Personal archives of Maximilian Goldstein, researcher and collector of Jewish art

Maximilian Goldstein (1880-1941) was a renowned researcher, historian and collector of Jewish art in Lwów (Lemberg, Lvov, Lviv). His large private collection included old Jewish books, paintings, furniture and other Jewish artifacts. The collection became a foundation for a private Jewish Museum established in Goldstein’s house in Lwów before WWII. After the Soviet occupation in 1939 the collection was transferred to the Museum of Arts and Industry, where Goldstein was hired as a staff member. With the beginning of the Nazi occupation of Lwów Maximilian Goldstein was imprisoned in the Lwów ghetto where he died sometime in 1941. Copyright Holder: T︠S︡entralʹnyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ istorychnyĭ arkhiv Ukraïny u Lʹvovi Consists of personal documents of Maximilian Goldstein, including birth certificate, correspondence with relatives, friends and colleagues, catalogs of art exhibits, drafts of publications, and research papers.