Overview
- Description
- Jewish literary works: poems, memoirs, letters, songs, literary and political notes, written in various ghettos, mainly in the Łódź ghetto (Litzmannstadt), as well as in various concentration camps in Poland and Lithuania. Includes also copies of „Getto szriftn“, a clandestine newspaper published in Łódź ghetto, and some personal photographs. This collection consists of both original work (mostly from the Ghetto Litzmannstadt (Łódź)) and their postwar copies.
- Alternate Title
- Literary works
- Date
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inclusive:
1900-1999
Physical Details
- Extent
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511 digital files : PDF ; 6.75 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in four series: 1. Works of individual authors (organized alphabetically by author's name), File 1-329; 2. Collective works (Anthology), File 330-336; 3. Works of unknown authors (NN), File 337-481; Inventory cards, File 482.
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 or copying of more than several documents for a third party requires the permission of the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny imienia Emanuela Ringelbluma.
- Copyright Holder
- Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Łódź--Personal narratives. Ghetto--Poland--Łódź--History--20th century. Yiddish poetry--Poland--20th century. Jews--Poland--History--Yiddish poetry. Polish poetry--Jewish authors. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
- Geographic Name
- Łódź (Poland) Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Central Committee of Polish Jews
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 266. Most of the literary works were collected by the staff of the Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce. Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Commission); other parts were sent directly to ŻIH, or were collected by ŻIH staff for accademic reserch. Most of these literary works are already published.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2012.
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- 2023-05-26 10:28:31
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