Ikhil Shmulevich Falikman manuscripts RG-31.050 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 Email: reference@ushmm.org Descriptive Summary Title: Ikhil Shmulevich Falikman manuscripts Dates: 1944-1966 RG Number: RG-31.050 Accession Number: 2006.334 Creator: Ivan Ivanovich Nekhoda; Ikhil Shmulevich Falikman Extent: 2,991 digital images; TIFF: 368 MB. Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Languages: Yiddish, Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian. Administrative Information Access: No restriction on access. Reproduction and Use: Publication by a third party requires a formal approval of the Judaica Institute in Kiev, Ukraine. Publication requires a mandatory citation of the original source. Preferred Citation: [file name/number], [reel number], RG-31.050, Ikhil Shmulevich Falikman manuscripts, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition Information: Purchased from the Instytut iu daïky (Judaica Institute) Kiev, Ukraine, and transferred from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in May 2006. Accretion of ca. 90 pages in 2011. 1
Custodial History Existence and location of originals: The original records are held by the Instytut iu daïky, Belorusskaya 34-21, Kyiv, Ukraine 04119. Tel. 011 380 44 248 8917. More information about this repository can be found at www.judaica.kiev.ua. Processing History: Aleksandra B. Borecka Scope and Content of Collection The collection includes two photocopied works by Ikhil Falikman, one an early print of a book that later became an authorized Russian publication and the second a previously unpublished manuscript in Yiddish. Accreted materials contains nine drafts articles written by Ikhil Falikman during WWII, and a copy of the letter written by Ivan Ivanovich Nekhoda, Ukraininan poet, to Ikhil Falikman in August 1943. System of Arrangement This collection is arranged by individual manuscript titles which are arranged by chapter or page number. Indexing Terms Falikman, I. -- (Ikhil) Nekhoda, I. I. (Ivan Ivanovich),1910 1963. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature -- Ukraine. Ukrainian literature -- Jewish authors. Essays. References Online exhibit from Swarthmore College for more information on the Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan: http://www.swarthmore.edu/home/news/biro/. Inventory: Box Folder Description 1 1 RG-31.050*01 Falikman, Ikhil. 1947-1949. The Soldier. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Chapters 1-5. 1 2 Falikman, Ikhil. 1947-1949. The Soldier. Unpublished print with 2
hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Chapters 6-7. 1 3 Falikman, Ikhil. 1947-1949. The Soldier. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Chapters 8-10. 1 4 Falikman, Ikhil. 1947-1949. The Soldier. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Chapters 11-End. 1 5 RG-31.050 *02 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 1-5 as follows: Part I: The Spark Chapter 1 Fire in the Night Chapter 2 The Pottery Makers. A Ravine on the Shores of the Visla River Chapter 3 Friends Remain Friends Chapter 4 On That Day, When a Grandson Began to Walk Chapter 5 The Bold Find Themselves Bold 1 6 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 6-9 as follows: Chapter 6 The Messenger from Gorlichina. Fire Closes in as a Circle. Chapter 7 A Rug Decides the Fate of People. The Invisible Citadel. Chapter 8 Four Came to an Agreement. A Knock on a Strange Door. Chapter 9 Hostages. The First Night of Battle 1 7 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 10-13 as follows: Part II: The Blaze Chapter 10 In the Fifth Week of the War Chapter 11 Jan Duzhii Gathers His Friends Chapter 12 Powder Beneath the Rags. Lola Hitelis Plays for Whom? Chapter 13 Man from the Forest. The Echelon Leaves for the Unknown. 1 8 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 14-17 as follows: Chapter 14 People Who Look to the Future Chapter 15 Enemies Remain Enemies Chapter 16 People Are Born Under All Stars Chapter 17 Josef Kachur Does Everything Within His Strength. 3
The Events of Rabbits Lake 1 9 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 18-20 as follows: Chapter 18 The Price of Life Chapter 19 Russian Address. Elena Stands Before the Trial Chapter 20 There s No Room in the Koplainov villa. The Berlin Parrot. 1 10 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 21-24 as follows: Chapter 21 Mothers Begin the Fight Chapter 22 The Most Sorrowful of All Paths Chapter 23 The Doomed Take Up Arms Chapter 24 Five Streets Illuminate a City 1 11 Falikman, Ikhil. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Early draft. In Russian. Chapters 25-29 as follows: Chapter 25 The Ashes of Millions. Warsaw Calls Part III: Light Chapter 26 The Love of Lazar Chapter 27 Light Comes from the East Chapter 28 Meeting at Visla Chapter 29 Writings on a Black Wall. The Start of the Future 2 12 RG-31.050*03 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 1-111. 2 13 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 112-220. 2 14 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 221-326. 2 15 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 327-420. 2 16 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 421-514. 2 17 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 515-621. 2 18 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. Light Comes from the East. Published 4
3 19 RG-31.050*04 print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 622-755. Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 1-110. 3 20 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 111-210. 3 21 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 211-310. 3 22 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 311-410. 3 23 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 411-510. 3 24 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 511-610. 3 25 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 611-710. 3 26 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 711-810. 3 27 Falikman, Ikhil. 1944-1966. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished print with hand-written edits. In Yiddish. Pages 811-852. 4 28 RG-31.050*05 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished, incomplete, and unorganized, handwritten chapters. In Yiddish. Miscellaneous chapter notes. 5
4 29 Falikman, Ikhil. ca. 1948. The Doomed Take Up Arms. Unpublished, incomplete, and unorganized, handwritten chapters. In Yiddish. Miscellaneous chapter notes. 4 30 RG-31.050*06 Nine drafts of articles written by Ikhil Falikman during WWII, and a copy of the letter written by Ivan Nekhoda, Ukraininan, poet to Ikhil Falikman in August 1943. 6