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224 Krzysztof Zawacki
Krzysztof Z a w a c k i State Archive in Poznań in the years 1939 – 1945 Abstract
The article presents the history , organization and operation of the State Archive in Poznań in the years 1939 – 1945 . In the first part , the author describes how German archival organizations took control over the Poznań archive . This process involved several elements : changing the name of the institution to the Reich Archive in Poznań , dismissal of the previous staff , taking control over the state archival fond , and the introduction of a system of archival supervision . Subsequent sections highlight the problem of securing and recovering files removed from the archive before the start of hostilities , as well as collecting documentation belonging to institutions and offices that had been shut down . The German archival service was also interested in church archives , private collections or files collected in the municipal or communal archives . The article also discusses the stages of preparing archival materials , which differ slightly from the modern methods , as well as problems related to accessing and sharing archival documents .
Keywords : State Archive in Poznań , Reich Archive in Poznań , Reichsarchiv , archive materials , Nazi occupation