Polish Biographical Archive = Polskie Archiwum Biograficzne

The collection (with the supplement edited by Gabriele Baumgartner) includes biographical information drawn from 180 reference works published from the 17th through the 20th centuries. The biographies were taken from Polish sources, from international biographical collections and also from German, Russian, French, English and Latin documents from the period of the 17th century until approximately 1945. It contains information on clans, families and individuals, providing a complete picture of the historical, political, social and cultural development of Poland.