Meir Yaari personal archive (RG-95-7) מאיר יערי, ארכיון אישי

Identifier
irn84769
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.108
  • RG-68.158
Dates
1 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1995
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84769

Extent and Medium

37,538 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Meir Yaari

Biographical History

Meir Yaari (1897-1987) was an Israeli politician, and a leader of the Hashomer HaTzair movement. Born in Galicia, he served in the Austrian army during World War I, and studied at the University of Vienna following the war. He co-founded the Viennese chapter of Hashomer HaTzair, and immigrated to Palestine in 1920. Following the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, he helped found the political party Mapam, and served in the Knesset from 1949 to 1973.

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 95-7. The reproduction was completed as a joint project with Yad Vashem. 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

Meir Yaari's (1897-1987) personal archive consists of biographical data, personal documents, certificates, documents and correspondence related to Rzeszów (1921-1987), letters from Vienna (1919-1920), correspondence related to the kibbutz movement, and to kibbutz Merhavia, as well as the United Workers Party (MAPAM).

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

  • Yaari, Meir, 1897-1987.

Corporate Bodies

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

Subjects

  • Kibbutzim--History--20th century.
  • Rzeszów (Poland)
  • Social integration--Israel--20th century.
  • Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
  • Merḥavyah (Israel)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Israel
  • Youth movements
  • Zionism--Poland--History--20th century.
  • Vienna (Austria)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe.

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