Personal archives of Lazar Motylev, Jewish public figure and politician (Fond 9535, Opis1)
Extent and Medium
4,456 digital images, JPEG
5 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Lazar Motylev
Biographical History
Lazar (Eliazar) Motylev was a lifelong supporter of Jewish cultural autonomy in Russia, and was an active member of various Jewish organizations such as Kultur Liga, Committee for the relief of Jewish war victims, Jewish People’s University, Society of Jewish Music, Society of Jewish Artists and other such groups.
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.
From the State Archive of the Russian Federation, Fond 9535, Opis 1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the State Archive via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains reports and drafts of presentations and research papers related to the activities of various Jewish cultural and political organizations in Russia and the Soviet Union. It also includes documents, meeting minutes, and bylaws, as well as newspapers, concert programs, catalogs of exhibits, and flyers.
People
- Motylev, Lazar.
Subjects
- Jewish newspaper--Russia.
- Jewish politicians.
- Jews--Russia--Intellectual life.
Genre
- Document
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Theater programs.
- Newspapers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Gosudarstvennyĭ arkhiv Rossiĭskoĭ Federat︠s︡ii