Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein (Mdxl), 1930-1970 2017.22.1, Rg-43.162
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http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection FONDS JOSEPH GOTTFARSTEIN (MDXL), 1930-1970 2017.22.1, RG-43.162 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein (MDXL) Dates: 1930-1970 Accession number: 2017.22.1 Record Group Number: RG-43.62 Creator: Joseph Gottfarstein Extent: 11,600 digital images (JPEG) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: Records documenting history of Joseph Gottfarstein and his family. Languages: French Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but may be stored offsite. Please contact the Reference Desk more than seven days prior to visit in order to request access. Reproduction and use: Collection is available for use. Material may be protected by copyright. Please contact reference staff for further information. No publication of documents on the World Wide Web, Internet, etc., or reproduction of microfilm reels without the permission of the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC). Cite the CDJC as holder of originals. Preferred citation: (Identification of item), Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein (MDXL), 1930-1970. RG- 43.162, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC Acquisition information Source of acquisition is the Memorial to the Shoah, Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center (Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine), France. The 1 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection collection Joseph Gottfarstein was donated to the Shoah Memorial in Paris in 2006 by his son Samuel Haim Gottfarstein. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in February 2017. Existence and location of originals: Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine Mémorial de la Shoah 17, rue Geoffroy l’Asnier 75004 Paris FRANCE tel. +33-(0)1 42 77 44 72 www.memorialdelashoah.org Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information. Processing history: Aleksandra Borecka, February 2017. Inventory adapted from the French inventory provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division. Biographical Information Yoysef Gottfarsteyn (Joseph Gottfarstein) (1903-1980), historian, philologist and author, was born in Pren (Prienai), Suwalk region, Lithuania. He studied in religious primary school, the Slobodka yeshiva, and in a Hebrew high school. He graduated from the Jewish teachers’ seminary in Kaunas and studied music in the local conservatory. At the end of 1923, he moved to Berlin where he studied at the university there. From 1926 he lived in Paris, where he was active in Jewish communal and cultural life. He was the director of a Jewish theatrical studio as well as an active leader of the federation of Jewish communities in Paris; he was also a lecturer in the people’s university. During the German occupation of France, he escaped to Switzerland. He began writing poems in Vispe (Islet) in Kaunas (1922-1925). He also published here fragments of a dramatic poem entitled “Farzeenish” (Monster) in which he expressed motifs of the human conflict between good and evil. He was a contributor to Yidishe teatraler tsaytshrift (Yiddish theater periodical) in Kaunas, and to the Yiddish daily press in Lithuania. He served as the Parisian correspondent for Di prese (The press) in Buenos Aires, and for Folksblat (People’s newspaper) in Kaunas. Aside from correspondence pieces, he also published articles about theater and art. He contributed to Unzer vort (Our word) and Kiem (Survival) in Paris, and after the death of Yisroel Efroykin, he became editor of the latter. There he published a number of chapters of his work “Legitimatsye fun yidishkeyt” (Legitimating Jewishness). In Shevivim (Sparks) 4 (Paris, 1955), he published portions of his Hebrew translation of his French volume on the essence of Jewish civilization. He was a contributor to and served on the editorial board (with Theodor Plievier) of a German-language journal (Berlin, 1924). He wrote stories, feature pieces, articles, and essays for German and French periodicals. He was the author of a German volume (Geneva, 1944) that he later translated into French as L’ecolé du meurtre (School of death) (1946). This work was a kind of history of the German school up to the Hitler era. He translated into French a number of stories by Y. L. Peretz and chapters from Sefer hayetsira (The book of formation). His work on “Jewish folklore in Lithuania” appeared in the Jewish encyclopedia of Lithuania (published in Tel Aviv). He also wrote under the pen names: Y. G-n, Y. Kador, Y. Anshl, and Y. Malbin, among others. Sources: Y. Mark, in Zamlbukh, lekoved dem tsvey hundert un fuftsikstn yoyvl fun der yidisher prese 1686-1936 (Anthology in honor of the 250th jubilee of the Yiddish press, 1686-1936) (New York, 1937); Y. Trunk, in Tsukunft (New York) (April 1955); “Der lebediker,” in Tog-morgn- 2 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection zhurnal (May 8, 1955). Scope and content of collection Documents pertaining to the history of Joseph Gottfarstein family, include letters, writings, translations, correspondence, cards, workbooks, literary and scientific texts, and photographs. System of arrangement Arranged in eight series: 1. Personal history 2. Correspondence 3. Jewish organizations 4. Writings 5. Translations 6. Archives-archival sources collected by Joseph Gottfarstein 7. Authors-a collection of literary and scientific texts by authors who have been in contact with Gottfarstein 8. Research materials. Series are arranged in chronological order. The correspondence is organized in alphabetical order. Indexing terms Personal Name Aleikhem, Sholem. Burstein-Finer, Jacques, 1908- Charney, Daniel, 1888-1959. Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1862--Trials, litigation, etc. Gottfarstein, Joseph, 1903-1980. Gottfarstein, Zofia, Kanfer, Irène. Miłosz, Czesław, 1911-2004. Nahman of Bratslav (Nakhamen Bratslaver), 1772-1810. Corporate Name American Joint Distribution Committee. Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine. Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Conseil repreÌsentatif des institutions juives de France. Fédération des Sociétés Juives de France. Institut d'étude des questions juives (Paris, France) Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France) Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés (OSAR) Union des juifs pour la resistancé et l'entraide. World ORT Union. Topical Term World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe. World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--France. Jews--Persecutions--Europe--History--20th century. Concentration camps--Europe--History. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century. Jewish authors--France--Biography. Mysticism--Judaism--History-20th century 3 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Cabala in literature. Authors, Yiddish--Biography. Rabbinical literature--France--History and criticism. Jewish folklorists--Lithuania--History--20th century. Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. Jews--Liturgy and ritual--Hagadah. Hasidism--History--20th century. Jewish refugees--Europe--History--20thy century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History. Geographic Name France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Switzerland--Emigration and immigration--20th century. Israel--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Lithuania--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Slobodka (Russia : Extinct city) Genre/Form Biographies. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Diaries. Letters. Testimonies. CONTAINER LIST NOTE: French inventory provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division. Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine), France Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein (MDXL) Inventaire : Juillet 2012 - Mai 2013 Catalogueur : Davide Mano Date de numérisation : 11/12/2012 Société de numérisation : Ossenberg & Schneider GmbH Le répertoire numérisé est indiqué avec un astérisque * La documentation transmise aux services Archives, Bibliothèque ou Photothèque est indiquée en 4 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection rouge Description et classement du fonds Le Fonds Joseph Gottfarstein a été donné au Mémorial de la Shoah de Paris en 2006 par le fils Samuel Haim Gottfarstein. Il s’agit du fonds intellectuel, constitué de 45 boîtes et qui réunit des matériaux hétérogènes - lettres, manuscrits, notes et brouillons, fiches et carnets de travail, textes imprimés, photographies. La collection couvre la période entre les années 1930 et 1970. Le yiddish, le français, l’hébreu et l’allemand y sont les langues les plus utilisées, tandis que le polonais, le russe et l’anglais n’y paraissent