Rzeszów, Poland

Holocaust Research
 

• The Ronald Lauder Foundation Genealogy Project in Warsaw (Part of the Jewish Historical Institute)
   

  Email address: laudergen@jewish.org.pl

  Street Address: ul. Tlomackie 3/5 00-090 Warszawa POLAND

  
   
  • Use as subject: re: (SURNAME) - Rzeszow or Lancut or Tyczyn or Pilzno, etc.
    In the message: address the message to: Anna Przybyszewska-Drozd.
    
    This organization has lists of survivors and victims and other documents that might have information about your family. In his talk to the genealogy conference in Washington, D.C. in July 2003, Yale Reisner, director of the project, pointed out the difference between survivors' lists in his office in Warsaw and other survivor lists,including those at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.D.C. He stated that the lists in Warsaw were compiled soon after the War, when survivors wanted to be found and gave the most complete and accurate information about themselves. He stated that as time went by, some survivors' lives had taken some turns that occasionally inclined them to be less forthcoming about their personal information. Perhaps they married a non-Jew or changed their name, etc.
    
    If you don't get an answer, try again in a few months. I spoke with Ms. Przybyszewska-Drozd at the conference in Washington, and she told me that if they don't have information on a person who is the subject of an inquiry, they don't answer, due to the heavy volume of inquiries. Knowing that, I would re-send every 6 months because they do get new information all the time, as do all the institutions. Besides Holocaust related information, this office has many documents pertaining to Jews from all over Poland.
    
     
  • List all details, including your relationship to the person whom you are researching, surname, Hebrew, Yiddish, and secular names, approximate birthdates, town of birth, parents' names, mother's maiden name, siblings, sisters' married names, occupations, last known resident, etc.
    
     
• The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
  (There is a registry of Holocaust survivors.)
  
  E-mail: registry@ushmm.org
  
  Use as subject: (SURNAME) - Rzeszow. Send details as listed above.
  
  Phone: 202-488-6130
  
   
• The Auschwitz Museum
  
  E-mail: muzeum@auschwitz.org.pl
  
  See details (above).
  
  At the Toronto genealogy conference in 2002, a speaker from the Auschwitz Museum spoke, and emphasized that their data is frequently updated as new lists are found. Also, they work closely with Yad Vashem and the USHMM.
  
   
• Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
  
   

  Email address: names@yad-vashem.org OR archives@yad-vashem.org.il

  Street Address: Yad Vashem PO Box 3477 91034 Jerusalem ISRAEL

  
  Send details (see above).
  
  The Hall of Names has Pages of Testimony submitted by someone who knew a particular person. (I have seen pages of Testimony for some victims from Rzeszow submitted by a rabbi who did not know each person, but whose personal mission, while he worked at Yad Vashem, was to be sure that as many victims as possible be remembered. He found their names on various lists.) The Archive may have other information. E-mail (or mail) them to find out the fee for obtaining information.
  
   
• The American Red Cross
  
   

  Email address: HWVTC@arc-cmc.org

  Street Address: Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center Baltimore, MD 410-764-5311

  
  Telephone: (410) 764-5311
  
  Website: www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/index.html
  
  Note that sometimes the process can take 2 or 3 years, but it is very thorough. Start with an e-mail asking for a procedure. They will send you a form to be completed.
  
   
• JewishGen Holocaust Database
  
  JewishGen's Holocaust Database is a collection of databases containing information about Holocaust victims and survivors.
  
  Click Here to search the database.