Personal documents and official documentation regarding Ziegfried Baum, and his parents Emil and Helena Baum, 1938-1939 and 1941-1991, and letters sent by Emil Baum from Theresienstadt in 1942

Personal documents and official documentation regarding Ziegfried Baum, and his parents Emil and Helena Baum, 1938-1939 and 1941-1991, and letters sent by Emil Baum from Theresienstadt in 1942 Documentation (certifications, certificates, receipts, and so forth) regarding the membership of Ziegfried Fridel Baum in Zionist organizations in Germany and his aliya to Eretz Israel in 1935, issued during 01-11/1935, in German; Documentation regarding the efforts by Ziegfried Baum to bring his parents Emil and Helena Baum to Eretz Israel, 1938-1939, including: - [Documents] including appeals by Ziegfried Baum, from Tel Aviv, to various institutions (such as the Immigration Office in Tel Aviv, the High Commissioner for Palestina in Jerusalem, the British Embassy in Berlin, the Palestina Amt branch of the Jewish Agency in Berlin, and the head of the Organization of Immigrants from Germany and Austria, in Haifa), including a description his parents' distress in Germany and a request to supply an aliya permit (certificate) to them, 06/1938-06/1939, in English and German (original, and copies); - [Letters] including replies to his appeals, received during 11/1938-11/1939, in English and German (original); - [Letter] including an appeal by Emil Baum, from Frankfurt, to the British Ambassador in Berlin, 09/01/1939, in German (copy); - Letters sent by Helena Baum from Frankfurt to her son Ziegfried in Tel Aviv (one letter, 01/02/1939, and the second letter, undated), in German (original); - Letters sent by representatives of the Jewish community (including the head of the Jewish community in Frankfurt) to the Immigration Office in Tel Aviv and to the Palestina Amt in Berlin, regarding the request to issue an aliya permit for the Baum couple, 11/1938 (in English) and 03/1939 (in German), copies; - Personal letter by Ziegfried Jzchak Baum, regarding the steps taken by him to bring his parents to Eretz Israel, with an appeal for help, 15/07/1939, in German (copy); - Two [Red Cross] letters written by Emil Baum to his children, 02/03/1942 and 14/06/1942, sent by means of the German Red Cross organization, in German (copies); Documentation regarding the efforts by Ziegfried Baum to clarify the fate of his parents, 1944-1953, including: - Pamphlets with an explanation how to search for relatives (in Hebrew and German); - Forms for the search of relatives, filled out by Ziegfried Baum (undated, in English and German); - Announcements and letters regarding clarification of the fate of the Baum couple, sent to Ziegfried Baum in Tel Aviv by the Foreign Ministry and the Jewish Agency office in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv office of the Organization of Immigrants Originally from Central Europe, the Prague office of the Committee of the Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia, 10/1944-10/1946, in English, Hebrew and German; - Death certificate of Emil Baum (died in Terezin [Theresienstadt] on 11/09/1942), published in Prague on 07/05/1952, in Czech; - Documentation of the International Tracing Service - ITS organization, regarding the fate of Emil Baum, 26/10/1953, in German; Documentation regarding searches for information concerning the fate of Helena Baum, carried out by her son Ziegfried Baum and by lawyers in Israel and Germany (in German), including: - Correspondence by Ziegfried Baum with various organizations in Arolsen, Trier, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Cologne, and Kiryat Bialik, 04/1955-04/1961; - Appeals by Ziegfried Baum to the ITS organization in Arolsen, 03-04/1990; - Documentation of the ITS organization, regarding the deportation of Helena Baum from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz camp on 08/10/1942; the documentation was sent from Arolsen on 10/12/1990 and 03/01/1991, in German; - Receipts and documentation regarding the sending of registered mail, the issue of a check [money], and other documents related to Ziegfried Baum's appeals to various organizations in Israel and overseas during 1938-1990; Included in the scans are family photographs.