Legacies and papers of Chaim Finkelsztejn (Sygn. S/346)

Identifier
irn37705
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.144
  • RG-15.151
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 2002
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Russian
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37705

Extent and Medium

1,627 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Chaim Finkelsztejn

Biographical History

Chaim Finkelsztejn was born in 1899 in Warsaw and worked before World War II as a journalist in the Zionist newspaper “Haynt;” between 1936 and 1939, he was its director. In 1938, his book Palestyna w pracy i walce (Palestine in Tail and Fight) was published. In 1939. As a deputy from Poland, he traveled to Geneva to attend the World Zionist Congress and remained in Paris once the war broke out. In November 1939, he traveled to New York. After the war, he worked as an administrator and Holocaust researcher in the Institute of Jewish Research in New York.

Archival History

Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

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 Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma (ŻIH), Sygn. 346. Chaim Finkelsztejn's widow donated his papers to ŻIH. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from ŻIH via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2009.

Scope and Content

Contains personal documents of Chaim Finkelsztejn; correspondence, both official and personal from 1939 to 2001; reports, notes, projects, and papers (including a short biography of Chaim Finkelszejn); books, brochures, newspapers, newspaper clippings; invoices, tickets, stamps, and notes; and photographs.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved on the digital files. Arranged in six series: I. Personal documents of Chaim Finkelsztejn; II. Correspondence: 1. Correspondence 1939-1943: a) Private letters from family in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1939-1942 and letters of Chaim Finkelsztejn to his wife Rywka and his two daughters, Estera and Awiwa, b) Other private letters from 1939 till 1941, c) Official letters 1939-1943. 2. Correspondence 1945-2001: a) Various letters from 1945, b) Private correspondence 1955-2000, c) Official letters 1945-2001; III. Reports, notes, projects, papers (including short biography of Chaim Finkelszejn); IV.Books, brochures, newspapers, press cuts; V. Invoices, tickets, stamps, notes etc.; VI. Photographs.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma

People

  • Szwerdszarfa, Szulm.
  • Finkelsztejn, Rywka.
  • Finkelsztejn, Estera.
  • Finkelsztejn, Awiwa.
  • Gierszonowicz, Maria.
  • Blum, Paula.
  • Finkelsztejn, Chaim, 1899-

Subjects

  • Jewish authors--20th century--Political and social views.
  • Jewish authors--Bibliography.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Poland.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Warsaw (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Zionism--History--20th century.
  • Zionism--literary collections.
  • Kraków (Poland)--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Kraków.

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.

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