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A warning poster

Announcement by Częstochowa's occupation authorities of 24 September 1942 giving a reminder of the death penalty for assisting Jews

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The corpse of Michał Kruk and Aleksander Hirschberg

The bodies of Michał Kruk and Aleksander Hirschberg, whom he aided, hanged in public on the streets of Przemyśl, both sentenced for helping Jews

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An announcement of the SS and Police Commander

Announcement by the SS and Police Leader for the Krakow District informing about death sentences given to 73 Poles, including four accused of helping Jews. 1944.

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A warning poster of the SS and Police Commander

Announcement by the SS and Police Leader for the Warsaw District of 5 September 1942 threatening death for aiding Jewish fugitives

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A leaflet issued in August 1943 by the Council to Aid Jews (“Żegota”)

Flyer issued in August 1943 by the “Żegota” Council to Aid Jews condemning blackmail against Jews and announcing punishment for people proven to have done so

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A note from the Information Bulletin

Note in an Information Bulletin of 2 September 1943 on the execution of Jan Grabiec, who, among other things, blackmailed villagers who were hiding Jews

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A poster of the Directorate of Underground Resistance

Poster of the Directorate of Underground Resistance informing about the enforcement of death sentences, including the one carried out on Bogusław Pilnik, September 1943

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Warsaw - the Old Town, Ślepa Street

Warsaw – Old Town, Ślepa Street. Rubble on Podwale and the remains of tenement houses at the Miodowa and Senatorska crossroads, visible from behind the ruins of houses, source: from the collection of the Warsaw Uprising Museum

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An ordination on death penalty

Ordinance on the death penalty for Jews and Poles who assist them

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Ordinance of the Directorate of Underground Resistance on the execution of the death penalty on blackmailers

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Information of the Polish Independence Organisations

Information of Polish Independence Organisations concerning false accusations against Poles concerning complicity in murdering Jews

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Information about the slaughter of Jews

Information from an information bulletin about the Nazis' massacre of the Jews

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A resolution of the National Council

Resolution of the National Council, informing about the German crimes committed against the Jews

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A bulletin of the Polish Ministry of Information

Bulletin from the Polish Ministry of Information, which informs about the extermination of Polish Jews abroad

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A statement of the Polish plenipotentiary

Statement from the Polish plenipotentiary concerning German propaganda; The leadership strongly condemns the German genocide against the Jewish population

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A letter to General Sikorski from the American Secretary of State

Letter to General Sikorski from the American Secretary of State, who explicitly condemns the German extermination of the Jews, as reported by Poland

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