Register of the Jan Karski papers
Finding aid prepared by Irena Czernichowska and Zbigniew L. Stanczyk
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2003
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu
Title: Jan Karski papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-2007
Collection Number: 46033
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Polish
Physical Description:
20 manuscript boxes, 11 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 6 card file boxes, 24 photo envelopes, and 26 microfilm reels
(21.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, government documents, bulletins, reports, studies, speeches and writings, printed matter, photographs,
clippings, newspapers, periodicals, sound recordings, videotape cassettes, and microfilm, relating to events and conditions
in Poland during World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German
occupation, and operations of the Polish underground movement during World War II. Includes microfilm copies of Polish underground
publications. Boxes 1-34 also available on microfilm (24 reels). Video use copies of videotape available. Sound use copies
of sound recordings available.
Creator:
Karski, Jan, 1914-2000
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives from 1946 to 2008.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jan Karski papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Boxes 1-34 also available on microfilm (24 reels). Video use copies of videotape available. Sound use copies of sound recordings
available.
Biographical Note
1914 June 24 |
Born Jan Kozielewski in Lodz |
1935 |
Law student at University of Lwow |
1939 |
First mission to the West, France |
|
Mobilized, September campaign - escapes Soviet imprisonment |
|
Recruited into the Polish diplomatic service |
1940 |
Second mission - Failed |
1942 |
Reports on his mission to representatives of governments of Poland and Great Britain |
|
Smuggled into Warsaw ghetto and a concentration camp to prepare a report on Nazi war crimes |
1943 |
Reports about situation in Poland to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other U.S. officials |
1944 |
Publishes
Story of a Secret State
|
1952 |
Receives PhD from Georgetown University |
1953 |
Enrolls at School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University |
1954 |
Naturalized as American citizen. Works for United States Information Service |
1965 |
Marries Pola Nirenska |
1984 |
Retires from Georgetown University |
1985 |
Publishes
The Great Powers and Poland
|
1994 |
Made honorary citizen of Israel |
2000 July 13 |
Dies in Washington D.C. |
Scope and Content Note
Jan Karski, 1914-2000, born Jan Kozielewski, was a Polish liaison officer working for the Polish underground during World
War II. He carried the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to a generally unbelieving West.
The process of the deposition of his papers at Hoover began in 1946 and lasted for over sixty years. Herbert Hoover, who was
aware of Karski's excellent connections within diplomatic circles, enlisted him in 1945 to collect documents of the Polish
Government in Exile, which by that time had lost recognition of all western powers who accepted the Soviet-imposed government.
Karski went on a trip around the world to urge the former government members to send all available documents to Stanford and
deposit them at the Hoover Archives.
Karski's papers document two main areas of activity: 1) Collecting activities on behalf of the Hoover Library, and 2) Missions
to the Government in Exile during World War II
Karski went on his last top-secret mission across the German territory in 1942 carrying a small suitcase and a microfilm of
hundreds of documents. Most of what he conveyed to his superiors in London depended on his amazing ability to memorize dozens
of pages and hundreds of names. After he reached his destination safely they were written down. Karski wasn't given access
to the documents concerning the publicity surrounding his meetings with influential politicians, journalists or activists
until they were opened decades after the war. In the 1980s he visited archival institutions in Europe, Israel and the United
States to obtain such copies and incorporate some of their content into this collection. During his trips to Stanford he was
presented with documents produced by the Polish government, the agencies he either worked for or was loosely associated with
(see list in Related Collections).
In the Hoover collection of Karski's papers the best sources of information on his mission and its aftermath are twenty volumes
of scrapbooks. Karski decided to create them in the mid-1980s. His visitors were given the opportunity to come into contact
with documents illustrating his biography. It was the donor's wish to keep them in the same order. A visual file, containing
audio and video tapes with interviews and documentaries supplements the information in scrapbooks.
Besides a few photographs, very little in Karski's papers concerns his personal life. Later demand for information about his
family's background compelled him to reproduce photos depicting his relatives before World War II.
This finding aid was created in 2008 when all of materials Hoover Institution expected to receive were delivered. A register
existing before 2008 described the content of the first nine boxes. Since these boxes had been microfilmed the decision was
made to keep materials in the same order and not incorporate them into the later acquisitions. Cross references have been
provided in the container list.
Related Material
Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) Records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Poland. Ambasada (U.S.) Records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych Records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Propaganda, German
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews -- Poland
Sikorski, Władysław, 1881-1943
Biographical File
1942-1994.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, notes, telegrams, reports on Karski's courier mission to Poland and on his mission to inform the public in
the United States and Great Britain. See also scrapbooks.
Arrangement note
Arranged by physical form in boxes 1-3 and 36, and alphabetically by subject in box 9
Material brought to the Polish government-in-exile in London from Poland by Jan Karski in
1942
box 1, folder 2
Photographs of typed records
box 1, folder 3-4
Photographs of Poland under German occupation (activities of the Polish Underground, scenes in the Warsaw Ghetto, etc.)
box 36, folder 1-2
Report given to Gen. Władysław Sikorski in 1943 after Jan Karski arrived in England from Poland
Klucz do kryptonimów raportu politycznego Jana Karskiego (key to pseudonyms in Jan Karski's political report)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Obóz Narodowy - Próby konsolidacji" (#1)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Obóz Socjalistyczny" (#2)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Pozycja Stronnictwa Ludowego" (#3)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Ośrodki Ludowo-Demokratyczno-Lewicowe" (#5)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Konferencja Okrągłego Stołu" (#7)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Konflikty Życia Podziemnego" (#8)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Polityczność Sił Zbrojnych" (#12)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Charakterystyczna Inicjatywa Polityczna" (#13)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Koncepcje Powstania" (#14)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Koncepcje Konsolidacyjne" (#15)
box 36, folder 1-2
"O Kierownictwo Polski Powstańczej" (#16)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Działalność Agentur Sowieckich na Ziemiach Polskich" (#17)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Zagadnienie Łączności" (#18)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Departament Oświaty i Wychowania" (#19)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa" (#20)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Poziom Moralny i Polityczny Życia Podziemnego - Luźne Ośrodki i Ich Rola" (#21)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Zagadnienie Fachowości - Elita - Rola Emigracji" (#22)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Zagadnienie Młodzieży" (#23)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Bierni i 'Współpracujacy' z Okupantem" (#24)
box 36, folder 1-2
"Charakterystyczny Problem 192" (#25)
Report of Jan Karski to the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London on his secret trip to the United States
in 1943 and his audience with President Franklin D. Roosevelt
box 36, folder 3
List of prominent people at the secret gathering where Jan Karski gave his report on Poland
box 36, folder 3
Memorandum for the Prime Minister (personal)
box 36, folder 3
Memorandum of conversation between Jan Karski and prominent Americans
box 36, folder 3
Memorandum of discussion between J. Kwaśniewski and prominent Americans and Englishmen
box 36, folder 3
Report from conversation during an audience with President Franklin D. Roosevelt
box 36, folder 3
Report no. 1 of Jan Karski's activities during his first trip to the United States (4 copies)
box 36, folder 3
Report no. 2 of Jan Karski's activities during his first secret trip to the United States
1943
box 36, folder 3
Report no. 3 from Jan Karski's secret mission to the United States, "The Jewish Problem"
box 36, folder 3
Report no. 3, "Reakcje kluczowych osobistości amerykańskich na mój referat"
box 36, folder 3
Report no. 4 of Jan Karski's secret visit to the United States, , "Spostrzeżenia i Wnioski"
1943
box 36, folder 3
Report from Jan Karski's secret trip to the United States in 1943, "Do Pana Kierownika Spraw Zagranicznych przy Delegacie
Rządu"
Jan Karski's report on the activities of the Polish Underground up to 1943 in the fight against the German occupation
box 2, folder 1
"Podtrzymywanie Nastroju Walki w Społeczeństwie Polskim" (#2)
box 2, folder 1
"Ogólny Charakter Ruchu Podziemnego" (#4)
box 2, folder 1
"Sytuacja Żywnościowa" (#5)
box 2, folder 1
"Charakter Polskiego Ruchu Podziemnego" (#6)
box 2, folder 1
"Prasa Tajna" (Ciąg dalszy) (#7)
box 2, folder 1
"The Construction of the Polish Underground Movement" (#8)
box 2, folder 1
"Material do Memorandum" (#9)
box 2, folder 1
"Polski Ruch Podziemny" (#11)
box 2, folder 1
"Pytania i Odpowiedzi" (#12)
box 2, folder 1
"The Organization of the Underground Movement in Poland" (#14)
box 2, folder 1
"Organizacja Ruchu Podziemnego w Polsce" (#15)
box 2, folder 1
Państwo Polskie No. 12 from (#16)
1943 April 23
box 2, folder 1
Artykuł P. J. Nowaka wygłoszony w House of Commons (#17)
box 2, folder 1
"O Ile Można Stwierdzić Prawdziwość Oskarżeń Zawartych w
Prawdzie"(#18)
box 2, folder 1
Sprawozdanie z działalności propagandowej Jana Karskiego o sprawach krajowych w czasie od 10 1943 roku do 1 lutego 1944 roku
(#19)
box 2, folder 2
"Lista Nazwisk w Ruchu Podziemnym" (#20)
box 2, folder 2
"Raport z Misji Jana Karskiego w roku 1940" (#21)
box 2, folder 2
Introductory letters - Jan Karski's second trip to the United States (#22)
box 2, folder 2
Memorandum of discussion between Jan Karski and prominent Americans and Englishmen, London, (#23)
1943
box 2, folder 2
Report no. 1 from Jan Karski's trip to the United States (#24)
box 2, folder 2
Memorandum of Jan Karski's discussion with English politicians and reporters (#25)
box 2, folder 2
Report no. 4 from Jan Karski's trip to the United States (#26)
box 2, folder 2
Loose pages of information on Poles during World War II (#27)
box 2, folder 2
"Egzamin Wstępny" by Zygmunt Nagórski, Jr. (#28)
box 2, folder 2
"Amerykańska Produkcja Filmowa i Zagadnienie Filmu Polskiego" by Ryszard Ordyński, (#29)
1943 December 27
box 2, folder 2
Uwagi Wincentego Bejtmana, kierownika Wydziału Filmowego w sprawie projektowanej produkcji filmów pełnometrażowych w Hollywood
(#30)
box 2, folder 2
"Podziemne Państwo Polskie - Charatker Ruchu Podziemnego" (#31)
box 2, folder 2
Notatka dla Pana Premiera - "Partyzanci Sowieccy" (#32)
box 2, folder 2
"Warunki Egzystencji Ludnosci Polskiej na Terenach Inkorporowanych" (#33)
box 2, folder 2
"Niebezpieczeństwo Zagrażające Ludności Polskiej" (#34)
box 2, folder 2
Memorandum to Minister Tadeusz Romer, (#35)
1943 October 4
box 2, folder 2
Proposed letter to P. Kestner - Protest (#37)
box 2, folder 2
"Le mouvement souterrain en Pologne" (#39)
box 2, folder 3
"Polski Ruch Podziemny" (#40)
box 2, folder 3
"Wiadomości Gospodarcze i Finansowe" (#41)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Ministra T. Romera (#42)
box 2, folder 3
"Inside Poland Today" by Leon Dennen (#43)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Premiera (#44)
box 2, folder 3
"Niemcy na Przyszlość - Mentalność Młodzieży Niemieckiej" (#45)
box 2, folder 3
Ramowe Przemowienie na temat Stosunków Polsko-Rosyjskich (#46)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Ministra Banaczyka (#47)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Dyrektora Paprockiego (Min. Spraw Wewn.) (#48)
box 2, folder 3
"Działalność Agentur Sowieckich na Ziemiach Polskich" (#49)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Ministra J. Kwapinskiego (#50)
box 2, folder 3
"The Polish Underground Front and Russian Relations" (#51)
box 2, folder 3
"Washington Receptus 374" (#52)
box 2, folder 3
"Panu Premierowi pro Memoria," London, (#53)
1943 October 5
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Premiera, (#54)
1943 October 5
box 2, folder 3
Notatka dla Pana Premiera, (#55)
1943 February 11
box 2, folder 3
"Akcja Partyzantów Sowieckich w Polsce" (#56)
box 2, folder 3
Notatka, London, (#58)
1943 September 28
box 2, folder 3
"Polska bez Quislinga" (#59)
box 2, folder 3
Individual reports, (#60)
1943 September 9
box 2, folder 3
Przemówienie Wice-Premiera - Pana Stanisława Mikołajczyka, (#61)
1943 May 13
box 2, folder 4
Pytania w Sprawach Krajowych (#62)
box 2, folder 4
Komunikaty, London, (#63)
1943 February 23
box 2, folder 4
"Do Delegata Rządu, do Wiadomości Dyrektorów Departamentów Komendanta S.Z., PKP, oraz Patriotycznych Ośrodków i Wybitniejszych
Osób Życia Podziemnego" (#64)
box 2, folder 4
"Roman - Dyrektor Biura" (#65)
box 2, folder 4
"Pilecki lub jego Żona - Departament Spraw Wewnętrznych" (#66)
box 2, folder 4
Notatka dla Rządu Polskiego - Dotyczy misji Jana Karskiego w Londynie (#68)
box 2, folder 4
Notatka dla Profesora Kota, London, (#69)
1943 April 13
box 2, folder 4
Depesza w sprawie oficerów (#70)
box 2, folder 4
Projekt przemówienia - "Polacy" (#72)
box 2, folder 4
Notatka w sprawach kościoła w Polsce (#73)
box 2, folder 4
"Discours prononcé par le General Sikorski le 28 janvier 1943" (#75)
box 2, folder 4
Notatka dla Pana Eydziatowicza (#76)
box 2, folder 4
Wykaz materiałów krajowych (photocopies) (#77)
box 2, folder 4
"Szaniec Bolesławów" (#79)
box 2, folder 4
"Polskie Życie Organizacyjne Podziemne" (#81)
box 2, folder 4
"Wiadomości Gospodarcze i Finansowe" (#82)
box 2, folder 4
"O Kierownictwo Polski Powstańczej" (#83)
box 2, folder 4
"Działalność Agentur Sowieckich na Ziemiach Polskch" (#84)
box 2, folder 4
"Podział z Punktu Widzenia Politycznego" (#85)
box 2, folder 5-6
Press clippings about
Story of the Secret State by Jan Karski
box 3, folder 1-3
Press clippings about
Story of the Secret State by Jan Karski
box 3, folder 4
Supplement to
The Polish Review (#1)
box 3, folder 4
Two indexes to
Poland Fights (#2)
box 3, folder 5
"Zagadnienie Granic w Świetle Cywilizacji" by Seweryn Kamieński (border problems in the light of civilization) (#3)
box 3, folder 6
"Vademecum w Sprawach Polskich" - Manuscript written by an anonymous author of Poland during the German occupation (#4)
box 3, folder 7
Explanatory notes to Dumbarton Oaks proposals (#5)
box 3, folder 7
Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons, (#6)
1944 February 27
box 3, folder 7
Introductory remarks - Agreement concerning Poland reached by the Three Powers at the Crimean Conference, (#7)
1945 February 14
box 3, folder 7
"The Truth About Poland" by a New Zealander who just got out, P. R. Earle (#8)
box 3, folder 7
Polish Catholic Agency's Bulletin, issued under the Warsaw regime auspices (#9)
box 3, folder 7
A declaration of the Związek Obrony Niepodległości Polski (United Committee of Independence of Poland) (#10)
box 3, folder 7
Leaflet issued by the Polish Underground Resistance in Poland regarding the Moscow trial of Polish underground leaders (#11)
box 9, folder 1
Charitable donations
1985-1986
box 9, folder 2
Article about Karski's mission
1945
box 9, folder 3
Yad Vashem archival materials
box 9, folder 4
Activities and structure of the Polish Underground. Report for Sikorski
1943
box 9, folder 5
British and American officials. Correspondence with
1942-1945
box 9, folder 6
Concentration camps in occupied Poland
July 1942.
General note
Typescript in English
Chronology of trip through Europe in
1942
box 9, folder 7
Chronology of trip through Europe in, 1942
box 9, folder 10
British reaction to information on extermination of Jews
1942
box 9, folder 11
Detention by British authorities
1942
box 9, folder 12
Talks with politicians and journalists
1943-1944
box 9, folder 13
Mission to France.
Moja pierwsza misja do Francji. Undated notes
box 9, folder 14
Polish government telegrams from various stages of Karski's trip
1942
box 9, folder 15
Political report on conditions in Poland
January 1943
box 9, folder 17
Activities as described by other authors
1943-1944
box 9, folder 18
Asia and Africa
September 1966-March 1967
box 9, folder 20
Honorary citizenship
1994
Correspondence
1944-1998.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 9, folder 22
Assistance to Poles in Poland and abroad
1945.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from and to Zofia Kossak- Szczucka
box 9, folder 23-24
Letters of appreciation
1951-1969
box 10, folder 1-3
Letters of appreciation
1970-1993
box 10, folder 6
Georgetown University Library
1982-1984
box 10, folder 7
Giedroyć, Jerzy
1982-1986
box 10, folder 8
Herling-Grudziński, Gustaw
1945
box 10, folder 10-12
Hoover Library and Archives
1945-1946
box 10, folder 15-17
Washington Embassy of Poland
1944-1946
Government-in-Exile Records
1941-1946.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, circulars, reports, statements and interviews.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by subject
box 11, folder 1
Biuletyn Własnego Nasłuchu Radiowego,
1945 July
box 11, folder 3
Raport o Sytuacji w Polsce,
1941, 1945
box 11, folder 5
Reports. Liberation Russian Style
1944
box 11, folder 6
Dowództwo SiłPowietrznych. Biuletyn Informacyjny,
1945
box 11, folder 7
Poland's Defense Potentials (Potencjał Obronny Polski),
1943
box 11, folder 8
German press and radio monitoring
April-May 1945
box 11, folder 9
Mikołajczyk, Stanisław. Miscellaneous statements and interviews
1942-1944
box 11, folder 10
Review of articles on Poland in the British press
1944, 1946
drawer L03
Znaczenie Gospodarcze Ziem Odzyskanych,
1946
box 11, folder 13
Ministry of Interior.
Życie Gospodarcze Polski w Okresie Przedwojenym,
1944
box 11, folder 14
Polish Government Information Center-United States
1944-1945
box 11, folder 15
Soviet rule in Poland
1944
box 11, folder 16
United Nations Conference, San Francisco. Polish protest
June 1945
box 11, folder 17
Zaleski, August. Statement before the National Council
July 29, 1940
Interviews
1992-1996.
Scope and Contents note
Published interviews with Jan Karski. See also scrapbooks.
box 12, folder 2
Jan Karski with Plater Robinson
undated
Speeches and Writings
1944-1997.
Scope and Contents note
Articles, correspondence and speeches. See also Scrapbooks.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 12, folder 3
Articles.
Poland, Life Magazine,
1944 August 28
The Great Powers. Correspondence
1982-1990
box 12, folder 4
Chojecki, Mirosław
1985-1988
box 12, folder 5
Morawiec, Elżbieta
1982-1990
box 12, folder 7
Najder, Zdzisław and Najder Carroll, Halina
1981-1986
box 12, folder 9
Warsaw Uprising - government book proposal
1945
box 12, folder 10
Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
1962
box 12, folder 11
King's College
March 31 1995
box 12, folder 12
Washington
January 16 1997
Subject File
1941-1997.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts, bulletins, speeches, telegrams and theater play script.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 12, folder 13
British League for European Freedom. Flyers
1945
box 12, folder 14
Brzeski, Tadeusz. Historic essays
1943
box 12, folder 15
Dumbarton Oaks Conference Proposals
1944
Émigrés. Social and political life
1945-1951
box 12, folder 18
Gerson, Louis, L,
The Reaction of the Polish Government-in-Exile and the Allied Governments to the News of the Endloesung. Typescript
1988
box 12, folder 19
Great Britain. House of Commons. Debate on Churchill's speech on Poland from
December 15, 1944
box 12, folder 20
Lednicki, Wacław, Russian - Polish relations
1943
box 12, folder 21
Perel, Solomon,
Europa, Europa, typescript
1997
box 12, folder 22
Polish - Americans. Internet discussion. Printout
1997
box 12, folder 23
Polish-Jewish relations. Historic essays
1945-1989
box 13, folder 1
Polish Publications Committee - Bulletins, undated
1941-1945
box 13, folder 2
Polish underground communist press
1944
box 13, folder 3
Polish women's contribution to the war
1945
box 13, folder 4
Polski Ruch Niepodległosciowy Niepodległosc i Demokracja
1945-1946
box 13, folder 5
Scharf, Rafael. Speech
1993
box 13, folder 6
Raczkiewicz, Władysław. Speeches on anniversaries of the outbreak of World War II
1942-1944
box 13, folder 7
Sosnkowski, Kazimierz
January 13 1945
box 13, folder 8
United States State Department. Documents related to Poland
1940-1942
box 13, folder 9
United States State Department. Documents related to Poland
1943-1945
box 13, folder 10
Wajnryb, Mieczysław, The Economic and Social Importance of the Central Industrial District of Poland
1938
box 13, folder 12
Dispatches, Royal Air Force officer
August 13-September 28, 1944.
box 13, folder 13
Dispatches, Underground leadership
August 3-October 3, 1944
box 13, folder 14
Dispatches, Underground leadership
August 3-October 3, 1944
box 13, folder 15
German radio and press reports
1944.
General note
In Polish and English
box 13, folder 16
Warsaw's Last Appeal to the Peoples of the World
1944
box 13, folder 17
Wiesel, Elie. Introduction to
Karski,
1944
Zwiazki Ziem Wschodnich Rzeczypospolitej
1943-1946
box 13, folder 21
Swięcicki, Marcin. Speech on occasion of unveiling of monument
1997
box 13, folder 22
Theater play by Mieczysława Zawacz. Typescript
1997
Printed Matter
1939-1993.
Scope and Contents note
Various published materials including clippings, brochures, digests, post-war émigré journals, pamphlets and posters.
Arrangement note
Arranged by physical form and title
box 4, folder 1
Argentina
1945 October-November
box 4, folder 1
Aria z Kurantem by Jan Lechoń
box 4, folder 2
Current News on the Lithuanian Situation,
1944 January-September
box 4, folder 3
Current News on the Lithuanian Situation,
1944 October-1945 June
box 4, folder 4
Democratic Postwar Reconstruction in Central Eastern Europe
box 4, folder 5
Digest of the Polish Press - Overseas News Agency (ONA)
1942 October-1943 May
box 4, folder 6
Digest of The Ukrainian Press - Overseas News Agency (ONA)
1942 October-1943 May
box 4, folder 7
Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
1939 October-1942 March
box 5, folder 1
Gazeta Żołnierza
1945 November 20-21
box 5, folder 1
Glimpses of Polish Architecture by Roman Sołtyński
box 5, folder 2
Głos Polski - Africa
1945 October-November
box 5, folder 3
Głos Polski - Hanover
1945 July-November
box 5, folder 5
Human Events - "The Problem of the Baltic States" by K. R. Pusta
box 5, folder 5
Information Bulletin
1945 August-October
box 5, folder 5
Jutro Polski (Poland of tomorrow - a Polish weekly,)
1945 August-November
box 5, folder 6
Klub Polskich Ziem Zachodnich
1944-1945
box 5, folder 7
Klucz do Piłsudskiego by Stanisław Mackiewicz
box 5, folder 7
Książka Dla Wszystkich by Feliks Korniszewski
box 5, folder 8
Latvia Under German Occupation 1941-1943
box 5, folder 8
The Libraries of Poland by Maria Danilewicz
box 6, folder 1
Na Szlaku Kresowej
1944 September-December
box 6, folder 2
Na Szlaku Kresowej
1945 February-November
box 6, folder 3
Ochotniczka
1945 October-December
box 6, folder 3
Orzeł Biały
1945 December 16
box 6, folder 3
Organizacja Bojowa Katorga - Rewolucja Rosyjska by Jan Kwapiński
box 6, folder 4
Pismo Żołnierza
1945 October-December
box 6, folder 4
Podzwonne Za Kaprala Szczapę by Kazimierz Wierzyński
box 6, folder 5
Polacy u Siebie by Zygmunt Nowakowski
box 6, folder 6
Polak w Indiach
1945 June-October
box 6, folder 6
Poland Fights
1945 September-October
box 6, folder 6
Poland Here Is the Record by Ann Su Cardwell
box 6, folder 7
Polish Digest
1945 March-October
box 6, folder 9
Polish Red Cross and Polish YMCA bulletins
box 6, folder 10
Polska Walcząca
1944 October 7
1945 September-October
box 7, folder 1
Promień
1945 October-1946 March
box 7, folder 4
Smocza 13 by Stefania Zahorska
box 7, folder 4
Souvenirs de Staro-Bielsk by Joseph Czapski
box 7, folder 4
Spadochron
1945 October-November
box 7, folder 5
Statistical Atlas of Poland by Edward Szturm De Sztrem
box 7, folder 5
Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów Okręg - Szkocja
1947 October-November
box 7, folder 7
Taran,
1945 October-December
box 7, folder 8
"To the Members of Both Houses of Parliament" - Letter
box 7, folder 8
Tygodnik Polski (a Polish weekly,)
1945 June-December
box 7, folder 9
The Voice of Poland
1945 June 17
box 7, folder 9
W Imię Boże
1945 November-December
box 7, folder 9
W Szpitalu Pod Dwoma Okupacjami by Marta Wańkowiczówna
box 7, folder 9
What Poland Wants by Ignacy Matuszewski
box 7, folder 9
Whitehall News
1945 June 15
box 7, folder 9
Wiadomości
1945 October-November
box 7, folder 10
Wiadomości Kresowej
1945 March-December
box 7, folder 11
Żolnierz Polski - Żyd (Polish-Jewish soldier,)
1943 September 29
box 7, folder 11
Different speeches from Trenton, New Jersey
1945 January 28
Polish American Congress publications
box 8, folder 1
By-Laws of the Polish American Congress
box 8, folder 1
Eastern Poland: Its Historical, Ethnographic, Economic, Political and Cultural Background
box 8, folder 1
Foreign Policy of the United States (2 copies)
box 8, folder 1
Keynote Address by Charles Rozmarek
1944 May 28
box 8, folder 1
A Memorandum to the Senate of the United States On the Crimea Decisions Concerning Poland
box 8, folder 1
Memorial of the Polish American Congress to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States
box 8, folder 1
Pięć Lat Straszliwych Cierpień i Walk Narodu Polskiego
1938-1944
box 8, folder 2
Bulletin
1945 February-July
box 8, folder 3
Aims and Objectives of the Polish American Congress
box 8, folder 3
Congressional Record - Appeal by the Polish-American Congress (2 copies)
box 8, folder 3
Declaration of Polish American Congress, Inc. on Present Polish Situation (in English and Polish)
box 8, folder 3
Memorandum Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej (memorandum of Polish American Congress)
box 8, folder 3
A Memorandum to the Senate of the United States on the Crimea Decisions Concerning Poland
box 8, folder 3
The Polish Constitution of the Third of May
box 8, folder 3
Resolution of the Polish American Congress
box 8, folder 3
Rozmarek Domaga się Sprawiedliwości dla Polski (Rozmarek appeals for justice for Poland)
box 8, folder 3
Ustawy i Reguły Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej (laws and forms of the Polish American Congress)
box 8, folder 3
The United States, Poland and the Atlantic Charter
1945
Scope and Contents note
Includes excerpts from editorials printed in American newspapers
box 8, folder 3
Who May and Should Participate in the Polish American Congress
box 8, folder 3
Wzory Telegramów (suggestions on sending telegrams to Congressmen, the Department of State, etc.)
box 8, folder 3
Z Działalności Zarządu Wykonawczego Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej (Polish American Congress Executive Committee activities)
box 8, folder 4
Periodicals -
Delegates Newsletter
1944 December-1945 July
box 8, folder 5
Protocols -
Protokół Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej
Various published material (brochures, pamphlets, articles)
box 8, folder 6
The Anglo-American Powers and India by Taraknath Das
box 8, folder 6
The Chicago Conference on International Civil Aviation
box 8, folder 6
Commemoration of Professor Malinowski
box 8, folder 6
The Decline of European Culture and Its Reconstruction by Feliks Gross
box 8, folder 6
Educational Reconstruction in Europe by Feliks Gross
box 8, folder 6
The Fruits of Teheran by Isaac Don Levine
box 8, folder 6
International Aspects of Adult Education by Feliks Gross
box 8, folder 6
The Nineteenth Century and After
box 8, folder 6
An Open Letter to the Newspapermen of America
box 8, folder 6
Peace Planning for Central and Eastern Europe by Feliks Gross
box 8, folder 6
The Polish Proletariat and Socialism by Feliks Gross
box 8, folder 6
The Pre-War Unionization of Polish Workers by Władysław R. Malinowski
box 8, folder 6
Przyszłość Demokratycznego Socjalizmu
box 8, folder 7
Information about the lecture by Jan Karski at Stanford University
1995 March 6
box 8, folder 7
Audiocassettes
General note
(may be sound recordings of the above lecture at Stanford)
box 8, folder 7
Photocopies of notes to Colonel Antoine Daniel-Zdrojewski
box 13, folder 24
Posters
after 1945
Scope and Contents note
Polish émigré printed in Great Britain about social and commemorative events
Various published materials, brochures, pamphlets, clippings
1999-2000
box 13, folder 25
Gabinet Prof. Jana Karskiego, Łodz,
1999
box 13, folder 26
Publications in honor of Jan Karski
1997-2000
box 13, folder 27
Remember. To the Memory of Jan Karski the Righteous Gentile Whose Recent Death Jewry Mourns,
undated
Scrapbooks
1943-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Scrapbooks with clippings, diplomas, flyers, press releases, interviews, letters of appreciation from prominent individuals.
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically by Jan Karski
box 23
Vol. 19
1994-1998.
Scope and Contents note
Materials related to publication of
Karski - How One Man Tried to Stop Holocaust
box 23
Vol. 20
1985-2000.
Scope and Contents note
Materials related to publication of The Great Powers, Emisariusz Witold, Misja Ostatniej Nadziei, Tajne Państwo
Memorabilia
1943-1991.
Scope and Contents note
Cigarette holder, drawing and medals
box 23
Drawing of Jan Karski by Feliks Topolski
1986
box 24
Cigarette holder. Personal gift from Prime Minister General Wladyslaw Sikorski with engraved inscription "Sikorski Gen. Sterling
silver
January 1943".
box 24
Polonia Restituta. Two medals (medal and medal with ribbon), lapel pin, certificate
1995
box 24
Raoul Wallenberg Medal, University of Michigan
1991
General note
Jan Karski's name engraved on metal plate
Audio-Visual File
circa 1938-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Photographs, photo albums, videotapes, sound recordings, containing interviews, lectures, and personal testimonies.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by physical form
Photographs
circa 1938-2000
box 25, folder 1
Prints depicting private events with Jan Karski in attendance
2000
box 25, folder 2
Prints depicting Jan Karski's family before 1939
box 25, folder 3
Print depicting Jan Karski in
mid 1990s
box 25, folder 4
Pola Nirenska's photo album with inscription,
Dresden, 1930. Prints depicting Pola Nirenska
after 1945
box 25, folder 5
Pola Nirenska's photo album depicting her and members of her family
before 1939
box 25, folder 6
Jan Karski's photo album depicting his wedding in and Pola Nirenska's photo album depicting her life before
1965 1939
box 25, folder 7
Prints depicting public events at Georgetown University with Jan Karski in attendance
1980s
box 25, folder 8
Prints depicting various stages of Jan Karski's life from Karski's visit to Holocaust Museum in Washington DC with Tom Wood
1941 to 1980s, 1994
Audio cassette tapes
1986-1997
Physical Description: 87.0 tapes
Scope and Contents note
Interviews, lectures, personal testimonies. Includes
Eyewitnesses to History, 1996. A partial list of sound recordings is provided below.
Boxes 26-29
onsite digital
Sound recording of The Story Teller of Jerusalem by Abraham Cykiert
1978
Scope and Contents note
"Petition" (side A) is a story about leaving a note in a wall in Jerusalem and an encounter with the keeper of Jerusalem's
soul. "Benjamin" (side B) concerns a woman's experiences with two children named Benjamin, in part overlapping the Six Days
War. The cassette label contains a copyright notice. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002183
box 26
Sound recording of Larry King interview with Jan Karski
1980 December 10
Scope and Contents note
(Side B) Karski speaks about growing up in Poland, his experiences escaping from the Nazis during World War II and joining
the Polish Underground, leaving Poland for asylum in America, and Poland during the Cold War. They spend a great amount of
time discussing the current buildup of Soviet forces at the border of Poland. Karski believes the USSR will not go into Poland,
but offers his analysis if such a thing should occur. Several of the call-in questions are about anti-Semitism in Poland.
Recording includes all the commercials during the breaks. Some callers briefly speak Polish to Karski. Side A label reads:
INTERVIEW WITH ANDRZEJ POMIAN for Radio Free Europe, 12/10/80. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002184
box 26
Sound recording of Professor Jan Karski Polska pomoc Zydom w czasie wojny
1982 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Prof. Jan Karski Polska pomoc Zydom w czasie wojny. Odczyt 18/4/1982 w Domu Polskim w San Francisco. Original shell side A
label reads: Prof.dr Jan Karski / Polska pomoc Zydom w czasie wojny / odczyt 18:IV. 1982 w Domu Polskim w San Francisco Mowce
wprowadzil prof.dr J. Lerski. Original shell side B label reads: c.d. odpowiedzi na pytania po od-czycie prof. Jana Karskiego.
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002344
box 26
Sound recording of Professor Engel interview of Jan Karski
1982 April 18
Scope and Contents note
Discussing Karski's experiences in the Polish underground; topics include analyzing the Jewish people in Poland and their
relationship with the Soviet Union, and his meeting with Franklin Roosevelt. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002350
box 26
Sound recording of Wywiad dla radia "Nocne rodakow rozmowy"
1983 October 25
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002354
box 26
Days of Remembrance sound recording
1984 May 1
Scope and Contents note
A ceremony remembering the Holocaust. Jan Karski is among the speakers. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002454
box 26
Sound recording of interview z Ryszardem Mossin, Pazdziernik
1984
Scope and Contents note
Interview with Jan Karski in Polish. Also on the first tape is an American panel discussion about the 1984 U.S. presidential
election, in English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002455
box 26
Sound recording of Jan Karski speech: My Jewish Mission
1984 October 28
Scope and Contents note
Karski speaks about his work in the Polish Underground in regards to Jews. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002456
box 26
Sound recording of Radio Free Europe Karski-Pomian interview
1985 November 8
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Radio Free Europe, Karski-Pomian, Shoah, I-II, November 1985. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002495
box 26
The Unheeded Message of the Holocaust sound recording
1986
Scope and Contents note
With Professor Karski. Produced by the Australian Broadcasting Company. In English. Label reads: The Unheeded Message of the
Holocaust Mo[???]: Andrew Philun. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002496
box 26
Rozmowa w pazdzierniku sound recording
1986
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Jan Karski, Jagoda Jedrychowska. Side A label reads: Jan Karski [???] 1986. I. J. J[???]howska. Side B label reads:
Jan Karski - Gazdn. 1986 I. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002497
box 26
Sound recording of Rozmowa w pazdzierniku (sound tape III)
1986
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Jan Karski, Jagoda Jedrychowska. Rozmowa w pazdzierniku, 1986. Tape III. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002498
box 26
Sound recording of Jan Karski on the
Tim Coles Show
1987 February 23
Scope and Contents note
The discussion focuses on the World War II era and the Yalta Conference, particular the relationships between the US, UK,
and USSR. In English. Side A label reads: WPLP AM57 News Talk Radio Jan Karsky on the Tim Coles Show 2/23/87. Side B label
reads: St. Petersburg 813/541-6651 Tampa 813/221-0358. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002734
box 27
Sound recording of Radio Canada International interview with Jan Karski
1987 March 20
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Recording date: March 20, 1987. Broadcast date: March 29, 1987. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002735
box 27
Sound recording of Jan Karski speech to the Washington Hebrew Congregation
1987 March 29
Scope and Contents note
In English. Label: An Eyewitness Report. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002736
box 27
Sound recording of Jan Karski speech: My Jewish Missions, 1942-1943
1987 May 30
Scope and Contents note
Chicago, Illinois. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002737
box 27
Jan Karski in Polish sound recording
1987 May 30
Scope and Contents note
Side 1 label reads: Mr. J. Karski in Polish. Side 2 label reads: Chicago, Ill. Moje Misje w Sprawie Zydow 1942 1943 Odoszt
- 31 maja 1987. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002738
box 27
Sound recording of Jan Karski speech: Jewish Appeals for Help and Western Leaders Reaction
1987 March 29
Scope and Contents note
A talk by Karski concerning his actions with the Polish Underground during World War II and the aftermath. In English. Use
copy reference number: 46033_a_0002739
box 27
Sound recording of Interviews with radio SBS in Melbourne
1993 November 6-7
Scope and Contents note
In English and Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002780
box 27
Sound recording of Jan Karski interview in Australia
1993 November 8
Scope and Contents note
Jan Karski interviewed in Australia. They discuss Karski's relationship with his past. Karski says he unwillingly came forward
with his story, only after Elie Wiesel got him to. He says he tried to run from his memories for 30 years following the Holocaust.
In English. Label reads: Doug Aiton with Prof Jan Karski. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002826
box 27
Katyn sound recordings from April 1988
1988 April 15-22
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Katyn / Powstanie w getcie harszanskim. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002827
box 27
Sound recording of Local Considerations radio interview with Jan Karski
1990 April 4
Scope and Contents note
Describing international politics of Europe during World War II in regards to Allies' aid to Jews. In English. Use copy reference
number: 46033_a_0002828
box 27
Polish Panorama sound recording
1991 January 20
Scope and Contents note
Polish Panorama show. The lead is an interview with Jan Karski at his home about his work with the Polish underground. Topics
include Karski's Jesuit background, his work with Western forces during the war, why Karski does not like the word "holocaust,"
Western response to the news of the Holocaust, how te Holocaust should be taught to children, the implications upon the nature
of man, and the American Holocaust museum among other topics. The program continues after the interview. In English. Use copy
reference number: 46033_a_0002832
box 27
Sound recording of American-Jewish Committee annual dinner
1993 May 6
Scope and Contents note
Includes a speech by Attorney General Janet Reno speaking on crime in America. Jan Karski speaks in the second half discussing
the Holocaust. He holds that another holocaust is not possible because of the existence of Israel. Following Karski, Bosnian
Foreign Minister Haris Silajdžić speaks. Then, Israeli Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich speaks. In English. Use copy reference
number: 46033_a_0002833
box 27
Sound recording of Danielle Charak interview of Dr. Jan Karski for Radio Melbourne
1993 November 7
Scope and Contents note
In Yiddish and English. Label reads: Yiddish 7.11.93 9.15 am SBS Radio Melbourne Dr. Jan Karski - [??] Danielle Charak Australia.
Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002834
box 27
Jan Karski sound recording
1994 May 10
Scope and Contents note
Label reads: Jan Karski - Golan R[???] [???] May 10, 1994. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002835
box 27
Jan Karski Voice of America sound recording
1994 August 27
Scope and Contents note
Label reads: Karski-Wierzvnski V.O.A. August 27, 1994. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002836
box 27
Sound recording of Jan Karski interview on New York public radio
1994 November 22
Scope and Contents note
A discussion of Karski's experiences during World War II. Topics include: why Karski kept quiet following the war, films--propaganda
and not--about the war, anti-Semitism in Europe before the war, people that helped Karski and how he got around Europe, and
his meeting with dignitaries in the West. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002837
box 27
Sound recording of radio program
1993
Scope and Contents note
Noam Chomsky on the American intervention in Somalia. Label on the cassette concerns an interview Jan Karski gave to a Melbourne
radio station, but the only interview on the tape is Noam Chomsky on Australian radio. In English. Use copy reference number:
46033_a_0002919
box 27
Sound recording of On the Mark radio interview with Jan Karski and Thomas Wood
1994 October 26
Scope and Contents note
Mark Gilman interviews Jan Karski and Thomas Wood. They discuss the writing process and stories of the book "Karski" as well
as the implications for present society. Karski believes Wood knows more about Karski's actions during the war than Karski
himself. Topics include: possibility of a future Holocaust, Karski's meeting with FDR, Holocaust deniers, remembering history,
Karski's faith, Schindler's List, oversimplifying events and education, and the Holocaust Museum. In English. WAVA 105, Arlington,
Virginia. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002920
box 27
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002921
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 39.27/2. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0002922
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 40.27/3. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003082
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 41.27/4. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003083
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 42.27/5. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003084
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 43.27/6. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003085
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 44.27/7. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003086
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 45.27/8. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003087
box 28
Sound recording of interview with Jan Karski in Polish
undated
Scope and Contents note
Cassette 46.27/9. Likely to be a continuation of previous tape. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003354
box 28
Sound recording of Page One show 470
1990
Scope and Contents note
A news magazine-style program with a segment detailing the work of Jan Karski in the Polish Underground. In addition to Karski
recalling his memories, a narractor/anchor comments and provides context. Among the people Karski speaks about meeting are
Anthony Eden, Lord Cranston, H. G. Wells, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. The other segment is about the film
The Nasty Girl. The movie concerns a girl exploring the impact of the holocaust in her hometown, only to find her community unsupportive
of her effort. In English. Cassette 47.28. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003355
box 28
Voice of America broadcast recording
1995 April 13
Scope and Contents note
Includes an interview with Jan Karski. Cassette 48.29. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003356
box 28
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation RadioWorks Interview of Jan Karski
1995 April 27
Scope and Contents note
In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003357
box 28
Polskie Radio sound recording
1995 May 14
Scope and Contents note
Elize Boja (?) interviews Jan Karski. In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003358
box 28
BBC Polish Service sound recording
1995 January 26
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003359
box 28
Monitor Radio broadcast sound recording
1993 April
Scope and Contents note
Near the 50th anniversary, this Christian Science Monitor broadcast remembers the Warsaw Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. In
English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003360
box 28
Sound recording of a program concerning the work of Jan Karski
1997 October 24
Scope and Contents note
"Der Kurier aus dew Ghetto," Jan Karski - Eiu Portrat. In German. Cassette 54.35. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003361
box 28
Sound recordings
1997 June 20 - July 2
Scope and Contents note
In German. Side A: Jan Karski, WDR 3 (Koln), Sendung v. 2.7.97, "Aw Abeud vorgestellt", 22.30-23.00 uhr, Journalistin: Cornelia
Beuel Koln. Side B: Jan Karski: SWF/S2 Kultur sendung: "Buchzeit" 20.6.97 14.30-1500 Redaction Panel Assall Bespreduing: Stefan
Berkholz, Berlin. In German. Cassette 55.36. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003363
box 28
Sound recording
1996 June 28
Scope and Contents note
Radio (?) program featuring Jan Karski. In Polish. Cassette 56.37. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003364
box 28
Voice of America interview with Jan Karski
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Label reads: Voice of America interview - Maciej Wishgriski, I. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003365
box 29
Sound recording of an interview with Jan Karski for Voice of America
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003522
box 29
Sound recording of an interview with Jan Karski for Voice of America
1994 January 12 - December 1
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Label reads: Polish : Top Ten SRC: 12/01/94 For: Polish/Zorniak. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003523
box 29
Voice of America broadcast recordings featuring Jan Karski
1996 September
Scope and Contents note
This extended interview, in 31 parts (part 18 mentions the Hoover Institution) spans 13 audio cassettes. While most of the
audio consists of interviews with Karski in Polish, there are some extraneous, other VOA programs on the tapes, including
English lessons. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003527
box 29
The Radio Foundation broadcast recording:
Bridges
1994-1996
Scope and Contents note
Bridges: a Liberal/Conservative Dialogue with Larry Josephson, devotes a show to its guest Jan Karski and Karski's biographer, Tom Wood. Topics include why he sympathized
with the Poles, his work with the Polish Underground, the level of Karski's commitment to the movement, and interacting with
British and American officials. The theme music used in the show are arrangements of a J. S. Bach organ fugue. In English.
Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003873
box 29
WPLN Tennessee Public Radio broadcast recording:
Consider This
1996 April 29
Scope and Contents note
Jan Karski and E. Thomas Wood reflect on Karski's work during WWII. Among the topics covered are the state of the Polish ghetto
under Nazi occupation and Karski's meeting with President Roosevelt. In English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003874
box 29
As It Happens radio broadcast recording
undated
Scope and Contents note
Among the segments is an interview with Jan Karski recalling the Nazi death camps and Final Solution. In English. Use copy
reference number: 46033_a_0003876
box 29
Sound recording of a Warsaw roundtable discussion
1993 July
Scope and Contents note
This is a recording of a roundtable discussion at a conference convened by Jan Karski. It concerns anti-Semitism and the roles
various institutions (media, church, etc.) play in it. In Polish and English. Use copy reference number: 46033_a_0003877
box 30, folder 1
Unveiling of a Monument to Jan Karski
2007
Video (VHS videocassettes)
1987-2007
box 30, folder 2-3
America and the Holocaust - Deceit and Indifference,
1994
Physical Description: 2.0 copies
box 30, folder 4
American Jewish Committee Concert Silenced Voices,
1995
box 30, folder 5
Escape from Sobibor,
1987
box 30, folder 6
Holocaust Memorial Cantata,
undated
box 30, folder 7
Holocaust Memorial Soil Dedication Ceremony,
undated
box 30, folder 8
The Other Side of Faith,
undated
box 30, folder 10-11
BBC2 documentary video:
The Pope, the Jews and the Nazis
1995
General Physical Description note: (2 copies)
Scope and Contents note
This is a documentary video about Pope Pius XII's actions during WWII. It includes an interview with Jan Karski. Use copy
reference number: 46033_v_0003557
box 30, folder 12
The Prophets of the Modern State of Israel,
undated
box 30, folder 13
Siostra Jana - Prawdziwy Sługa Boży,
2000
box 30, folder 14
A Time to Gather Stones Together,
1993
General Physical Description note: (copy 1)
box 31, folder 1
A Time to Gather Stones Together,
1993
General Physical Description note: (copy 2)
box 31, folder 3
Without Pity and Mercy,
undated
box 31, folder 4
Zegota - Council for Aid to Jews in Occupied Poland,
1998
box 31, folder 5
Sy Rotter documentary video:
Zegota: a Time to Remember
1992
Scope and Contents note
Produced by Sy Rotter and Andrzej Sikora, this video includes an interview with Jan Karski. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003558
Lectures, interviews, and public events with Karski's participation
box 31, folder 7
Jan Karski interview on the
Bob Lewandowski Show
1987
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003563
box 31, folder 8
Jan Karski interview on CNN international news feature
1995
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003564
box 31, folder 9
Dyskusja z Giedroyciem. Wizyta w Łodzi,
undated
box 31, folder 10
Jan Karski interview on the
Diane Glazer Show
1995
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003565
box 31, folder 11
Excerpts from Dinner Presentation: Dr. Jan Karski Recipient of the 1991 H.M.C. Righteousness Award,
1991
box 31, folder 12-13
Godzina Szczerości - Jan Karski,
undated
Physical Description: 2.0 copies
box 32, folder 1-2
Godzina Szczerości - Jan Karski,
undated
Physical Description: 2.0 copies
box 32, folder 3
Holocaust Memorial Center - Fall Lectures Series,
1987-1988
box 32, folder 4
Holocaust Memorial Center private interview with Jan Karski
1987
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003567
box 32, folder 5
Interview with Wladyslaw Zbik,
undated
box 32, folder 6
Jan Karski - Georgetown University,
1990
box 32, folder 7
Jan Karski - Holocaust Center,
1993
box 32, folder 8
Jan Karski interview on
World News Now
1997
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003568
box 32, folder 9
Jan Karski - Wywiad,
1993
box 32, folder 10
Lecture - King's College,
1995
box 32, folder 11
Memorial Concert Shalom in Krakow,
1993
box 32, folder 13
National Civic Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance,
1991
box 33, folder 2
Presentation of Karski at Jewish Book Festival of Greater Washington D.C. by Jan Karski and Thomas Wood,
1994
box 33, folder 3
Professor Jan Karski at UCLA,
1995
box 33, folder 4
Professor Jan Karski interview - Wywiad
circa 1993
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003569
box 33, folder 5
World War II Allied Secret Diplomacy Toward Poland. Jan Karski U.M. - Flint,
1990
box 33, folder 6
Wywiad z "Salusiem". Professor Salomon Fo, Krynica,
undated
Videos about Karski, with and without his participation
box 33, folder 7-8
Doktorat Honoris Causa UMCS w Lublinie
1995
Physical Description: 2.0 copies
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003570
box 33, folder 9
Polish Television Studio 3 video: Holocaust Memorial Museum with Professor Jan Karski
1999
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003578
box 33, folder 10
Neue Zurcher Zeitung documentary:
Holocaust - Nachrichten aus dem Untergrund
undated
Scope and Contents note
In German. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003579
box 33, folder 12
Catholic Telecommunications Network of America video:
Jews Honor a Polish Catholic
1994
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003580
box 33, folder 13
Kulturzeit: Jan Karski
undated
Scope and Contents note
In German. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003581
box 34, folder 1
Kuroń i Moja Historia, Warszawa
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003582
box 34, folder 2
PBS documentary:
Messenger from Poland
undated
Scope and Contents note
From the PBS television series
The Struggles for Poland. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003584
box 34, folder 3-5
Telewizja Poland documentary:
Moja Misja
1997
Physical Description: 3.0 copies
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003585
box 34, folder 6-7
My Mission,
1996
Physical Description: 2.0 copies
box 34, folder 8
Australian Broadcast Corporation television show:
Lateline with Fiona Clark: The Myth of Rescue
1997
General note
Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003587
box 34, folder 9
They Risked Their Lives. Rescuers of the Holocaust,
undated
box 34, folder 10
Documentary:
Swoi czy obcy
undated
Scope and Contents note
In Polish. Use copy reference number: 46033_v_0003588
box 35, folder 1
Jewish Journal - Professor Karski,
1988
Photographs
1939-1945
Scope and Contents note
Prints depicting events, places and people related to Poland during World War II. See also box 1 and box 25
envelope A
25 prints depicting scenes in Poland during the German occupation
1939-1945
envelope B
42 prints depicting Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising
1943-1944
envelope C-F
240 prints depicting scenes in Poland during the German occupation with emphasis on Nazi propaganda and the treatment of the
Jews
envelope G-H
130 prints depicting the Polish Underground Army and its operations during the German occupation
envelope I
14 prints depicting the Warsaw Uprising
1944
envelope J-O
131 prints depicting Polish participation in World War II outside of Poland
envelope P
23 prints depicting Polish women in the Armed Forces outside of Poland during World War II
envelope Q
35 prints depicting the Polish Army in the USSR, , and Polish deportees in the USSR
1941-1942
envelope R
34 prints depicting Polish refugees in foreign countries
envelope S
37 prints depicting scenes at the site of the Katyń Forest Massacre and documents of the investigation
envelope T
20 prints depicting Polish children in emigration
envelope U
80 prints depicting General Sikorski's funeral
1943
envelope V
30 prints depicting scenes in Poland during World War II and texts of documents descriptive of conditions at that time
envelope W
58 prints depicting Polish Air Force and Navy personnel
1942
envelope X
39 prints depicting the Polish Armed Forces during World War II.
Scope and Contents note
Includes prints depicting General Sikorski as well as Polish diplomats and statesmen of that period
Microfilm Reels
1940-1944
Physical Description: 26.0 Reels
Scope and Contents note
Microfilm copies of Polish underground publications under German occupation
reel 1
Biuletyn Informacyjny
1940
reel 2-7, reel 2
Biuletyn Informacyjny
1941
reel 3
Biuletyn Informacyjny (contd.)
1941
reel 4
Biuletyn Informacyjny (contd.)
1941
reel 5
Biuletyn Informacyjny (contd.)
1941
reel 6
Biuletyn Informacyjny (contd.)
1941
reel 7
Biuletyn Informacyjny (contd.)
1941
reel 8
Biuletyn Informacyjny
1941-1942
reel 9
Biuletyn Informacyjny
1943
reel 11
Przez Walkę do Zwycięstwa
1943
reel 21
Na Zachodnim Szańcu
1942-1943
reel 24
Miscellaneous Polish underground publications
reel 25
Miscellaneous Polish underground publications
reel 26
Miscellaneous Polish underground publications