To browse Academia. This project, initiated in by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York , has been carried out by the JTS in collaboration with a number of Ukrainian archival and research institutions,2 as well as institutions from other countries. The article presents types of sources which have thus far not been used, castle court books kept in the archives of the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Kyiv.
The author emphasizes the importance of these sources for research on the history and culture of Polish Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.
He also specifies the types of documents related to Jewish issues authenticated in these books e. The publication contains 21 articles dedicated to the history, ethnicity, culture, literature, theatre, fine arts, architecture, heritage and memory thematically grouped in nine sections. In an article published in , the late Lucjan Dobroszycki recalled a conversation between historians in Warsaw in the late s.
Wondering what they would find if the Soviet Archives ever opened its doors, one scholar quipped, "I am afraid we'd find nothing but piles of Pravda and Izvestiya. As is often the case, reality lies somewhere between these extremes.
But there is no doubt that the period since has been truly momentous for Western historians granted access to neglected, long-lost, or newly discovered material from the Soviet Archives. To date the most spectacular findings to emerge from the Soviet Archives are the "twice plundered" collections, 2 which range from the official records of the Auschwitz camp to Joseph Goebbels' diary. With the exception of Transnistria, the quantity and quality of archival material becomes more modest as one moves from the western to the eastern part of the country.
