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Letter from the president of an electrical wiring manufacturing company in the United States to a supplier announcing the boycott of German manufactured items, 1938

Letter from the president of an electrical wiring manufacturing company in the United States to a supplier announcing the boycott of German manufactured items, 1938 Notes from Ron Gish, who submitted the material: Ron Gish's father worked for an electrical wiring manufacturing company whose president was Louis Ludwig, a Jew who was active on behalf of Eretz Israel, with contacts with the Ampal Company. The letter reflects the awareness of the Jews in the United States regarding the situation in Germany in 1938, a few weeks after Kristallnacht.

File Number : 608

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Correspondence regarding aid and rescue activities of Rabbi Joshua Goldberg on behalf of the Federation of Polish Jews in the United States, 1938-1940, and documentation of his experiences

Correspondence related to the activities of Rabbi Joshua Goldberg: - Letter from Rabbi Joshua Goldberg to the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC-Joint Distribution Committee) before his departure for Poland, regarding his activities and contacts as a representative of the Federation of Polish Jews in the United States, 1938; - Report on conversations held by Rabbi Joshua Goldberg before his departure for Poland, 1938; - Letter to the JDC regarding a meeting in the United States attended by Dr. Joshua Goldberg, dated 1938; - Report on the participation of Dr. Joshua Goldberg in a meeting in Poland...

File Number : 58

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Biography, Letter, Article, School Projects, Survey Report

Language : Hebrew, English

To be translated

File Number : 56

Type of Material : Notebook, Protocol

Language : English, Yiddish

Zachary Sobol's experiences infiltrating neo-Nazi gangs in the United States in 2008-2015, while hiding his Jewish origin

Zachary Sobol's experiences infiltrating neo-Nazi gangs in the United States in 2008-2015, while hiding his Jewish origin Comments by the submitter of the material: (Zachary Sobol) Zachary Sobol, a Jew and homosexual from the United States, managed to infiltrate several gangs of the White Power Skinhead movement and provided the FBI with information regarding their activities.

File Number : 675

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Interview with Barry Golomb regarding his service in the US Army and his participation in the battles in German territory and the liberation of Dachau camp

Interview with Barry Golomb regarding his service in the US Army and his participation in the battles in German territory and the liberation of Dachau camp - Interview with Barry Golomb, born in New York in 1924, conducted by Jessica Nutik Zitter in 2003: Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the US Army; service in the 45th Infantry Division in 1944-1945; battles over Nuremberg and Aschaffenburg; liberation of Dachau camp; being among the first to enter the camp, and lacking any memory of those moments; story about photographs taken by one of his army comrades of those moments; The file also includes a...

File Number : 11453

Type of Material : תמליל, Interview(s)

Language : English

Memoirs of Rubin Rabinowitz, an officer in the US Army, regarding his experiences in Paris during the liberation of the city and in Ohrdruf camp immediately after the liberation of the camp in April 1945

File Number : 11416

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Personal documents of Leah Schecter, issued in Lithuania in 1939

Personal documents of Leah Schecter, issued in Lithuania in 1939 - birth certificate of Leah Schecter, issued in Kaunas on April 2, 1939; - laissez-passer issued to Leah Schecter in Kelme in September 1939 for her trip to the United States. Submitter’s remarks: Leah Zeril née Schecter was born in Kaunas on March 26, 1939. Her parents—Samuel Schecter, born in Canada, and Chava (Evalyn) Schecter née Gordon, born in the U.S. In the 1930s, Samuel reached Lithuania in order to teach at Mir Yeshiva. In 1938, he married Chava. They settled in Kelme and intended to return to the U.S. five years on. In 1939,...

File Number : 48

Type of Material : Document, Birth Certificate, Personal Documents

Language : Lithuanian

Personal documentation belonging to Harry Armin and Ibolya (Weiner) Silber, both born in Hungary, from the time they served in the US Army in Europe after the war

Personal documentation belonging to Harry Armin and Ibolya (Weiner) Silber, both born in Hungary, from the time they served in the US Army in Europe after the war The documentation includes: - Letter written by US Army soldier Harry A. Silber in Epina (France) to relatives in the United States, 01 June 1945; - Marriage certificate of Jbolya Weiner, born in Kisvarda, Hungary, 22 February 1924, and Harry Armin Silber, born in Wac, Hungary, 07 May 1923, issued in Freising, 25 September 1945; - Certificate issued by the American military government to US Army soldier Harry A. Silber in Budapest, 23...

File Number : 560

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Personal documentation belonging to Berta (Grosz) and Natan Katz from Guxhagen from before the war; affidavit given for them in the United States in 1938

Personal documentation belonging to Berta (Grosz) and Natan Katz from Guxhagen from before the war; affidavit given for them in the United States in 1938 - Family book belonging to Natan Katz, containing: Marriage certificate of Natan Katz and Berta Grosz, issued in Guxhagen, 07 June 1928; Birth certificate of Edith Katz, born 03 August 1938, issued 05 August 1938; - Marriage certificate of Joseph H. Gross, born in Austria, age 43, and Minna Stern, born in Germany, age 22, written in New York, June 1908, and copied and certified in Guxhagen, 27 January 1938; - Affidavit in the names of Guxhagen,...

File Number : 763

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Newspaper clipping of an article regarding Mitchell Dressler and his father Sheppie Dressler, a US Army soldier, published in the United States in 1943, and documentation regarding the Dressler family Article regarding the Dressler family (scan): - Newspaper clipping of an article regarding Mitchell Lloyd Dressler, published in the United States in 1943, and a copy of his photograph; the photograph was taken during the service of his father, Private Sheppie Dressler, in the US Army in Sicily in 1943; Sheppie was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States via Cuba; Documentation regarding the...

File Number : 93

Type of Material : Internet Material, Newspaper Clippings, Names, Genealogy, Invitation, Article, Note

Language : English

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