Records in Shefayim Archives of Latvian Jewish Organisations, Parties, Institutions and Movements


Information from the holdings of the Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews at Kibbutz Shefayim is made available by kind permission of the Association and its Archivist, Shlomo Kurlandchik.


Dossier no. Organisation, party, institution, movement Years Place Comments
1 Agudat Israel in Latvia 1925; 1938 Riga
2 National Democratic Party in Latvia Booklet in Yiddish and Russian
3 "Bund" Dvinsk Articles in Yiddish
4 Borochov Youth Movement in Latvia History, booklet
5 "Beitar" - Histadrut Trumpeldor 1923-1938 Riga Articles, photographs, history of Beitar
5A "Beitar" Latvia History
6 "Gordonia" 1930-1933 Tukum, Riga, Kraslava Articles, letters
7 "Benei Akiva" 1927 Riga Documents
8 "Bar Kochba" 1927 Riga Booklet
9 "Herzelia" Youth movement 1930-1939-1941 15 branches History
10 "HaShachar" students' organisation 1925-1936 Riga Memoires
11 WIZO 1930 Riga Letters and memoires
12 "Maccabi" an "HaPoel" Latvia Booklets, history, articles
13 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach Riga, Libau Memoires
14 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach 1937-1938 Riga, Dvinsk Memoires
15 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach Newspapers
16 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach 1940-1945 Soldiers' Lettres
17 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach Memoires
18 HaShomer HaTzair - Natzeach Fitness
19 General Zionists 1933 Pictures
20 Zis: The Socialist Zionist Party 1933 Rezize Documents, Memoires
21 Hashmonaim Students' Union 1932 Documents
22 Students corporation "Vitulia" Letters
23 Organisation "Oze" 1926, 1940 Documents, Photographs
24 "Joint" Documents
25 Karen Kayemet and Karen Hayesod 1934-1940 Documents
26 "Clothe the Naked" Organisation 1915-1930 Riga Booklet
27 "HaMoreh" Teachers' Organisation 1925-1935 Documents, lists of teachers
28 "Ort" 1930 Documents
29 Society for Propagation of the Enlightenment [Haskelah] Pictures and articles
30 History of Hechalutz [Pioneers] in Latvia 1920-1921 Riga, Dvinsk Documents, Minutes
31 Meetings of the Central Committee of Hechalutz 1920 Riga Documents
32 Hechalutz 1921-1933 Ludza, Glazmanka, Mitau, Kraslava, Rezekne
33 Hechalutz 1923-1930 Riga Documents
34 Hechalutz Dvinsk, Libau, Kreuzburg, Kraslava Documents
35 Hechalutz Interviews with Avraham Etai
36 Latvian Aliyah [immigration] to Israel History
37 Participation of Latvian Jews to the Zionist Congress
38 Committee of Latvian Socialist Zionists 1934
39 Condition of Latvian Jews 1934 In Yiddish
40 Correspondence with Ben Gurion 1936 Riga
41 Socialist Zionist party In Yiddish documents
42 History of Zionism in Latvia Passports, documents
43 History of Jewish Education in Latvia Memoires, documents
44 Musicians organisation Riga
45 Tzeirei Zion [Youths of Zion] Libau Memoires





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