Records of the Jewish community of Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) (Fond 325)

Identifier
irn50122
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.20
  • RG-31.120M
Dates
1 Jan 1780 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • German
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

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

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.