Overview
- Description
- The collection contains correspondence files with local branches of the Karen Hayesod across Lithuania from 1920 to 1940 concerning a registration of local organizations fundraising activities for the Jewish settlements in Palestine before World War II. Also includes minutes and correspondence of Zionist organizations worldwide, local banks, Lithuanian government authorities, bylaws of the organization and its branches, a donors list, cashiers books, and financial reports.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1940
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Physical Details
- Language
- Lithuanian Yiddish Hebrew
- Extent
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188 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction and publication of documents require permission of the Lithuanian Central State Archives.
- Copyright Holder
- Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Lithuania--History--20th century. Zionism--Lithuania--Registers. Fund raising--Lithuania--Registers.
- Corporate Name
- Keren Hayesod
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 590. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2005 Nov.2005, Aug. 2006, and Sept. 2006.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 10:12:12
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516504
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- Terms of Use
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