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ORT Archive documents relating to Poland.

ORT worked in Poland in 1921-1943, 1946-1950 and 1957-1968. It supported artisans and farmers and ran schools and courses, including classes in the Warsaw ghetto. The ORT online archive holds documents covering activities between 1923 and 1939. More information on activities in Poland can be found in the 1935-1967 reports submitted to World ORT's governing bodies and in the World ORT Report (formerly the ORT Yearbook). These can be found under World ORT. Our photo galleries also include more from ORT Poland, including the later periods of operation, and a brief history of ORT's activities in the country is available here.

Report by Sh. Viktorov and D. Telechnikov. Describes the state of artisanry, ORT activities and vocational education in the region, describes situation by particular locality accompanied by statistics on expenses. Covers Swieciany, Poland [now Švenčionys, Lithuania], Kurzeniec, Poland [now Kurenets, Belarus], Dzisna [Disne], Poland [now Disna, Belarus], and Iwje [Ivia], Poland [now Iwye, Belarus].

Creator:ORT Vilna
Extent:3 pages
Date:1923
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland, Belarus, Lithuania

By instructor Zhelezniakow [Cheliezniakow]. Discusses situation with vocational education in the region, describes institutions by locality, presents number of students, subjects, attitude of local population. Covers Swieciany, Poland [now Švenčionys, Lithuania], Kurzeniec, Poland [now Kurenets, Belarus], Dzisna [Disne], Poland [now Disna, Belarus], Nowogrodek, Poland [now Navahrudak, Belarus], and Iwje [Ivia], Poland [now Iwye, Belarus].

Creator:ORT Vilna
Extent:5 pages
Date:1923
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland, Belarus, Lithuania

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 folder
Date:1923
Language:Russian
Location:Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland]

Resolution and plan of activities adopted at the conference, upon hearing reports from agronomist Feigin on Wilno region and Zeeman on Wolyn region.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:2 pages
Date:1923
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Presents a review of Jewish agriculture in the territories which came under Polish control, before, during and after the war, and describes ORT restoring activities, with statistical data, for 1921-1923.

Creator:ORT Warsaw?
Extent:39 pages
Date:c. 1923
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

A report by I. Epstein "To the Central Committee of ORT in Warsaw", describing his visit of agricultural entities in 3 regions with statistical data including number of trees planted.

Creator:ORT Warsaw?
Extent:2 pages
Date:1923
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Reflects the proceedings of conference on agricultural colonies and education.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:3 pages
Date:1924
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Presents proceedings of the meeting on discussing Executive Committee report, financial issues and current topics.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:2 pages
Date:1924
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Reflects proceedings of the meeting on agricultural issues including financing livestock, agricultural camps, Central Committee members to be in charge of agriculture.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:1 page
Date:1924
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Presents information on planting of fruit trees in agricultural colonies visited in October-November 1925.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:4 pages
Date:1925
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Describes, on Syngalowski's request, new agricultural cooperatives and their financial needs.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:4 pages
Date:1926
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Reports on work done during spring and planned work for the autumn. Cites the kinds of agricultural work and statistical data related to gardening and fruit trees in the 12 localities mentioned in the title: Dubinowo, Ignatowka-Zofiowka, Osowa, Zoludzk-Olizarka, Siedliszcze Małe, Pinsk-Iwaniki, Jeziorany, Stolowicze, Grodno and Warsaw.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 page
Date:1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Reports on visit and instruction in the Osowo cooperative, presents statistical data on production output and loan situation.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:4 pages
Date:1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Osowa, Poland

Describes the contents and specifics of a law on artisans which might impact Jewish vocational schools. Informs about a project to open vocational courses for boys in 3 towns and requests financing for that.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:2 pages
Date:1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

By I. Epstein. Reports on visit to cooperative in Warsaw, describes the attitudes of members, plots of land rented, needs and plans; gives general pre-conclusion and conclusion of situation in Jewish cooperatives in Eastern Poland and Warsaw follwing his trip to cooperatives and colonies in the region.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:3 pages
Date:1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

By I. Epstein. Reports on visits and auditing accounting in Jewish cooperatives in Eastern Poland and Warsaw [now parts of Belarus, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine]. Presents statistical data on production output and loans; plans and needs; and describes the attitudes of members, plots of land rented, etc. Includes reports on Dubinowo [now Dubinovo, Belarus] dairy products cooperative (county Braslaw, Vilna voivodeship);  Ignatowka-Zofiowka agricultural cooperative (near Lutsk, Wolyn voivodeship) [now Ignatovka and Zof'yuvka , Ukraine]; Osowo (Vilna voivodeship); Zoludzk-Olizarka (Wolyn voivodeship) [now Bol'shoy Zhëlutsk and Koloniya Olizarka, Ukraine]; Siedliszcze Małe, Wolyn voivodeship [now Male Sedlishche, Ukraine]; gardening cooperative in Pinsk-Iwaniki (Polesie voivodeship); agricultural colonies in Jeziorzany (Wolyn voivodeship) and Stolowicze (Nowogródek voivodeship); Grodno and gardening cooperatives there; and gardening cooperatives in Warsaw. Comprises Archive Ref. d06b286, d06b288, d06b289, d06b371, d06b372, d06b373, d06b374, d06b375, d06b376 and d06b377.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:28 pages
Date:1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 folder
Date:Thursday, October 27, 1927
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bialystok, Poland

Describes situation with purchase of weaving looms and payment for the building to house a weavers' cooperative in Lodz.

Creator:ORT Warsaw?
Extent:6 pages
Date:1930
Language:Yiddish
Location:Lodz, Poland

Prepared by the Central Committee of ORT in Poland. Presents two lists with statistical data on institutions of vocational education in 1931. Data organised by type of institution and by locality; list # 2 concerns institutions closed in summer 1931.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:4 pages
Date:1931
Language:Yiddish
Location:Poland

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 folder
Date:1935
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bialystok, Poland

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 folder
Date:1935
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bialystok, Poland

Discusses the loan to Warsaw carpentry workshop, urges timely payments of interest, states interest amounts.

Creator:ORT Paris
Extent:2 pages
Date:1937
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

List of monetary sums received for disbursement among ORT institutions in Poland.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:1 page
Date:1937
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:1 page
Date:Friday, December 31, 1937
Language:Russian
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Poland
Extent:3 pages
Date:c. January 1938
Language:Russian
Location:Warsaw, Poland

Reminds that an idea of such a course was discussed for a long time, provides a rationale and an outline for financing the project.

Creator:ORT Warsaw
Extent:1 page
Date:1939
Language:Yiddish
Location:Warsaw, Poland

An account by former ORT Warsaw staff member, Rachel Gourman.

Creator:Rachel Gourman
Extent:2 pages
Date:May 1963
Language:English
Location:Warsaw, Poland