Moses Berkowitz manuscript relating to the Jewish community of Woronowa

Identifier
irn503772
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.A.0038
  • RG-03.019
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn503772

Extent and Medium

folders

3

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Moses Berkowitz wrote the story of Woronowa in Yiddish in 1943. Adah Fogel translated it into English at an unknown date. Alan Berkowitz, Berkowitz's grandson, donated the manuscript and the English translation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 1993.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the Jewish community in Voronovo (Woronowa), Belarus, before and during the German occupation of World War II. Also contains information about the fate of Jews in nearby Lithuania.

Subjects

  • Soviet Union--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
  • Jews--Soviet Union.
  • Voranava (Belarus)
  • Jews--Lithuania.

Genre

  • Document
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