Personal archives of Lazar Motylev, Jewish public figure and politician (Fond 9535, Opis1)

Identifier
irn37349
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.98
  • RG-22.022M
Dates
1 Jan 1901 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

4,456 digital images, JPEG

5 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

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

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Genre

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.