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Selected records from the State Archives of the Vinnytsia Region related to the history of the Jewish communities before WWII

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2009.12 | RG Number: RG-31.075

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Overview

Description: Contains a variety of records of the Soviet governmental and Communist Party regional administration on Jewish communities of the Vinnytsia region. Included are statistical information, family lists, documents about schools and reading rooms, the promotion of literacy and vocational training, bylaws of Jewish religious communities, files on Jews who appealed for the reinstatement of their electoral rights, files of Jewish owners of businesses, and inventories of synagogues and prayer houses. The collection also includes records of the Jewish Community Committee (Evobshestkom) for the relief of victims of pogroms, as well as records of the Jewish communities of Mogilev-Podolskiy and Gaisin. Accretion in 2018 include investigations and trials records pertaining to local Jews who were accused by the Soviet authorities in various crimes, e.g. membership in the Zionist organizations, anti-Communist, anti-Soviet political activities, espionage, attempts for illegal crossing of the Soviet border etc.
Date: inclusive: 1920-1930
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: Russian Ukrainian Yiddish
Genre/Form: Registers.
Extent: 307,914 digital images : JPEG ; 712 GB.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Vinnyt︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Communism and Judaism--Ukraine. Synagogues--Ukraine--Vinnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ. Jews--Ukraine--History--20th century. Jews--Ukraine--Religious lif. Jews--Ukraine--Intellectual life. Pogroms--Ukraine--History--20th century. Jews--Ukraine--Mogilev Podolsky--Registers. Communist parties.
Geographic Name: Vinnyt︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) Gaĭskiĭ raĭon (Russia) Ukraine--Emigration and immigration--History. Mohyliv-Podilʹsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) Ukraine

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Vinnyt︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Vinnyt︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti (State Archives of Vinnytsia Oblast), Ukraine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Archives of Vinnytsia Oblast via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in March, 2009, and accretion in Nov. 2018.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2023-06-16 12:20:53
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