Diary of M. Zhabotinskii, a Jewish actor

Zhabotinskii grew up in the small village of Belozyor, outside Kiev, in Ukraine. He later became a well-known Jewish actor, who was known for his stage performances in both Kharkov and Kiev State Jewish Theatres. He circulated in important Jewish cultural groups along with: Aleksander Tishler, Itsik Fefer, Peretz Markihs, Sara Fibikh, Natan Altman, and others. He survived the 1917 Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II, and continued to be an important cultural figure.

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 Instytut i︠u︡daïky (Judaica Institute) Kiev, 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.