Diary of M. Zhabotinskii, a Jewish actor
Extent and Medium
folder
1
87 digital images, TIFF
Creator(s)
- M. Zhabotinskii
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
- Jews--Ukraine--Memoirs.
- World War, 1939-1945--Ukraine.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Ukraine.
Genre
- Document
- Diaries.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Instytut i︠u︡daïky