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Letters and personal documents of the Jewish Soviet soldier David Khoraz from the Front

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2004.674 | RG Number: RG-31.034

Overview

Description: Contains from the Solomon Golbrikh collection of the Judaica Institute in Kiev letters and personal documents of David Khoraz. During his military service, David Khoraz maintained an active correspondence with his family (parents and siblings) evacuated from Kiev to Central Asia. In his patriotic letters, David Khoraz describes his daily service and activities, including theatrical performances, lectures, news from the front line, etc.
Date: inclusive: 1938-1943
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
Extent: 7 microfiche.
Extent: 5 folders
System of Arrangement: Organized in the following order: RG-31.034*01 (Folder 1- I.D. and personal documents); RG-31.034*02 (Folder 2- Letters, 1940); RG-31.034*03 (Folder 3- Letters. 1941); RG-31.034*04 (Folder 4- Letters 1942); RG-31.034*05 (Folder 5- Letters,1943)
Letters are arranged chronologically

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: 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

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish--Ukraine. Jewish soldiers--Ukraine--Correspondence.
Personal Name: Khoraz, David. Golbrikh, Solomon.

Administrative Notes

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 photocopied collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Oct. 2004.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

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