Overview
- Description
- Consists of correspondence, articles and drafts related to Cholawsky's research on history of Belorussian Jews during the Holocaust, partisans movement in Belarus, Jewish underground and the Jewish uprising in the ghetto of Nieswicz, including testimonies recorded by residents of the Nieswicz ghetto. Also includes documentations on Holavsky's work as a teacher in the kibbutz ʻEin Hashofet and his activities in United Workers Party (MAPAM), and his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.
- Subtitle
- שלום חולבסקי, ארכיון אישי
- Date
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inclusive:
1897-2003
- Collection Creator
- Shalom Cholawski
- Biography
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Shalom Cholawski (born 1914) was a partisan fighter in German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union during World War II, and later in life, wrote several historical works about the partisans in Belarus, including "The Jews of Bielorussia during World War II" (1998).
- Reference
- Cholawski, Shalom. The Jews of Bielorussia During World War II. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Pub., 1998.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Articles. Testimonies.
- Extent
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23,247 digital images : JPEG ; 61.7 GB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images.
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- Copyright Holder
- Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus. Jews--Persecutions--Belarus. Jews--Belarus--Ni︠a︡sviz︠h︡. Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius. Jews--Belarus--Rakaŭ. Zionism--Europe--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Hashomer Hatzair Archives, Yad Yaari, Israel, Record Group 95-82. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Hashomer Hatzair Archives Yad Yaari, Israel, via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:54:15
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