Overview
- Description
- Collection consists of several manuscript and typescript drafts of writings by Yerushalmi describing events in the Šiauliai (Shavli) ghetto during the German occupation as well as other topics. Includes a manuscript text in a notebook, titled "Di geshikte fun Shavler geto un fun zefon Lita bekitzur;" manuscript drafts of several plays, including "Profesor Shuster;" and a draft of a novel, "Man iz im mekane di dira, a novele fun plitim in Italye," which is based on the lives of Jewish refugees in post-war Italy.
- Date
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inclusive:
- Collection Creator
- Eliezer Yerushalmi
- Biography
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Eliezer Yerushalmi was a teacher and a member of the Jewish Council (Judenrat) of the Šiauliai (Shavli, in Yiddish) ghetto, in Lithuania. His diary account of life in the ghetto was published in 1950.
Physical Details
- Language
- Yiddish
- Extent
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13 folders
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Acquired, June 2012.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-13 15:12:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49526
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