Personal archives of Zinoviĭ Tolkachev

Identifier
irn522151
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.16
  • RG-31.029
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1970
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

box

1

500 photocopies,

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Zinoviĭ Tolkatchev was an artist and professor at the Institute of Fine Arts in Kiev, Ukraine, he was also an official artist of the Red Army. Zinoviĭ Tolkatchev joined up with Soviet forces in Majdanek, Poland, shortly after its liberation in 1944 and immediately after that with the forces that liberated Auschwitz in 1945. During this period he drew the series: "Majdanek," "Auschwitz," and "The Flowers of Auschwitz."

Archival History

Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine

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 Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the photocopied collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in Feb. 2004.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence, personal documents, art works (portraits and other paintings), a catalog, and a bibliography of Zinoviĭ Tolkachev works. Also contains guest books from several Tolkachev exhibitions in Majdanek and Oświe̜cim, Poland.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: RG-31.02901 (Folder 1); RG-31.02902 (Folder 2); RG-31.02903 (Folder 3); RG-31.02904 (Folder 4); RG-31.02905 (Folder 5); RG-31.02906 (Folder 6); RG-31.02907 (Folder 7); RG-31.02908 (Folder 8)

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Center for the Studies of History and Culture of East European Jewry (Judaica Center) of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine

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