ABSTRACT This article examines the newly available Hashomer Hatzair Italy collection held in the CDEC Foundation Archives, acquired as a result of a project launched in October 2022. This is the first comprehensive collection on the subject, comprising newspapers, interviews, working materials, videos, pictures, official reports, and manifestos. Drawing on a selection of these sources, this article reconstructs the formation of the collection, highlights its research potential, and outlines related future projects. In particular, by incorporating personal memoirs, it also engages with ongoing debates. In doing so, it not only brings attention to these significant new sources, but also serves as a guide to their contents, clarifying the movement’s distinctive language and the key events that shaped its history, as reflected in the donated materials. Finally, this article identifies some lines of research for which this collection holds considerable historiographical value for the CDEC Foundation and its scholarly community.
issue 28 / n.2 (2025)
