Israel Beider collection

Identifier
irn84486
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.351.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84486

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Israel Beider

Biographical History

Israel Beider was a poet in the Jewish shtetlTrochenbrod, Poland (also Trohinbrod or Zofjówka). Germany invaded the region in 1941 and established the the Trochenbrod ghetto to confine its inhabitants and Jews from nearby towns. The ghetto was liquidated in August and September 1942. Beider was murdered along with most of the Jews of Trochenbrod and the neighbouring village Lozisht (Ignatówka), and the village was completely burned to the ground.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Avrom Bendavid-Val and Moshe Bendavid

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Avrom Bendavid-Val and Moshe Bendavid. Beider was their paternal uncle.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, poetry and writings of Israel Beider, in Hebrew and Yiddish. Handwritten or published in the Hebrew and Yiddish press in Poland before the war.

Subjects

  • Jews--Ukraine--Sofiïvka (Volynsʹka oblast)

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.