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Poland. Ministerstwo Informacji i Dokumentacji records
59008
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Description
Correspondence, reports, bulletins, memoirs, and photographs, relating to conditions in Poland during World War II, deportation
of Poles to the Soviet Union, the Katyn Forest Massacre, and activities of Polish armed forces and of the Polish Government-in-Exile.
Includes release certificates and reports of several thousand Polish deportees released from the Soviet Union in 1941. A digital
copy of this entire collection is available at
here .
Background
The origins of the Ministry of Information and Documentation go back to the inception of the Polish government in exile in
October 1939 in Paris. At first it had neither a definite organizational structure nor a name. It was referred to as the Office
(urzad) or Bureau of Information and Documentation. By April 1940, the unit was named Center of Information and Documentation, and
in September 1940 the Center was reorganized into the Ministry of Information and Documentation, a designation it carried
for the remainder of the war and in the years that followed.
Extent
247 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 envelopes, 13 microfilm reels, 1 oversize folder
(105.2 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
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.