Jewish Committee for Aid and Reconstruction, EKOPO (Fond 347)

Identifier
irn89487
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.323
  • RG-26.054
Dates
1 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • English
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn89487

Extent and Medium

98,010 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Krajowy Komitet ?ydowski Pomocy Ofiarom Wojny.

Biographical History

The Evreiskii Komitet Pomoshchi Zhertvam Voiny (EKOPO) (Jewish Committee for the Assistance to the War Victims) was established in Russia in 1914. This organization provided necessary assistance and relief to tens of thousands of Jewish families who were displaced by Russian Tsarist government from Lithuania and Belarus during WWI. After WWI, the organization (under the Polish name, the Krajowy Komitet Żydowski Pomocy Ofiarom Wojny) continued to provide assistance to the Jewish victims of war and pogroms in the Vilna area. The EKOPO also played major role in the reconstruction of the Jewish communities of this region by providing funding to the local relief organizations, cultural, and educational organizations (known also as the Jewish Committee for Aid and Reconstruction).

Archival History

Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Acquisition

Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania

Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond. 347. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of minutes of the meetings, financial reports, correspondence with various Polish government offices, Jewish charitable and relief organizations, Jewish libraries and cultural organizations during the years 1919-1939, and various documents relating to organization activities.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in four series: 1. Minutes; 2. Financial records; 3. Correspondence. 4. Statistics, reports, individual membership forms, and miscellaneous documents.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Lithuania.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • Russia
  • Poland
  • World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Lithuania.
  • Lithuania--Politics and government--20th century.
  • World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Poland.
  • Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, instititoins, etc.
  • Christian communities.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius--Social conditions--20th century.
  • Lithuania--Ethnic relations--20th century.
  • Lithuania--Economic conditions--1918-
  • Jewish committees (ushmm)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.

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

Other Connected Items