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  1. Hashomer Hatzair in Germany (R-13-2) השומר הצעיר בגרמניה

    Contains journal "Kameraden" (1924-1931), diaries from various cities (kvuzot) in Germany (1923-1937), a diary and minutes of meetings of leadership in Danzig (1925-1928), records on children camps, correspondence with the central leadership and brunches, circulars, reports on activities, youth aliya issues, names lists of members from different branches, names lists for drafting to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), 1948, publications on Ha Shomer Hatzair history in Yiddish (1946-1948), financial reports.

  2. Hashomer Hatzair in France (RG-14-2) השומר הצעיר בצרפת

    Contains activity records, minutes of meetings of the Hashomer Hatzair Council, work plans, educational publications : Ha kvutza, on summer camps in France, articles Hashomer Hatzair leaders, a report on the World Zionist Federation, brochures of the "Lapidim" group, newspapers clippings "Al Hamishmar" (newspapers been published in France by the Hashomer Hatzair publishing house in 1931-1949).

  3. Hashomer Hatzair in Israel, Headquarters (RG-1-3) הנהגה הראשית השומר הצעיר-ישראל

    Contains minutes of meetings, circulars, correspondence with branches in Israel, reports, educational publications and ideological materials of the movement, articles of the Hashomer Hatzair leaders, journals : "El Ori",, "Igeret", "Be Sha'ar", lists of kibutzim in the Eretz Israel (Land of Israel), historical data on Hashomer Hatzair in Israel. Includes also a report of Moshe Czizhik (Klif) on the Ha Shomer Hatzair in the Nazi occupied territories and its attitude toward Soviet Union.

  4. Hashomer Hatzair in Lithuania (RG-4-2) השומר הצעיר בליטא

    Circulars, publications, activities reports, Benjamin Grinboim archive, including reports on the situation of the Hashomer Hatzair in Lithuania in 1938 and his correspondence, the kibbutz training (Hakshara), information brochures and journals "Ziv", "Al Hamishmar" from 1927-1930, Akiva Wonhozker 's papers on children's house (Kinderhaus) in Kovno, reports on Jewish scouts movement in Kovno, Yaakov Amit's correspondence and legacy, Yekheskel Ben Tour memoirs on Ponevezh (Panevėžys ), 1922-1934, and national conference reports.

  5. Hashomer Hatzair in Romania (R-5-2) השומר הצעיר ברומניה

    Circulars, minutes of meetings, work plans of the central leadership, reports from the meetings of the chief council in Kishinev and Czernowitz in 1927, reports on activities in different brunches, newspapers and magazines published in Romania 1927-1940, including "Mantvivea" and "Iovelua", testimonies and memoirs of the Ha Shomer Hatzair activities in various "kenim" (branches) in Romania, names lists of the members of central leadership and those who had made Aliya in 1938.

  6. Hashomer Hatzair in Bulgaria (RG-7-2) השומר הצעיר בבולגריה

    Contains newspapers "Itoneynu", "Halapid", "Hashofar", and "Medura", the information bulletin published in Sofia in 1931; programs of activities, statistics and reports on the situation in "kenim" (branches), 1931; the central leadership reports in Bulgaria; correspondence, circulars, and minutes regarding Aliyah Bet (Alyah "B"), Plovdiv,1932; articles and lectures of the Hashomer Hatzair leaders translated to Bulgarian language; and records from "ken" (branch) in Ruse, 1923-1939. Includes also records on activities after WWII.

  7. Aharon Cohen personal archives (RG-95-10) אהרון כהן – ארכיון אישי

    Personal archive of Aharon Cohen (1910-1980) contains reports and correspondence with representatives of Ha Shomer Hatzair Movement in Romania in 1937-1940, also includes the personal notebook related to his mission in Romania in 1947-1948.

  8. Israel Barzilai personal archives (RG-95-15), ישראל ברזילי

    Personal archives of Israel Barzilai (1913-1970) contains letters, personal documents, reports on his mission in France during WWII, council's meetings, lectures, speeches, records related to Israeli government and Knesset elections, papers on operation "Sinai" and afterwards.

  9. Nahum Sharon (Strachman) personal archives (RG-95-17), נחום שרון (שטרכמן) - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archive of Nachum Sharon (1912-1976) contains records on the Hashomer Hatzair in Poland, biographical data and description of his hometown Luck (Ukraine), speeches, articles, papers related to his leadership in MAPAM party (United Workers’ Party, Israel) and the Histadrut (General Organization of Workers), issues of the magazine "Al Hamishmar", articles on "German problem"-restitutions from Germany (1951), records from his mission in Cuba (1959-1962) and association of friends Israel-Cuba, the manuscript on Emanuel Ringelblum, the reproduction of his book "Summer 42" (in Hebrew).

  10. Hashomer Hatzair in Cyprus (RG-19-2) השומר הצעיר בקפריסין

    Contains memoirs and other documents of the Jewish refugees and survivors on their stay in Cyprus in 1947. Also includes various publications, correspondence (1947), names lists of kibbutz members, the issue of Hashomer Hatzair journal "Ba Girush" (1947), published in Cyprus, the "exodus" story of "Ma'apilim" (illigal emigrants to Palestine) written by Yehushua Ratman in Yiddish.

  11. Arthur Ben-Israel personal archive, Kibutz Beit-Alfa (RG-95-19), ארתור בן-ישראל

    Contains personal archive of Arthur Ben-Israel (1901-1986) from the kibbutz Beit Alfa including his biographical data, correspondence, testimony on the Hashomer Hatzair in Germany, records from the mission in England (1939-1945).

  12. Menachem Bader personal archives (RG-95-23) מנחם בדר - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Menachem Bader (1895-1985) contains documents with his biographical information, memoirs, records on the mission in Turkey and activities of the Rescue Commettee in Istanbul, articles, speeches, poems in Hebrew, Yiddish and Polish.

  13. Personal archives of Ya'akov Hazan (RG-95-30) יעקב חזן, ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Yaakov Hazan (1899-1992) contains his personal documents, correspondence, publications in various newspapers and magazines on Zionism, the HeHalutz and Labor Movement.

  15. W. Douglas Schellig photographs

    Consists of 17 enlarged black and white photographs taken by W. Douglas Schellig on the grounds of the former Dachau concentration camp in 1965. The photographs depict the memorials and sculptures on the camp grounds, the museum, and the architecture of the camp.

  16. Hashomer Hatzair World Headquarters in Israel (RG-31) הנהגה עליונה ישראל

    Correspondence of the World Hashomer Hatzair Headquarter in Palestine (Eretz Israel) and in Israel, between 1930s and 1940s, with branches of the Hashomer Hatzair, reports on activities, documents on immigration (Alya), absorbtion of new immigrants, the kibbutz movement, Holocaust survivors in Cyprus detention camps, families' tracing after the WWII, guidelines for "Shlichim" (representatives) .

  17. Oral testimony of Karl Neustadt

  18. Israel Glazer personal papers (RG-95-47) ישראל גלזר

    Personal archives of Israel Glazer (1919-1970) contains documents with his biographical information, records of the Hashomer Hatzair in Poland, Jewish organizations after WWII, correspondence (1945-1947), a list of the members of the Hashomer Hatzair, articles, interviews, speeches, lectures, documents on the kibbutz Tel Amal.

  19. Baruch Yehieli personal archives (RG-95-54) ברוך יחיאלי - ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Baruch Yehieli (1915-1998) contains correspondence, articles, documents on the kibbutz Nir David (Tel Amal) and the kibbutz "Lohamei Hageta'ot" (Ghetto Fighters ), manuscripts and materials for the book "Akiva" and discussions after its publishing.

  20. Shay’keh Weiner personal archives (RG-95-59) שייקה ויינר- ארכיון אישי

    Personal archives of Shay'keh Weiner (1912-1979) contains interviews, letters from Poland and Paris, biographical documents and personal papers, minutes of meetings of the World Headquarters of Hashomer Hatzair (1957-1969), correspondence with branches and representatives of the Hashomer Hatzair abroad.