Personal archives of Meer Bomash, member of the State Duma (Fond 9458, opis1)

Identifier
irn37311
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.89
  • RG-22.018M
Dates
1 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1917
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37311

Extent and Medium

7,284 digital images, JPEG

7 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Meer Bomash

Archival History

Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the State Archives of the State Archives of the Russian Federation (Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii, GARF), Fond 9458, opis 1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from GARF via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archival Programs in June 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains letters to Meer Bomash from Russian State Duma members, civil servants, publishers, students, intelligentsia, and ordinary citizens about the establishment of Jewish educational institutions, antisemitism, compulsory military service, and the general conditions of the Jewish community of Łódź. Also included are requests for help in gaining acceptance to educational institutions, for aid obtaining transfers to different government posts or schools, for material and financial assistance on behalf of aid societies, and for the commutation of prison sentences. There are also reports, petitions, rules, directives, agreements, and other Duma-related documents on Jewish issues such as army service, war refugees, and resettlement in Palestine.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

People

  • Bomash, Meer.

Corporate Bodies

  • Russia. State Duma

Subjects

  • Łódź (Poland)
  • Jews--Russia--History--19th century.
  • Jews--Palestine--History--19th century.
  • Refugees.

Genre

  • Document
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