Effectively, the work completed in this volume gives a comprehensive and exhaustive account on the Holocaust regarding the inhabitants of the following areas (according to the German occupiers’ administrative division): Warthegau — Regierungsbezirk Hohensalza [Inowrocław], Regierungsbezirk Litzmannstadt [Łódź], Regierungsbezirk Posen [Poznań]; Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreußen — Regierungsbezirk Bromberg [Bydgoszcz], Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder [Kwidzyń]; Provinz Schlesien — Ost-Oberschlesien.
The Polish-language version, on which this edition is based, consists of 38 volumes. The publishing process took 25 years, beginning in 1997, with the final volume leaving the printing press in 2022. This year marks also the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Historical Institute. It is truly amazing that despite so many dramatic political shifts and internal transformations that research has continued and every year resulted in significant contributions to the knowledge of the history of Polish Jews.
We hope that this documentation will be a memorial to the Holocaust, as well as serving further research on the period.
The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute wishes to express the deepest gratitude to all people and institutions, especially to Tad Taube and the Taube Philantrophies, who contributed their resources for creating this publication.
Monika Krawczyk
Director
September, 2022
