Documents related to the righteous gentiles in the former USSR

Identifier
irn524107
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.341
  • RG-31.049
Dates
1 Jan 1989 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524107

Extent and Medium

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678 digital images, TIFF

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, envelopes, testimonies, certified statements, photographs, passports, certificates of honor, forms, and applications of Jewish residents of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) and the Gentiles who saved them. These documents were collected mostly from 1989 to 1997 by four main organizations: The Jewish Foundation of Christian Rescuers; the Association of Jewish Organizations and the Ukrainian Community; World of the Righteous; and the Societal History Instruction Center on Babi Yar.

System of Arrangement

Ogranized in the following order: RG-31.04901 - RG-31.04904

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

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Ukraine.
  • Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Ukraine.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Memoirs.

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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