Vsesoyuznoe Obshestvo po zemelnomu ustroystvu trudyashikhsya evreev Society for Settling Working Jews on the Land (OZET)

Identifier
irn36194
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.137
  • RG-22.017M
Dates
1 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36194

Extent and Medium

55,834 digital images, JPEG

52 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Vsesoyuznoe Obshestvo po zemelnomu ustroystvu trudyashikhsya evreev (OZET)

Biographical History

OZET (Society for the Settlement of Working Jews on the Land) was established by a resolution of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR on August 29, 1924 as a complementary public society to KOMZET (Committee for the Settlement of Working Jews on the Land), which was charged with the task of alleviating the difficult situation of the Soviet Jewish population. The main activities of OZET included resettlement of the Jews on collective farms, raising funds within the USSR and abroad, and rendering technical, agronomical, medical, and cultural assistance to the resettled Jews. OZET was organized into a number of departments at the republic, regional, and local levels, and in factories and classrooms. OZET was liquidated in 1938.

Archival History

Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

Acquisition

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.

Source of acquisition is the State Archives of the Russian Federation (Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii), Fond 9498 (OZET). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Nov. 2008.

Scope and Content

The collection contains documents pertaining to organization and work at all administrative levels; notes from the meetings of the governing bodies of the Society for the Settlement of Working Jews on the Land (OZET); collectivization plans and directives concerning resettlement; correspondence between the Central Soviet of OZET and Jewish organizations abroad; industrial and agricultural records; propaganda materials such as newspaper articles and film scripts; information bulletins; financial records of OZET; and the proceedings of the liquidation committee. Also contains documents pertaining to settlement and agricultural activities in the Crimea and in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Birobidzhan).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii

Subjects

  • Jewish farmers--Rusia--Economic conditions.
  • Jews--Russia--Migrations--History--20th century.
  • Jews--History--Russia.
  • Russia
  • Birobidzhan (Russia)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Russia (Federation)--Evreĭskai︠a︡ avtonomnai︠a︡ oblastʹ--History.
  • Communism and Judaism--Russia.
  • Jews--Russia (Federation)--Birobidzhan--History.
  • Agricultural colonies--Russia.
  • Crimea (Ukraine)--Colonization.
  • Jewish farmers--Ukraine--Economic conditions.
  • Russia--Politics and government--1917-1945.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Crimea--History.
  • Jewish communities (ushmm)

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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