Overview
- Description
- Consists of a mixed provenance collection of documentation donated to Fundacion IWO in Buenos Aires, Argentina by survivors starting in the immediate post-war years until the 1970s. Includes documents, photographs, manuscripts and other records.
- Date
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inclusive:
circa 1930-circa 1970
- 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
- Yiv?o in Argent?ine
- Biography
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IWO Foundation (Yivo Institute for Jewish Research) in Buenos Aires is a not for profit organization devoted to education preservation, and research of the Jewish heritage. IWO library and archives hold more than 60.000 volumes archives and artifacts related to the history of East European Jewry, the immigration to Latin America, the Holocaust, Jewish literature and languages, Jewish thought and religion, Israel and the middle east conflict, and more. Each year, more than 1.000 students, teachers, scholars, writers, filmmakers, artists, and family history researchers visit our library and archives. IWO also offers a variety of conferences, cultural programs, lectures, exhibitions, and courses.
Physical Details
- Language
- Spanish
- Genre/Form
- Photographs. Manuscripts.
- Extent
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7,148 digital images.
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
- Duplication of microfilms/scans for third parties and commercial use including publication of documents requires the written permission of Fundación IWO
- Copyright Holder
- Yiṿo in Argenṭine
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Yiṿo in Argenṭine
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Yiṿo in Argenṭine (Fundación IWO). Mixed provenance collection of documentation donated to Fundacion IWO in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Holocaust survivors. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Sept. 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:43
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