Date range
(1947)1952-1982
Biography / History
Acquisition Note: Gift of Jerzy Ptakowski ca. 1982.
Abstract
The collection contains materials from Annual Meetings of the association (1954-1978) and its correspondence. Some additional materials and records of the Free International Federation of Former Political Prisoners are included in the correspondence series. In the series publication and research materials are bulletins published by the Polish Association of Former Political Prisoners and the Comite International D’Auschwitz. There are also Memoirs of Jozef Stemmler from the German concentration camp Auschwitz and also materials on the Katyn Forest Masassacre (1940-1941). Arrangement in Series: Annual Meetings; Correspondence; Publications; Research materials and Press Clippings.
Language
English, Polish.
| No. | Title | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Meetings | ||
| 1 | By-Law of the Society. Changes in By-Law (1956-1960). | 1956-1960 |
| 2 | Reports and press clippings on Annual Mettings (1954-1978). | 1954-1978 |
| Correspondence | ||
| 3 | Corresponcence and press clippings on the Activities of the Society. Open letters (1968-1978). | 1968-1978 |
| 4 | Free International Federation of Former Political Prisoners. Actvities and Correspondence (1954-1970). | 1954-1970 |
| Publications | ||
| 5 | Bulletin: "Komunikaty" (1949-1972). | 1949-1972 |
| 6 | Bulletin: "Nasze Drogi" (1965-1972). | 1965-1972 |
| 7 | Bulletin: "Nasze Drogi" (1972-1979). | 1972-1979 |
| Research Materials and Press Clippings | ||
| 8 | Biographical data on Father Maximilian Kolbe. Articles by Jerzy Ptakowski and press clippings. | 1968-1982 |
| 9 | Biographical data on Father Maximilian Kolbe. Articles by Jerzy Ptakowski and press clippings. | 1972-1981 |
| 10 | Bulletin of Comite International D'Auschwitz (1962; 1974-1981). | 1962-1981 |
| 11 | Free International Federation of Former Political Prisoners. Publications and press clippings (1952-1956). | 1952-1956 |
| 12 | Katyn Massacre - Press clippings (1952). | 1952-1952 |
| 13 | Memoirs from Auschwitz by Józef Stemler (chairman of Macierz Polska). | 1966-1968 |
| 14 | Memoirs from the Soviet Labor Forced Camps "Prisoners Tale". | |
| 15 | Poems from concentration camps "Przezycia z Lagru" by Stanislaw Michalak. | |
| 16 | Polish Society of Former Political Prisoners in Canada. Bulletins (1963-1968). | 1963-1968 |
| 17 | Katyn Massacre - Suplementary Report on Facts and documents Concerning the Katyn Massacre (October, 1947). | 1947-1947 |