Overview
- Description
- Various organizational records related to activities of the legal office of Mr. José Moskovits, a Holocaust survivor and attorney in Buenos Aires. This includes correspondence, project files, press releases, several issues of the German newspaper: Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin (1933), minutes, reports, photographs, printed material, and other documents. Documents and clippings relate to Nazi war criminals who were believed to have or actually had relocated to Argentina after World War II; Project folders relate to memorial events in Argentina and other activities of Holocaust survivors. Consists also of dissertations and reports presented by Jose Moskovits, materials from international conferences, memorandums on special cases, speeches at memorials, publications used as background for reports, includes 200 titles from 1956-1973. There is a also a small collection containing personal documents, manuscripts, photographs, and correspondence related to Jose and Helena Moskovits life and work. Documents include a transcription of an interview and other materials used for the preparation of the book and website "Proyecto Moskovits."
- Alternate Title
- Moskovits Archives
- Date
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bulk:
1956-1973
inclusive: 1926-2000
- 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.
- Reference
- RG-72.006M: 2009.84. Expedientes personales: indemnizaciones a sobrevivientes del Holocausto/Estudio Moskovits: Holocaust survivor indemnification case files a.k.a. Moskovits Office.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Dissertations. Memorandums. Minutes. Photographs. Press releases. Reports. Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Extent
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20,317 digital images : TIFF ; 196 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in two series: 1. Various office subject files arranged chronologically, 1933-1973; 2. Small collection of personal papers, 1926-2000.
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
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. War criminals--Argentina. Nazis--Argentina. Jewish organizations--Argentina--History--20th century. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Argentina--20th century. Emigration and immigration--Argentina. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century. Argentina--Politics and government--20th century.
- Personal Name
- Moskovits, José, 1926-2014. Moskovits, Helena.
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). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Feb. 2018.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:17:03
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