Collection of maps and plans Zbiór planów i map (Sygn. 245)

This collection contains 201 maps and plans (some of them in several copies) from very different provenances and dates of origin, some are undated. The maps of the period prior to 1939 mostly include plans of the following towns: Biała, Częstochowa, and Otwock. The largest and most valuable parts of the collection consist of plans and maps of 1939-1945, including: 1. Plans of ghettos, e.g. Baranowicze, Białystok, Częstochowa, Kielce, Kowale, Kraków, Łódź, Sosnowiec, Warsaw. 2. Plans of concentration camps and labor camps, e.g. Bełżec, Chełmno, Sobibór, Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krakow-Płaszów. 3.City or town plans, e.g. Będzin (Bendsburg), Gdańsk (Danzig), Kraków (Krakau), Lublin, Lʹviv (Lwów), Ozorków, Piotrków, Pabianice, Przemyśl, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Szczecin, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie. 4. Plans of diverse administrational districts related to Poland, Germany, USSR and other European territories. Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma