Haika Grosman personal archives (RG-95-69) חייקה גרוסמן, ארכיון אישי

Identifier
irn84766
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.105
  • RG-68.155
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84766

Extent and Medium

53,954 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Haika Grosman

Biographical History

Haika Grosman (1919-1986) was an Israeli politican and member of the Knesset, who was originally from Bialystok, Poland. Prior to World War II, she was active as a leader in the Zionist youth movement, HaShomer HaTzair. During the occupation of Poland and the Soviet Union by the Germans, she worked in the underground, assisting partisans by smuggling weapons and documents in Vilnius, Lublin, Warsaw, and Bialystok, and she took part in the Bialystok ghetto uprising of 1943. After immigration to Israel, she was a longtime member of the Knesset from the Mapam Party.

Archival History

Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Hashomer Hatzair Archives, Yad Yaari, Israel, Record Group 95-69. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Hashomer Hatzair Archives Yad Yaari, Israel, via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2014.

Scope and Content

The collection includes personal documents, correspondence with Hashomer Hatzair leadership and personalities as Meir Ya'ari (1897-1987), the leader of Hashomer Hatzair, Kibbutz Artzi and Mapam; and Ya'akov Hazan (1899-1992),the Israeli politician and social activist; also includes documents from Grosman's activities as a Knesset member (1969-1988).

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer

People

  • Grosman, Ḥaiḳah, 1919-1996.
  • Hazan, Ya'akov, 1899-1992.
  • Ya'ari, Meir 1897-1987.

Corporate Bodies

  • Ḳibuts ha-artsi ha-shomer ha-tsaʻir (Israel)
  • World Hashomer Hatzair

Subjects

  • Jews--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Israel
  • Municipal government.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Poland--Ethnic relations--20th century.
  • Zionism--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland.

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.

Copies

  • Yad Ya'Ar/יד יערי

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer