Jewish Committee for Aid and Reconstruction, EKOPO (Fond 347)
Extent and Medium
98,010 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Krajowy Komitet ?ydowski Pomocy Ofiarom Wojny.
Biographical History
The Evreiskii Komitet Pomoshchi Zhertvam Voiny (EKOPO) (Jewish Committee for the Assistance to the War Victims) was established in Russia in 1914. This organization provided necessary assistance and relief to tens of thousands of Jewish families who were displaced by Russian Tsarist government from Lithuania and Belarus during WWI. After WWI, the organization (under the Polish name, the Krajowy Komitet Żydowski Pomocy Ofiarom Wojny) continued to provide assistance to the Jewish victims of war and pogroms in the Vilna area. The EKOPO also played major role in the reconstruction of the Jewish communities of this region by providing funding to the local relief organizations, cultural, and educational organizations (known also as the Jewish Committee for Aid and Reconstruction).
Archival History
Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania
Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond. 347. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2014.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of minutes of the meetings, financial reports, correspondence with various Polish government offices, Jewish charitable and relief organizations, Jewish libraries and cultural organizations during the years 1919-1939, and various documents relating to organization activities.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in four series: 1. Minutes; 2. Financial records; 3. Correspondence. 4. Statistics, reports, individual membership forms, and miscellaneous documents.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Corporate Bodies
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
- Lithuania--Ethnic relations--20th century.
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania.
- World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Poland.
- Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, instititoins, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Lithuania.
- Lithuania--Economic conditions--1918-
- World War, 1914-1918--Jews--Lithuania.
- Poland
- Lithuania--Politics and government--20th century.
- Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius--Social conditions--20th century.
- Christian communities.
- Russia
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Reports.
- Minutes.
- Application forms.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas