Shmaruk-Tsybulnik collection
Extent and Medium
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833 digital images, TIFF
Creator(s)
- Sulamif Tsybulnik
- Isaac Shmaruk
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 filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project in May 2006.
Scope and Content
The collection includes photocopied letters sent primarily between Isaac Shmaruk and his wife, Sulamif Tsybulnik. Other correspondence of note includes reciprocal letters from friends, family, and the Kiev Film Studio. The letters from Isaac Shmaruk discuss his life in the Red Army, his time spent in Germany, and efforts to contact family and friends throughout the Soviet Union. The letters from Sulamif Tsybulnik discuss her daily life in Ashkhabad, news from family and friends, her work with the Kiev Film Studio, and her brief stay in a Crimean sanitarium throughout a brief illness.
System of Arrangement
The collection is divided into five sub-groups: RG-31.05201- RG-31.05205. The collection is not entirely in chronological order.
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
- Shmaruk, Isaac.
- Tsybulnik, Sulamif.
Subjects
- Jews--Ukraine--Memoirs.
- World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine.
- Jews--Ukraine--Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish--Ukraine.
- Jewish soldiers--Ukraine.
Genre
- Document
- Letters.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut i︠u︡daïky