Metadata : The All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed)
Collection
- Country:
- Georgia
- Holding institution:
- Central Archive of Audio-Visual Documents
- Holding institution (official language):
- კინოფოტოფონო-დოკუმენტების ცენტრალური არქივი
- Postal address:
- 1, Vazha-Pshavela, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Email:
- info@archives.gov.ge
- Country:
- Georgia
- Holding institution:
- Central Archive of Audio-Visual Documents
- Holding institution (official language):
- კინოფოტოფონო-დოკუმენტების ცენტრალური არქივი
- Postal address:
- 1, Vazha-Pshavela, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Email:
- info@archives.gov.ge
- Reference number:
- f. A300
- Title:
- The All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed)
- Title (official language):
- Всегрузинский комитет помощи еврейской бедноте (ЕВКОМБЕД)
- Creator/accumulator:
- All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed)
- Date(s):
- 1928/1934
- Language:
- Russian
- Georgian
- Extent:
- 437 files
- Type of material:
- Photographic images
- Scope and content:
-
The collection includes ca. 440 pictures of Jewish agricultural, industrial, educational and cultural activities that were promoted or supported by the Evkombed of Georgia. Photographs of Jewish individuals (communist activists, children, traditionally dressed people), Jewish settlements and neighbourhoods are also found throughout the collection.
Several dozens of photos depicting people, buildings and organisations in Tbilisi, including a medical clinic and a kindergarten; sewing, furniture, chemical and other factories; public kitchens, shops, warehouses, a garage etc. Several photographs depict the Evkombed's headquarters and their workers.
Other localities throughout the Georgian SSR are also represented in the collection, including Akhaltsikhe (headquarters of the local Evkombed branch, a medical clinic, workshops), Bandza (heads of the local Evkombed, factories and workshops, youth circles), Kareli (club, kindergarten, workshops, factories and agricultural activities), Kojori (a kindergarten), Kulashi (the Evkombed activists, club, workshops), Kutaisi (the local headquarters of the Evkombed, a workers' club, sewing and other factories, a laundry, a bookbinding workshop and other places), Lailashi (a club organised in a former synagogue building, a workshop, the head of the local Evkombed), Oni (head of the local Evkombed, workshops, a club), Poti (workshops), Sachkhere (a kindergarten, a clinic, offices, workshops), Sudzhuna (Evkombed headquarters, workshops, a theatre circle), Sukhumi (heads of the local Evkombed, offices, workshops, a furniture factory, a cultural center), Surami (headquarters of the local Evkombed branch, a club and a kindergarten, shops, workshops) and Tskhinvali (a medical clinic, schools and youth activities, music and literary circles, warehouses and workshops).
The collection also includes photos of a Jewish Sovkhoz, photos of a Jewish neighbourhood and its inhabitants, a synagogue's interior and exterior, including religious books, and photos of an exhibition presenting the Evkombed's activities (including data on the organisation's development between 1928 and 1933).
Several additional photos related to the Evkombed can be found in collection A323.
- Archival history:
- This collection, along with several Jewish-related photographic collections, was originally held by the Historical-Ethnographic Museum of the Jews of Georgia (see Central Archive of Contemporary History, f. 35). After the museum's liquidation in the early 1950s, its photographic materials were transferred to the Central Archive of Audio-Visual Documents. Currently, the original photographs are located at the David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia, while the CAAVD holds copies of the photographs.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed) was established by the Soviet authorities in Georgia in 1928. It aimed to advance the cultural and economic transformation of the Jews in Georgian SSR, it stimulated the Jews' employment in modern industries and promoted modern, Soviet-oriented Jewish culture. Along with libraries, a newspaper, and amateur dramatic groups, it supported the establishment of the Historical-Ethnographic Museum of the Jews of Georgia. Some of the cultural activity was held in the framework of the Jewish Cultural Centre (KultBaza) in Tbilisi, which was established in 1933. The Committee was liquidated in 1936; its head, A. Linetsky, was arrested and executed in 1937.
- Access points: locations:
- Akhaltsikhe
- Kareli
- Kulashi
- Oni
- Tbilisi
- Tskhinvali
- Subject terms:
- Agriculture
- Clothing
- Jewish community
- Photographs
- Trade and commerce
- Welfare
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is open for reference at the Central Archive of Contemporary History of Georgia.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files and a catalogue are available at the Central Archive of Contemporary History. A list of Jewish-related files is available at the CAHJP in Jerusalem.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017
- Reference number:
- f. A300
- Title:
- The All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed)
- Title (official language):
- Всегрузинский комитет помощи еврейской бедноте (ЕВКОМБЕД)
- Creator/accumulator:
- All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed)
- Date(s):
- 1928/1934
- Language:
- Russian
- Georgian
- Extent:
- 437 files
- Type of material:
- Photographic images
- Scope and content:
-
The collection includes ca. 440 pictures of Jewish agricultural, industrial, educational and cultural activities that were promoted or supported by the Evkombed of Georgia. Photographs of Jewish individuals (communist activists, children, traditionally dressed people), Jewish settlements and neighbourhoods are also found throughout the collection.
Several dozens of photos depicting people, buildings and organisations in Tbilisi, including a medical clinic and a kindergarten; sewing, furniture, chemical and other factories; public kitchens, shops, warehouses, a garage etc. Several photographs depict the Evkombed's headquarters and their workers.
Other localities throughout the Georgian SSR are also represented in the collection, including Akhaltsikhe (headquarters of the local Evkombed branch, a medical clinic, workshops), Bandza (heads of the local Evkombed, factories and workshops, youth circles), Kareli (club, kindergarten, workshops, factories and agricultural activities), Kojori (a kindergarten), Kulashi (the Evkombed activists, club, workshops), Kutaisi (the local headquarters of the Evkombed, a workers' club, sewing and other factories, a laundry, a bookbinding workshop and other places), Lailashi (a club organised in a former synagogue building, a workshop, the head of the local Evkombed), Oni (head of the local Evkombed, workshops, a club), Poti (workshops), Sachkhere (a kindergarten, a clinic, offices, workshops), Sudzhuna (Evkombed headquarters, workshops, a theatre circle), Sukhumi (heads of the local Evkombed, offices, workshops, a furniture factory, a cultural center), Surami (headquarters of the local Evkombed branch, a club and a kindergarten, shops, workshops) and Tskhinvali (a medical clinic, schools and youth activities, music and literary circles, warehouses and workshops).
The collection also includes photos of a Jewish Sovkhoz, photos of a Jewish neighbourhood and its inhabitants, a synagogue's interior and exterior, including religious books, and photos of an exhibition presenting the Evkombed's activities (including data on the organisation's development between 1928 and 1933).
Several additional photos related to the Evkombed can be found in collection A323.
- Archival history:
- This collection, along with several Jewish-related photographic collections, was originally held by the Historical-Ethnographic Museum of the Jews of Georgia (see Central Archive of Contemporary History, f. 35). After the museum's liquidation in the early 1950s, its photographic materials were transferred to the Central Archive of Audio-Visual Documents. Currently, the original photographs are located at the David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia, while the CAAVD holds copies of the photographs.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The All-Georgian Aid Committee for the Jewish Poor (Evkombed) was established by the Soviet authorities in Georgia in 1928. It aimed to advance the cultural and economic transformation of the Jews in Georgian SSR, it stimulated the Jews' employment in modern industries and promoted modern, Soviet-oriented Jewish culture. Along with libraries, a newspaper, and amateur dramatic groups, it supported the establishment of the Historical-Ethnographic Museum of the Jews of Georgia. Some of the cultural activity was held in the framework of the Jewish Cultural Centre (KultBaza) in Tbilisi, which was established in 1933. The Committee was liquidated in 1936; its head, A. Linetsky, was arrested and executed in 1937.
- Access points: locations:
- Akhaltsikhe
- Kareli
- Kulashi
- Oni
- Tbilisi
- Tskhinvali
- Subject terms:
- Agriculture
- Clothing
- Jewish community
- Photographs
- Trade and commerce
- Welfare
- System of arrangement:
- The collection includes one inventory.
- Access, restrictions:
- The collection is open for reference at the Central Archive of Contemporary History of Georgia.
- Finding aids:
- A list of files and a catalogue are available at the Central Archive of Contemporary History. A list of Jewish-related files is available at the CAHJP in Jerusalem.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People), 2017
