Description
Memoirs, other speeches and writings, notes, correspondence, and photographs relating to the Polish communist movement and
to post-World War II political conditions in Poland.
Background
Jakub Berman was born in 1901 in Warsaw into a Jewish middle-class family. He completed a degree in law at Warsaw University
in 1925. Three years later he joined the Polish Communist Party (KPP). After the Nazi-Soviet attack and partition of Poland
in September 1939, Berman moved to the Soviet side of Poland. Initially, he worked as a newspaper editor and later became
an instructor in the Comintern school, which trained activists for Josef Stalin's new party for Polish communists, the Polish
Workers' Party.
Extent
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.