Shalom Cholawski personal archives (RG-95-82) שלום חולבסקי, ארכיון אישי
Extent and Medium
23,247 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Shalom Cholawski
Biographical History
Shalom Cholawski (born 1914) was a partisan fighter in German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union during World War II, and later in life, wrote several historical works about the partisans in Belarus, including "The Jews of Bielorussia during World War II" (1998).
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 95-82. 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
Consists of correspondence, articles and drafts related to Cholawsky's research on history of Belorussian Jews during the Holocaust, partisans movement in Belarus, Jewish underground and the Jewish uprising in the ghetto of Nieswicz, including testimonies recorded by residents of the Nieswicz ghetto. Also includes documentations on Holavsky's work as a teacher in the kibbutz ʻEin Hashofet and his activities in United Workers Party (MAPAM), and his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
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
- Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Cholawski, Shalom.
Subjects
- Jews--Belarus--Rakaŭ.
- Jews--Persecutions--Belarus.
- ʻEin Hashofet (Israel)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus.
- Ni︠a︡sviz︠h︡ (Belarus)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Belarus--Ni︠a︡sviz︠h︡.
- Rakaŭ (Belarus)--Ethnic relations.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)-Ethnic relations.
- Zionism--Europe--History--20th century.
Genre
- Testimonies.
- Articles.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer