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Eliezer Yerushalmi papers

Document | Accession Number: 2012.489.8

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
inclusive: 
Language
Yiddish
Extent
13 folders

About This Document

Document Creator
Eliezer Yerushalmi
Biography
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.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:11:40
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