Literary archives of Mikhail Yakovlevich Pinchevskiy

Identifier
irn514323
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.263
  • RG-31.022
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514323

Extent and Medium

folders

8

15 digital files, PDF

19 microfiche,

Creator(s)

  • Mikhail Y. Pinchevskiy

Biographical History

Mikhail Pinchevskiy was born in 1894 in Telenesti, Bessarabia (Moldova), and received a traditional Jewish education. In 1913 he discontinued his studies in the Odessa Yeshiva and left for Argentina. His first book of poetry was published in Yiddish in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1918. He left Argentina for the Soviet Union in 1926 and settled in Kharkov (now Kahrkiv), Ukraine, where he published several poems, including "Bessarabia" and "Doyna." Mikhail Pinchevskiy was arrested in 1938 as a "spy" and spent 11 months in prison. In 1951 Pinchevskiy was again arrested. He was released in 1954 and died in 1955 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Archival History

Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine

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 Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the photocopied collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Apr. 2003 and accretion in June 2017.

Scope and Content

Contains poetry, tales, and theatrical plays. Some of the poetry originally was written in Yiddish and translated into Russian. Most of the poetry is dedicated to the Jewish life in Bessarabia (now part of Moldova) and Ukraine (see poems: Bessarabia, Doyna and Zhok, poetry: Broha, Sidur, etc.) and to the heroism of Jewish soldiers during World War II.

System of Arrangement

Organized into the following order: Folder 1: Rg-31.02201, Translations; Folder 2: RG-31.02202, Plays; Folder 3: RG-31.02203, Poetry in Yiddish; Folder 4: RG-31.02204, Poetry in Yiddish and Russian (translations)

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine

Subjects

  • Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)
  • Yiddish poetry--Ukraine.
  • Jewish literature--Ukraine.
  • Jewish soldiers--Ukraine--Poetry.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Poetry.

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.

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