicki children. 1941 no file # List of city dwellings assigned to poor people. 1941. no file # Lazar Bodner is evicted from his place of business in the old

city hall. 1940. 453 Certificate stating Dr. Samuel Becker had been in the hospital

and had left March 25, 1940; he has to pay rent (104,162 zl.). no date.



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463 Jan Bartoszek rents a newspaper and cigarette kiosk, 1940;

same for Andrzej Bobrecki. 465‐467 Wladyslav Bochenek rents space for the purpose of selling

meat. no date. 471 Walentyna Biran petition to rent city housing not granted. no

date. 477 Petitions and correspondence relating to rentals in city‐owned

housing for living or business space for Katarzyna Bogainowa, Jadwiga Bargiez, Adolf Bronowski, Florentyna Biran, Piotr Błaszczyk, Mieczysław Borowicz, Leo Bialecki, Józef Baran, Franciszka Bidzinska, Edward Barnas, Wladzimierz Bielecki, and Anna and Helena Czosnykowa. Oct 1940.

537 Form letter concerning the renting of public housing. no date. 543 Correspondence and petitions relating to renting units in

public housing by Maria Habiniak, Andrzej Czyżewicz, Stanisław Lycon, Sylwester Cholewa, Anna Czermak, Andrzej Ciochoń, Stefan Dobosz, Jan Dobrowolski, Staisława Dabrowska, Stefan Dobosz and Jan Dzierwa. no date.

683 Petitions of Pauline Freudendfeld and Józefa Filipowicz for

permission to open a produce stand; petition of Stanisław Filipowicz peititon for living quarters; Michal Gorski petition for lower rent (denied); petitions of Genowefa Górska and Henryk Glówka for business locations. Oct 1940.

no file # Jakub Grünberg petition for reduction in payments for market

stall and for collection of arrears from butcher. no date. no file # Wiktoria Gizycka petition for an apartment previously

occupied by Jews; Henryk Gricura, Józef Gajewski, Michel Górski, Stanisław Gałczyk, Franciszek Gwózdz, and Marcin Gradczynski petition for a painting job and a new store. In Polish and German. no date.

no file # Gabriel Wózniak, Józef Grünbaum and David Owida rent room

for a barber shop. no date. 685 J. Grünbaum and Dawid Owid contract with the public

housing authority for room in which to operate a barber shop. 699 Petitions of expatriated persons from annexed territories for

living quarters in city‐owned buildings. no date.



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no file # Correspondence and rent payments for city housing of Józef

Hendel and Helena Houdowa. no date. 717 Petition, in Polish and German, of Roman Habiniar. 1940. 721 Franciszek Iwania; electricity and coal free of charge for

service quarters of the maintenance man in the Dwernicki city housing building. no date.

763 Correspondence relating to rentals in city buildings by

Wladyslaw Irzykowski, Stefan Jarosz, Franciszek Jeżyk, Janina Jarolimowa, and Stefan Kosiba. no date. Eliasz Künstlich lost his job because he was behind in the rent. Jan. 1940. Petitions for new stalls from Andrzev Koziołek, Michal Kubiak, Wincenty Kobiarski, Józef Tomaszewski, Wladyslaw Król, Zozislaw Kocik, Standislaw Korus, Kazimierz Kalaczkowski, Slantisław Brzoz, Walerie Kedrynowa, Wincenty Kala, Juliosz Koza, Antoni Kubiak, Władysław Koziot, Alexander Krupski, Franciszek Kawalec, Henryk Kopek and Julian Kanaler. no date.

831 Helene Królówna, Józef Kubis and Baruch Kranz petition for

deferment of payment. Positive response. no date. 853 Jakob Kawa, a policeman who had been expelled from Poznań

by the SS, petitions for living quarters. Denied. no date. 865 Benjamin Leibel rent money; Sara Litwak petition for business

space (positive response); Rudolf Borkowski complaint about Sara Litwak business practices. no date.

887 Augustyn Lück petition for better quarters; Wladyslaw Lis, a

Silesian expatriate, explains why he cannot get an apartment in a private building and petitions for city housing, 27 Aug 1940; Wolf Lehrfeld petition. Positive response; petitions for city housing from Stefan Kotocki, Olga Martykowna, Edward Machal, Stanisław Mikoz, Wladyslawa Mastonia, Franciszek Mazgaj, Józef Mizgala, Władysław Milowka, Władysław Magiera, Franciszck Marek, Władysław Mazur, Stanislaw Mizera, Richard Bembuowski. no dates.

953 Petitions for city housing from Jan Noga, Jósefa Niedojadlo,

Zofia Jagieniec and Henryk Pecha; Dr. Rudolf Pisz contract forms; Ch. Weiss is still practicing in Tarnow. no dates.

971 Andrzej Polek wants to take over the quarters of Mr. Berger, a

worker at 543 Cegielnia St., who has to vacate the premises. Kiosk rental contract for Anna Piatkiewicz and Stefan



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Radlinski. Beila Rubin is unregistered and lives with Kalman Heffner. Kazimicrz Rzadek has expatriated family. Boleslaw Rozpeda. no dates.

1001 Correspondence and contract, in German, between city of

Tarnów and a German firm, Ostreklame, for advertising posters, etc. The contract should run out in Dec. 1951. Sep 1940.

1113 Roman Serwinski petition for market stall rental to sell bakery

goods. no date. 1121 Roman Serwinski returns the keys and wants his deposit back.

no date. Contract for Ludwika Szymańska and Stefan Szwarga; Władysław kiosk, quarters for Miezyslaw Sokolski, Alojzy Szomlanski, Zygmunt Soldat, Franciszek Sumera, Antoni Skrzypek, Andrzy Szamborski and Józefa Stasiak. no dates.

1171 Stefan Stefanom and Francisek Siedleczka have family

expatriated from Gdansk. no date. Correspondence and petitions, in Polish and German, dated

1940, for public housing units, stalls or living expenses no file # From Walerian Bohusz‐Szyszko, Zofia Sromkówna, Jan

Sierpowski, Tadeusz and Janina Szafranski, Walenty Szwedo, Jan Sitko, Teodozjie Skoropowa, Józef Toporkiewicz, Marian Pabjan, Stanisław Tomaszewski, Franciszeh Futrak, Maria Tarchalowa and Michel Usien.

no file # Franciszek Wetua contracts for a store in which to sell meat. no file # Jacob Weitz petitions for an extension of his rent payment

due date. 1251 Letter from the Tarnów Jewish Council supporting Jacok Weitz

petition; payment is delayed until he finds a job. 23 Feb. 1940. 1271 From Józef Walaszek, Tadeusz Wielkoszewski, Augustyn

Witek, Cecylia Watrobowa, Stanislaw Wózniak, Józef Walczyk, Józef Wojdyla, Józef Witek, Józef Watroba and Wladyslaw Wegrzyn.

1328 Notice to Haline Suchodolska and Wladyslav Wegrzyn to

vacate stalls; Jan Warmus petitions for lodging. 1363 Regarding Dawid Majer Ziegeltuch, widower. In 1938, the city

had agreed to pay his wife, Malka Delona Kleinhändler, 25 zl.



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per month to vacate her store as she was too old to maintain it; after her death, her husband, Dawid Majer Ziegeltuch, was to receive the monthly payment. In Nov. 1939, he did not receive his payment and petitioned for the reinstatement for the payment. In Jan. 1940, he is denied payment under German jurisdiction.

no file # From Wiktork Zarduchowicz, Józef Zabinski, Jan Zurek, Antoni

Zielinski, Maria Zawada, Lucyna Zołtowska, Jan Zabski, Jan Zielinski and Stanislaw Zawislak; Józef Zabinski petitions for permission to pay rent in installments.

Correspondence and contracts, in Polish and German, dated

1941, relating to housing (rental contracts and payments, vacating notices, repair requests, etc.)

1421‐92 Relating to Adolf Bronowski and Lazor Amisfeld. 1429 Relating to Tobiosz and Sala Ablöser. 1475 The city treasurer has to pay the Housing Office all debts

incurred by Jewish tenants. no file # Relating to Jan Borsa, Abraham Beitrag, Józef Bielik, Piotr

Burza and Andrey Czyżewki. 1509 Jan Czelcaj and Aniela Czech request repairs. 1543 Józef Perlberg, Anna Wyszkant and Franciszek Wojcik

(regarding housing); Anna Dzukant, Jan Dziecina, Franciszek Dzikton, and Estera and Tzak Elbinger (regarding contracts).

no file # Sample payment form to be used by tenants who have had

repairs. Szyja Eisenholz takes over the apartment of Browisław Kulenty; he is to pay 20 zl. a month for a one‐room apartment with kitchen, tile stove, gas and lights; toilet in courtyard. Oct 1941.

1585 Contract for Zofia Folner ‐ 35 zl. a month for a two‐room

apartment with kitchen and toilet recently vacated by Rifka Batist.

no file # Apartment contracts for Józef Friedman and Salomon

Friedmaber; refund for Wladyslaw Gust because of military takeover of the building in which he lived; Czeslaw Górski needs repairs done. May 1941.



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no file # Marianne Marsch, trustee for T. Goldfarb & Syn, Markus Goldfarb, Tarnow, a wholesale notions business, requests repairs. 17 July 1941.

no file # Apartment contracts for Adela Grönberg and Herman

Gleicher. 1651 Letter, dated Dec 1938, and apartment contract, dated 1939,

for Lieb Gleicher, c/o Józef Perlberg. Lieb Gleicher left his apartment 31 Aug 1941.

1689, 1709 Form letter with instructions and warning about non‐

payment of fees. June 1942. Ernestine Grünspan is to live in the apartment of Gizela

Lichwala beginning 13 Sept 1941. Genowefa Górska is to live in the basement. Kazimierz Haldzinski is warned about non‐payment of rent. Franciszka Hónig takes over the apartment of Tobiasz Ablöser (30 Nov. 1941). Rental contracts for Franciszek Imburski and Kazimierz Haldzinski. Restoration work for Józef Jackimek. Antonine Januszewska and Franciszek Januszewski are debtors.

no file # Partial list of Jewish stores. no date. 1718 Announcement of liquidation procedures against Franciszek

Januszewski for nonpayment of rent. 1747 Positive ruling on Wiktor Kurzyński petition to rent a kiosk.

Józef Kołodziej did not pay rent; left in May 1941 and lives with his son‐in‐law; he has to pay arrears. 1941.

1793‐1805 Correspondence concerning Haline Stanislawa Kasiconwa,

whom the city wants to pay her overdue rent, and Władysław Kasic, a Polish Army lieutenant who is now an invalid, who petitions cancellation of his debt.

1823 Intervention of the Polish Veterans Association in the case of

Helena Kasic. 1843 Drs. Herman Pomeranz and Zygmunt Rappaport bill the city

for their services. 1887 Correspondence concerning Józef Koneczny rental of a stall.

1941. 1893‐1895 Correspondence relating to repairs for Zygmunt Kryniecki.

1941.



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Correspondence and contracts relating to housing and stall

rentals 1837 Tadeusz Kossowski. Nov. 1941. 1899‐1901 Stanislaw Kociak repairs. 1941. 1905 Maria Krumbach rental contract. 1941. 1911 Bernard Löve rental contract. 1919‐1941 Jan Lubiatowski contract and non‐payments. 1943. 1943 Leon Laks petition for rental of a butcher stall. 1940. 1949 Leon Laks contract for the above. 1961‐1967 Józef Malecki gives up his stall. 1969 Katarzyna Migdulowa janitorial repairs. 1971 Stanisław Mitera job. 1975 Maria Madej contract. 1983 Julia Nowak is in arrears. no file # Wanda Nowak rental.

Continuation of Reel 9 ‐ 1940‐1941 correspondence, contracts, summons, petitions, etc., in Polish and German, concerning contracts between the Tarnów city housing authority and public housing tenants

10 1995 Wanda Nowak contract. Report on Wanda Nowak by Wiktor Bielaszko. 1940,

2017 Wiktor Bielaszko correspondence. 1940. no file # Summons and report concerning Franz Nowak and Irene

Nova. 1940. 2041‐2055 Correspondence and summons concerning the theft of an

electric meter in a stall and negative resolution of case involving Maria Smolochowa stall rental. 1940.



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2081‐2135 Correspondence concerning Julia Hyczkowa Albert stall rental. 1940.

2137 Wladyslaw Pieta changes apartments. 1941. no file # Józef Pankowski petition for an apartment. 1941. no file # Wojciech Poczatet wants the apartment Berger has to vacate.

1941. no file # Adela Lichtig to vacate her apartment for Michal Pasek. no file # Correspondence concerning Maria Pabian rent. 2153 Henryk Pecka contract. 2167 Citation of Maria Preisler for nonpayment of rent; she is the

widow of a soldier; her daughter, Zozislawa Preisler, will pay. 2181 Stefania Pukowa petition for rental of a stall being given up by

Szymon Wilner. 2187 The stall has been demolished; public housing authority not

notified. 2201 Lucjd Rudzinska rental. no file # Józef Rozpeda wants the apartment being vacated by Bergier. 2209‐2233 Wincenty Rudzinski rental petition; negative response to

Antoni Raczka petition for stall rental. 2259 Józef Rozpeda petition for repairs. 2269 Jakób Rosenbaum summons for apartment rental. 1941. no file # Majer Rosenbaum contract for an apartment. 2283 Andrzej Strojny payment for services rendered. 2287 Jan Galara receives payment for fish market repairs. 2301 Marie Kubalowa Szramiel rental of an apartment. no file # Stanisława Suliszow petition for stall rental. no file # Stanisław Skrzypek apartment rental.



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no file # H. Sajekowa petition concerning payments. 2351 Abraham Reich contract for an apartment. 2317 Maria Szkolut apartment. 2381 Helena Boron apartment. 2385 Tadeusz Stefanski receipt of a summons concerning his

apartment. 1423 Mendel Schweber apartment contract for an apartment. 2431 Jane Silberpfennig apartment contract; signed "Jane

Zylberfenig." 2443‐2445 Halina Suchodolska petition for stall rental. 2747‐2757 A kiosk was removed; the removal was not reported. 2467, 2478‐2481 Maria Tancula apartment is to be vacated by Aug 1941.

Natan Wolf [only his name is mentioned on the microfilm]. 2489 Stanisław Tomaszewski apartment contract. no file # Tadeusz Wójcik apartment contract. 2489 Inquiry from Arnold Speet. Oct 1941. 2503 No free housing will be available until Jewish tenants are

resettled. 3 May 1941. 2505 Tadeusz Wójcik was denied an apartment. 23 May. 1941. 2511 Correspondence concerning Jóset Witt stand. Jan. 1941. 2527 Tadeusz Wójcik request for renovations. 2529‐2535 Jakub Mendel Wasser gets Błażej Sliwinski apartment for the

same rent, 40 zl. per month. 2541‐2547 Izak Weiss apartment contract. 15 Oct 1941. 2555 Anna Zajac petition for paint job. Information concerning Jews who on 26 June 1942 were

resettled in the ghetto or deported and recorded as not on file, July 1942:



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3 Józef Grunbaum and David Drozda owe rent; not on file. 2 July

1942. 5 Same for Salomon Seideman. 7 Same for Juliusz [?] Grünheim. 9 Same for Lazar Anisfeld. 20 July 1942. 11 Same for Abraham Beitrag and Jakub Broclaw. 13 Same for Matys Baer. 15 Same for Izak Elbinger. 17 Same for Eliasz Kunstlich. 19 Same for Abram Leibler. 21 Same for Izak Grünbaum. 23 Same for Oziasz Wolf. 25 Same for Samuel Zwinn (Zwirn?). 27 Same for Jakub Weitz. 29 Same for Baruch Kranz. 31 Same for Ezra Grön. 33 Same for Hirsch and Jakub Vogelfang. 35 Same for Henryk Spott(?). 37 Same for Abraham Gevölb. 39 Same for Salomon Silberman. 41 Same for Dudkowicz and for Samuel Bernstein. 43 Same for David Israel. 45 Same for Maria Duszewicz(?). 47 Same for Maja Rosenbaum.



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49 Same for Kammon Sparas(Spores?). 51 Same for Rubin Horn. 53 Same for Bina Landau. 55 Same for Chaim Gerber. 57 Same for Samuel Rechter. 59 Same for Jakub Rosenbaum. 61 Same for Tobiasz Ablöser. 63 Same for Abzug(?) Lieber. 65 Same for Hirsch Kleppel. 67 Same for Chana Türnbein. 69‐71 Same for Brand and Sucher. 73 Jakub Löwi prepared an unsigned receipt for the arrears

notification. 75 Jakub Löwi is in arrears; not on file. 77 Eliasz Klein signed a receipt for arrears notification July 30,

1942. 79 Same for Szymon Klein. 81 Same for Chaskiel Neuman. 83 Szyja Einholz signed a receipt of arrears notification July 20,

1942. 85 Same for Józef Reiss. 87 Same for Tobiasz and Sala Ablöser. 89 Same for Lieb and Tobiasz Plattner. 91 Same for Amalia Schermaus. 93 Same for the dentist, Mauryey Steiger. 95 Same for Sara Lichtenfeld and Izak Zelkowicz.



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97 Same for Mendel Szweba. 99 Same for Izak Holzer. 101 Same for Moszeh Zukerkopf. 103 Same for Jakub and Mendel Wasser. 105 Same for Mojzesz Westreich. 107 Same for Oziasz Teitel. 109 Same for Rafael Hoffman. 111 Same for Salomon Friedhaber. 113 Same for Lender and Leser Reiter. 115 Same for Markus Löwi. 117 Chaim and Tauba Kornreich did not sign receipt; Chaim was at

work. 119 Bachner Nusen receipt of arrears notification left by a

deliveryman; unsigned; he was not at work. 121 Adela Grünberg signed receipt of arrears notification. 127 City housing of deported Jews, I‐5a‐13/42 ‐ list of empty

apartments left by deported Jewish tenants. no file # Correspondence concerning Florian Wozniak's payment for

cleaning apartments vacated by deported Jewish familites. In future, cleaning will done by Jewish forced labor. List of apartments to be cleaned.

135 List of Jews who had occupied city apartments at

Warzywnagasse (18 names at #5, 18 at #7, and 16 at #9). 13 July 1942.

137 List showing that of the residents in Warzywnagasse, only Izak

Zelkowicz and Aron Biberstein were in arrears during the pre‐war years, and that few were in arrears during the last 2 months (up to June 1942).



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157 Summary of amount (3,744.23 zl.) owed by Jewish tenants in Warzywnagasse #5, #7, and #9; Magdeburger Place; Krakauerstrasse; Virgin Mary #5; Schubertstrasse; etc.

159 Letter from the city administrator [signature illegible], with 58

enclosures, addressed to the Jewish Community Council of Tarnów concerning payment of arrears. Lists are typed and handwritten. 20 July 1942.

179 Letter concerning payments made by the Jewish Committee

for various city expenditures. 183 The Jewish Committee paid zl 3,744.23 for rent owned by

Jewish tenants. 24 Dec 1942. 187 Correspondence, in German and Polish, concerning hydrant

locks in city housing units, snow removal, street cleaning, water payments by schools. Feb. 1943.

263 Correspondence concerning taxes to be paid to the city by

various departments; taxes determined on the basis of 1936 Polish tax law. July 1943.

275 Correspondence concerning receipts of tax notification,

summons, removal to other quarters, school buildings occupied by the German army, lists of tenants billed for rent, apartment for city firefighters.

325 Correspondence concerning the city assuming the expense of

renovating city firefighters' apartments. Dec 1942. 324‐335 Signed receipts for city‐owned electric and gas ovens. 338 Warnings about unpaid bills for installation work on

apartments; circular sent to new tenants of formerly Jewish apartments telling them to clean the basements; receipts of housing summons send to new tenants.

375 List of new tenants and their assigned basement spaces. 385 Correspondence, in German and Polish, concerning basement

rooms, water meters and water fees in public housing. Nov. 1943.

399 Inquiry into apartments for teachers in public schools. Nov.

1943.



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407 Reports about apartments for teachers in public schools, no date.

413 Alfons Schmole is the director of German School #1 in

Bauergasse 26; Josef Hoffner, janitor, lives in a rent‐free apartment in German School #2. no date.

423 Complaints about tenants' unruly children. no date. 431 Corrected list of new tenants in city housing units. July 1942. 437 List of former owners of city stands, including Sara Litwak,

Leon and Aron Apfelbaum, Sliasz Osterweil, and Juda Aboses. no date.

439 The Jewish Council gives the addresses for Sara Litwak, Leon

and Aron Apfelbaum, and Juda Aboses. 23 Aug 1942. 443 Inquiry into the whereabouts of Anton Ungar. no date. 445 Correspondence, in German and Polish, concerning Olga

Unga, who makes her living selling her own clothing and Antoni Ungar, a public school principal, who in 1939 owed 419.67 zl. in rent. no date.

455 Inquiry by the apartment administration concerning Jadwiga

Holender, Tadeusz Kołodziej and Józef Kołodziej are in arrears. June 1939.

489‐991 List of 39 people, at least 18 of which are Jewish, living in city

housing on Dwerniehiego Street. 1939. 501 Antoni Ungar was arrested in 1940; his wife took his

administrative job; it is suggested that his debt of 504.42 zl. be considered paid in lieu of the receipt of a salary. 1942.

503‐507 Fees to be paid by Karl Voigt who has taken over the Voigt &

Kornfeld slaughterhouse. Jan. 1943. 515‐531 Correspondence concerning Karl Voigt takeover of Voigt &

Kornfeld. no date. 533 Correspondence concerning Paulina Freundfeld and Kalman

Hoffer. Mr. Hoffer has been evicted from his apartment, and the apartment is taken over by Ludwika Szymaniac. no date.

541‐547 List of municipal buildings, in German and Polish, for purposes

of rat control. 3 pages. no date.



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553 Summons for rat control payment by the firm of Jancke &

Elsner. Feb. 1943. 555 List of 22 properties treated for rats. no date. 559 List of land holdings to be taxed. no date. 565 Correspondence relating to and list of 17 Jewish tenants from

Warzywna Street who vacated their apartments and moved into the ghetto on June 20, 1942. no date.

567 Names of 2 Jewish tenants evicted from city units. no date. 569 Names of 18 Jewish tenants evicted from #9 Warzywna

Street. 4 Dec 1942. no file # Jan Tuski petition to be registered as a citizen of Tarnów. no

date. 581 Notification to the revenue office of "the changing of rental

premise occupant," relating to Jewish tenants evicted from their apartments. Same people as on previous lists in above entries 437‐569. Nov. 1942.

583 List of city‐owned stands now unused due to "population

transfer." no date. 591 Correspondence concerning rules of payment of city taxes on

public housing and grounds. Dec 1942. 613 Correspondence concerning payment of taxes on waterworks.

note date. 635 Correspondence concerning the 1935 contract with Leo

Lichtblau, a deported former landlord in Tarnow; his monthly salary will be used to pay Jonas Starkman for cleaning services, etc. no date.

665 Repair bills of Jan Stachora and Jan Miśkiewicz. no date. 679 Jonasz Starkman rents premises for the city homeless shelter.

Apr 1939. no file # Correspondence concerning revenue office legal matters; list

of 28 tenants, 16 of which appear to be Jewish, who will pay unpaid rental bills. no date.



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711‐787 Correspondence concerning the unpaid rent for the school inspector's office and efforts in 1940 to collect the rent. no date.

no file # List of rents due the city in 1940; the city tries to collect the

rent due on the school inspector's office. no date. 851 Correspondence concerning money the Agricultural

Association "Plon" owes money to the city. no date. 875 Correspondence concerning rental of public toilets. Nov.

1942. 887 Correspondence, in Polish and German, concerning the

premises of the Army Reserve and petition to rescind the rent due. no date.

911 List of 20 Jews who own rent. no date.

11 no file # Order, in Polish and German, regarding the use of

German for street names; in some cases Polish is permitted; the translations of street names to be decided by the government in Kraków. 24 Nov. 1939.

no file # Announcements to farmers concerning delivery of

contingents to the government and warning about black marketeering. no date.

no file # Notice regarding registration for contruction work of Polish

and Ukrainian men born in 1922. no date. no file # Proclamation regarding bread rationing. Sept 1939. no file # Decree regarding work and compensation. 12 Sept 1939. no file # Proclamation regarding persons claiming German heritage are

to report by December 10, 1939. no date. no file # Notice that the municipal administration building is closed

due to the danger of typhoid fever. Jan. 1942. no file # All Polish men are urged to do their "honorary duty" to report

for contruction work to rebuild Poland. Conditions and pay are discussed; privileges after 3‐months of service. no date.



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no file # Notification that bread rations will be distributed only to persons with proper identification in assigned distribution centers. Feb. 1940.

Proclamations: no file # Black‐out rules. Oct 1941. 25 Deliveries of Polish military uniforms and equipment will be

permitted until November 30, 1939; thereafter, delivery attempts of supplies other than boots, shoes and underwear will be punishable offenses. no date.

27 Use of radios and listening to foreign, non‐official broadcasts

are punishable offenses. no date. 29 Commerce involving items stolen from warehouses (tobacco,

matches, sugar, etc.) are forbidden. Nov. 1939. 31 It is the responsibility of owners and managers to remove all

antennas from private homes; the deadline is 1 Jan. 1940. 33 Radios owned by Poles are to be handed in by Oct 1940.

Anyone who does not do so will be punished. no date. 35 Precautions to be taken to avoid typhoid fever; homeowners

and apartment managers are responsible for taking prevention measures. no date.

37 All persons owning over 1300 square meters of land are to

report their holdings by 2 May 1941. 4 pages. no date. 41 All debtors are to report on what they owe to the city

treasury office. Nov. 1939. 45 Taxes on dogs. Nov. 1940. 47 Registration of cattle; prohibition of illegal sales. Dec 1941. 49 The deadline for registration of horses and wagons is July

1941. 27 June 1941. 51 The deadline for owners' registration of horses, cattle, fowl,

fish and beehives is Dec. 12, 1940. Dec 1940. 53 Failure to have horses, drivers and horse‐drawn vehicles

inspected is a punishable offense. July 1941.



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55 Abandoned stores and apartments whose owners have returned must be registered. no date.

57 New licenses for millers, July 1941. 59 Cows kept within the city limits must be registered by April

26, 1941. 61‐75 Rules governing lights on horse‐drawn vehicles. 6 pages. Dec

1939. 77 Loan payments to the Agricultural Bank. 2 pages. Mar 1940. 83 Poles are to turn in all 500‐zloty and 1000‐zloty bills; all such

bills will be forcibly confiscated later; Prof. Feliks Młynarski will stabilize the zloty. 2 pages. Jan. 1940.

no file # The SS orders the registration of Polish police and civilian

employees of the Polish police departments. 2 pages. Łódź, Oct 1939.

no file # Copy of part of entry 61‐75 regarding lights on horse‐drawn

vehicles. 4 pages. no date. 101 Homeowners and building managers must turn in Polish Red

Cross kits and unused Polish Air Defense League funds (OPL); failure to deliver "war material" is punishable by death. 4pages. no date.

105 Copy of part of entry 25. 4 pages. 109 Proclamation addressed to Germans in Tarnów concerning

the "Mourning Day," to be observed on November 9, 1939, for Nazis killed in 1923 and for German soldiers who fell during the Polish campaign. Presence is obligatory. no date.

111 Delivery of agrucultural products. Nov. 1939. no file # Water rationing. Dec 1941. 117 List of veterinarians who have permission to castrate stallions;

all others will be fined 100 zl. Sept 1940. 119 Notice that within 6 days lists of tenants of each house or

building in Tarnów are to handed in so as "to better supply them with bread, etc." Jan. 1940.



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121 Installation of electric stoves and heating units without registration with the Electrical Works Administration is prohibited. no date.

123 Compulsory removal of all dirt left by the winter snow;

cultivation of municipal land will result in 1000‐zl fines. Apr 1942.

125 Business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; stores are not to close for

lunch; violators will be punished by 500‐zl fines. Oct 1941. no file # Restaurants, those under German management as well as

those under Polish management, and movie theaters must display an official seal and accommodate the SS and German military. no date.

129 Limits on the amounts of gas to be used by Poles and Jews

during winter months. Oct 1941. 131 Pigs and boars that are to be used by farmers for reproductive

purposes must be of better quality so as to ensure good meat. Standards are to be in effect by Oct 1940.

no file # Dogs are to be registered for tax purposes. no date. 135 Tarnów citizens not having voluntarily paid donations, will be

forced to do so. Feb. 1942. 137 Report concerning abandoned houses, businesses, lots and

gardens. June 1940. 139 Same as entry #61‐75 above. 141 Same as entry #131 above. 143 Same as entry #117 above. 145 Notice regarding the purchase of wheat and rye seed for the

Kasnadolna, Mościce, Tuchów and Rzvchowa estates. Aug 1940.

147 Same as entry #45 above. 149 Same as entry #61 above.



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151 Information about the use of Social Security medical facilities. List of physicians, hours, specialties, ruls and regulations. 2 pages. Apr 1940.

155 Warning that stores have to open with shutters raised at 8

a.m. Noncompliance will result in a 1,000 zl. fine and incarceration. 29 Sept 1939.

no file # Notice regarding 1941‐1942 public school registration. Aug

1941. 159 Warning that self‐installation of gas‐run equipment is not

allowed. Oct 1939. 161 Order that Polish households must supply 3 kg. of scrap metal

(copper, brass, nickel, tin, iron, steel) and Jewish households must supply 4 kg. Polish and Jewish committees will be responsible for enforcement. July 1940.

163 Order that outstanding debts must be paid to the Communal

Savings Bank of Tarnów. 3 pages. Oct 1939. 169 List of places giving out bread rations. Feb. 1940. no file # Same as entry #159 above. 173 Same as entry #45 above. 175 Notice concerning wasteful use of water. Dec 1940. 177 Apprentices must be registered no later than 20 Sept 1940. 12

Sept 1940. 179 Notice concerning use of electricity and blackouts. Poles may

use up to 2‐3 kilowatts of electricity per month. Regulations for Germans and craftsmen working at home. May 1942.

181 Notice that trespassing on military property is a punishable

offense. Nov. 1941. no file # Notice that the baking of rolls of any kind is forbidden;

permission must be granted by German authorities in Kraków. no date.

no file # Notice regarding compulsory reporting of cattle, pigs and

sheep. Unreported animals will be confiscated and the owners punished. May 1942.



161

no file # Notice concerning land registration and punishment for noncompliance. no date.

181 Notice concerning compulsory payments for highways,

sanitation, waste removal and taxes for 1939‐1940. May 1940.

183 Notice concerning prevention of intestinal diseases. No

unregistered persons are to be allowed into apartments and houses. June 1942.

185 Registration and inspection of mares. 1 June 1942. 187 Examination by medical personnel of food produced for

institutions. Lists of employees are required. May 1942. 189 Warning regarding the overuse of water. June 1942. 191 Order regarding rabies; prevention instructions. July 1940. no file # Order and instructions relating to the registration by public

housing administrators of all freestanding living spaces. May 1941.

195 Same as entry #161 above. July 1940. 197 City Hall is closed, but payments to the municipal treasurer

are still to be paid on time. Jan. 1942. 199 List of barbers who are "only for Germans;" as protection

against typhoid fever. Jan. 1942. 201 With the exception of those whose horses are being used by

the military, all horseowners must register and produce a "horse pass." Aug 1940.

211 Same as entry #57 above. 213 Same as entry #27 above. no file # Announcement concerning a Polish Red Cross maternity clinic.

14 Sept 1939. no file # Same as entry #197 above. 219 Regulation of firewood consumption and where to request

rations. Jan. 1941.



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221 Snow removal duty. Jan. 1941. 223 People who have plundered goods from empty houses are to

return the goods by 16 Sept 1939. 225 Order concerning land registration, regardless of the size of

the property. May 1942. no file # Information and order concerning registration by farmers of

winter grain losses so that they can get new seed supplies. Apr 1942.

no file # Registration fee for craftsmen and tradesmen. no date. 231 The selling of dresses, coats, furs and suits is prohibited;

inventories are to be made. 19 Oct 1939. 233 Homeowners and building managers are to buy books in

which to keep lists of tenants. Jan. 1940. in file # Notice that gas deliveries will not be made March 14, 1942

from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. while new lines are installed. no date. 239 All landowners are to register. Sept 1940. 241 Notice that tax reports are to be made in triplicate. Feb. 1940. 243 Cows must be registered and inspected. Nov. 1941. 245 Same as entry #145 above. no file # Order and information concerning registration

of all motorized transport. July 1940. 257 Collection by employers of income taxes for 1941/1942. Mar.

1941. 259 Registration of bulls and bars. Feb. 1941. no file # Compulsory tenant lists and rental forms for each house. no

date. 263 Reminder concerning sanitation rules in public housing. Dec

1940. 265 Reminder concerning reports of all freestanding housing and

removal of confiscated units signs. no date.



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267a Announcement concerning the registration of businesses and the registration fees to be changed. 1 Feb. 1940.

267b Announcement concerning coal rationing. no date. 269 Announcement concerning the removal of radio antennas;

exceptions are Germans and government offices. Jan. 1940. 275 Announcement concerning the confiscation of coffee and tea

reserves from Polish businesses and citizens in Dec 1939. Apr 1940.

279 Announcement concerning the obligatory registration of all

vehicles and rules governing the use of gasoline and oil. Nov. 1939.

281 Announcement that sales of spirits are prohibited after 5 p.m.

Nov. 1939. 283 Announcement that cattle, fowl, fish, beehives, etc. are to be

reported; noncompliance will be punished. Dec 1940. 287 Instructions for snow management and other sanitation

regulations. Dec 1939. 289 13 mills are closed; 5 mills can work 8 hours a week; 15% of

produced goods to be given every 2 weeks to the central wholesale clearing house. no date.

293 Announcement, in German and Polish, concerning a 1,000 zl.

fine for opening stores. no date. 293 Announcement that before June 1941, all public parks and

lands must be cleared of weeds. no date. 295 Order of Dec 1939 that all radios must be handed over;

Germans with permission to have a radio are exempted. Feb. 1940.

297 Directive concerning the registration of all professions, crafts

and businesses having any connection to agriculture in occupied Poland. Oct 1941.

299 Directive concerning safety regulations for horse‐drawn

vehicles. Nov. 1939.



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301 Directive that safety repairs on all wooded structures must be completed within 4 weeks or the structure will be destroyed. Oct 1941.

303 Appeal to the Polish population for help for the destitute;

employers asked to withhold money. no date. 305 Directive that all foundations and societies are to report

members, financial status, etc. Sept 1940. 307 All citizens 14‐60 years of age must help with snow removal.

List of names and streets affected. no date. 309 List of streets. In the event of a "catastrophic" snowstorm, all

citizens are to remove snow beginning at 8 a.m. using their own tools. no date.

311 Air defense regulations. Apr 1941. 311 Announcement to all apartment house owners and managers

concerning sanitation and public safety. Feb. 1942. 313 Announcement concerning loan payments received by the

Germans from the Polish pre‐war Polish government. Nov. 1939.

315 Announcement concerning possible credits for home owners

for updates and repairs to buildings. Feb. 1941. 317 Announcement that homeowners are responsible for icy

streets in front of their property. Dec 1940. 319 Announcement that employers are to deduct more income

tax from employees' pay. Mar. 1941. no file # Announcement concerning delivery to the Red Cross of

money and materials. Nov. 1939. 383a Announcement that all Polish military uniforms and

equipment is to be returned. Anyone caught wearing any Polish army clothing will be considered a POW. no date.

401 Announcement concerning illegal gas installations. Oct 1939. no file # Announcement concerning prohibition of kosher slaughter

houses. Non‐compliance carries a 1‐year prison sentence. no date.



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403 All Jews are to turn in their gas stoves; failure to do so will result in a 1,000 zl. fine. no date.

405 As of 13 Sept 1939, all Jewish stores, restaurants and

coffeehouses are to display the Star of David. Businesses that are more than 50% Jewish‐controlled, are considered to be Jewish.

407 Announcement of curfews ‐ for Germans, 11:30 p.m., for

Poles 10:30 p.m., for Jews 8:30 p.m.; no Jews are to be admitted to public parks. Apr 1940.

409 Announcement that all non‐Jewish servants in Jewish homes

are to leave and present themselves at the Labor Office. Mar. 1940.

no file # Announcement concerning the borders of the Jewish ghetto

as of 19 June 1942. List of streets not in the ghetto which Jews may use only when on the way to or from work, but not stand or loiter in under penalty of death. 1942.

419 Order concerning registration of all Jews for purposes of the

census; leaving the ghetto is punishable by death. no date. 421 Order prohibiting the keeping/safeguarding of Jewish

property in the General‐Gouvernement with a list of the exceptions. no date.

423 As of 2 p.m., 2 May 1940, no Jews can appear on the streets

of Tarnów; windows facing the streets and squares are to be kept closed until 2 p.m. no date.

425 On Hitler's birthday, 20 April, no Jew may use certain streets;

between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Jews are not allowed to look out their windows. 17 Apr 1940.

427 No Jews are allowed in Tarnów West. Allocation of passage

permits. Feb. 1942. 429 Jewish homeowners and managers must submit lists of Jewish

tenants; fines will be levied if non‐registered Jews remain after 9 Nov. The registration fee, 52 zl., will go to the communal kitchen. Nov. 1939.

431 For sanitary reasons Jews are not allowed to have long beards

or side curls. List of streets off limits to Jews. Jewish police are responsible for enforcing regulations. Oct 1941.



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433a All Jews (i.e. Jews whose parents are of the Mosaic persuasion) are to weak armbands with blue or white Stars of David. 11 Nov. 1939.

433b Addition to 433a. Some Jews are to wear a green Zionist star.

Permission not to wear a Jewish insignia can be revoked at any time. This applies only to Tarnów.

435 Proclamation the Army commander, Breithaupt, cautions

people to be more respectful towards German officers. Groups of more than 2 persons standing idly on the street cannot be tolerated. Jews must move into the streets to make room for Germans. No German should buy liquor from a Jew. no date.

437 All Tarnów citizens, Jews and Poles alike, are to turn in all

their vehicles and old licenses. Nov. 1939. 439 Curfew (for Jews 8 p.m., for Poles 10 p.m.) is cancelled. Oct

1939. 441 Same as entry 405 above. 443a Only Jews may patronize Jewish businesses. Jews may no

longer be steet vendors. Aug 1940. 445 Announcement that Dr. Echert prohibits anyone, especially

Jews, from walking through fields and damaging them. Jan. 1940.

447 Price list for fowl, vegetables and fruits. no date. 449 Announcement concerning payment of state taxes. Oct 1939. 451 Same as entry #447 above. Oct 1939. 453 "Sanitary regulations" ‐ no Jews under 50 years of age are to

have beards or side curls; no Jew can frequent a non‐Jewish establishment or loiter on the street. Apr 1940.

455 The gas usage allowance for Poles is 150 cubic meters, for

Jews 60 cubic meters. Germans living with Jews or Poles get special allowances. Feb. 1942.

481 Announcement that on November 9, a day of mourning in the

Third Reich, all stores are to be closed from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; certain streets are off limits to Jews; Jews may not look out their windows to see the celebration; the German Hakenkreuz



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(swastika) is to be saluted; hats must be removed during the playing of the German national anthem. no date.

459 Announcement, in German and Polish, concerning 2 years of

obligatory work for Jews between 14 and 60 years of age and obligatory registration of all Jewish males. Feb. 1940.

461 Announcement concerning the prohibition of kosher

slaughtering. Oct 1939. 467 Announcement concerning registration of Jewish properties.

Feb. 1940. 469 Announcement concerning registration of Jewish homes. Feb.

1940. 471 Announcement concerning residential restrictions for Jews.

Aug 1940. 473 Announcement that all Jewish Polish citizens and stateless

Jews who own all or 50% of a business must give complete reports of their wealth. List of where forms for such reports can be obtained. Feb. 1940.

475 All Polish and Jewish households are to turn in any metal‐ and

hardware still in their possession. Aug 1940. 479 Announcement concerning permission for Poles only to stay

up unti 12 midnight to see the Busch circus. no date. 485 Announcement that German is designated the official

language in the occupied Polish territory. 11 Nov. 1939. 485b Announcement that no German‐language signs are to be used

in Jewish stores and that Poles use Polish‐language signs and Germans use German‐language signs. Jan. 1940.

487 Proclamation concerning the establishment of the Tarnów

ghetto ‐ The ghetto must be established by 8 p.m. on 24 June; non‐Jews in the area designated for the ghetto are to move out; all Jews, male and female, over 12 years of age must register for work; Poles who interfere with the setting up of the Jewish ghetto will be punished; list of the 12 streets comprising the ghetto. 19 June 1942.

489 Announcement that on 14 June 1940 certain streets will be

off limits to Jews and Jews must keep their windows closed from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. July 1940.



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491 All citizens are to have "victory gardens;" all unattended plots

will be assigned to people willing to maintain such a garden. Jews are excluded from participation in this program. Feb. 1941.

493 Announcement concerning safety measures, including the

stipulation that Jews are not allow to use sidewalks at the same time as Germans and non‐Jews. Nov. 1941.

495 Ordinance which includes regulations for natural gas usage,

priority for Germans in the use of sidewalks, and the ban on Jews loitering. Mar. 1941.

no file # Same as entry #479 above. 543 Announcement that there will be a 5,000 zl. fine imposed on

any non‐German entering where a "Germans only" sign is displayed. no date.

V198/3 A 346‐page book, in Polish, by Józef Kozaczka, with a preface

by Ewa Szelburg Zarembina, which describes Polish efforts to help Jews hide, with many names of survivors and of those who were died, and descriptions of the ways and means used to hide.

V198/4 Józef Kozaczek's description of underground schools in

Dąbrowa Tarnowska, 1939‐1945. The title page describes his work as being for the use of future generations. Many names of teachers, students, locations of underground schools, school directors, and financing. Dated 5 Mar. 1970.

V198/5 Copy of Jósef Kozaczek's manuscript entitled "The

Tormentor," dated Apr 1980, about Englebert Guzdek who was responsible for killing Jews in Dulcza and some 150 Gypsies from Zabno and Szczurów. 11 pages.

V198/7 Józef Kozaczek's manuscript entitled "Ekstermination of the

intelligensia from Dąbrowa Tarnowska," with namelists of officers, teachers, students, etc. 7 pages. no date.

Józef Koraczek's manuscript, "War Criminals," dated 1980,

with descriptions of atrocities in towns and villages, names of victims, perpetrators and collaborators, and the criminal activites of Furgala. 7 pages.

V198/10 Józef Koraczek's description of executions in villages of the

Dobrowa region. 38 pages. Sept 1970.



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V198/12 Manuscript entitled "Fight in the Shadow of the Swastika,"

with photographs, by Col. Władysław Kabat (a.k.a. "Brzechwa"), dated 27 July 1968.

ZHP E/9/4A Władysław Zawislak's history of Polish Scouts, 1939‐

1945, with names, addresses and organizational information on Harcerska Organizacja Krajowa (underground Polish scout organization). Published in Łódź, 1979.

no file # Herman Fenichels, et al ‐ false proper names given Jews by

Harcerska Organizacja Krajowa. no date.



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