Wydział Archiwum getta łódzkiego a Archiwum Ringelbluma
The Archive Department of the Łódź ghetto and the Ringelblum

Summary/Abstract: The organizations mentioned in this article were tasked with preserving source material concerning the fate of Jews during the war and prepare preliminary studies on the topic. This task was carried out in a manner depending on external conditions and methodological differences. In Warsaw, albeit in the underground, it was possible to gather materials from the entire territory of pre-war Poland. In Łódź, the “official” character of one’s work made it impossible to maintain full objectivity, especially in the field of health and deportations. In Łódź, the main source were official materials (documents, official interviews). In Warsaw, materials were sought not only in the existing canon of historical sources, but also among such sources that were the basis for sociological studies of that time.

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