Literary archives of Matvey Talalaievsḱyi

Identifier
irn515464
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.15
  • RG-31.028
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Dec 1950
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515464

Extent and Medium

boxes

5

1,325 digital images, PDF

714 digital images, TIFF

Creator(s)

  • Matvii Talalaievsḱyi

Biographical History

Talalaievsḱyi (1908-1978) was a Jewish Ukrainian poet, journalist and playwright.

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 Jan. 2004 and accretion in June 2017.

Scope and Content

Collection includes a biography of Matvey Talalaevskiy (up to 1946) in Ukrainian; the libretto of a musical comedy written in 1937; and a play "Cantonists," 1938. It also includes poetry, reports and essays written by M. Talalaevskiy and Z. Katz, pieces that were published in the newspaper "Stalinskoe Znamya" (including an article about Auschwitz and Jewish children hidden during the war in the Western Ukraine); poetry in Yiddish, 1930-1940; and letters sent by Talalaevskiy to his wife and daughter from the front, 1941-1942.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Rg-31.02801 (Folder 1); Rg-31.02802 (Folder 2); Rg-31.02803 (Folder 3); Rg-31.02804 (Folder 4); Rg-31.02805 (Folder 5); Rg-31.02806 (Folder 6); Rg-31.02807 (Folder 7); Rg-31.02808 (Folder 8); Rg-31.02809 (Folder 9); Rg-31.02810 (Folder 10); Rg-31.02811 (Folder 11); Rg-31.02812 (Folder 12); Rg-31.02813 (Folder 13); Rg-31.02814 (Folder 14); Rg-31.02815 (Folder 15); Rg-31.02816 (Folder 16); Rg-31.02817 (Folder 17); Rg-31.02818 (Folder 18); Rg-31.02819 (Folder 19); Rg-31.02820 (Folder 20); RG-31.02821 (Folder 21); RG-31.02822 (Folder 22); RG-31.02823 (Folder 23); RG-31.02824 (Folder 24); RG-31.02825 (Folder 25); and RG-31.02826 (Folder 26)

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

People

  • Katz, Zinoviy.
  • Talalaievsḱyi, Matvii.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poetry.
  • Hidden children (Holocaust)--Ukraine.
  • Yiddish 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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