Josef Berman collection

Identifier
irn524079
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.339
  • RG-31.047
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524079

Extent and Medium

folder

1

89 digital images, TIFF

Creator(s)

  • Josef Berman

Biographical History

Josef G. Berman served in the Soviet Army during World War II. His wife, Maria Aleksandrovna Brodskaya, and family were evacuated from Kiev to Tashkent for the majority of the war. They returned to Kiev by May of 1944, but moved to Voroshilovgrad by August 1944 and then to Mariupal in April of 1945. Josef Berman was stationed with the Field Battalion of Uzbekistan, first in Tashkent, then in Novorossisk, and in Moscow by the end of the war.

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 May 2006.

Scope and Content

Contains thirty-eight letters sent by Josef Berman to his wife Maria Brodskaya. These letters span the years of 1941-1945. Also included are three photocopied letters from Maria to Josef spanning the years of 1944-1945. The letters span the period of 1941-1945. Primary content pertains to details of Josef Berman's service in the Soviet Army, and his wishes for the welfare of his family evacuated from Kiev during the war.

System of Arrangement

The collection is organized chronologically, and each page is double-sided. Disregard numbering at the top of each item

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

People

  • Berman, Josef.
  • Brodskaya, Maria Aleksandrovna.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish--Ukraine.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Correspondence.
  • Jews--Ukraine--Memoirs.
  • Jewish soldiers--Ukraine.

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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