Selected records related to the history of Jews in Zhytomyr region of Ukraine
Extent and Medium
35,962 digital images, JPEG
33 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Archival History
Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti
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 Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti, DAZO (State Archives of the Zhytomyr region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in June 2007.
Scope and Content
The collection contains selected records from regional Soviet government and Communist Party organizations related to the various aspects of Jewish life in the Zhytomyr region, chiefly before WWII. The records provide information about work and activities of the Jewish sections (evsektsia) of the Communist Party, Jewish public and political organizations ( Komzet, OZET, Kultur Liga, Agro-Joint etc), Jewish schools, closing synagogues and prayer houses, confiscation of religious objects, variety of lists of members of the Jewish communities, Jewish agricultural colonies and collective farms, demographical information etc. This collection also includes records of the Berdichev district Committee to Assist Victims of Pogroms during civil war (Evobshestkom) and trials of individuals who actively participated in the pogroms of Jewish population.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti
Subjects
- Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine.
- War crime trials--Ukraine.
- Jews--Ukraine--Pogroms--Registers.
- Pogroms--Ukraine--History--20th century.
- Ukraine--Politics and government--1917-1945.
- Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)
- Antisemitism--Ukraine--History--20th century.
- Ukraine--Ethnic relations.
- Communism and Judaism--Ukraine.
- Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv--Societies, etc.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti