Register to the Poland, Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych issuances

Finding aid prepared by Justyna K. Szulc

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych issuances

Date (bulk): 1940-1945

Collection Number: 47020

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English, Polish, and French

Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes (4.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Reports and bulletins, relating to Polish politics and government; social conditions in Poland; the German and Soviet occupations of Poland; and the Polish underground movement during World War II. Includes reports and studies prepared by the Ministries of National Defense and Military Affairs.

Creator: Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych

Creator: Poland. Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej

Creator: Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1947.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych issuances, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

As a direct result of the German and Soviet occupation of Poland, the government of the country was forced into exile in September 1939 with its first headquarters in Angers, France and later London, England. Polish government-in-exile, despite the situation in state, managed to hold considerable influence over what was happening in Poland at the time, largely due to the efforts of the Polish underground movement and the resilience of the Polish citizenry. Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (MSW) (Ministry of Internal Affairs) did not form until 1940, while the government was in exile in London. The main role of MSW was to oversee the Polish underground state and to maintain a stable connection between the occupied country and the government-in-exile. While fulfilling its duties, the MSW received updates from the underground state on the social and physical condition of the occupied nations. As a result, the agency was able to produce various bulletins, communiques, reports and studies and thus chronicle the situation in 1940s occupied Poland.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection is composed of bulletins, communiques, and reports created by the Polish government-in-exile in London, particularly Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych, during the period of 1940-1945. The documents in the collection provide an overview of the Polish politics and government in-state during the period of German occupation. Materials discuss the social conditions in occupied Poland and provide detailed descriptions of terror, torture, false imprisonment, and extermination of Jews, Poles and various other nationalities residing in Poland during the time period. Additionally, the collection comprises of various studies focusing on the effect of war on children, concentration camps, educatin, and overviews of the situation on the western and eastern European lands under the control of German government.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements

Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland

Poland -- Social conditions

Bulletins and Communiques (Biuletyny I Komunikaty) 1940-1947

Scope and Contents

Documents comprised of various short news articles printed by Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych and Szefostwo Służby Opieki nad Żołnierzem. Created to keep the Poles residing abroad informed on the situation in Poland. Some of the topics reflected in the articles are education, religion, German military organization, Poland city traffic, supplies, military, state of ghettos in the country and more.

box 1, folder 1

Informacje Ogólne, Nr. 13-30 1945-1946

box 1, folder 2

Informacje Ogólne, Nr. 31-47 1946

box 1, folder 3

Informacje z Ziem Zachodnich, Nr. 1-12 1945

box 1, folder 4

La Decade Polonaise, Nr. 8 1940

box 1, folder 5

Polish Fortnightly Review, Nr. 1-11 1940

box 1, folder 6

Polish News Bulletin, Nr. 1, 78, 84 1940

box 1, folder 7

Wiadomości Krajowe, Nr. 1/47 - 7/47 1947

box 1, folder 8

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 1/41 - 11/41 1941

box 1, folder 9

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 2/42 - 6/42 1942

box 2, folder 1

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 1/43 - 6/43 1943

box 2, folder 2

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 1/44 - 12/44 1944

box 2, folder 3

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 1/45 - 9/45 1945

box 2, folder 4

Komunikaty Oświaty, Nr. 5/46 - 11/46 1946

Reports (Sprawozdania) 1940-1945

Scope and Contents

Files comprised of reports on a wide range of topics created by Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych. Topics reflected include but are not limited to: underground movement in Poland, agricultural situation in-state, communism, western and eastern lands of Europe, imprisonment, and concentration camps.

box 2, folder 5

Sprawozdania 1940

box 2, folder 6

Sprawozdania 1941

box 3, folder 1

Sprawozdania 1941

box 3, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. pierwszy/42 1942

box 3, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2/42 1942

box 3, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 3/42 1942

box 3, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 4/42 1942

box 4, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 5/42, Część I 1942

box 4, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 5/42, Część II 1942

box 4, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 6/42 1942

box 4, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 6/42, (English Translation) 1942

box 4, folder 5-6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1/43 1943

box 4, folder 7

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1/43 (English Translation) 1943

box 5, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1-a/43 1943

box 5, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2/43 1943

box 5, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-a/43 1943

box 5, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 3/43 1943

box 5, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 4/43 1943

box 5, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 5/43 1943

box 6, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 6/43 1943

box 6, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 7/43 1943

box 6, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 8/43 1943

box 6, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 9/43 1943

box 6, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 10/43 1943

box 6, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 11/43 1943

box 7, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 12/43 1943

box 7, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1/44 1944

box 7, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1-a/44 1944

box 7, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2/44 1944

box 2, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-a/44 1944

box 7, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 3/44, Część I i II 1944

box 7, folder 7

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 4/44 1944

box 7, folder 8

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 5/44 1944

box 8, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 6/44 1944

box 8, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 7/44 1944

box 8, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 8/44 1944

box 8, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 9/44 1944

box 8, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 9-a/44 1944

box 8, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 10/44 1944

box 9, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 11/44 1944

box 9, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 12/44 1944

box 9, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 13/44 1944

box 9, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 13-a/44 1944

box 9, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 14/44 1944

box 9, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 15/44 1944

box 9, folder 7

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 16/44 1944

box 9, folder 8

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 16-a/44 1944

box 10, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 17/44 1944

box 10, folder 2

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 18/44 1944

box 10, folder 3

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 18-a/44 1944

box 10, folder 4

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 1/45 1945

box 10, folder 5

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2/45 1945

box 10, folder 6

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-a/45 1945

box 10, folder 7

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-b/45 1945

box 10, folder 8

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-c/45 1945

box 10, folder 9

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-d/45 1945

box 10, folder 10

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 2-e/45 1945

box 11, folder 1

Sprawozdanie, Nr. 3/45 1945

box 11, folder 2

Sytuacja w Poslce - Raport 1945

Studies (Opracowania) 1939-1945

Scope and Contents

Studies focus on annexed territories, Soviet and German occupation, situation of children in occupied Poland, Polish museums, and public and private collections.

box 11, folder 3

Agricultural Reconstruction 1942

box 11, folder 4

Annexation circa 1940

box 11, folder 5

Cele i Zadania Rady Zdrowia 1941

box 11, folder 6

Children in an occupied state 1943-1944

box 11, folder 7

Concentration Camps circa 1942

box 11, folder 8

Działalność Władz Okupacyjnych 1944

box 11, folder 9

Education circa 1942

box 11, folder 10

Grupy Narodowościowe circa 1940

box 11, folder 11

Museum, Private and Public Collections 1944

box 11, folder 12

Occupation - German 1941-1943

box 11, folder 13

Occupation - Soviet circa 1944

box 11, folder 14

Overview of Studies by Mikołajczyk circa 1942

box 12, folder 1

Polish National Liberation 1945

box 12, folder 2

Prasa circa 1940

box 12, folder 3

Provisional Estimate of Losses Sustained by Poland 1944

box 12, folder 4

Terror circa 1940

box 12, folder 5

Various Studies (assorted loose pages) 1939-1945