Overview
- Description
- The bulk of the collection consist of letters received by the writer from Yiddish writers in the Soviet Union, Poland, Israel, United States, and France, as well as from readers of his books. This collection also includes letters received by Yiehiel Shraybman from various Jewish cultural institutions and Yiddish periodicals.
- Date
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inclusive:
1950-1990
- 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
- Yiehiel Shraybman
- Biography
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Yiehiel Shraybman (1913-2005), one of the most prominent Yiddish writers, was born in Rashkov (now Vadul-Rashkov) in Bessarabia. He received a traditional Jewish education and also attended Jewish Teaching Seminary in Chernovtsy (Cernauti, Czernowitz). His first literary works were published before WWII in Romania. In 1940, after Bessarabia was annexed by the Soviet Union, Yiehiel Shraybman moved to Kishinev (Chisinau) where, with the exception of his wartime years, he spent all of his life. From 1940 to 1950, Yiehiel Shraybman published his short stories in the Yiddish journal Shtern (Star) as well as the newspaper Eynikayt (Unity), the official organ of the Jewish Anti- Fascist Committee in Moscow. With the opening of the monthly Soviet Yiddish journal Sovetish Geymland (Soviet Motherland), in 1961 Yiehiel Shraybman also became a member of the editorial board and one of the most active contributors to this publication for more than thirty years. Beginning in the early 1990s, Yiehiel Shraybman also published his works in several American and Israeli Yiddish publications, including Forverts (Forward), Di Tsukunft (Future), Yiddishe Kultur (Yiddish Culture), Naye Vegn (New Ways), etc. He died in 2005 in Chisinau, Moldova.
Physical Details
- Extent
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5,088 digital images : JPEG ; 778 MB.
- Extent
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5 boxes
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is alphabetical by last name of correspondent; one file number assigned to each correspondent
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Formal approval of the Shraybmans family is required for publication of documents. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Shraybman, Yiehiel--1913-2005.
- Geographic Name
- Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The documents were in the possession of Mr. Shraybman, and after his death of his widow, Marina Shraybman. The archives were acquired from Shraybman's widow in 2006. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program transferred records to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in January 2007.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:24:41
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