State Archives in Gdańsk (Polish: Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku, AP) is one of Poland's regional state archives. The archive in the city of Gdańsk (German: Danzig) was founded under Prussian jurisdiction in 1901. The headquarters is located at Wałowa 5 Street in Gdańsk. The office in Gdynia is located at Handlowa 11 street. From 1920 to 1939 it has been the National Archives of the Free City of Danzig (German: Staatsarchiv der Freien Stadt Danzig). The archive was created in the years 1899 to 1901. The archives of the city of Danzig had been taken over. Records concerning West Prussia had been transferred from the state archives in Königsberg, East Prussia. The archives opened on April 1, 1901 and on February 14, 1903 in an own building. In October 1901 Max Bär became director, who introduced "Bär's Principle". Adolf Warschauer (1855–1930) took over the lead from Bär in 1912, he became the first jew who was director of a Prussian state archive. More information...
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