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Maksymilian Goldstein

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17: 122:. Goldstein recognized the danger to his Jewish-owned and Jewish-themed museum. He spoke with Ilarion Sventsitsky, Lviv's commissioner of museum affairs. Sventsitsky recommended him to the Museum of Art Crafts, which later became the Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts. In July of that year, the museum agreed to become owner of the collection, keep it in the Goldstein apartment, and appoint Goldstein, his wife, and his younger daughter to the staff as curators of the collection. 16: 149:
In 1914, due to World War I, Goldstein left Lviv for Vienna. He was employeed at a credit institution for trade and industry. His fiancée, Nouseya Levenkron, went with him, and they married in Vienna the following March 1915.
332: 137:.In September the museum obtained a certificate allowing him to freely move about the city, even outside the ghetto, to do this important collection work. In October 1942, he was sent to 273: 100:
in his apartment at Nowy Świat 15, and conducted public tours of the collection. His serious collecting began in 1910, with the intention at that time of creating a museum.
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They returned to Lviv in late summer 1917, just before the birth of their daughter Lilia. They later had another daughter, Irena.
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and Judaica. He made great efforts to save the museum from the Nazis. Ultimately, the Nazis murdered him and his entire family.
322: 118:, were in control of Poland, including Lviv by late June. Ukrainian locals, with tacit Nazi support, immediately conducted a 246: 317: 138: 312: 274:"Maximilian Goldstein: The life achievements and personal tragedy of the guardian of Galicia's Jewish treasures" 126: 70:, to Hersh (Herman) Goldstein, a tailor, and Elka Fradel (Eliza). His parents gave him the Hebrew/Yiddish name 97: 307: 302: 119: 28: 206: 90: 89:
control, Goldstein was appointed director of the city's Jewish Museum at the end of the
133:. In this period, Goldstein worked to secure Jewish object scattered about the city's 296: 47: 115: 86: 174:"In the rarified world of Jewish letters, a mind-boggling font of Jewish history" 242: 130: 78: 20:
Portrait of Maximilian Goldstein, by Manet-Katz, 1932, made with charcoal pencil
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However, by December, the Goldsteins were forced to move to the
63: 36: 141:, a concentration camp near Lviv. He was executed in December. 50:. He owned a private museum featuring Eastern-European Jewish 333:Polish people executed in Nazi concentration camps 129:. In early 1942, the museum tried to prevent his 8: 207:"Maksymilian Goldstein: a saved collection" 103:In 1929, Goldstein began writing a book, 74:, but his secular name was Maksymilian. 161: 328:Polish Jews who died in the Holocaust 105:Jewish Folk Culture and Art in Poland 7: 267: 265: 263: 236: 234: 232: 230: 228: 226: 201: 199: 197: 195: 193: 167: 165: 172:Silverstein, Andrew (2022-07-22). 14: 272:Shadursky, Claudia (2018-04-17). 278:UJE - Ukrainian Jewish Encounter 66:, Ukraine, at that time part of 249:from the original on 2023-02-02 96:He curated a collection of art 1: 27:(December 9, 1880 – c. 1942; 349: 241:Petryakova, Faina (2008). 120:series of pogroms in July 243:"Maximilian Goldstein" 81:, Lviv became part of 62:Goldstein was born in 21: 323:Polish art collectors 25:Maksymilian Goldstein 19: 33:Maximilian Goldstein 318:Polish art critics 22: 313:Polish historians 340: 288: 287: 285: 284: 269: 258: 257: 255: 254: 238: 221: 220: 218: 217: 211:Lviv Interactive 203: 188: 187: 185: 184: 169: 348: 347: 343: 342: 341: 339: 338: 337: 293: 292: 291: 282: 280: 271: 270: 261: 252: 250: 240: 239: 224: 215: 213: 205: 204: 191: 182: 180: 171: 170: 163: 159: 147: 60: 35:) was a Polish 12: 11: 5: 346: 344: 336: 335: 330: 325: 320: 315: 310: 305: 295: 294: 290: 289: 259: 222: 189: 160: 158: 155: 146: 143: 85:and was under 59: 56: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 345: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 314: 311: 309: 306: 304: 301: 300: 298: 279: 275: 268: 266: 264: 260: 248: 244: 237: 235: 233: 231: 229: 227: 223: 212: 208: 202: 200: 198: 196: 194: 190: 179: 175: 168: 166: 162: 156: 154: 151: 145:Personal life 144: 142: 140: 136: 132: 128: 127:Jewish ghetto 123: 121: 117: 113: 110:By 1941, the 108: 106: 101: 99: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 57: 55: 53: 49: 45: 41: 38: 34: 30: 26: 18: 281:. Retrieved 277: 251:. Retrieved 214:. Retrieved 210: 181:. Retrieved 177: 152: 148: 124: 109: 104: 102: 95: 76: 71: 61: 32: 24: 23: 308:1942 deaths 303:1880 births 178:The Forward 131:deportation 116:antisemites 114:, virulent 79:World War I 297:Categories 283:2024-02-16 253:2024-02-16 216:2024-02-15 183:2024-02-15 157:References 135:synagogues 44:art critic 72:Mordechai 58:Biography 48:collector 40:historian 247:Archived 139:Janowska 91:interwar 52:folk art 98:Judaica 83:Ukraine 29:English 87:Soviet 77:After 68:Poland 37:Jewish 112:Nazis 93:era. 64:Lviv 46:and 299:: 276:. 262:^ 245:. 225:^ 209:. 192:^ 176:. 164:^ 42:, 31:: 286:. 256:. 219:. 186:.

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Portrait of Maximilian Goldstein, by Manet-Katz, 1932, made with charcoal pencil
English
Jewish
historian
art critic
collector
folk art
Lviv
Poland
World War I
Ukraine
Soviet
interwar
Judaica
Nazis
antisemites
series of pogroms in July
Jewish ghetto
deportation
synagogues
Janowska


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