Documents and letters from Solomon Golbrikh Archives

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.752 | RG Number: RG-31.114

Overview

Description: Contains a copy of the personal file (lichnoe delo) of Solomon Golbrikh from the Archives of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, that includes ID’s and membership cards, background information attesting his service as a cameraman who participated in the creation of several documentary movies during the war (Stalingrad, Battle for the Soviet Ukraine; Liberation of Budapest, etc.), Golbrikh’s autobiography, copies of the travel authorizations assigning to Golbrikh work at the front line, etc. Also includes letters of Solomon Golbrikh from front (1943-1944) addressed to his wife (nee Kucherova) relating his service and work as a in Hungary, inquiries about relatives, etc.
Date: inclusive: 1942-1967
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.
Collection Creator: Solomon Golbrikh
Biography: Solomon Golbrikh during WWII served as military cameraman attached to the Political Departments of the Central( Donskoy) Front, South Western Front. Golbrikh participated in the creation of several major documentary films such as “Stalingrad”, “Battle for the Soviet Ukraine” (Director Oleksandr Dovzhenko), “ Liberation of Budapest” .

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: Publication by a third party requires a formal approval of the Judaica Institute in Kiev, Ukraine. Publication requires a mandatory citation of the original source.
Copyright Holder: Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Russia (Federation) World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Ukraine. Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943. Documentary films--Production and direction.
Personal Name: Golbrikh, Kseniya. Golbrikh, Solomon.

Holder of Originals: Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Judaica Center via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Jan. 2011.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive