Diary of M. Zhabotinskii, a Jewish actor

Identifier
irn524108
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.342
  • RG-31.054
Dates
1 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1962
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
  • English
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

87 digital images, TIFF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Zhabotinskii grew up in the small village of Belozyor, outside Kiev, in Ukraine. He later became a well-known Jewish actor, who was known for his stage performances in both Kharkov and Kiev State Jewish Theatres. He circulated in important Jewish cultural groups along with: Aleksander Tishler, Itsik Fefer, Peretz Markihs, Sara Fibikh, Natan Altman, and others. He survived the 1917 Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II, and continued to be an important cultural figure.

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 the 85-page photocopied memoirs of M. Zhabotinskii, written between the years of 1957-1962.

System of Arrangement

The collection is organized chronologically

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

Subjects

Genre

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