The Eventov Archives of the Association of Immigrants from the former Yugoslavia in Israel

Identifier
irn35004
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.6
  • RG-68.106M
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1995
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • German
  • Croatian
  • Serbian
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

133,107 digital images, JPEG

135 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) [Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi] were established in 1939. They hold the archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, as well as of local, national and international Jewish organizations and the private collections of many outstanding Jewish personalities. The Archives now hold the most extensive collection of documents, pinkassim (registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The Board of Directors is composed of representatives of the Government of Israel, The Historical Society of Israel, The Jewish Agency for Israel, The Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University. On January 30, 2013 The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People and the National Library of Israel (NLI) signed an agreement to implement a merger between the Archives and the Library. [see: http://cahjp.huji.ac.il/]

Archival History

Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi

Acquisition

The records were created by Ethel and Jakir Eventov in Haifa, Israel during the 1950s and forms part of the Hitachdut Oley Yugoslavia (Association of Jewish Immigrants from Yugoslavia). The Archives was originally housed in Mr. and Mrs. Evenotv’s home. In 1986 the materials were transferred to the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem, from which United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired them. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March 2008, and accretion in March 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains documentation about Jewish communities in Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia. Three major categories are communal and Zionist entities, papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern, and personal papers. These include correspondence, memoirs, photocopies of official documents, and other ephemera. The collection also includes files on prominent personages, social affairs, and Jewish participation in the partisan movement during World War II, as well as notes on archeological sites of the first through the third centuries and materials on the medieval site of Čelarevo.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.The collection is organized by card catalog that was also microfilmed as part of the microfilming project (film reels #1-7). The card catalog is arranged in three series: 1. Communal and Zionist entities; 2. Papers and notes on subjects of Jewish concern; 3. Personal files (including ketubot, diplomas and genealogical data). Users should first consult the microfilmed card catalog and then the inventory in order to link the individual file number to the corresponding film reel.

People

Subjects

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.