Records of the Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz O/S, 4 Revier Czeladź (Sygn. 171), 1939 1945 RG 15.033M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024 2126 Tel. (202) 479 9717 Email: reference@ushmm.org Descriptive Summary Title: Records of the Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz O/S, 4 Revier Czeladź (Sygn. 171) Dates: 1939 1945 RG Number: 15.033M Accession Number: 1994.A.0034 Creator: Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz Extent: 8 microfilm reels (35 mm) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024 2126 Languages: German and Polish Administrative Information Access: No restrictions on access Reproduction and Use: Publication or copying of documents for a third party requires written permission from Instytut Pamięci Narodowej Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (IPN) in Warsaw, Poland. Preferred Citation: RG 15.033M, Records of the Staatliche Polizei Verwaltung Sosnowitz O/S, 4 Revier Czeladź (Sygn. 171), 1939 1945. United State Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. 1
Acquisition Information: Purchased from the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, Poland, Sygn. 171. 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 Pamięci Narodowej Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (IPN), ul. Towarowa 28, Warsaw, Poland 00 839. Tel. Tel. 011 48 22 581 85 00. More information about this repository can be found at www.ipn.gov.pl. Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka Scope and Content of Collection Contains information about the activities of the police in Sosnowiec, Czeladź, and Katowice, Poland; air raid defense; and treatment of Jews by police forces. System of Arrangement The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. This collection is arranged thematically. Indexing Terms World War, 1939 1945 Atrocities Poland Sosnowiec. Police administration Poland Sosnowiec History Occupation, 1939 1944 Registers. Police Poland Sosnowiec. Police Poland Czeladź. Police Poland Katowice. Jews Legal status, laws, etc. Poland 20th century Registers. Polish people Legal status, laws, etc. Poland 20th century Registers. Poland Politics and government 1918 1945. Poland History Occupation, 1939 1945. Sosnowiec (Poland) Czeladź (Poland) Katowice (Poland) Reports. Registers. 2
CONTAINER LIST Reel File Description 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The establishment and organization of the security police, 1940 1941. Establishment and organization of the security police, 1939 1942. Establishment and organization of the security police, 1940. Establishment and organization of the security police, 1943. Establishment and organization of the security police, 1942. The procurement of horses for the mounted police, 1939. Veterinary care of police horses and dogs, 1940. Organization of services with police dogs, 1940 1941. Instructions for service with police dogs, 1940 1943. Instructions for service time with police dogs, 1943. Acquisition and disposition of service dogs, 1940 1943. Organization of duties of sergeant majors, 1940. Enlistment of course participants, 1941 1944. Police technical education, 1940 1941. Special and advanced education of assistant leaders, 1942. Continuous scientific education, lectures, writings, etc. of the officers of the security police, 1941 1942. Training in world philosophy for functionaries of the security police, 1940 1944. Foreign language training for functionaries of the security police, 1941 1942. 3
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Security and regulations of the security police, 1942. Participation of the clergy in accidents, 1941. Anton Scharf returnee to Russia, 1940 1944. Installation of 1/11 Pol. Wach. Batl. VIII abroad, 1941 1944. Measures of the security police in special circumstances, 1942. Measures of the security police in tense situations, 1940. Regulations of security police in tense or special situations, 1942. Qualification and duties of the secret state police, 1940 1942. Qualification and duties of the secret state police, 1940 1942. Cooperation between security police and secret state police, 1940 1941. Determination about the internal security of the state, 1939 1942. Measures against endeavors against the state, 1939 1943. Jews, 1941 1943. Measures against Jews, 1940 1943. Ordering and conducting retribution activities, 1941. Unauthorized wearing of uniforms and insignia, 1940 1942. Information about civilians involved in police matters of the secret state police, 1940. Police regulations for hiring, 1939. Church rights and church services, etc., 1939 1942. Church organization, 1940 1942. Reporting political affairs, no dates. Establishing and organizing district service general, 1940. 4
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45a 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Establishing and organizing of polices districts; branches and police reviewer; reporting branches, 1940 1941. Organization of a trade center and price control outside work, 1939. Rules for the filling of positions of guards for the police, 1939. Duties of the Police quarters services, no dates. Duties of the Police quarters services, no dates. Receipts for equipment delivered to the Polizei Präsidium Sosnowitz, 1941 1943. Installment of the security police outside the local police district, 1940. Measures of security police in tense situations, 1940 1941. Participation of the security police in punitive pursuits, 1940. Police authority with regard to members of the NSDAP and its organizations, 1941 1943. Police authority with regard to members of the armed forces, 1941 1943. Entering apartments, searches, confiscations, seizing and securing belongings by the police, 1939 1943. Police means of coercion, 1940. Police laws, orders, and reports, 1939 1943. Reporting. Reporting. 53 54 55 5
56 2 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 Information, certificates, and receipts on the basis of the information register, 1941. Supervision of foreigners; police orders on foreigners, 1939 1942. Reporting, 1940 1944. Regulations about passports, 1940 1942. Treatment of passport matters by district police, 1940. Statehood, 1941. Receipts, 1943 1944. Affairs with prisoners of war, 1940 1943. Police trade affairs, 1941. Police trade affairs, 1941 1942. Laws about police administration, enactment of fines and punishment, 1940. Police orders for the protection of youth, 1943. Health police, 1942. Health police, 1942. Escape of the writer Otto Engleke from the sanitorium in Domjuech, 1941. Public health police, 1941. Rat control, 1940 1941. Public health police, 1944. Public health police, 1941. Husbandry and selection for breeding, 1943. Veterinary police, 1940 1943. 6
78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Cattle for slaughter and trichinosis watch, 1939 1943. Food inspection police, 1940 1943. Pest control, 1940 1941. Hunting matters, 1939. Insurance system, 1939. Shelter and lodging, 1944. Shelter and lodging, 1939 1941. Extermination of bugs in the police buildings, 1939. Emergency lighting, 1941. Cooking facilities, 1940. Boarding, 1939 1944. Clothing, 1939 1941. Clothing inspection, 1942 1943. Clothing and equipment for use outdoors, 1939 1943. Clothing of the family member of the police force in special circumstances/ clothing ration cards, orders for goods, 1939 1944. Handcuffs and confining equipment, no dates. Weapons and technical weapon tools; general, 1940 1945. Weapons and technical weapon tools; guns and pistols, 1940 1941. Regulations and administration of weapons and tool storage; weapons depot, 1940. Ammunition, 1940 1944. Upkeep of weapons and tools, 1942. Cleaning materials for weapons, 1940 1942. 7
100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 Weapons testing, 1939 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1940 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1940 1943. Civilian air raid precautions, 1940 1941. Civilian air raid precautions, 1941 1944. Air raid precautions, readiness, and rapid command, 1941. Organization of the Sicherheitsdienst and the Hilfsdienst, 1940 1943. Lw. discussions, 1940 1941. Staff of the Sicherheitsdienst and the Hilfsdienst, 1940 1944. Sicherheitsdienst and Hilfsdienst manpower, 1940 1944. Air raid precautions, 1941 1943. Recruitment Lv., 1942. Air raid precautions, 1940. Training in air raid precautions, 1943. Civilian air raid precautions, 1941. Air raid precautions legal decrees, 1942. Civilian air raid precautions, 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1944. Civilian air raid precautions, 1944. Civilian air raid precautions legal decrees, 1941. Air raid precautions; tower observation posts, 1940 1942. Air raid precautions, 1940. 8
123 124 125 126 127 Air raid precautions, 1941 1944. Jewish fire guards, 1941. Role of the police in the process of self protection, 1940 1941. Limiting school instruction, 1941 1943. Miscellaneous carbon copies, 1943. Continues on Reel 3. 128 3 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 Miscellaneous carbon copies, 1943. Continued from Reel 2. Ls. training of the Es; operations, 1941 1944. Defense conditions of dependents of the police, 1944. Grade adaptations, 1942. Filling positions for officers, 1940 1942. Use of public transportation by police, 1940. Service accidents of police, 1940 1944. Career scale of the police, 1940 1944. Police drills, 1939 1943. Police drills, 1942. Service punishments, 1940. Salary of police, 1940 1944. Travel and moving expenses; housing and assistance for the police, 1939 1941. Assistance and emergency help for police, 1941. Illnesses of police personnel, 1939. Police measures for police in high tension or special circumstances, 1942. Discipline in the ranks, 1939 1943. 9
145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 156a 157 158 159 160 161 162 Discipline and penalties, 1939 1941. Punishments and penalties, 1943 1944. Drills, discipline, and penalties, 1941. Food police (food control), 1940. No description. Indemnification (settlements) for family members of the police reserves; numbers 430 through 3401. Circular letters concerning correspondence, 1940. Business management inside regional police stations, 1939. Work distribution among the commandos and police posts, 1940. Standing orders for the local police administration, 1940 1943. Standing orders for the commandos and post of the police, 1940 1941. Delivery orders; vehicle traffic of official documents; transfer of official documents by car, no dates. Business management and supervision of the police, 1939 1940. Business management and supervision of the police, 1941. Business management and supervision of the police, 1940. Business management and supervision of the police, 1941 1944. Collection of rules concerning the intake of administrative fees through the police posts administration, 1939 1940. Instructions (regulations) for the release of policemen from postal fees, 1940. Collection of rules concerning the procurement and cost of boxes to be mounted on the walls of police stations for police business, 1940 1941. 10
163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 4 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 Request and management of office equipment and materials in service of the police, 1940 1941. The use of unofficial auxiliary help in the offices of the police, 1939 1942. Official rules, 1940. Photographs for police purposes, 1940. Commando orders, 1941 1944. Rules for the police music corps, 1940 1941. Outfitting of the police band, 1942. List of music played by police band, 1942 1945. Telephone agencies, 1942. Installation of communication sites in command and air defense locations, 1940. Traffic regulations, 1942. Intelligence report of the stat police administration in Sosnowice, 1944. Orders of the sectional commanders, 1939 1944. Dispositions; enactments, 1942 1943. The chief of the police in Sosnowice, 1941. Official German state bulletin, 1939 1942. The orders of the chief of government, 1940 1944. Fire fighting, 1943 1944. Permission given to Jews by the police to travel from Czeladź to other locations, 1941 1942. Czeladź 4th district; concerning technical set up of the district and performance of the police functionaries, 1941 1945. Writings of the provincial council, 1939. 11
183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 194a 195 196 197 198 Orders of the chief of police, 1940 1945. Orders of the secret police, 1940 1943. Orders of the mayor of the town of Czeladź, 1939 1944. Orders of the police commands, 1940 1944. Orders issued by the police station commandos, 1940 1942. Orders of the chief of the security police, 1941 1943. Dispositions (additions to an information booklet), 1942 1943. Orders of the chief of police, 1942 1944. Orders of the chief of police concerning foreigners, 1942 1943. Orders of the chief of police concerning economic matters, 1942 1944. Orders of the chief of police in administrative matters, 1942 1943. Orders of the chief of police in administrative matters, 1942 1943. Orders of the chief of police in administrative matters, 1942 1944. Orders of the chief of police, 1942 1943. Lodging and equipment, 1941 1942. List of requisitioned furniture and utensils, 1940. Addition to information bulletin, 1941. Completed police permission slips for Jews, 1942 1943. 199 200 5 201 202 Initial deliberation and information, 1940 1942. Sport contribution of the police reserve, 1944. 12
203 204 205 206 6 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 7 214 215 216 217 218 219 Spending receipts, 1940 1944. Miscellaneous, 1942 1945. Police publications: Commands bulletin; Official rules; Extra addition (37 pieces of the official bulletin of the Chief of Police of Katowice); Information bulletin; Rules and regulations for the police; Temporary punitive orders for police; and Various magazines, no dates. Morning reports, 1940 (2 volumes) Information on air defense, no dates. Miscellaneous, no dates. Protocols in duty matters, 1942. Rulings and orders of the security police in Katowice and Sosnowice concerning cooperation with police, 1939 1944. Rulings of the security command in Katowice concerning personal matters, 1939 1940. Correspondence concerning activities of the police, 1940 1944. Documents concerning financial matters, 1942 1943. Rulings on claims for exemption from military service, 1940 1943. Rulings and instructions concerning control of case processing, 1940 1943. Rulings and correspondence concerning clerical duties, knowledge of rulings and regulations, 1942 1943. Situational reports about the moods among the people, 1944. Correspondence concerning police matters; weapons, weapons sales, and loss of weapons), no dates. Regulations and correspondence concerning the cooperation and action of the security police and rural police in matters of organization of air defense in the region, 1940 1941. Rulings and correspondence concerning execution of trial run air raid defense, 1940 1944. 13
220 8 221 222 223 224 225 252 Correspondence concerning air raid defense and equipment, 1941 1944. Sketches drafts of air raid defense points and the responsibilities of the members of the air defense, 1941. Instructions and correspondence concerning establishment and activities of city and country guards in Czeladź, 1941 1945. Correspondence concerning personnel and duty roster of the 4th police district in Czeladź, 1944. Census from individual police districts, 1940. No description. 14