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Selected records related to the history of Jews in Zhytomyr region of Ukraine

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.183 | RG Number: RG-31.060M

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Overview

Description: The collection contains selected records from regional Soviet government and Communist Party organizations related to the various aspects of Jewish life in the Zhytomyr region, chiefly before WWII. The records provide information about work and activities of the Jewish sections (evsektsia) of the Communist Party, Jewish public and political organizations ( Komzet, OZET, Kultur Liga, Agro-Joint etc), Jewish schools, closing synagogues and prayer houses, confiscation of religious objects, variety of lists of members of the Jewish communities, Jewish agricultural colonies and collective farms, demographical information etc. This collection also includes records of the Berdichev district Committee to Assist Victims of Pogroms during civil war (Evobshestkom) and trials of individuals who actively participated in the pogroms of Jewish population.
Date: 1917-1957
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 Yiddish Ukrainian
Extent: 35,962 digital images : JPEG ; 18.1 GB.
33 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic

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 Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jews--Persecutions--Ukraine. Jews--Ukraine--Kyïv--Societies, etc. Antisemitism--Ukraine--History--20th century. Pogroms--Ukraine--History--20th century. Communism and Judaism--Ukraine. Jews--Ukraine--Pogroms--Registers. War crime trials--Ukraine.
Geographic Name: Ukraine--Politics and government--1917-1945. Ukraine--Ethnic relations. Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Z︠H︡ytomyrsʹkoï oblasti, DAZO (State Archives of the Zhytomyr region). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in June 2007.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Record last modified:: 2022-07-28 18:12:11
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