Personal archives of Maximilian Goldstein, researcher and collector of Jewish art

Identifier
irn37504
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.137
  • RG-31.102M
Dates
1 Jan 1914 - 31 Dec 1929
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

133 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Maximilian Goldstein (1880-1941) was a renowned researcher, historian and collector of Jewish art in Lwów (Lemberg, Lvov, Lviv). His large private collection included old Jewish books, paintings, furniture and other Jewish artifacts. The collection became a foundation for a private Jewish Museum established in Goldstein’s house in Lwów before WWII. After the Soviet occupation in 1939 the collection was transferred to the Museum of Arts and Industry, where Goldstein was hired as a staff member. With the beginning of the Nazi occupation of Lwów Maximilian Goldstein was imprisoned in the Lwów ghetto where he died sometime in 1941.

Archival History

T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi

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 T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi (Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv), Fond 346, Opis 1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Central State Historical Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2009.

Scope and Content

Consists of personal documents of Maximilian Goldstein, including birth certificate, correspondence with relatives, friends and colleagues, catalogs of art exhibits, drafts of publications, and research papers.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi

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.