Collection: Jewish Historical Institute Collections

Collection Name:	Jewish Historical Institute Collections
Geographic Area:	General
Type:	Archives, Catalog of holdings
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Description:	Jewish Historical Institute holds the greatest collection of Jewish-related archival documents, books and museum objects in Poland. Its most valued treasure is the Undergound Archives of the Warsaw Ghetto, Ringelblum Archives. The collection of books, oldprints, manuscripts and journals amounts to 70,000 volumes, half of them in Yiddish and Hebrew. Its historical core, consisting of the remains of the Main Judaic Library, the Library of the Breslau Theological Seminar, and numerous public Jewish libraries, has been continuously expanded with new publications.
Location:	JHI
Availability:	Collection not available online