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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>David Trotsky Collection.</titleproper>
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        <publisher>YIVO Institute for Jewish Research</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>15 West 16th Street</addressline>
          <addressline>NY 10011</addressline>
          <addressline>New York</addressline>
          <addressline>New York</addressline>
          <addressline>US</addressline>
          <addressline>212-246-6080</addressline>
          <addressline>212-292-1892</addressline>
          <addressline>http://www.yivoinstitute.org/</addressline>
          <addressline>yivomail@yivo.cjh.org</addressline>
          <addressline>United States</addressline>
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          <p>This encoded description is derived from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution but may differ in structure and/or content from its source. The collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.</p>
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        <date normal="20210102">2021-01-02T20:42:39.776Z</date>
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        <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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      <unitid>USA / YIVO / RG 235</unitid>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="3.1.2">David Trotsky Collection.</unittitle>
      <physdesc encodinganalog="3.1.5">63 folders (ca. 1 l.m.).</physdesc>
      <repository>
        <corpname>YIVO Institute for Jewish Research</corpname>
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      <p><![CDATA[This fonds contains documents concerning the Jewish communities in Belgium (mainly Antwerp and Brussels) during the interwar period, collected by David Trotsky. The bulk of the material is dated 1920-1938. We mostly find printed matter (newsletters, posters, flyers, …), circulars, reports, membership cards, invitations, election materials, clippings, … covering virtually all aspects of Jewish political, social, cultural, economic and religious life. We note files on the Zionist Federation of Belgium (file nr. 1); the Zionist Association of Brussels (nrs. 2-3); other Zionist groups (i.a. Zeire Zion, Hehalutz, Merkaz Sioniste de Bruxelles, Haldi, Beis am Zeire Zion, Haoved, Hathiah, Kadima, …; nrs. 4-5); Agudath Zion Brussels and Antwerp (nr. 6); Mizrachi (Nashei Mizrachi, Histadruth Mizrachi, … ; nr. 7); Zionist youth organisations (Zeire Ha’am, Hanoar Hazioni, Fédération de la Jeunesse sioniste de Belgique, …; nr. 8); Poale Zion, Zeire Zion and Jewish Socialist Party (nr. 9-10), Zionist-Revisionist organisations (Jewish State Party, Awukah, Menorah, B’rith Trumpeldor, …; nr. 11); materials on the Zionist elections (nr. 12); WIZO (nr. 13), Dror (nr. 14), Hashomer Hatzair Brussels and Antwerp (nr. 15); Linke Poale Zion (nr. 16); Keren Kayemeth Leisrael and Keren Hayesod (nrs. 17A and 17B); Bundist organisations (Tsukunft, Medem Club, …; nr. 18); communist and related organisations (Gezerd, Prokor, … ; nrs. 19-21); unions and professional organisations of Jewish workers, artisans and small manufacturers and traders (nr. 22-25); unemployment (nr. 25); Jewish schools (Y.L. Peretz school, … ; nr. 26); Jewish People’s Club [Folks-klub?] (nr. 27); Children’s Friend Society [Kinderfraynd?] (nr. 28); sport clubs (JASK, Maccabi, … ; nr. 30); libraries, Yiddish theater and film, concerts, art exhibitions, cultural organisations (nrs. 29, 31-33, 35-36); Jewish student associations (nr. 34); Jewish press (nr. 37); Agudath Israel (nr. 38); circulars from the Belgian Rabbinate (nr. 39), Talmud Torahs (nr. 40); Machsike Hadass including the Yeshiva Etz Hayim (nr. 41); Beth Lechem (nr. 42); synagogues, study houses and minyonim (nr. 43), Ezra (nr. 44); Jesode-Hatora school (nr. 45); various religious filantropic societies and related materials (nr. 46-47); Ezras Yoldos Aniyos Ladies'Aid Society (nr. 48); material from Jewish communities in the provinces (towns of Liège, Charleroi; nr. 49); the Association of Polish Jews (nr. 50); Landsleit (nr. 51); newspapers clippings, anti-Semitic propaganda, and materials on the boycott of Nazi Germany and the fight against anti-Semitism (nrs. 52-55); the Conseil d’Associations juives (nrs. 56A and 56B); University Circle (nrs. 57A and 57B); Association of German-Jewish Refugees (nr. 58), missionaries (nr. 60) and various other materials (nr. 59).]]></p>
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      <p><![CDATA[A comprehensive finding aid is available online at http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=1447111 .]]></p>
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      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="924">businesses</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="824">children</subject>
      <subject>charity</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1009">communism</subject>
      <subject>aliens</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="329">anti-Semitism</subject>
      <subject>associations</subject>
      <subject>banking</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="957">political organisations</subject>
      <subject>orthodox judaism</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="691">music</subject>
      <subject>migration</subject>
      <subject>religious communities</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="304">refugees</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="735">rabbis</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1068">press</subject>
      <subject>Hasidism</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="703">film</subject>
      <subject>extreme right</subject>
      <subject>crafts</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="706">libraries</subject>
      <subject>liberal professions</subject>
      <subject>leather industry</subject>
      <subject>kashrut</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="761">yeshiva</subject>
      <subject>yiddish</subject>
      <subject>universities</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="825">women</subject>
      <subject>youth movements</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="906">Zionism</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="709">sport</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1214">students</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1134">schools</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="1010">socialism</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="695">theater</subject>
      <subject>unions</subject>
      <subject source="ehri_terms" authfilenumber="758">synagogues</subject>
      <subject>textile industry</subject>
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