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Hashomer Hatzair in Cyprus (RG-19-2)

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2014.120 | RG Number: RG-68.169

Overview

Description: Contains memoirs and other documents of the Jewish refugees and survivors on their stay in Cyprus in 1947. Also includes various publications, correspondence (1947), names lists of kibbutz members, the issue of Hashomer Hatzair journal "Ba Girush" (1947), published in Cyprus, the "exodus" story of "Ma'apilim" (illigal emigrants to Palestine) written by Yehushua Ratman in Yiddish.
Subtitle: השומר הצעיר בקפריסין
Date: inclusive: 1946-1983
Collection Creator: Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Cyprus)

Physical Details

Language: Hebrew Yiddish Russian Hungarian Polish
Genre/Form: Memoirs. Correspondence. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Registers.
Extent: 5,324 digital images : JPEG ; 12.4 GB .
System of Arrangement: The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images.

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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: Any commercial use of the records require to obtain a written consent from the owner of original materials, and may require the payment of a license fee for such use.
Copyright Holder: Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish refugees--Cyprus--Biography. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Labor Zionism--Cyprus--History--20th century. Jewish newspapers--Cyprus. Holocaust survivors--Cyprus--Registers. Jews--Collective settlements--Palestine. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe.
Geographic Name: Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Cyprus--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Cyprus
Corporate Name: World Hashomer Hatzair Ḳibuts ha-artsi ha-shomer ha-tsaʻir (Israel)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: 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 19-2. The reproduction was completed as a joint project with Yad Vashem. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2014.

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