Association for support of Jewish Palestine (Karen Hayesod). Lithuanian Branch (Fond 590)

Identifier
irn516504
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.37
  • RG-26.008M
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Lithuanian
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516504

Extent and Medium

188 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

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 Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 590. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2005 Nov.2005, Aug. 2006, and Sept. 2006.

Scope and Content

The collection contains correspondence files with local branches of the Karen Hayesod across Lithuania from 1920 to 1940 concerning a registration of local organizations fundraising activities for the Jewish settlements in Palestine before World War II. Also includes minutes and correspondence of Zionist organizations worldwide, local banks, Lithuanian government authorities, bylaws of the organization and its branches, a donors list, cashiers books, and financial reports.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Corporate Bodies

  • Keren Hayesod

Subjects

  • Zionism--Lithuania--Registers.
  • Jews--Lithuania--History--20th century.
  • Fund raising--Lithuania--Registers.

Genre

  • Document
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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