Arbeter Ring archives - European Jewish Archives Portal

Collection description

Collection

Country:: Belgium

Holding institution:: Jewish Museum of Belgium

Holding institution (official language):: Musée Juif de Belgique

Postal address:: Miniemenstraat 21 / Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Bruxelles

Phone number:: +32 (0)2 512 19 63

Web address:: http://www.new.mjb-jmb.org

Email:: info@mjb-jmb.org

Reference number:: JM-Brussels-Fonds Arbeter Ring

Title:: Arbeter Ring archives

Title (official language):: Fonds Arbeter Ring

Creator/accumulator:: Arbeter Ring

Date(s):: 1945/1975

Language:: French; Yiddish; Hebrew

Extent:: 17 boxes

Scope and content:: This fonds contains correspondence, bookkeeping documents, notes, pamphlets, posters and announcements for activities of the Arbeter Ring, the Bund and the Amis des Enfants de l’Arbeter Ring (1950s). We also find photographs. (See boxes MM 156 to MM 172).

Administrative/biographical history:: The Arbeter Ring exists in different countries; in the United States it is called Workmen’s Circle. The organisation was created in 1929 by militants of the Bund. The Arbeter Ring was active in the domain of mutual societies, social, cultural and educational societies, while the Bund was devoted to politics. The association promoted values associated with Yiddish culture, and was committed to social justice and the defence of the rights of immigrants. In Belgium, this Bundist association founded the holiday camp Les Amis des Enfants (Kinderfraynd), affiliated with the Centrale d’Œuvres sociales juives since 1955. Les Amis des Enfants organised Yiddish classes as well as courses of Jewish history and literature. The children were sent to Villa Johanna in Middelkerke on the Belgian coast. (Fonds Arbeter Ring (BE / MJB / Fonds Arbeter Ring).)

Subject terms:: Bund movement; Children; Jewish languages; Jewish languages--Yiddish; Photographs; Posters; Socialism; Socialism--Socialist parties and organisations

Access, restrictions:: Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Finding aids:: There is a preliminary inventory at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Yerusha Network member:: State Archives of Belgium

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