P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years Rabbi Eli Munk was the son of Rabbi Azriel Munk, the rabbi of the Adass Yisroel community, the separatist Orthodox congregation in Berlin. In 1938, he emigrated to England and established a community of former German Jews in Golders Green, London, serving as its leader. He was active in Jewish affairs and organized, among other projects, camps for Jewish youth. Along with his brother, Rabbi Yechiel Aryeh Munk, he edited the book, "Faithful Testimony", which was translated into English. The book concentrated on matters pertaining to Jewish ritual slaughter, and was written to persuade the general public that the Jewish method of ritual slaughter is the most humane way to kill animals. Rabbi Eli Munk was also active in the area of relief to the Jews of Germany under the Nazi regime and after the war. The members of Rabbi Munk's family transferred the documentation regarding the welfare activities in which the Rabbi had been involved to the Institute for Research of the Jews of the Diaspora at Bar-Ilan University. From there it was submitted to the Yad Vashem Archives and kept in a separate Record Group. The Record Group includes correspondence with relief and welfare organizations in Britain and Germany during the Nazi period and after the war, reports regarding the activities of these organizations and reports from visits of Jewish leaders in Germany after the war, including much information concerning the situation of the Jews living in various places in the country.