Records of the Jewish community of Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) (Fond 325)
Extent and Medium
51,165 digital images, JPEG
76 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
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 Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti (Chernivtsi Oblast State Archive), Fond 325, Opis 1-4. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2013, and accretions in 2015 and 2017.
Scope and Content
Contains records relating to activities of the Jewish community of city of Chernivt︠s︡i (Czernowitz, Chernivtsi, Cernauti) and Bukovina region in Ukraine. Included are Jewish correspondence of community officials’ with local authorities, financial and budget reports of the Jewish community of Chernivt︠s︡i, inventories of the property of the local synagogues, reports of their activities; bylaws of the local Jewish public organizations and charitable foundations, applications of the Jewish students requesting financial aid, correspondence regarding the budget allocations for the stipends for poor students, and the supply of kosher food for soup kitchen for low-income members of Jewish communities. Records from the period of Nazi occupation includes: lists of members of Jewish community of Chernivt︠s︡i who were assigned to the labor work (Zwangsarbeit) in 1942, and lists of members of Jewish community in 1943.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arrangement is chronological within series. Opis 1: Reels 1-76, Years: 1780-1790; 1849-1850; 1852-1940; 1942, 1944: Opis 2: Years: 1861, 1867, 1870-1873, 1876-1877, 1879-1887, 1890-1894, 1896-1940. (didn't arrive yet); Opis 3: Years: 1798-1938. (didn't arrive yet); Opis 4: Years: 1941, 1943, 1944 (didn't arrive yet). 1 DVD (finding aid)
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
Subjects
- Jews--Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Registers.
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)--Population--History--19th century.
- Jews--Ukraine--Chernivt︠s︡i--Registers.
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)--Population--History--20th century.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Chernivt︠s︡i--Registers.
- Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine)--Social life and customs.
- Jewish property--Ukraine--Registers.
- Forced labor--Ukraine--Registers.
- Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Population--History--19th century.
- Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Population--History--20th century.
- Synagogues--Ukraine.
- Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Social life and customs.
Genre
- Minutes.
- Registers.
- Reports.
- Document
- Correspondence.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti