Selected records from the Dr. Boris Tschlénoff collection

Identifier
irn524028
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.368
  • RG-43.085M
Dates
1 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524028

Extent and Medium

18,011 digital images, JPEG

5 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Archival History

Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants, Archives et Histoire

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archives of the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants (OSE), Paris, Tschlénoff fonds. The materials were found in the cellar of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities in Geneva after Tschlénoff's death in 1952, and were brought to Paris in 1988. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in March, 2006.

Scope and Content

Contains documents collected by, and pertaining to, Dr. Benzion Boris Arkadevitch Tschlénoff, a Ukrainian-Jewish doctor employed by OSE Geneva. Dr. Tschlénoff's life's work was dedicated to the care of tubercular Jewish patients and to the care and rescue of Jews suffering under Nazi occupation.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants, Archives et Histoire

People

  • Tschlénoff, Benzion Boris Arkadevitch.

Corporate Bodies

  • World Union OSE
  • World Union OSE
  • Union O.S.E.

Subjects

  • Jewish children--Medical care--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Persecutions.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • Jews--Switzerland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews--Health and hygiene--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue.
  • France
  • Jewish children--Switzerland.
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust.

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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