Oyneg Shabes Archive
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The Oyneg Shabes Archive was a clandestine collection of documents and testimonies created in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II to preserve evidence of Jewish life and Nazi atrocities for future generations.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oyneg Shabes archive | 2 |
Statements (92)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust-era documentation project
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clandestine archive ⓘ historical archive ⓘ |
| archives |
children’s drawings
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cultural event programs ⓘ diaries ⓘ essays ⓘ food and health surveys ⓘ letters ⓘ official documents ⓘ photographs ⓘ religious life documentation ⓘ reports on Treblinka extermination camp ⓘ reports on deportations ⓘ reports on mass shootings ⓘ statistical reports ⓘ surveys ⓘ testimonies ⓘ underground press ⓘ |
| buriedAt |
Nowolipki 68, Warsaw
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Sienna 34, Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Świętojerska Street area, Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedUnder | buildings in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| collectionMethod |
clandestine documentation
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covert copying of German documents ⓘ secretly gathered testimonies ⓘ systematic questionnaires ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| documentedEvent |
Great Deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942
NERFINISHED
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Jewish resistance activities ⓘ conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ cultural life in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ forced labor in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ religious life in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ starvation in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ underground education in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| documentedIn | "Who Will Write Our History" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1943 ⓘ |
| etymology | name derives from Hebrew/Yiddish term for "Sabbath delight" ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Emanuel Ringelblum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Ringelblum Archive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
Abraham Lewin
NERFINISHED
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Chaim Kaplan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dawid Graber NERFINISHED ⓘ Eliyahu Gutkowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Hersh Wasser NERFINISHED ⓘ Israel Lichtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Menachem Kon NERFINISHED ⓘ Peretz Opoczynski NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Auerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ Shmuel Winter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFounder | Emanuel Ringelblum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLeader | Emanuel Ringelblum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Jewish intellectuals in the Warsaw Ghetto
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rabbis in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ social workers in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ teachers in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ writers in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
evidence used in postwar war crimes trials
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major primary source on life in the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ one of the most important sources on the Holocaust in Poland ⓘ |
| hiddenIn |
metal boxes
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milk cans ⓘ |
| language |
German
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Hebrew ⓘ Polish ⓘ Yiddish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
German-occupied Poland
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Warsaw ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialHeldAt |
Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw
NERFINISHED
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Yad Vashem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Oyneg Shabes group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
secret documentation center
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underground research institute ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partiallyDestroyedBy | destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| purpose |
document Jewish life in the Warsaw Ghetto
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document Nazi atrocities ⓘ preserve evidence for future generations ⓘ provide material for future historical research ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO Memory of the World Register NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
first cache discovered in 1946
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second cache discovered in 1950 ⓘ third cache remains undiscovered ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book "Who Will Write Our History" by Samuel D. Kassow
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documentary film "Who Will Write Our History" NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous scholarly studies on the Warsaw Ghetto ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingYear | 1999 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oyneg Shabes archive
subject surface form:
Ringelblum Archive
this entity surface form:
Oyneg Shabes archive