Moskovits Archives Archivo Moskovits

Identifier
irn594832
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.8.1
  • RG-72.035
Dates
1 Jan 1926 - 31 Dec 2000, 1 Jan 1956 - 31 Dec 1973
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Hebrew
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

20,317 digital images, TIFF

Archival History

Yiṿo in Argenṭine

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 Yiṿo in Argenṭine (Fundación IWO). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Feb. 2018.

Scope and Content

Various organizational records related to activities of the legal office of Mr. José Moskovits, a Holocaust survivor and attorney in Buenos Aires. This includes correspondence, project files, press releases, several issues of the German newspaper: Völkischer Beobachter, Berlin (1933), minutes, reports, photographs, printed material, and other documents. Documents and clippings relate to Nazi war criminals who were believed to have or actually had relocated to Argentina after World War II; Project folders relate to memorial events in Argentina and other activities of Holocaust survivors. Consists also of dissertations and reports presented by Jose Moskovits, materials from international conferences, memorandums on special cases, speeches at memorials, publications used as background for reports, includes 200 titles from 1956-1973. There is a also a small collection containing personal documents, manuscripts, photographs, and correspondence related to Jose and Helena Moskovits life and work. Documents include a transcription of an interview and other materials used for the preparation of the book and website "Proyecto Moskovits."

System of Arrangement

Arranged in two series: 1. Various office subject files arranged chronologically, 1933-1973; 2. Small collection of personal papers, 1926-2000.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Yiṿo in Argenṭine

People

Subjects

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.