Selected records of the Moreshet Archives (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel)

Identifier
irn707321
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.293.1
  • RG-68.220
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1963
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • English
  • Polish
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

625 digital images, PDF

Archival History

Moreshet, bet ʻedut ʻa. sh. Mordekhai Anilevits’ (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel). Arkhiyon

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Moreshet Archives (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel) [Mordechai Anielevich Memorial Holocaust Studies and Research Center]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in August 2019.

Scope and Content

Consists of three group of records: 1. Testimonies and Memoirs (RG A): contains texts written by survivors, or interviewers, as well as audio and video recordings of interviews; 2. Personal Collections (RG C): contains approximately one-hundred collections of private archives and personal estates that have been entrusted to the Moreshet Archive over the years. The private archives and estates consist of a wide variety of materials, such as letters, photographs, manuscripts, and works of art; 3. Documents, Letters, and Journals (RG D.1): contains official government documents, personal documents, forged documents, private correspondences, inter-institutional correspondences, correspondences with institutions and figures throughout the free world (delegations from Palestine, aide and rescue committees, diplomatic delegations, etc.), personal diaries of both victims and survivors, and institutional journals documenting different events from the period of the Holocaust. A substantial portion of the material stored in the Moreshet Archive was collected and donated by Holocaust survivors–survivors of the camps, partisans and Jewish fighters, and immigrants and refugees from different countries.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three groups: 1. A:Testimonies and memoirs ; 2. C: Personal collections ; 3. D.1: Documents, letters, and journals.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Moreshet, bet ʻedut ʻa. sh. Mordekhai Anilevits’ (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel). Arkhiyon

People

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.