Selected records of the Moreshet Archives (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2019.293.1 | RG Number: RG-68.220

Overview

Description: Consists of three group of records: 1. Testimonies and Memoirs (RG A): contains texts written by survivors, or interviewers, as well as audio and video recordings of interviews; 2. Personal Collections (RG C): contains approximately one-hundred collections of private archives and personal estates that have been entrusted to the Moreshet Archive over the years. The private archives and estates consist of a wide variety of materials, such as letters, photographs, manuscripts, and works of art;
3. Documents, Letters, and Journals (RG D.1): contains official government documents, personal documents, forged documents, private correspondences, inter-institutional correspondences, correspondences with institutions and figures throughout the free world (delegations from Palestine, aide and rescue committees, diplomatic delegations, etc.), personal diaries of both victims and survivors, and institutional journals documenting different events from the period of the Holocaust.
A substantial portion of the material stored in the Moreshet Archive was collected and donated by Holocaust survivors–survivors of the camps, partisans and Jewish fighters, and immigrants and refugees from different countries.
Date: inclusive: 1939-1963

Language: Hebrew English Polish German Russian
Genre/Form: Certificates. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Diaries. Identification card. Journals (periodicals) Letters. Memories. Notes. Photo albums. Photographs. Postcards. Protocols. Registers. Reports. Speeches, addresses, etc. Telegrams. Testimonies.
Extent: 625 digital images : PDF.
System of Arrangement: Arranged in three groups: 1. A:Testimonies and memoirs ; 2. C: Personal collections ; 3. D.1: Documents, letters, and journals.

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: Fair use only.
Copyright Holder: Moreshet, bet ʻedut ʻa. sh. Mordekhai Anilevits’ (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel). Arkhiyon

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance. Jews--Crimes against--Europe--History--20th century. Partisan movement--Underground--Resistance. War crimes--History--20th century. Jewish ghettos--Europe--History--20th century. Jewish organizations--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust survivors--Israel--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)
Geographic Name: Europe--History--German occupation, 1939-1945. Europe--Politics and government--20th century. Israel--Politics and government--20th century. Soviet Union--History--20th century. Topolčany (Slovakia)
Personal Name: Anielewicz, Mordecai, 1919-1943. Bartoszewski, Władysław, 1922- Gebirtig, Mordecai, 1877-1942. Gutman, Israel. Smolar, Hersh, 1905-
Corporate Name: World Hashomer Hatzair

Holder of Originals: Moreshet, bet ʻedut ʻa. sh. Mordekhai Anilevits’ (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel). Arkhiyon
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Moreshet Archives (Givʻat Ḥavivah, Israel) [Mordechai Anielevich Memorial Holocaust Studies and Research Center]. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in August 2019.