Shmaruk-Tsybulnik collection

Identifier
irn524106
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.340
  • RG-31.052
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1998
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524106

Extent and Medium

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1

833 digital images, TIFF

Creator(s)

  • Isaac Shmaruk
  • Sulamif Tsybulnik

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 filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in May 2006.

Scope and Content

The collection includes photocopied letters sent primarily between Isaac Shmaruk and his wife, Sulamif Tsybulnik. Other correspondence of note includes reciprocal letters from friends, family, and the Kiev Film Studio. The letters from Isaac Shmaruk discuss his life in the Red Army, his time spent in Germany, and efforts to contact family and friends throughout the Soviet Union. The letters from Sulamif Tsybulnik discuss her daily life in Ashkhabad, news from family and friends, her work with the Kiev Film Studio, and her brief stay in a Crimean sanitarium throughout a brief illness.

System of Arrangement

The collection is divided into five sub-groups: RG-31.05201- RG-31.05205. The collection is not entirely in chronological order.

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

  • Shmaruk, Isaac.
  • Tsybulnik, Sulamif.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish--Ukraine.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Memoirs.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Correspondence.
  • Jewish soldiers--Ukraine.

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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