urn:taro:utexas.cah.01031 A Guide to the Radin Community in Lithuania Collection, circa 1930-2005 Original EAD encoding by Shelley Rowland according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. July 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Radin Community in Lithuania Radin Community in Lithuania Collection circa 1930-2005 Materials are written in English and Yiddish. 2008-137 2 feet, 6 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Photographic prints, slides, audio cassette tapes, research files, correspondence, news clippings, periodicals and collected publications document the Jewish community in Radin prior to World War II and during the Nazi occupation and decimation of the town. Historical Note

Prior to World War II, Radin, Poland was a farming village with a sizeable population of Yiddish-speaking Jews. The town was widely known for its Yeshiva, founded in 1869 by Rabbi Israel Meir ha-Kohen, the Chofetz Chaim. In 1941, the Nazis occupied the town and established a Jewish ghetto. A slaughter of the Jewish community took place in 1942. The Jewish community of Radin was not reconstituted after the war.

In the 1970’s, Dr. Frank Kasman obtained a set of glass lantern slides taken prior to 1933, documenting daily life in pre-World War II Radin. Dr. Kasman conducted extensive research on the village, located survivors and immigrants from Radin, and collected oral history interviews.

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Photographic prints, slides, audio cassette tapes, research files, correspondence, news clippings, periodicals and collected publications document the Jewish community in Radin prior to World War II and during the Nazi occupation and decimation of the town. Notable images in the photograph collection include a portrait of Rav Meris, a village rabbi, and a photograph featuring Rabbi Israel Meir ha-Kohen.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Israel Meir, ha-Kohen, 1838-1933. Subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania. Jews--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century. Preferred Citation

Radin Community in Lithuania Collection, circa 1930-2005, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory: 2M121 Photographic material 2M121 Photographic prints and documentation, no. 1-49 2M121 Master list of pictures 2M121 List of photograph captions 2M121 List of persons in photographs, alphabetical 2M121 List of persons in photographs, by slide number 2M121 Prints of B’nai and Bnos of Radin 2M121 Prints of Rav Mendel Zaks, Rav Gershon Zaks, the Chofetz Hayyim 2M121 Color photographs of Radin supplied by Yitchak M. Weisenfeld 2M121 Transparency slides (95) [restricted] 2M121 Slideshow notes and documentation 2M122 Photo album containing prints of Radin 2M121 News articles and publicity 2M121 Moment Magazine [contains photographs of Radin], January-February 1979 2M121 “Radin Remembered,” by Golda Sue Kasman, Jewish Herald-Voice, 1983 2M121 “The Ravaging of Radin,” by Stan Redding, Texas: Houston Chronicle Magazine, October 7, 1984 2M121 Article typescript, Texas Magazine, undated 2M121 Newspaper clippings, 1984-1985 2M121 Publicity material, 1984-1985, 2005 2M121 Frank Kasman press slides and photograph, 1985 2M121 Notes on the source of pictures and provenance of collection, undated 2M121 Kasman biographical material, undated 2M121 Stan Redding material [author of series of articles on Radin and Dr. Kasman’s project], undated 2M121 Script 1-2: Radin Program for GLC Television program, undated 2.325/Lo3c “Unique Record of Life in a Shtetl: Life in Radin,” Suzy Kasman, The Jewish Outlook, April 1983 2.325/Lo3c “Saintly scholar and folk hero,” The Jerusalem Post International Edition, October 30-November 5, 1983 2.325/Lo3c “Midland dentist’s photo series shows pre-Nazi life in a small Lithuanian town,” Midland Reporter-Telegram, October 23, 2005 2.325/Lo3c “The life and death of a forgotten village,” Stan Redding, Onward – Austin-American Statesman, December 18, 1984 2.325/Lo3c “Radin Remembered,” Jewish Herald-Voice, p. 39-43, March 29, 1983 2M121 Research material 2M121 Biographical files, interview transcriptions, notes 2M121 Individual files 01-42, labeled by last name, 1979-1985 2M121 Other biographical files: Moshe Zyi, Hillel Zachs, Auraham Ben Ari, Chiam Berkowicz, Leon Young 2M121 Radin – General information 2M121 Typewritten article, “Radun,” undated 2M121 Maps 2M121 Assorted notes 2M121 Radin Yeshiva and the Chofetz Hayyim 2M121 Yivo 1-10 [Lists of Yeshiva students, donors and contributions, budgets; in Yiddish] 2M121 “History of Yeshiva Chofetz Hayyim,” by Rabbi David Zariz, translated by Rabbi Sidney Zimelman, February 2003 2M121 Chofetz Hayyim, Israel Meir Kagan, notes 2M121 Chofetz Hayyim tributes (two publications, in Yiddish) 2M121 News of the YIVO, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 1982-1984 2M121 “Did You Conduct Your Business Affairs with Faith?,” by Rabbi Avrohom Pam, The Jewish Observer, commentary on Chofetz Hayyim’s “Business Affairs,” May 1978 2M121 Vilna: list of Radun Yeshiva people who moved to Vilna when Yeshiva closed or also moved 2M121 Yad Vashem, Jerusalem documents 2M121 Beryl and David Bachshot 2M121 Description of the liquidation of the Radin Ghetto 2M121 Assorted translated documents 2M121 Testimony from survivor Chaim Berkowitz 2M121 Document 3, YV [in Yiddish] 2M121 Document 5, YV, translated, Chaim Berkovitz 2M121 Collected publications 2M121 “KZ – Bildbericht aus fünf Konzentrationslagern” [“Pictorial Report of Five Concentration Camps”], in German, published by the American War Information Office, 1945 2M121 Paper on Yiddish translation, by Gail Tosto-Geiger, for Professor Charles Robert Kline, Jr., September 1985 2M121 News articles on Meirke Stoler, 1997 and undated 2M122 Newsletter: "The Radin Newsletter," Number 1, September 1983 2M122 Correspondence 2M122 General correspondence, 1979-1983, 1984-1985 2M122 Yeshiva letter, August 1983 2M122 Administrative material: Addresses, labels, interview sheets, forms 2M122 Audio cassette tapes: Interviews and oral histories 2M122 Belkin, Mrs. Samuel (Abby), May 31, 1983 2M122 Ben Ari, Abraham, August 10, 1981 2M122 Kaplan, Harry, Brooklyn, New York, 1983 2M122 Kowitz, Hersch, undated 2M122 Kuvalski, Yaakov, undated 2M122 Lebovitz, Pesha Trop, June 1, 1983 2M122 Leverton, Y., translations, two tapes, undated 2M122 Pupko, Rabbi Isaac, two tapes, Brooklyn, May 31 and June 2, 1983 2M122 Vishniak, Roman, 1985 2M122 Young, Leon (Leibke Yankelovich), with typewritten transcription, undated 2M122 Zaks, Feiga, “Daughter of the Chofetz Hayyim. Interviewed with her son, Ron Gershon Zachs, Rabbi Moshe Kolodny, Dr. [?] Kamov, Rabbi Yisrael Mayer Zadis,” New York City, June 1983 2M122 Miscellaneous notes, undated 2M122 VHS video cassette tapes, undated 2M122 Radin 1, 2, 7 2M122 Holocaust 1, 2 and 3 2M122 Liberation of the death camp (4) 2M122 Light of the Southwest, Guests: Dr. Charles Scott, Dr. Ariel Revel, Dr. Frank Kasman 2M122 DVDs, undated 2M122 Light of the Southwest [God’s Learning Channel] 2M122 Guest: Dr. Frank Kasman 2M122 Guests: Kasman and Borik 2M122 Guests: Kasman & Todd 2M122 Compact discs 2M122 Leon Young, undated 2M122 Radin photos, Touch-ups, copy, July 12, 2005 2M122 Radin photos, from Jimmy L. Patterson 2M122 Exhibit material 2M122 Exhibit labels 3S225a Exhibit prints (16” x 20”) 2W75a Exhibit prints (12” x 15”) 3Z319b RESTRICTED – Negatives