Shalom Cholawski personal archives (RG-95-82) שלום חולבסקי, ארכיון אישי

Identifier
irn84768
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.107
  • RG-68.157
Dates
1 Jan 1897 - 31 Dec 2003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
  • Yiddish
  • Polish
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84768

Extent and Medium

23,247 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Shalom Cholawski

Biographical History

Shalom Cholawski (born 1914) was a partisan fighter in German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union during World War II, and later in life, wrote several historical works about the partisans in Belarus, including "The Jews of Bielorussia during World War II" (1998).

Archival History

Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Hashomer Hatzair Archives, Yad Yaari, Israel, Record Group 95-82. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Hashomer Hatzair Archives Yad Yaari, Israel, via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in July 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, articles and drafts related to Cholawsky's research on history of Belorussian Jews during the Holocaust, partisans movement in Belarus, Jewish underground and the Jewish uprising in the ghetto of Nieswicz, including testimonies recorded by residents of the Nieswicz ghetto. Also includes documentations on Holavsky's work as a teacher in the kibbutz ʻEin Hashofet and his activities in United Workers Party (MAPAM), and his testimony at the trial of Adolf Eichmann.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in digital images.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer

People

  • Cholawski, Shalom.
  • Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962--Trials, litigation, etc.

Subjects

  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belarus.
  • Ni︠a︡sviz︠h︡ (Belarus)--Ethnic relations.
  • Vilnius (Lithuania)-Ethnic relations.
  • ʻEin Hashofet (Israel)
  • Rakaŭ (Belarus)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Belarus--Ni︠a︡sviz︠h︡.
  • Zionism--Europe--History--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belarus.
  • Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Belarus.
  • Jews--Belarus--Rakaŭ.

Genre

  • Testimonies.
  • Articles.
  • Document
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.

Copies

  • Yad Ya'Ar/יד יערי

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Shomer ha-tsaʻir (Organization : Israel). Merkaz tiʻud ṿa-ḥeḳer